You Animal!

March 13, 2011

I am sure you have heard that comment tossed about. Usually popping out of someone’s mouth intended as an insult. Someone didn’t follow the rules or didn’t do what was expected. One of my favorite quotes from Martha Beck is from an article published in O Magazine in March, 2004.   “Dogs are my favorite [...]

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What in the H-E-Double Hockey Sticks is THAT supposed to mean?

March 7, 2011

Insider lingo. We have all heard it.  When a group is together long enough they develop  ”inner circle vocabulary”. And, they don’t issue a dictionary when you join late! Tonight as I was coaching a new client;  Not just new to me, new to coaching altogether, a light bulb went off. I remembered what it [...]

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What would I do if I were two?

February 20, 2011

I’ve been asking myself that question a lot lately.  I have been practicing intuitive eating and teaching a tele-course based on the principles from the book Intuitive Eating, A Revolutionary Program That Works by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch. (You can find out more about the program here.) Studies have shown that toddlers naturally eat a [...]

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Desperate About Her Weight

January 12, 2011

I have a recording on my iPod of Abraham answering a woman’s question about losing weight. The woman’s voice is tearful and desperate. In fact, that is the title on the clip my friend sent me. Desperate About Her weight. Every time the clip plays I feel distinctly uncomfortable and even angry. I finally realized [...]

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3D Celebrations

December 31, 2010

Bob and Julia were talking in the kitchen and Bob watched Julia cut off the small end of a roast before she put it in the roasting pan and covered it with vegetables to go into the oven. He had seen her do it more than 100 times in the years they had been married. [...]

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Buffalo Gals Won’t You Come Out Tonight?

December 19, 2010

Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight Come out tonight come out tonight Buffalo gals won’t you come out tonight And we’ll dance by the light of the moon That song was one of my favorites when I was a girl. I would play it over and over on my Dad’s old vinyl records. The [...]

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I Didn’t Plan It That Way

December 12, 2010

No.  I didn’t. I planned to take two kittens to Florida. Only Frankie came to Florida with me. Hef refused to get in the box. It didn’t happen according to my plan. And, it all happened perfectly. I was able to make the decision from home to go ahead and take Frankie without Hef.  It [...]

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I see you

November 29, 2010

You have goals and dreams, and children and aging parents needing your care. You have a book inside you waiting to be written, and a mortgage,  a car payment, college tuition and retirement to save for. You have friends you see too rarely and a commute you see too often. You are a one woman band.  You [...]

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What Fur People Believe

November 21, 2010

I am flying to Florida to see my daughter in December and I am planning to take her Creature Features home to her. These two little guests have been with me since May when her husband got out of the military and they moved their household from Alaska to Florida. Hef is the black kitty. [...]

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Who Are Your Seven?

November 15, 2010

I was feeling quite sorry for myself a short while back and had a regular snit on. You know the one; childlike, pouty face, “Nobody loves me, everybody hates me, I think I’ll go eat worms.” Yeah. That one. Then, I got a little snippy and posted, “Team Darliss” on my Facebook page. The next [...]

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