Penne for Your Thoughts

Join us for Dinner May, 16, 2024 6pm EST

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Penne For Your Thoughts

This virtual mindfulness group was developed to help you create a better relationship with food through mindfulness meditation techniques. Bring your favorite meal and join us in learning about mindful eating. Click below if you plan to be there:

I'll be there May 16, 2024 6pm EST

The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating!

Eating can be exciting for some and exhausting for others

As for me...

I have no shame in admitting that I am 100% on the side of eating being exciting. But is this excitement the foundation of a healthy relationship with food?

Food is an essential part of life.

Not only does a good meal taste and feel great, it's also necessary for survival. So much of life is centered around food: thinking about what we are going to eat later, preparing or buying it, cleaning up after it, sometimes recovering from too much of it. From celebrations to social gatherings among family and friends, it’s no surprise that food is something people think about often.

Is a balanced relationship with food possible?

Whether food is exciting or exhausting to you, how do you cultivate a good relationship with food? A balanced relationship where you use food for its purpose, namely survival, but also enjoy it!

We've all heard the phrase 'a penny for your thoughts'. This phrase is usually said when you want to know what someone is thinking... But what really goes on in our minds when biting into the food we love or loathe?

What happens inside of us when we eat?

Science Says:

When you eat a healthy meal, hormones and neurotransmitters like serotonin and dopamine flood the body to reward you for making a healthy choice. Then, the microorganisms living in your gut microbiome send positive messages to your brain through neural signals to let you know that you made a healthy choice.

But whether or not we are consistently making particularly "healthy" meal decisions, we are making meal decisions ALL DAY EVERYDAY! Using mindfulness, we can begin to foster a balanced relationship with food where we not only eat the right things but enjoy the process.

Below are Seven Practices of Mindful Eating, a list created by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health:

Seven practices of mindful eating: 1. Acknowledge where the food was grown and who prepared the meal. 2. Engage all senses. 3. Serve in modest portions. 4. Savor small bites, and chew thoroughly. 5. Eat slowly to avoid overeating. . 6. Don't skip meals. 7. Eat a plant-based diet

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During the virtual mindfulness group we will dive into the benefits of the above steps and offer other mindfulness meditation techniques, all while we enjoy dinner together!

Join Us For Dinner!

Penne for Your Thoughts

Penne For Your Thoughts

The only thing I like better than talking about food is eating!

Eating can be exciting for some and exhausting for others

As for me...

Food is an essential part of life.

Is a balanced relationship with food possible?

We've all heard the phrase 'a penny for your thoughts'. This phrase is usually said when you want to know what someone is thinking... But what really goes on in our minds when biting into the food we love or loathe?

What happens inside of us when we eat?

Science Says:

Seven practices of mindful eating: 1. Acknowledge where the food was grown and who prepared the meal. 2. Engage all senses. 3. Serve in modest portions. 4. Savor small bites, and chew thoroughly. 5. Eat slowly to avoid overeating. . 6. Don't skip meals. 7. Eat a plant-based diet

Penne For Your Thoughts

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