I have big news. I’ve decided to start a health coaching business! Don’t worry about EcoPetites. It will still be here! But this new venture has been occupying my time as of late. So, what is it? I’m setting out to help people struggling with adapting to their dietary changes needed to address their health issues so they can once again love what they eat and live more fully. UPDATE: the health coaching website is now live! CLICK HERE to see it. And sign up for the email list while you are there, so you don't miss a beat as I roll out various offerings. There is a backstory to this. When I look back in my journals, entries begin...
I have a ritual. Each January I kick off the new year with the Annual Brain Dump. It's a time when I pour my heart and soul onto paper, jotting down goals, dreams, and wishes for the year ahead. After this therapeutic process, I look for a unifying theme, one word that encapsulates the essence of my ambitions. This year, that word is "connections." Expanding and Contracting: Life has a way of contracting and expanding. In my own life, contraction may happen during times of profound change, whether good, bad or neutral or mixed. It is during those times that I have relied on the people who I am close with and the inner reserves I have already built. These...
You know those aphorisms we hear throughout our careers which eventually seem so cliché that we ignore them? I’m unignoring this one: Celebrate the small things. I've leaned that I need to tier my goals, allow time and space to celebrate the wins and practice expecting that pushing myself involves failure. This is about grit.
