I recently watched a video called Can You Really Change the World in Two Hours? It’s a talk by Mara Gleason and Michael Neill. In the video, Mara describes how she once met a man who was writing a book about acceptance. The author, after many stormy years, was finally at peace in his life. He was excited to be learning, discovering his own wisdom and writing his book. The author was also an inmate on death row. I assume from the way Mara described the man that he was sorry fo

“I love your muffin top!” said no midlife woman to another, ever. At some point during midlife, your periods will stop – that’s certain. Almost as certain is that at some point between the ages of 45 and 60, you'll gain weight – yes, even if you eat well and exercise regularly. Keeping the weight we gain at midlife is not inevitable if you take massive action, however, if almost all women gain weight at this time, logic would suggest that there’s an evolutionary advantage to

When everything feels crazy out there, at least we can understand more about what’s going on inside. I discovered my womb is moving and yours might be too. My path to discovery started on the floor of my son's bedroom. I got stuck there when a sharp spasm of pain sped through my lower back as I attempted to pick up a pile of school books. Only by falling to my hands and knees, wiggling into a yoga cat pose and then gently arching and curving my back, was I able to release som