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Brain Food Recipes

Brain Food recipes from the kitchen, each with ingredients and steps.

56 recipes

Brain FoodRewriting Habit LoopsHi friend. I know we’ve talked about habit loops before, but I want to really get into them today. We all want to be better. At least, I know YOU want to, or you wouldn’t be reading this. People concerned about their…5 min

Brain FoodInner vs. Outer WisdomHi friend, today I want to talk a bit about Inner and Outer Wisdom. My relationships with food and health have shifted quite a bit since the beginning of. While it’s been a winding road, I’ve gotten progressively…4 min

Brain FoodDo you FEAR food?Hi friend. My relationship to food has never been a straight line. It’s been more of a zig-zag, or “2-steps-forward-1-step-back” situation. The last few years, I seem to have found steady ground, and I’ve spent the last…3 min

Brain FoodDo you diet?Hi friend. I want to know—do you consider yourself someone who diets? This can mean many things. Of course, the word “diet” actually just means the types of foods you eat, but it’s come to imply a more specific method…3 min

Brain FoodAre you still living life?How has quarantine life been? Regardless of our financial and employment situations, it’s been an adjustment for everyone in some way. Some, of course, more so than others—but everyone is dealing with the great unknown…3 min

Brain FoodThe practical approach to my enemies?Hi friend. Do you have “enemies?” In my Mindfulness Studies grad program, we spent the last month or so diving deep into a style of mindfulness called “Metta” or “loving-kindness” meditation. It’s a heartfelt form of…3 min

Are you a dog person?

Brain FoodAre you a dog person?Hi friend. If you have a dog, this will resonate with you… If you don’t, it may or may not, but keep reading just in case… I wasn’t always a dog person, after all. Now though—my dog, Kristen, is my life. She has taught…3 min

Brain FoodMe, Myself, and I.Hey friend, have you had the thought lately “everything is just working against me today!” Let me tell you a story, an updated parable first told by a Taoist teacher named Chuang Tzu called “The Empty Boat.” You’re…4 min

Brain FoodSelf-compassion in 2020.Hey friend. 2020 has been, in no small measure, a challenge, and it’s only March. Self-compassion is important now more than ever. I’ve worked from home for the last few years. In the last few weeks, nothing has been…4 min

Brain FoodHow can we change the future?Hi friend, It’s been a tough few weeks—and it seems it’s been harder mentally and emotionally on some than others. Our “stance” on what’s happening in the world almost becomes a political statement. It’s easy to think…3 min

Brain FoodAre you freaking out?Are you freaking out? How are you doing today? Does “Happy Monday” feel appropriate to read? Days have been tough. There’s a lot of anxiety going around, and it’s not unfounded. Many of us feel lost and unsure, and that…3 min

Brain FoodDo you CHOOSE your opportunities?Hi Friend. How do you view choices and opportunities? I used to get caught up in feeling like “I didn’t have a choice.” Even working for myself, I felt “I had to do this or that” because people depended on me—employees…3 min