In October, I attended the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) annual conference in Atlanta, GA. As always, I felt invigorated and refreshed about my ability to teach and train others in MI , and learned many new ideas. Over the next few posts, I will tell you about some of them. One set of […]
Being on a Diet Is Like Being on a Leash
One of my clients, Penny, is a woman struggling with dieting, food and her body. She came to me for help, since weight loss diets were not working, and she began to feel desperate. After menopause, she felt herself “getting fatter and fatter” and couldn’t figure out what to do about it. We’ve worked together […]
Grandchildren!
I’m spending the weekend with my husband Barry taking care of my two oldest grandchildren, who are ages 8 and 10. I’m suddenly realizing that this is a different set of tasks than in the past. My relationship with them has changed! They are no longer young children, and need almost no physical care. Sometimes […]
How Do People Lose Weight? An Apology From Me to My Past Clients
I’ve been a dietitian since 1971, and was trained to tell people what to do, what to eat, and prescribe diets. After 20 years of practice, I realized that almost no one had done what I told them to do, and if they had, they couldn’t keep doing it. So, all the people I counseled […]
World Gratitude Day!
I just found out that there’s a day devoted to gratitude, and what a wonderful idea! What are you grateful for in your life? For me, it’s having work that I love, people in my life who I love and who love me, my beautiful, peaceful home, and not least of all, my two happy, […]
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