Since my book about mindful cooking and eating came out in September, I have been speaking and teaching more about the practice of mindful eating, and how to work with habits that cause us to suffer.
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I was recently at a playground with my five-year-old niece Evie. It was a beautiful spring day, and Evie hopped onto a teeter-totter with another little girl about the same age.
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I had a conversation with friends recently about our childhoods and especially our mothers. Both of the women I was talking to had serious difficulties with their moms, and each expressed the feeling that they thought that their mother didn't really like them much.
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While I was out walking the dogs in the cold this morning, I noticed all of the empty flowerbeds in my neighbors' front yards.
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Last week I had an argument with my partner, to whom I've been married for 26 years. I was showing him around my new office space, and he made a joke about it.
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A few weeks ago, I invited a friend to visit me in DC and I planned a relaxing weekend for the two of us in the Virginia mountainside.
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Last month, someone asked me how I got a tan on my face in the middle of the winter. So I explained.
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Thanksgiving at our house is pretty funny. In our family we have several committed meat eaters, a few vegans, one experienced foodie, one daughter with food sensitivities, and those whose needs vary each year.
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Like many of my other posts, I am writing this from a place where I am alone yet surrounded by dozens of other people. This particular morning I am in a coffee house in Burlington, VT.
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