Mindful eating helps to foster a healthier relationship with food. It can improve digestion, enhance self-trust in food choices and contribute to better mental well-being. Weight loss is not the focus ...

Mindful Eating, 101. The concept of mindful eating can seem like a license to eat whatever you want. But proponents of this ...

Many of you are all too familiar with this routine: You get home late from work hungry and tired, and you whip up a quick dinner and scarf it down before you've even had time to pick out which Netflix ...

We are now four years past the start of the 2020 pandemic. I kept some good habits and at least one bad habit. Like everyone else, I embraced the idea of good handwashing lasting at least 20 seconds.

I am so happy to be back in Iowa City. It is such a rich and diverse city culturally and also in terms of the food that is available. I am visiting again from the United Kingdom, for six months this ...

As pediatric house staff, my co-residents and I developed a keen ability to provide skillful and compassionate care under stressful conditions. This included managing high patient volumes, treating ...

Have you ever noticed that sometimes you eat without really paying attention to what you’re doing? You might be watching TV or scrolling through your phone while gobbling down a meal. But what if I ...

I learned a lot of life-changing mindfulness practices in a monastery from Burmese teaching monks. But what I'm about to share with you in this blog wasn't one of them. Holidays are that fabulous food ...

What to know about what one expert calls the "antidote to dieting." If you have ever sat on the couch to watch TV and eat “a few” chips and then stared down into an empty bag, mindful eating might ...

Mindful eating is an increasingly popular practice. It involves being truly present with your meals and tuning in to all five senses while eating. Listening to the crunch of an apple. Tasting the ...