A wellness journey to my better self and a simpler life
Near the end of 2015, I sat on my counselor’s couch and broke down about my weight. The topic had never come up before; it’s not why I had been seeing her. Weight was an issue exclusively addressed by proper diet and exercise, so I thought. It had never occurred to me before that very
Welcome to The Cracking Nut blog’s new home! This new website has been a long time coming. My intention was to transition in January, 2015! But ya know, life… and procrastination… and fear… and getting too comfortable. Isn’t that so often why we end up staying where we are? If you’ve been redirected here, you’re
By her early twenties, Andie Mitchell weighed 268 pounds. 135 pounds later, she wrote It Was Me All Along, a memoir about her relationship with food. But this is not your typical weight loss success story… and that is why I find it so inspiring. Throughout Andie’s entire life, food served as her best friend,
I’ve been sick for an entire week… achey, tired, coughy, sneezy. On top of not feeling well physically, I feel dejected and unmotivated. The excitement of the new year has worn off. I’m uninspired and stagnant. I’ve spent all of January focusing on my weight loss efforts. I’ve exercised at least once for every day
This past January I held the second annual #MinsGame minimizing event on Facebook. Thank you to everyone who played and had fun getting rid of unnecessary crap in order to free up space in their homes and lives. It was great to see all the excited energy in the event posts. There are now 500+
Every belief system has their threat of punishment in order to keep us in line. For many western religions it is the promise of eternity in Hell. For others, like Hinduism and Buddhism, the promise that the sum of one’s actions in this life will decide their fate in future lives. Basically, behave badly and
I know someone who has trouble being happy for me when I talk about the simpler pleasures in my life. I don’t think this person means to be envious, and I know it’s more about them than it is about me and my life, but it’s a real drag. This person has a tendency to
If I were to ask you if you meditate, how would you interpret that question? Chances are you’d think, You mean do I sit with my legs crossed and try to be still and not think? That would be a fair interpretation. After all, society has painted meditation in pictures like this: Looks lovely, sure,
The news of Alan Rickman’s death disoriented me as if I had fallen into one of Dumbledore’s pensieves. Here was a man who brought to life a beloved character in Severus Snape and made millions laugh and smile with joy… cry and experience the pain of loss and heartache… and feel intensely moved by the
People say they don’t care what others think of them, but is that ever true? Doesn’t everyone care, at least a little, what others think of them? Whenever someone says they don’t care what others think, they are referring to the negative thoughts. It’s a defense mechanism. We don’t want to care. We know we
