Tasting Mindfulness

Ride the Waves of Pleasure and Pain

Last week I tweaked my hip and back during a workout at the gym and was experiencing some ongoing discomfort for a few days. While I was focusing on the pain, I remembered an important teaching that I learned years ago and wanted to share it with you. It has been extremely helpful through a

Calming Rituals for the Holidays

Do you think of “calm” and “holidays” in the same sentence? Probably not. In fact, often the holiday season becomes filled with obligations, unmet expectations and stressful demands. The American Psychological Association reports that holiday stress has a particular impact on women, due to their tendency to take on much of the responsibility for preparing

Mindful Eating for the Holidays! — Not Your Ordinary Tips

This holiday, make the season bright by enjoying your food without guilt and showing up in your holiday best. Mindful eating can help you have your holidays and your holiday food, too.  These holiday tips are not your usual “show up for the party full so you won’t be tempted with goodies” and “drink lots

Registration Open: Learn to Eat, Move, and Live with Joy!

The holidays are almost upon us and by the end of the year, I often hear people tell me that they need to start some better habits around food and their bodies. The beginning of the year is certainly a great time to reconsider the choices you make and whether they align with your goals

The Center for Mindful Eating – FLASH SALE!!

So many wonderful items were donated to our annual auction that we have some left over for a flash sale! Everything is buy-it-now; no need to place multiple bids or wait to find out if you’ve won. But it also means that popular items will sell fast, so check it out early. The Flash Sale

I Love Everything Pumpkin!

It’s that time of year again. The landscape is devastatingly beautiful in the fall (at least where I live); and I get irrationally excited about everything pumpkin. My favorite moment yesterday was when I subscribed to a new website called Vanilla and Bean and their introductory email was about how to make pumpkin puree. No more

Make My Chocolate “Slave Free” Please

I was at my favorite coffee shop yesterday and this conversation ensued. I asked the barista what she was going to do for Halloween and we discussed costumes. Then someone else having coffee there started talking about the trick-or-treaters that show up in his neighborhood and the conversation veered off to what kind of candy

GREAT DEALS! Only Through Sunday on Winter Eat For Life Classes

Go to the TCME.org website and click on the TCME Auction. Find the Eat for Life logo and bid on a class. Classes will be on Monday evenings (6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Central Time) and Fridays (12 - 2:00 p.m. Central Time) in the winter starting at the end of January.

Finding Balance in the Body

Our busy modern lifestyles can create a sense of imbalance in our bodies, heart, and minds. In our bodies, we can begin to get aches and pains because of being hunched over a computer, a report, our phones, or books all day long. Our shoulders hunch forward so much that it begins to be a

Mindful Eating – Fundraising Auction

Please join us for our fifth Annual Fundraising Auction to benefit The Center for Mindful Eating (TCME).  By bidding on a mindful eating or mindfulness-related item in our annual auction, you have the opportunity to win wonderful trainings, retreats, and other services that can enhance your ability to achieve a balanced, respectful, healthy, and joyful