I just read this story about a truly heroic young woman who began her journey into chronic and, ultimately terminal illness at the tender age of 16. Jessica Melore, in my mind, was a true warrior. At 16, while having dinner with her family, she suffered a massive heart attack from which she was not expected…

Have you ever heard of a gratitude journal? It’s a place where you record what you are grateful for in your life. It doesn’t have to be anything dramatic. I add five things to my journal every night that I’m grateful for from that particular day. It helps me to go to sleep in a…

I didn’t know what I would write about today until my good friend Julie so generously posted this on her Facebook wall. The Universe provides when you let it happen. This message really speaks to me. As anyone who has been following my blog knows, I am an almost ten year breast cancer survivor. At…

Do you feel like you lose your mind around certain foods? Do you binge eat? One of the things I used to do years ago, before I started on a “diet”, was to eat everything that didn’t run away from me the day before my “diet” was to begin. So what did that do to…

Cravings are defined as intense, urgent or abnormal longings or desires. If you’ve ever had one, you know just how intense they can be. It becomes your life’s mission to fulfill that craving when it occurs and nothing else will suffice. There are some who believe that cravings for particular foods are actually your body’s…

Is is possible that willpower is in endless supply and that no matter what challenges are put forth to test that supply, it’s always there? Or is it in short supply that, after a hard day of challenges, runs out? There was a study done in 1998 that suggested that willpower is, in fact a…

Have you ever heard of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)? I remember when they first put a name to this often fatal condition found in young women who are menstruating and using super absorbent tampons for their period. TSS occurs when there is an overgrowth of certain bacteria, like staph and strep, in a woman’s body.…

I don’t think I have ever met anyone who hasn’t used some type of substance to “take the edge off”. Whether it’s having a glass of wine the size of a human head, smoking a joint or several, or eating comfort foods until you fall asleep in a food coma, we all are likely to…