Tag Archive: Stress

Trigger HAPPY Thursday: Underachieve on Purpose

It’s been a while since I’ve done a Trigger HAPPY Thursday, because, as usual, life got in the way…and so I figured I’d use today’s video to address that very issue. (And if… Read More

Why Can’t I Stop Binge Eating? (Hint: Check Your Stress Levels)

Hey–FYI, triggers ahead. Read at your own risk.   I’m not a stranger to stress. In fact, if you know me, you know that’s a bit of an understatement. Type-A, overachieving, blah blah blah.… Read More

Trigger HAPPY Thursday: Go a Day Without Makeup

Before I get into today‘s happiness trigger, I just wanted to follow up on last week’s Trigger HAPPY Thursday: Make Eye Contact and Smile.    As I mentioned in the post, I’ve been really making an… Read More

Trigger HAPPY Thursday: Take a Step Back

Welcome to another Trigger HAPPY Thursday! Today’s post is dedicated to my soul sister & fellow traveler, Ito. I find it hard to believe that it’s already Thursday…so hard to believe that I… Read More

A Day “Without” Calories

I learned, this summer, that by eating the right things and moving as much as I needed to for recovery, I have actually become healthier than I was when I was preaching “health”… Read More

A Sunday Health Update…and a BIG Announcement!

Gosh, it feels weird to blog again!   It’s not as though I haven’t been writing…I just haven’t been writing anything for myself. I suppose it’s both a blessing and a curse to… Read More

How I Got Here: Part One, or A Photo-Heavy Meditation on My Ankle and Leaving Florida

I became a vegan partially encouraged by the claims of green smoothies curing everything from cancer to hangnails. I didn’t have cancer (thank god), but I did have an ankle that refused to… Read More

Some Like It Hot

After a week of crazy hospital visits and surgical interruptions, I’m sure you have quite forgotten where we were with our story. And so, a brief recap: August hit, my ankle remained a… Read More

New Challenges

Despite the heat of the dog days, August ushered in a much more tolerable end to an intolerable summer. Although my ankle was still sore, my relationship with my body was still impaired,… Read More

Pain Is Weakness [Entering] the Body

To the squeamish or the faint of heart, I apologize for following (especially since I count myself among your numbers): Cellulitis is a really serious skin infection that, left untreated, can cause blood… Read More

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