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Mindful Eating: What it is and why it matters.
Read more: Mindful Eating: What it is and why it matters.Mindful eating supports a wide range of experiences. Speed eaters. Distracted eaters. On-the-go eaters. People with a history of disordered eating. People using medical, behavioral, or nutritional tools to support their health.
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Doing What You Love💕
Read more: Doing What You Love💕Can you believe we are already a week in to 2026? Here we go in a New Year! As I shared in an earlier post, with Larry’s retirement, I’m joining him in full-time crafting. As we step into this new season, we’re both choosing to simplify in many areas of our lives. Returning to traditional…
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Wishing you a Very Happy New Year.
Read more: Wishing you a Very Happy New Year.There’s something meaningful about the New Year beginning in winter. At a time when we’re often pushed to improve, hustle, and fix ourselves, nature is doing the opposite. Trees let go of their leaves. Growth slows. The land rests. Nothing is rushing toward spring. Winter doesn’t skip ahead. It pauses, reflects, and restores first. As…
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Big Changes Afoot
Read more: Big Changes AfootYou often hear jokes about retired husbands suddenly underfoot, but that will be the least of my concerns. What I’m watching instead is a long-held passion finally getting the time and space it deserves.
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Why I Changed My Mind About GLP-1 Medications
Read more: Why I Changed My Mind About GLP-1 MedicationsWe all rely on gut hormones called GLP-1 and GIP to regulate hunger, blood sugar, and energy use. In a healthy system, these hormones signal when we are full, how glucose should be handled, and whether energy should be stored or released.
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Dopamine, Desire, and the Middle Way
Read more: Dopamine, Desire, and the Middle WayWe learn this pattern early. The holidays make it obvious. We stretch anticipation on purpose, counting days, hiding gifts, building suspense. Excitement lives in the waiting. There is warmth in that. But there is also a lesson absorbed quietly: happiness is something that comes later.
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Retirement as a Gateway to a New Way of Living
Read more: Retirement as a Gateway to a New Way of LivingNo matter how complicated life feels, nothing is happening outside those six doors. Stress arises when we forget this and try to manage everything at once. Attention scatters. The mind races ahead or loops backward. Life feels noisier than it actually is.
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Is the Pursuit of Wisdom on Your List?
Read more: Is the Pursuit of Wisdom on Your List?As a culture, we rarely elevate wisdom. We celebrate knowledge, but more often we reward what is visible, measurable, and marketable. “Sexiest Man Alive.” Wealth. Productivity. Achievement. Influence. Followers. Titles. There is a prize for nearly every external marker of success.
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Have We Busied Ourselves Out of a Life?
Read more: Have We Busied Ourselves Out of a Life?We wear busyness as proof of importance. We confuse full calendars with full lives. Somewhere along the way, being busy stopped being a temporary condition and became an identity.
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What is a thought?
Read more: What is a thought?Given our thoughts become actions, it seems skillful to co sided our thought life – beginning with a simple question. What is a thought?
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