Mindfulness Can Change your Relationship with Food in Positive Ways I did not understand how mindfulness can change our relationship with food. And then I started a practice myself. All in all, here is what I noticed once I started doing this: 🌱 Plants started talking to me and I decided to stop eating meat. […]

Reflections of a mentor….Time has shown me one thing. When a clinician in medicine loses hope, there have already been many moments in time that someone could have offered support, direction, empathic listening, and kindling of hope. Largely those moments can go ignored by the people around them. And each passing event can lead to […]

What is one vegetable that people have eaten canned but rarely fresh? Since it is #MeatlessMonday, let’s talk about artichokes. What is your favorite way to prepare and eat them? In all seriousness, one of my favorite vegetables is artichoke, and my preferred way to eat them is to steam and then grill though steaming and […]

That inner critic though… 😒 Disney Pixar’s latest movie, Luca has an interesting motivational message in its refrain of “Silenzio Bruno!” In the movie, Alberto tells Luca to repeat this to himself to silence his inner negative voice. Sometimes that inner critic is just sooooo loud. I think that can be especially true on social media: […]

Growing up, cooking artichokes was an integral part of my life. In fact, I think it is where I first learned about mindfulness. I am excited to share more info today about how I use and cook artichokes. And will in the near term have a video with more information about this. Here is a […]