It starts with Halloween, doesn’t it? The sway and bend to only-this-time-of-the-year treats? Have you noticed that all things pumpkin spice show up earlier and earlier every year? Now, I have a thought: What if we could change the mindset on these treats from a “fixed mindset” to a “growth mindset”? You may or may…
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] What kind of change comes from hating yourself? What at first can seem like good motivation, can soon spin off into a diatribe of self-deprecation–a spiral of good-bad, love-hate inner muddling. Consider the diet. No one starts a diet thinking: “Everything is going so well! Wow, am I looking…
With the ringing in of the New Year, many people are also reigning in the eating. Going on a diet in January is de rigeur. Did you know that dieting is a $60 billion industry? If dieting really worked, why are they making so much moolah? The fact is that dieting absolutely does not work….
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Dear Dr. Sibel, I just started making changes with food. I never want to diet again, and I’d like to eat intuitively and mindfully, but I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out if I’m really hungry or not. I’ve been on and off so many diets that I’m…
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] The Real Food Real Beauty group that I facilitate was working on mindful eating and we were talking about taking time for mindful eating experiences at meals. Not as easy as it sounds, as many of you know. Distractions abound, and it’s easy to forget that you want to…
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] Unfortunately, one of the things that sets the stage for shame is holiday eating. Often, there’s a feeling of having been really “bad” or over-indulgent with food choices. That can quickly turn into an inner-critic frenzy, with headlines such as: “You’re a disgusting pig.” “Did you really need that…
[av_one_full first] [av_textblock size=” font_color=” color=”] It’s dark. Here, in Seattle, the relentless should-we-start-building-the-ark-rain makes it seem even darker. The lights of the season are soooo necessary, aren’t they? Whether they come from a Hanukkah menorah, Christmas tree, outdoor display, or a fireplace, we need the warmth that light brings this time of year. It’s…
I want to talk to you about cellulite. Do you have it, like I do? How do you feel about it? When’s the last time you thought about it? Last summer when you considered putting your bathing suit on and didn’t? This morning when you were looking in the full length mirror? Never? That would…
When I was going through a time of extreme anxiety in my life, I was taught how to breathe. I mean really breathe. Deep belly breathing, also known as diaphragmatic breathing. At that time in my life, I would have tried anything to ease my panic attacks and my general anxiety that had adrenalin coursing…
In her new book Rising Strong Brené Brown says, “Creativity embeds knowledge so that it can become practice. We move what we’re learning from our heads to our hearts through our hands…creativity is the ultimate act of integration—it is how we fold our experiences into our being.” That’s pretty darn important. And what Brené…