Caring For Yourself

Ways To Change the Holiday Menu

December 3rd, 2014
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I was a very fat baby.  A happy baby but also an overweight baby.

I have this theory that all of those fat cells from my infancy are still with me, lying dormant, and whenever I decide to indulge in all things buttery and/or sugary, those same fat cells immediately wake up because they instinctively know it’s a chance to plump up again.

It doesn’t take much for me to change my eating habits from good to bad, slapping those extra pounds back on and over Thanksgiving break I could feel it was beginning to happen to me again.

good health

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4 Awesome Days

December 1st, 2014
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“When we make room for silence we make room for ourselves… silence invites the unknown, the untamed, the wild, the shy, the unfathomable- that which rarely has a chance to surface within us.” Gunilla Norris – Sharing Silence From Thanksgiving to yesterday.  These past four days have been amazing! I can’t believe how much I relaxed!  I hope you also had a chance to veg out and wind down over the Thanksgiving break! The holiday season is just starting and as crazy and fun as it can be to get ready for it, we all need a break from the… Read More

A Meaningful Monday

November 10th, 2014
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Hey there Resilient Readers! It’s Monday! While I too am saying “Uggg!”, I also am reminding myself that today is not a day to be hurried along just because it’s a Monday. Mondays always painfully remind me that the weekend has ended, but Monday can be a signal that a new week is at hand and the time is now. No day of the week can be taken for granted for we have no idea what life holds for us. The circumstances of our lives may not be what we thought they would be at this point.  You might have… Read More

Moving & Grooving

November 3rd, 2014
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This past weekend I spent a lot of time in the car driving to visit my brothers and my parents on the Eastern Shore.  The weather vacillated between pouring rain, strong wind gusts and then short periods of sunshine which were beautiful but not warm.  The beautiful and sometimes scary Bay Bridge, which crosses over the Chesapeake Bay, even had a wind advisory! Needless to say I didn’t get a chance for much exercise and I am feeling it today.  Kinda loogie; kinda out of it. Physical movement gives me more energy and when I make the effort to walk… Read More

Mornings of Good Karma

October 31st, 2014
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Wednesday night I was so tired I forgot to set my alarm clock.  Needless to say, I overslept by a half hour.  I must say I felt more rested Thursday morning than I usually do but that extra thirty minutes of sleep put me behind in the things that I usually do in the morning to ready to go to work. I looked at the clock and asked myself, “Do you really need to do all of those things this morning?  Would the world fall apart if you happened to do them later in the day?” I decided that some… Read More

Creative Healing

October 22nd, 2014
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Photo By Patti RaabBlue Grotto Isle of Capri I find the word healing to be a comforting word.  You know how there are some words that when you say them or read them they just make you feel better, more peaceful?  Well, that’s the way that I feel about the word healing. When I think about healing, I feel as though I have softly placed a cozy blanket around myself.  Protected.  I could be with someone I care about or I could be by myself.  But when I think about coming to a place of healing I think about using… Read More

A Fabulous Friday Mindset

October 17th, 2014
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By the time Friday arrives on my doorstep, I am usually ready to attack a pint of ice cream, preferably Ben & Jerry’s chocolate chip cookie dough. I sometimes allow myself this indulgence because after all it’s Friday and I’m using the ice cream as a way of patting myself on the back for having survived the turmoil of another work week.  I wouldn’t say that eating a pint of ice cream is healing in the classic sense, but it certainly heals my soul at a time when I need it. But also know it’s not good for me.  That… Read More

An Effortless Way To Warm Your Soul

September 26th, 2014
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  Mother Nature may be transitioning us from the warmth and abundance of summer into the cooler and shorter days of autumn, but local farmers are still offering us the bounty of their summer work. Yesterday at the Farmer’s Market near my downtown Washington, DC office, farmers were still selling peaches, zucchini and my personal favorite: tomatoes.  To me, nothing in the produce world beats a homegrown, fresh and ripe tomato.  Tomatoes are simply the best!! Despite what the calendar says, tomatoes are still plentiful right now and can be cooked and frozen as sauces or canned and eaten months… Read More

4 Bodacious Roses

September 15th, 2014
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These days, I am all about finding natural ways to calm and quiet my thoughts.  Being around nature, and flowers in particular, has a calming and healing effect on my mood. Lavender is usually my “go to” scent for calming my jangled nerves but I also love the light and airy scent of roses.  When I take the time to be mindful of roses, each individual delicate petal, its soft colors and position of its bloom facing the sun, I am distracted from the noise around me and slowly begin to discover an inner stillness.  Sadly, at this time of… Read More