Healthy eating | Page 3 of 3 | The Rambling Epicure

Jonell Galloway: Mindful Eating Coaching

Published by Jonell Galloway + Monday, August 1, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

I’m sure many of you have read my articles about Mindful Eating. I like to keep the term in capital letters, to remind me how important it is in all our lives.

I now offer Mindful Eating coaching for those who have problem relationships with food and eating in general, helping them “reconstruct” their lifestyle and attitude to food and eating. This can be done in person, in Switzerland or France, or online, and on an individual or group basis.

For those who live other places on the globe, I offer online “teleconference” coaching for weight loss and eating problems on an individual basis. This consists of a customized program that lasts anywhere from 1 to 6 months, depending on the case, with a consultation at least once a week. This does not consist of nutritional advice per se and I am not a nutritionist; I am a therapist and counselor. It consists of an analysis of your lifestyle and relationship to food and eating, with referrals to medical professionals or physical education specialists when need be, but most of all of a work that you and I will do hand in hand. I will be your guide.

Each case is different, but starts with a thorough analysis of who you are and want to be, your lifestyle and how that might interfere with your eating habits and relationships with food, followed by an analysis and a plan, which we produce together, to lay out a plan for how to concretely work toward changing the things in your lifestyle that work against your weight goals and/or health.

I’m in the process of setting up Mindful Eating workshops and seminars for 2011-12 in Europe. For more information about Mindful Eating or if you’d like to set up a workshop or individual coaching, see my articles on this site, including an interview with Geneva organic farmer David John Kong-Hug.

If you’re interested in organizing or participating in a workshop, or following a Mindful Eating weight loss program, please contact me by clicking on the blue Contact Us button at the top right of our home page.

For more information about my past work and experience, click here.

Wild Woman on Feral Acres: Falling Far From the Tree

Published by Esmaa-Self + Saturday, May 14, 2011 Permalink 0

by Esmaa Self

We have a 35-year-old Jonathan apple tree that produces marvelous, sweet apples. This tree is supposed to be dead by now, for Jonathans have a life expectancy of about 25 years. While tending the special needs of this fire blight affected tree, I got to thinking about the saw that apples don’t fall far from the tree. It has long been my intention to do just that.

My appetite for a simple, healthy, self sufficient life was teased by failure: the sins of my father, the sometimes health food nut. He introduced me to organic gardening, raw milk and farm eggs; insisted that I eat a hot breakfast; refused to buy white bread, candy or soda pop and preached that from-a-box cooking was no way to live a healthy life.

photo: Wellerco

Kids in the Kitchen: Teach Your Kids How to Shop for Food

Published by Jonell Galloway + Wednesday, April 6, 2011 Permalink 0

by Jonell Galloway

Spring and summertime are the perfect time to start!

Farmers market

Going to the farmers market can be made into an exciting, weekly event. Summer offers lots of fresh fruit that they can choose to make their smoothies, to put on their breakfast cereal, or to make fruit salads. Vegetables are tastier in summer than in winter, and there is a larger selection, so it is also an occasion to encourage them to try more vegetables. If they choose fruit and vegetables themselves, they will feel more part of the process, and are more likely to eat them.