Life
Choose Your Own Adventure
The other day I said something out loud that I’ve said in my head a million times and the moment I heard the words escape my mouth, I cringed. I was out walking with a friend and I said, “I think most people are living their lives asleep. Just going through the motions until…
Read MoreLove Your House
We’ve lived in the house we’re in now for about 10 years. The paint on the wood around the garage doors is peeling. It all needs to be repainted. The wooden columns by the front door are rotting around the bottom and I cringe every time I come home and see them. They need to…
Read MoreAre you there yet?
Last week a friend said to me, “You know Sara, it’s hard to get somewhere you just left.” I had to sit with that for a bit. First, it’s not even true. It’s easy to get somewhere you just left – turn around! But I realized that he wasn’t talking about logistics, he was speaking…
Read MoreMy husband won’t stop bringing chips and cookies home
“My husband won’t stop bringing chips and cookies home.” “It hurts my mother’s feelings if I don’t eat everything she makes for family dinners on Sunday.” “My co-workers bring donuts and cookies into the office all the time.” These are things I hear almost every day in emails and messages from people who follow my…
Read MoreI want to eat like a normal person
“I just want to be able to eat like a normal person,” she said. I was chatting with a group of moms at the hockey arena (waiting for my daughter to finish her game) and the subject of dieting came up. Of course I was fascinated by what each of them had to say about…
Read MoreYou Do Not Have to Try Harder
I was talking to a client this week about her habit of binging on junk food when she worries about her son. Her son is 33 and autistic with highly violent tendencies. The drywall in their home is riddled with holes from where’s punched through the walls. He’s given her husband black eyes. He recently moved into a group home…
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