For the last 6 years we have (mostly) stopped giving Xmas gifts and instead donate to a local charity, like Ben’s Bells. This practice evolved out of a desire to focus on experiences instead of “stuff” and supports our continuing journey of minimalism. Over time, people got the message and (mostly) stopped giving us things! […]
I stopped blogging over 3 years ago, just before we moved to Tucson. This interval has felt like a kind of dormancy, a rest before new growth and creativity. Menopause with an emphasis on “pause”! We see these cycles in nature, but often don’t allow them to inform our relationship with ourselves. As […]
In Part 1, I shared some of my mostly unsuccessful weight loss history. In this post I will tell you how I tweaked my eating pattern to optimize fat loss. It’s all about Insulin. The key to allowing the body to access its fat stores is to keep insulin levels low. Below is my simple […]
The most obvious sign of my impending menopause was putting on body fat, especially belly fat. Excessive belly fat is associated with increased metabolic syndrome and other disease. In my journey of letting go, one of the areas I wanted to address was the idea that aging needed to be a downhill slide into ill-health. […]
As I moved through the process of releasing my old self; a process that is never linear, I started relating to myself differently and have written about some of that process here and here. Over the last year or so, a new self has emerged and I am learning to embrace her. She is less critical, […]