“If I hadn’t made the bad paintings, then I wouldn’t have made the good paintings either.” I have three of Beth Allen’s prints hanging on the walls of my home. I want about 100 more, and some of the “real…
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Discovering Meaning Amidst Sadness || with Meg Fee, author of the memoir Places I Stopped on the Way Home
“If I try to stamp [sadness] out, then I’m cutting myself off from happiness in many ways because it’s part of the spectrum. The two things are not inseparable. You cannot have one without the other.” I’m sure many of…
Getting Past the Comparison Trap || How Focusing on What We Lack Strips Us of Joy, and What We Can Do About It
Do you know that using social media directly correlates with higher rates of depression and anxiety? I believe the root of why this is the case is COMPARISON. After all, comparison truly is the thief of joy. I hate imagining…
How I Don’t Let My Food Issues Ruin Thanksgiving (Or any other holiday feast…)
10+ years ago, Thanksgiving would send me into the fetal position. Too much food, too many people and eyes, too much temptation, and, most of all, way too much fear. There were a few years that I’d have to lock…
Food: How to Use It, Not Abuse It || Part One
“The way that we relate to food is a manifestation of the way we are showing up or engaging in our life.” Ain’t that the truth, friends? This bit of wisdom came from one of the experts featured on…
