Intuitive and Mindful Eating for Seasonal Affective Disorder

November 4, 2014 / Jenna / Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Mood issues

Yes, I’m just about done beating the S.A.D. drum. You know by now I’m all about anticipating, preparing, and combining fierce gentleness with honest discipline. You know that I believe meditation provides the foundation to having a sane relationship with food, our bodies, and our minds. So, to round out my little campaign, I wanted […]

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 […]

Further on Seasonal Affective Disorder: Anti-depressant Foods, Nutrients, and my Happy Stew Recipe

November 25, 2013 / Jenna / Cooking, Mood issues

Last week, I posted some thoughts on managing S.A.D., those sticky icky winter blues that descend upon us like so many premature snowflakes. This week I’d like to take a deeper dive into the foods and nutrients that can be helpful in managing S.A.D. and depression in general. And finally, I share my recipe for […]

Feeling S.A.D.? You’re Not Alone. Here Are 6 Things You Can Start Doing Today to Feel Better

November 21, 2013 / Jenna / Mindfulness, Mood issues

The holidays are upon us, there’s an invigorating chill in the air, celebrations to enjoy, but you’re feeling anything but festive? Does your body feel heavy and leaden, your mind sluggish and unclear? When you wake up in the morning, do you look forward to the moment you can get back into bed? I know […]