by jayme | Dec 5, 2011 | Compassion, General, Happiness, Individuals, Listen to your body, Motivation, Physical Activity, Self-caring, Self-comparison, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Guess what? It’s not your fault. So many of us have tried to exercise, tried to diet, tried to lose weight, without ever achieving results that last. So, we feel like failures. Many of us have come to the conclusion after 25+ years of trying and failing, numerous...
by jayme | Sep 21, 2011 | 45 years old, Cinderella, Compassion, Motivation, Self-caring
Many of us treat our bodies similar to how Cinderella was treated by her stepmother. We consider our bodies to be our nemesis. We ignore them –we do anything to avoid acknowledging them. Wikipedia says “The word “cinderella” has, by analogy, come to mean one whose...
by jayme | Jul 12, 2011 | Compassion, Mindfulness
Whenever a client begins working with me, she is ready and excited to move forward. She’s ready to turn around the habits that have been holding her and her life down. This readiness to begin anew is usually accompanied with energy, enthusiasm, and also some...
by jayme | Mar 24, 2011 | Chaos, Compassion, Individuals, Research, Weight Loss, Women's Self-Care
Virgina Sole-Smith wrote another great post on her blog, neversaydiet, about new research supporting the notion that having negative feelings about your body and trying to “escape” it through dieting and restriction often leads to the ironic opposite...
by jayme | Mar 22, 2011 | Compassion, Individuals, Jon Kabit-Zinn, Mindfulness, Physical Activity
Most of us have heard about ‘mindfulness’ and know that it is supposed to be really good for us. In fact, research keeps coming out supporting the idea that mindfulness improves outcomes in many areas of our lives, including our health. But what does that...
by jayme | Jan 4, 2011 | Compassion, Individuals, Motivation Architecture, Population Level Physical Activity Participation, Providers, Resiliency
I just read a very interesting article about what leads to resilience reported by Benedict Carey was in the New York Times (January 3, 2011). Carey described a study that followed almost 2000 adults over a few years to assess their mental well-being, life events, and...
