by Karen Steiner | May 28, 2023 | Blog
Cue The Cookies — Do You Use Food to Cope with Strong Emotions? For eighteen years I went to a friend’s house every two months to get my hair cut. We’d catch up on each other’s lives, our activities, families, and pets. We didn’t have a huge amount in common,...
by Karen Steiner | May 21, 2023 | Blog
How To Get Up and Move Even When You Don’t Feel Like It I’ve been navigating the stormof a crappy mood for months now and it’s brought more than a few surprises, the biggest being my motivation to exercise flew out the window. After more than seven years...
by Karen Steiner | Apr 30, 2023 | Blog
In A Crappy Mood? Using Cookies, Chips, or Fake Smiles? … I’ve Got A Better Idea Bless us, oh God.When our joints don’t work like they should,when we grow sick or turn gray too soon,when our bodies betray us…or perhaps they are doing exactly...
by Karen Steiner | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog
Happy Birthday! Is It Really A Celebration Without Cake? why is it that all our celebrations involve food? And not just any food, our holiday tables are laden with rich and sugary treats. There’s a good reason for that. One that’s embedded in our cultural DNA. In days...
by Karen Steiner | Dec 25, 2022 | Blog
It was a mellow Christmas at our house this year. Bitterly cold and windy outside, we were happy to hunker down inside and enjoy a quiet day by ourselves. On a whim after I’d washed up the dinner dishes I decided to make us some hot cocoa. The result was a rich,...
by Karen Steiner | Apr 1, 2022 | Blog
Walking this Camino Called Life Eight years ago I boldly announced to my friends on Facebook that I intended to walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela. Why in the world would I want to follow an ancient pilgrim’s road 500 miles across Northern Spain to end up at a...