Eat an abundance of items on the trunk. Eat foods in the branches if they work for your particular body. (Personal experiments are the best way to determine whether they do). Keep "anything else" to a minimum. Avoid diets and labels. (Items written in black in the middle are supposed to be crossed out). Enjoy [...]
Author: LizSmithCoach
A year with my gratitude journal.
In 2018 I did my own happiness project. I explained it here. In brief, there is a book by Gretchen Rubin called the Happiness Project in which she writes about her year of trying new habits. I created my own version and attempted a new habit or focus each month for the year. I posted [...]
Regret.
The word alone can stir up strong emotions. Take a moment to think about something you regret, or something you did regret at some point in time. How do you feel when thinking about it? What shifts within your body? It probably isn't a great feeling. But is the pain of regret something that can [...]
How to be successful without confidence.
What comes to mind when you think about confidence in yourself and others? Is it positive? Do you view confidence as a good character trait? Do you wish you had more of it? Or do you associate confidence negatively? Do you equate confidence with Ego? Do you shy away from it, believing that confidence is [...]
Study finds that people are likely to eat less and lose weight when eating real, whole food.
A recent study, summarized here, conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that individuals ate more food and calories when eating highly processed food as opposed to minimally processed food. The study was small - just 20 individuals - 10 men and 10 women - but they were fed in a clinic for [...]