Putting a Full-court Press on Seasonal Affective Disorder

October 15, 2014 / Jenna / Mindfulness, Workshops and classes

When I was playing basketball in high school (badly), we often used the full-court press against worthy opponents. In this defensive strategy, rather than waiting for them to get the ball nearer the basket to score, we put stronger man-to-man pressure on them for the length of the court, which allowed us to better anticipate […]

Seasonal Affective Disorder: The Power of Knowing What to Expect

October 10, 2014 / Jenna / Mindfulness, Workshops and classes

For many years I had the same experience: I woke up some morning in mid-November and felt like my limbs had turned to wood. I looked at the clock and calculated how many hours there were until I could go back to bed. I moved about my day as if an invisible wet woolen blanket […]

New workshop! Winter Without the Blues: Preventing and Managing Seasonal Affective Disorder

September 30, 2014 / Jenna / Mood issues, Workshops and classes

WINTER WITHOUT THE BLUES: PREVENTING AND MANAGING SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER I am so excited to announce this upcoming workshop on October 20th at 6:30 pm at the 92nd Street Y. I’ll be co-teaching with friend, colleague, and wonderful naturopathic doctor, Dr. Peter Bongiorno (see below for his bio), on the prevention and management of seasonal […]

Has “eating right” become an unhealthy obsession?

September 11, 2014 / Jenna / Eating disorders, Intuitive Eating, Meditation, Workshops and classes

Did you have braces as a kid? If you did, you probably made many a trip to the orthodontist. I was lucky enough to have braces during the height of my awkward phase in the seventh grade and – as an added bonus – had them “installed” on Christmas Eve so I wouldn’t miss any […]

How Meditation Can Help Heal Our Relationship with Food (2.0)

September 2, 2014 / Jenna / Intuitive Eating, Meditation, Mindfulness, Workshops and classes

A while back I wrote a post about how meditation can help heal our relationship with food. In it I share a few of the many ways in which this daily practice supports our daily practice of eating, namely: By fostering a strong connection with the body By slowing things down and creating space By […]

Announcing “The Dharma of Diet,” a 4-week e-Course with meditation instructor Susan Piver and me!

August 15, 2014 / Jenna / Meditation, Mindfulness, Mindfulness practices, Workshops and classes

I am so excited to announce a new 4-week e-course in collaboration with meditation instructor, New York Times bestselling author, and wondrous being, Susan Piver, starting September 16th. This course came about as the result of a conversation (or several conversations) between Susan and myself about all the craziness, confusion, and paranoia that surrounds eating. […]