Women, Food, and Desire: Embrace Your Cravings, Make Peace with Food, Reclaim Your Body

Nilofer Merchant, a leadership visionary and inventor, has even declared that sitting is “the new smoking” because it is two times more likely to cause death than smoking.

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Reading Brené Brown’s powerful work Daring Greatly helped me understand that vulnerability is a strength, not a weakness.

I say amen to that, because at the end of the day, at the end of this life, not one of us will ponder whether we were thin enough, quiet enough, meek enough, or “beautiful” enough, whatever that means. What we will take stock of is whether we really took a bite out of life, whether we loved enough, enjoyed enough, and gave and received as much plea

If a woman were to give up the weight that’s masking her power, she would become more nimble, more noticeable, more visible in ways that would force her to be more accountable for, and in, her life. And being accountable scares us. And no wonder, because if we become accountable, we run the risk of becoming seen and successful, and if we become suc

For instance, some studies indicate that as many as 70 percent of women who have breast cancer are vitamin D deficient. When breast cancer patients have been given D supplements, the rate of their cancer growth slowed demonstrably.

It wasn’t until I began to realize how harmful these fears were that I was able to finally own and honor these desires—because I knew deep down that honoring my desire, giving my body what it was craving and calling out for, would actually make me more trustworthy, more truthful, more authentic, and much more reliable to everyone around me.

There’s a pretty broad consensus that a short catnap, anywhere from twenty to thirty minutes, taken before 4 p.m., allows your brain the optimal amount of time to “defrag” and dump unwanted data so it’s primed to make good decisions and to be most able to absorb important information postnap. It also won’t hamper your ability to get a good night’s

He calls sleep “the food of the brain,” and it is! When we feed our brain the rest it craves, only then can it best support us, in both body and soul. When we’re rested we are able to stay relaxed—especially regarding food. Then we can make wise food choices that will best support us. This is why sleep is so very delicious,