What is your current relationship with food?

Is that something you ever think about? Did those questions annoy you, overwhelm you, or do you just not care?

It’s important to know how you’re looking at this topic, even if you feel uncomfortable.

Food is obviously something we need in order to survive. And it can certainly be experienced with a mix of pleasure, discomfort and shame.

How you relate to food is deeply entwined with your childhood experiences. But, I have also done many clearings of ancestral patterns of starvation traumas that have caused ongoing issues in people's lives.

The point is to be open to how your beliefs about food have been created.

Then you can see what, if anything, you’d like to change. 

Even if you have a great relationship with food, I have noticed that times of high stress can activate patterns that can be unhealthy if continued long-term.

It is a good idea to drop the beliefs of good and bad foods.

Yes, you could have a food allergy and you’d wan...

When was the last time you stopped to check in with your body?

How have you been feeling lately?

Do you have a few aches and pains, maybe a chronic condition that you’ve been coping with, or perhaps you feel better than ever! 

Whatever the answer is, make note of it.

And, if you felt uncomfortable and didn’t want to check in, make note of that too!

Our bodies give us feedback about so many things that it can be easy to miss.

But, if you take a moment to slow down each day, or a few times a day, you will become aware of sensations and how they are connected to your thoughts.

Just as your hand lets you know if something you’re touching is too hot or cold. Your body as a whole sends signals in various ways to let you know when you’re out of alignment.

That could be physical, emotional, or mental.

Now, I’m not suggesting you hyperfocus on bodily sensations, but knowing the signs that you’re hitting a limit can spare you tons of unnecessary suffering.

Many feelings you may ...

Recently I had a conversation with a longtime friend about bodies and how health issues show up if we don’t deal with trauma.

She mentioned that our body will start showing trauma via chronic aches and pains or diseases, disorders especially as we get “older”

Everyone has trauma to some degree and it won’t show up in the same way or intensity for everyone.

But I believe it is one component that contributes to aging.

Do some people watching and you may notice how many people move around hunched over, even before being on cell phones all day.

If you don’t release experiences from your body and mind they build up in your body and you can see it weighing you down. 

It’s nobody’s fault, most of us just weren’t taught how to release those energies.

And trauma very often activates the survival mechanism to freeze and avoid what has happened to cause the mental/ physical discomfort. 

Thankfully you don’t have to relive or re-traumatize yourself in order to heal.

It can seem scar...

Self love is a very popular topic, especially the last few years. As positive an idea as it seems, I find it's definitely a mixed bag.

Growing up, I was a chubby kid, but in my late teens and early twenties, I became morbidly obese. I endured sexual abuse at the age of 7, and that set the tone for the decline of my self-esteem.

Even as I’m writing this I realize I’m becoming super analytical and choking back the more creative side of me.

Another great example is that part of me still feels that I’m only loveable under certain conditions. Funny how those conditions change depending on who’s judging us.

The world grooms us to always put others first and that any excessive liking of yourself is frowned upon and you’re quickly labeled egotistical and selfish.

It is more acceptable and actually often encouraged to put ourselves down and pretend we are small and insecure. All because if we like ourselves that somehow really pisses others off.

As a woman, I got the message loud an...

On the journey to a healthier body, I realized many things contributed to achieving my goals.

We always hear about exercising, eating the “proper” foods and we all know those things are important.

But, what most people don’t realize is that if you are significantly overweight, your skin is going to change, and often very drastically! 

I have had numerous people say to me over the years that they want to lose weight and get healthy, but they are terrified of sagging skin.

Unfortunately, the fear of sagging skin has kept many people from following through with their fitness goals.

But I’m going to share some skin tips that I have used myself that have helped me tremendously during my massive weight loss.

Realize that you didn’t gain all the weight overnight, it took time to stretch out the skin, so it may not snap back overnight.

I believe anything is possible so if you want to affirm and embody that your skin does snap back super quickly, please do that.

I am just sharin...