Though a few areas of the U.S. are still getting hit hard by April snow, most of us are enjoying the beautiful first budding of Spring. Take a moment to notice nature’s annual persistence and cycle of death and rebirth (also good reflections for those who have just celebrated the holidays of Passover and Easter) as life flourishes all around us.

Featured Weekly Tips

MENTAL WELLNESS: “Soul Food” by Golda

Get A New Lover—Yourself!

It’s time to take a little time to work on your most important relationship—your relationship with yourself. This week, let’s try dating ourselves. Identify your desires for love relationships in your life, whether you’re already in a relationship or are looking to be in one.
~ How do you want to be talked to/touched/taken out? 
~ What kind of dates would you like to go on? 
~ Where would you like to go?                                                       Answer some of these questions and then try fulfilling your own desires, whether that means writing yourself a love letter or wearing lingerie to bed. After you try out this tip, let us know how it went! Want to learn more about using this tip?  Then check out Soul Food.

NUTRITION: “Feed Your Life” by Sara

4 Ways To Becoming a More Intuitive Eater

I won’t pretend like any of these things is particularly easy to do, but in our efforts to become intuitive eaters, there are actions that can make the journey more manageable. Try these things to make intuitive eating more of a reality in your life:                                 
~  Simplify your life
~  Watch Less Television
~  Take the time to plan and prepare meals and snacks and think about the foods you like so that they’ll be around.
~  Accept (perceived) imperfection.                                                 For elaborations on these ideas and how to incorporate them into your life, as well as my thoughts on why intuitive eating can be such a challenge in our culture, check out Feed Your Life.

FITNESS: “Fitness For All” by Sue

Don’t Slight the Present to Glorify the Past When the Past Makes You Appreciate the Present

What a tongue-twister! When considering the more sedentary lifestyle of many people today, we’re constantly told to compare that to the active life of our ancestors - a requirement for their survival. This comparison is meant to make us lament the simple conveniences of today and wish for a throwback to a time when we were forced to fight for every morsel and calorie and when retaining energy was a necessity of survival. But I say, forget a love of the distant past at the expense of the present! Is that to say, be sedentary all the time? No, I believe in moving our bodies for enjoyment. So, this week, take a second whenever you notice something that our ancestors didn’t have the luxury of (indoor plumbing, regular food, organized sports, whatever) and be grateful for the fact that you live when we do and don’t have to scrounge in survivor mode all the time. Why, you ask? Sometimes, it is in this gratitude for what we do have that we can find the joy in movement - an appreciation of the fact that when we move our bodies it can and should be pleasurable rather than the survivalist necessity of those who came before us. To read more of my thoughts about this, check out this week’s Fitness For All.

Word of the Week: Discovery, by Andrea

Self-discovery is a lifelong journey. Where and when do you think you began your self-discovery? Who you are, what you like, how you respond in tricky and difficult situations - they’re all part of the process of self discovery. Read more about Andrea’s self-discovery.

Quote of the Week:

Some folks think they are thinking when they are only rearranging their prejudices.
- Anonymous