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  • Our Stint with Vegetarianism: Part 1

    Our Stint with Vegetarianism: Part 1

    I graduated from Pizza Hut to Boston Pizza.  I distinctly remember sitting in the parking lot with my then boyfriend, now husband Paul as he dropped me off for my interview.  I sat in the car and said I didn’t want to go to the interview, I wasn’t sure I wanted to work there.  He Read more

  • Weekly Check in | Exam Room LIVE in LA Podcast

    Weekly Check in | Exam Room LIVE in LA Podcast

    I wrote about meeting Dr. Barnard and Chuck Carrol in last week’s post and this week wanted to share a bit about the podcast experience. Spoiler alert, I had a blast!! Dr. Barnard and Chuck remembered my name from the night before and greeted me by name when I got to see them again. I Read more

  • Pizza Hut & Nothin’ But!

    Pizza Hut & Nothin’ But!

    I got a job at Pizza Hut when I was 15 years old.  The year my dad moved out and my parents were getting a divorce was really hard for my mom.  Looking back she had no support.  My dad’s family had cut her off due to my alcoholic father’s lies about my mother.  My Read more

  • April 25, 2023 – I met Chuck Carroll and Dr. Barnard!!!

    April 25, 2023 – I met Chuck Carroll and Dr. Barnard!!!

    OMG OMG. I met Chuck Carroll, host of the Exam Room Podcast and Dr. Neal Barnard President and founder of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM). The Exam Room Podcast is my FAVOURITE PODCAST. It has been the LIFELINE that has helped keep me on track, awakening me to the power within me to Read more

  • Cheese Bun Relapse – August 2021

    Cheese Bun Relapse – August 2021

    It was a Friday night and my husband, and I had just come home from walking the dog.  Cousin Clint was preparing for a camping trip with friends and his groceries were on the counter.  My eyes immediately zoomed in on the 6 pack of CHEESE BUNS sitting on the counter.  At this point, I Read more

  • Dream Wanding

    Dream Wanding

    BJ Fogg, author of Tiny Habits, has a method he uses called dream wanding. This is where you write what you aspire to achieve and then brainstorm a swarm of behaviors that may help you achieve that aspiration. It’s basically a way of dreaming big or waving your magic wand by writing down all your Read more