Tag Archives: making changes

The False Self and Habits

April 27, 2023 0 comments

The False Self's Role in Default Behavior Patterns A core teaching in contemplative practices is to become aware of the difference between the influence of our true, divinely-led self on the quality of our presence and actions compared to the influence of our false-self system. Our false-self system developed to satisfy our perceived need for [...]

The Hidden Opportunity in Holidays

December 9, 2022 0 comments

Don't focus on results yet, just plant a couple of seeds. The holidays grant us a time of preparation before setting our goals for the next year... if we face this time with curiosity and healthy expectations versus guilt and wanting to put our heads in the sand until it's all over. See if [...]

Eating Perfectly Doesn’t Fix Everything

January 26, 2021 4 comments

Realizing that I couldn't control everything felt crushing, but it opened the space to embark on the true process of growing.Moving away from expectations and control I spent my young adulthood absorbing the unfolding story of how our daily food and lifestyle choices can manipulate who we are. Hard to pronounce superfoods could guarantee our [...]

This Year Focus on what to ADD not RESTRICT

December 22, 2020 0 comments

Focus on foods to ADD and enjoy alongside traditional favorites: In-season fruits like pomegranate, clementines, apples and pears Frozen fruits, like berries and sweet cherries, slightly warmed, and drizzled with cream High-fiber flax crackers, bean dips and hummus, popcorn, and roasted chickpeas Big batches of veggie soups for quick meals or sides Here's the remarkable [...]

Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants (sounds like) Do This. Shouldn’t Need Help. Mostly Easy.

July 11, 2020 1 comment

How Pollan's famous first line creates tension within the most earnest (and health informed) individuals trying to lose weight (and those trying to support them). Still Quoted, Still an Influence This post is not to critic or review the 2008 best-selling book "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. I respect the awareness this book [...]

Long-term motivation vs my susceptibility to anxiety and self-medicating

October 25, 2019 6 comments

I originally shared this post in the "Introductions" CARE Forum topic, visible only to current members. But these details shouldn't be excluded from my "About" page. That timeline ends in 2011. I wrote the below in March of 2019; an update will be coming soon (the life raft I mentioned below was damaged over the [...]

Making Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health

August 5, 2019 0 comments

Making Healthy Changes: Define Your True Reason for Health How My Love for Nutrition was Born Making long-term changes is hard. Knowing what to do to be healthy isn’t the biggest challenge that we face. It’s knowing how to do it – consistently – that’s the challenge. And knowing how to do it must first [...]

To Get Support, Ask for Support

June 8, 2019 2 comments

To Get Support, Ask for Support Asking the first question is always the hardest, but the spark you get back makes it worth it. In November, I made the decision to transition the Perfectly Produce web site and CARE program to a brand new learning management system. I knew going in that I had limited [...]

Trying to make healthy lifestyle changes? You’ll need a fun goal!

June 7, 2019 2 comments

“Fun goal” – huh? Everyday I get to ask people who are trying to make healthy change ‘Why do you want to be healthy?’. The common response is to ‘feel better’. Okay, we’re getting closer. But why do you want to feel better? What would you do when you feel better or have more energy? And I mean really do, contribute, or create (hopefully the goal is beyond having more energy at night just to clean the house; although, that does need to get done).

Why We (temporarily) Feel Worse When Eating Healthy

April 7, 2016 32 comments

In the spirit of CARE, let’s start this conversation by having you envision a single cell in your body. Cells look a lot like a pin cushion. The surface of cells aren’t smooth at all, but rather, are full of individual receptors (the pins). These receptors are critical to influencing how that cell behaves. [...]

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