Feed Your Soul with Kim

Send us Fan Mail Gratitude is not just for Thanksgiving time, although it is talked about a lot during the Thanksgiving time.  In this episode, we explore why having gratitude as a regular practice is so important. Gratitude is a driving force for self-love (one of the 6 core components to Feed Your Soul)! We can get so caught up in looking at food over the holidays and I want to take a pause to d...

Send us Fan Mail The holidays are in full effect right now as we get closer to Thanksgiving. Ever wonder how to be an intuitive eater at the holidays? In this episode we explore intuitive eating on the holiday. It is not hard, but it does take mindfulness and knowledge about is Intuitive Eating.  In this episode, we look at the various difficulties (including my top tip to manage emotions that mig...

Send us Fan Mail Every year during the time between October 1 and December 31, we go through a period that I call the Holiday Trifecta. It is the time where we focus A LOT on food items, we don’t allow ourselves to have the rest of the year. It can feel overwhelming to have so much food around and you try to resist it. The struggle is real! This holiday season, we are looking at how different situ...

Send us Fan Mail COVID is over? It depends on how you view the situation. I do know that movies, restaurants, theatres, and buildings are opening.  I went to the grocery store the other day and they did not require masks to be worn anymore. I felt so strange after 15 months wearing a mask to not having to wear a mask. This year has been odd to say the least, and it has been a learning experience....

Send us Fan Mail There is so much to share on journaling. If you listened to the first podcast on journaling , you need to listen to even more ways to journal. I have been journaling more since my last podcast.  This week we look at another way to journal that is super creative and can help reach deeper inside of yourself.  In this week Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we are looking at the value o...

Send us Fan Mail One of my favorite tools is journaling. I find I am more centered and calmer when I am regularly journaling. If I find I am feeling confuse angry or upset, journaling can get me right back on track.  I can be a part of my morning routine or I give myself permission to do it at any time of the day. Some of my clients like to do it at bedtime as a “brain dump” before bed. Whatever w...

Send us Fan Mail This week I am considering how we start our day.  As I reflected on my morning routine, I realized there are some basics to the routine that are important to me. The days I accomplish this morning routine, I feel energized. There are ways I can start my day that leads me to feel sluggish.  In this week Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we are looking at the value and strategy of the...

Send us Fan Mail Again, this week, I am reflecting on last year as I am considering this holiday time. I am listening to last year’s Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast on Holiday Hungers and I notice we are continuing to forge a new path this holiday.  Noticing hunger (physical and emotional) is critical to help us determine what our hunger is about, whether there is a pandemic or not.  You can liste...

Send us Fan Mail What a difference a year makes. Last year my podcast focused on how to beat holiday stress. I gave such timeless tips to help lower stress.     As I listened to that 2019 holiday podcast, I realized it just does not capture what is going on this year. The holiday is complicated by the Coronavirus.   There are so many questions we are dealing with during this time and everyone is h...

Send us Fan Mail Every year I talk to clients about the Holiday Trifecta, which is the time between October 1 to January 1. The Holiday Trifecta is three months of the focus on food. I am noticing this time is even more complicated due to the Coronavirus.  There are so many questions we are dealing with during this time:  ·        Can we visit our families? ·        How do we keep distance, but ke...

Send us Fan Mail How are you doing? Is this COVID Pandemic getting the best of you. I realized that I was not feeling my best emotionally and I hunkered down to see what was wrong. I realized that I have been feeling the effects of the many changes this pandemic has brought to our homes, communities, and world.     If you have not checking in with yourself, this is the podcast for you. I am going...

Send us Fan Mail Are you struggling? Feeling depressed, anxious or overwhelmed? We all have times where our problems are bigger than we can handle. This is where psychotherapy (aka counseling) can help. Generally psychotherapy happen in a therapist's office face to face. COVID19 has changed the landscape and we need to use some new methods to meet. This is where telehealth (virtual therapy) c...

Send us Fan Mail Could you use more happiness? Is there actually a way to be happier? In Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project , she challenges us to look at happiness and see what we can do to boost it. Gretchen engages her readers in different concepts each month to build a stronger foundation of happiness.   This week we are looking at Finding Happiness and we are focused on friends. Fri...

Send us Fan Mail This week we are answering some listener’s questions on my Feed Your Soul Community Page. People ask me all the time, “How do I stop overeating?” I say it is simple, but it is not easy. Truthfully there are so many challenges to ending overeating, but, if you focus on some key concepts- it is doable.  Join us on the Feed Your Soul with Kim Podcast we answer the questions: Is it ok...

Send us Fan Mail Could you use more happiness? Is there actually a way to be happier? In Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project , she challenges us to look at happiness and see what we can do to boost it. Gretchen engages her readers in different concepts each month to build a stronger foundation of happiness. This week we are looking at Finding Happiness for the month of May and we are focu...

Send us Fan Mail Overeating is extremely prevalent in the era of COVID19. Even as we are entering a lessening of the shelter in place order, there is a lot of fear and concerns about health, wellbeing and safety. These fears are showing up in many different ways, including food fears, food obsession and overeating. We have been stuck in the house for months and life is changing by the moment. Food...

Send us Fan Mail I don’t know about you but right about now I could use more happiness. Each month, we have been looking at Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project. She challenges us to explore happiness and see what we can do to make it bigger. Gretchen engages us to focus on different happiness concepts each month in order to build a stronger foundation of happiness. The week we are looking...

Send us Fan Mail We are continuing to experience a new normal in the era of COVID-19. More and more people are being asked (or ordered) to shelter in place. Schools and businesses are shutting their doors in the best interest of the whole community. We are experiencing an unprecedented global crisis. This is a tough time, but there is an opportunity to expand our learning about ourselves. I believ...

Send us Fan Mail We are experiencing a new normal in the era of COVID-19. People are being asked or ordered to shelter in place. Schools and businesses are shutting down in the best interest of the whole community. We are experiencing an unprecedented global crisis. This is a tough time and it does not appear to end soon. We are being asked to stay away from others and fully reconstruct our daily...

Send us Fan Mail There is lots of panic and fear out there. People are experiencing fear and anxiety and it is showing up in interesting ways, like buying lots of toilet paper and water. There's a lot of information out there that is scary. This week we are looking at ways to move beyond the fear and anxiety in order to look at how being spiritual can change our mood and perspective. In order...

Send us Fan Mail It's scary out there right now. There is an incredible amount of fear and anxiety around the coronavirus. I have noticed more fear and anxiety in myself, my family and people around me. We are not going to talk about the medical components of how to manage a virus, but there is so much we can do to decrease fear, anxiety and stress. I think we can agree that those symptoms ma...

Send us Fan Mail Could you use more happiness? Is there actually a way to be happier? In Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project, she challenges us to look at happiness and see what we can do to boost it. Gretchen engages her readers in different concepts each month to build a stronger foundation of happiness. The week we are looking at Finding Happiness for the month of March and we are focu...

Send us Fan Mail This week we look at how The Lion King, kids, and bravery can be keys to living a more balanced life. We see how bravery and stepping out of our comfort zone is essential. We often look at the six Feed Your Soul Components as being related, exclusively to food, weight issues and overeating; this week we go deeper and see how we can have a more fruitful life. Join us this week as w...

Send us Fan Mail Is it hard to feel good about yourself when you are thinking about food, overeating, and your weight? The secret is not more dieting and definitely NOT more self-hatred. On this week’s Valentine’s Day themed Feed Your Soul with Kim, we discover how tough and important it is to increase our self-love. We will look at how to increase our positive feelings about ourselves. We will se...

Send us Fan Mail Could you use more happiness? Is there actually a way to be happier? In Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project, she challenges us to look at happiness and see what we can do to boost it. Gretchen engages her readers in different concepts each month to build a stronger foundation of happiness. This week we are looking at finding happiness for the month of February and we are...