Food Exposed

“The Tree” – Food Exposed

One of my favorite parts of Health Coaching involves the use of metaphors. A metaphor is the expression of the understanding of one concept by relating it to another similar concept. Artists use metaphors all the time, too – as do authors. Here’s a metaphorical story you might be able to relate to – it’s…

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Chicken Salad with Spiced Sesame Sauce – Food Exposed

Chicken Salad with Spiced Sesame Sauce Servings: 6                    Serving Size: 4 oz. chicken plus 1/2 cup salad Ingredients: 3(4 oz.)       boneless, skinless chicken breasts ¼ tsp.cayenne pepper 1 ½  tsp.       distilled white vinegar 1tbsp.dry sherry 1tbsp.fresh cilantro, chopped 1sliceginger 1ea.green onion, diced 3 cupsromaine lettuce leaves 2tbsp.reduced sodium soy sauce ½ tsp.sesame oil 2tbsp.sesame tahini 2cupswater, plus 1 tbsp.…

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Low Sodium Restaurants – Food Exposed

This week’s guests are The Dining Duo – Michael Epstein and Scott Schwimer –  a couple that have eaten 21 meals TOGETHER every week for 22 years. They blog about the foodie scene in LA and abroad on their website www.TheDiningDuo.com and no couple knows more about restauarant food than these two! They’ll talk about how…

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Live in the Moment – Food Exposed

What 5 goals do you believe will lead you to lasting happiness? In her book, Creating Your Best Life, Caroline Adams Miller describes research -tested happiness boosters, and techniques for building self-efficacy. The book collects and integrates studies and research on relationships, passion, self-regulation, positive emotions, flow, strengths, exercise, values, savoring and grit as they…

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Armenian Vegetable Casserole – Food Exposed

Armenian Vegetable Casserole Servings: 3                    Serving Size: 2 ½ cups   Ingredients: 1 whole(1 lb.) can reduced sodium pear-shaped tomatoes 3 medium carrots, cut into 1/2″ thick slanting slices ½ cup catsup 1 medium eggplant, peeled and cut into 1″ pieces 1 tbsp.extra virgin olive oil ½ lb.green beans 1 tbsp. NutriFit Mediterranean Salt Free Spice Blend 2 large onions, cut into 1″ cubes 1 large green bell pepper, chopped 1 cup reduced…

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Social Relationships and Health – Food Exposed

Think about the most important relationships in your life. What are the characteristics of the people to whom you feel closest? Happy couples describe their partners as interested and responsive. Besides existing relationships, curious people act in certain ways with strangers that allow relationships to develop more easily. Research shows that curious people ask questions…

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The How of Happiness – Food Exposed

My coaching moment today is about how committing to your goals helps you achieve happiness, and is based on the work of Sonja Lyubomirsky. In her book, The How of Happiness, she writes, “people who strive for something personally significant, whether it’s learning a new craft, changing careers, or raising moral children, are far happier…

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Experience of Choice – Food Exposed

My coaching moment today is about the experience of choice. In his book, Why We Do What We Do, Edward Deci says, “At the heart of human freedom is the experience of choice.” As a coach, I talk to people in terms of making their own choices and forging their own path all the time.…

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Improving your Memory – Food Exposed

My coaching moment today comes from a workshop that I love to present, and have many, many times. It’s called Brain Boosters: Improving your Memory. Let’s face it, we’re all concerned about forgetting what we really want to remember! In this presentation I talk about the value of attaching to memories using our different senses,…

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Making a Difference – Food Exposed

Here’s a little story about Making a Difference. Once upon a time there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the shore. As he looked down the…

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