Tragedy has reached our ears and hearts once again. The sadness and fears put upon us as a nation and as individuals, can feel overwhelming and daunting.  I am taking this opportunity to provide some thoughtful suggestions that will provide some much needed healing.

My personal love and support goes out to all the families and loved ones in Orlando, and to everyone who suffers in some way every day due to wreckless and senseless crimes.

1. Take a deep breath. This will calm you and bring awareness to your attention. Check in with your emotions and take notice of where your thoughts and emotions are landing.
2. Find a few words that help you to express yourself as you desire them to be heard. It sometimes helps if you write them out. In difficult moments you may struggle with articulation, and you want to appear genuine. Finding the right words also helps identify which emotion is strongest for you.
3. Act accordingly. We all want to be supportive, but if your outpouring of comapssion will add chaos or distraction to the moment, hold off until your actions can better be received by the person you are reaching out to. Wrongfully placed support goes unnoticed, or judged.
4. The swell of emotions that result following a traumatic event disrupts your life – whether you realize it or not. Your body is reacting to what you are feeling. You may have difficulty sleeping, your stomach may feel upset. You may lose your appetite. Your muscles may stiffen up causing you to feel tense. Your heart rate and blood pressure shifts. When you get a moment, move to a relaxing space and take inventory on your body. What does it need Right Now? Rest? Food? A Hug? Alone time? A glass of water? Remembering to Nourish your body will provide you the strength you need right now.
5. Visit yourself. In the coming days, journal. Tap into what you are feeling and ask yourself some questions. If you are holding onto thoughts or feelings that are hurtful or negative, do your best to honor them, and let them pass – even if only temporarily, so that you can focus on moving into a more powerful place of mind. Writing thoughts out is an excellent way to “let go”.  Respectively, make the effort to begin recovery. At the end of each day, incorporate a good practice (which can be done in a few creative ways – find which strategy  you like the best, which finds results, and is easily doable for you. Pick one, or do them all! ). Here are a few suggestions on how to find Gratitude: – find an empty jar and each day place a small note in it reminding yourself of something that made you happy today. – at the end of every day, in your journal write down 3 things that made you smile. – name something positive that happened on that day. – write down what you wish to do tomorrow that will have a positive influence in yours, and someone else’s life.

These things can be done when facing stress any day. Developing good habits helps to reduce the feelings of stress and makes every day more enjoyable.

MEN – Get 75% off your Initial Intake when you schedule this month

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Go ahead – I double dog dare you – click that link above and watch as 4 men re-create themselves as they wish they looked.

Their ideal body Image

Their idea of what Strength looks like

Their idea of what Healthy looks like

Their idea of what Athletic looks like

Gentlemen: Where about your body do you feel most ashamed, or try to hide?

What holds you back from being completely open and free?
How comfortable are you in your body? – Physically AND Emotionally?
Can you think of a creative way you would like to experiment and find some answers behind your beliefs?

Perception is a big deal when it comes to your Food Relationship.

As the guys in this video discuss – for some its strength, others – health.
As a Certified Eating Psychology Coach I work with men with weight, body, and perception.

Attitude is everything when it comes to feeling comfortable.

For the month of June I am offering Men 75% off your first session. 

Because Everyone Deserves A Healthy relationship with Food!

The workshop is split into 2 class dates – June 2nd, and June 16th and located at The Little Brick House Wellness Center : 8232 Philadelphia Road in Rosedale, MD 21237 at 7:30 pm.

Different discussion topics each class.

The Introduction to Eating Psychology Workshop is designed to guide you through your own personal exploration of your Relationship with Food. This workshop is inspirational for anyone looking to gain weight, lose weight, maintain their weight, or who deal with the demons or strengths of body perception. This workshop is helpful for heads of households. This workshop is ideal for anyone balancing lifestyle and meal planning. This workshop will help anyone who eats socially. This workshop is designed to lift the stigma of diet and how it affects you. This class is a blend of lecture and personal work, of group conversation and relative exploration through case studies discussions.

For more information visit my announcements page.

Some days you just don’t feel like it. Some days your cranky pants are riding up your butt. Some days you just want to stay under the covers. Having a day like this here and there is ok, but feeling like this more often than not and there are some questions you should be asking yourself.          Mental Health is management of your State of Mind. Here’s how Nutrition plays a key role. … In your body there are organs, and some of those organs produce chemicals – the same chemicals that regulate both your gut, and your brain.

So for example, lets say you are having like your 80^th day of I don’t feel like its. And you also begin to think about how – come to think of it – your stomach has felt upset for a long time now, and your bathroom habits are different too. Is it because you have been consuming a steady diet of french fries and milk shakes? You wish you could get more sleep, but work has been so demanding lately. And your brother – Jeez! Let’s not even get started on that.

Stress has upset your body and its ability to properly digest your food, and your diet hasn’t exactly been full of balanced nutrients. When the two coincide – what’s happening is your internal body is becoming inflamed, and allowing harmful bacteria to build up and kick out the beneficial bacteria that serves your digestive tract in a positive way. The inflammation spreads and you develop sensitivities to foods that are harming your body and you don’t even realize it. If you keep this up, you won’t be able to eat those foods again! Your diet of french fries and milk shakes, and the improper balance of nutrients, are affecting your mood because the off-set balance of digestive enzymes are irritating your gut, and you’re not getting the nutrients needed that allow your brain to produce the chemicals it needs for clear thinking. Your mood shifts are stressing you further because you can’t understand what is wrong with you – and you fool yourself to believe it’s a lack of willpower or strength somewhere in your crazy life – and you push yourself even harder.

Uh-oh, you were just in a car accident. Why can’t you just catch a break!? Now there is even more to deal with and you have your cousins wedding coming up – how are you going to fix your car AND fly out there AND buy a new dress? OY. Lets hope you can share a hotel room with mom and dad. And that car accident could not have happened on a worse day – you missed the morning staff meeting and your boss was a bit less understanding than you had hoped. Can you believe that guy! You can’t help but think about it for the next few days. Right now you feel very overwhelmed and you go in to the bathroom for a good cry. You know what this means, don’t you – pizza and beer tonight with a good tv binge. This is not typical of you, you usually handle all this stuff much better. What is going on?

Let me tell you – what’s going on is your hormone production is decreasing because your gut is irritated and your brain chemicals are not getting the support they need. Something needs to change, but how? We do not learn HOW in college or from friends or mainstream media, so it’s time to get help. Because your brain and your gut are not serving you well right now. You need to be thinking more clearly and making better choices and taking care of yourself better before all that damage makes you for reals sick.

As a Lifestyle Coach with a Focus on Nutrition, I can help you figure out how to make the dietary changes you need, leading to better gut health, and also help you find a Healthy State of Mind.

Because Everyone Deserves A Healthy relationship With Food.