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Why Worry: You Have a Creative Spirit
A scientifically grounded argument against worrying, turning worry around into positive visualization, from Martin Rossman to David Steindl-Rast on gratitude.
FitFoody's Kitchen Antidotes: Making the Ingredients Last
A weekly cooking rhythm born of Shelter-In, where one roast chicken becomes three meals, ending with a Tuscan vegetable soup with farro and kale.
Ready for Valentine's Day?
An invitation to consider not just a significant other but everyone we love, through the lens of Gary Chapman's Five Love Languages.
There is No Such Thing as Wasted Time in the Kitchen
\"That is where we go to recover lost time.\" Laura Esquivel. On cooking as a therapeutic process, with an Ahi, a red cabbage salad, a tahini wrap, and a blood orange quinoa.
Our Love Affair with Kale
Everyone is raving about kale salad. Why cruciferous vegetables earn the name "super-veggies," plus three favorite kale salad recipes.
Plentiful
The Mediterranean diet may protect the aging brain. A raw zucchini salad and a pesto from an Italian cooking class at Cavallo Point, plus a nudge to move.
The Core: Still Have Questions?
Beyond crunches. Meet the Power House, the three muscles of the core, and a standing weighted routine to strengthen your trunk in real movement.
New Moon and Summer
The solstice and a waxing moon as an invitation to new beginnings, five simple weekly practices, and a seated guided meditation to feed on the elements.
Nutrition: I Have a Good Diet, I Eat Pretty Well
What does "eating well" really mean? The six tastes of the Ayurvedic system, the discovery of umami, and why a well-rounded diet keeps changing its flavors.
Einstein Said, Insanity is Doing the Same Thing...
Altering your routine can open new vistas. Small ways to do something different this week in your workouts and your food, plus a colorful roasted pepper recipe.
What Motivates You to Exercise?
A client story about working out smart instead of hard, finding your sustainable heart rate "sweet spot," and why it is not as simple as calories in, calories out.
Do Fitness and Relaxation Go Together?
You bet. Why fitness is the ability to respond rather than react, the science of stress hardiness, and Herbert Benson's Relaxation Response.
Let's Talk Food
Three questions about food, how much, how often, and of what quality, and the three eating styles she sees in her clients.
Now on to the Fitness Level of Activity
Any activity during which you breathe faster and more fully is a fitness activity. Understanding aerobic exercise and the five heart rate training zones.
FitFoody Introduces Herself
The very first post. A mind-body fitness professional shares her plan to blog on movement, food, and "Whispers of the Breath Diva," starting with why we were designed to move.