Vegan Recipes | Made to Nourish
My next door neighbor—I'll call him Glen—passed away recently. I'm not sure when. I'd known he wasn't well for a long time, based on our passing encounters and the haunting sound of his cough echoing through the hallway we shared late at night. For the past few months I suspected things might have taken a turn, since I didn't see or hear him. But I didn't know for sure that he was gone until my management company started gutting the kitchen in his apartment this ...
Normally in the weeks leading up to Thanksgiving I'd be excitedly planning a menu, bookmarking recipes and testing desserts (quality control, right?).This year, because of the DI, the holiday will be abbreviated, and if I'm being honest, days of cooking beforehand will be the last thing I want to do. Mom and I are going to Candle79 for our meal, and if I can take the rest of the day to put my feet up on her sofa and watch something silly on TV, I'll call it a ...
For dietitians, the DI year is supposed to be a pre-professional experience, supervised work that prepares us for the realities of practice. One of these realities, I'm starting to realize, is the exercise of judgment.When I started the DI, I assumed that I'd be trained in guidelines and standards that would neatly inform all of my interventions and decisions. I've gotten plenty of exposure to evidence-based guidelines and best practices, but what I didn't ...
I wanted so much to sit down and write something very thoughtful and reflective today, as I have in past years on my birthday. The last twelve months have certainly given me plenty to say; they’ve been full of interesting insights and realizations, lots of renewed human connection, and important steps toward coming home to…
I just want to start this post by thanking every person who’s been part of the NEDA week dialog over the last five days, both here on the blog and over social media. I feel so blessed to be celebrating recovery in your company. “Keep faith” is the final of my five eating disorder recovery…
“Be love” is one of those expressions that you might have come across in any number of places, from yoga studios to self-help and wellness titles. It’s one of most important of my five ED recovery affirmations, but I feel a little funny writing about it, because I don’t have much to say that relates…
Not too long ago I chatted with a client who told me, “I’m realizing more and more that I need to break my rules, because I made them all up.” She delivered the words straightforwardly, and I didn’t have the feeling that she expected a big reaction from me. Still, I nearly fell out of…
