Wouldn’t it be great to think about food less and enjoy it more?
To allow food and wine to be the pleasures they’re meant to be in life?

Food is a powerful connector to ourselves, one another, and all that is Good.

But distractions disrupt connection and I had plenty. External standards ruled my life, especially 34-24-34, size 6, 137. I monitored every morsel I ate, got my 45-minutes of cardio in no matter how late, and used food to numb every not-happy emotion. My body tried to get my attention with IBS, acne, and eczema but I was too busy working to pay attention.

When I gave birth to my baby girl, I knew one thing for certain: I will not pass this on! At the time, I didn’t realize what I was in for; nonetheless, that motherly conviction kicked off twenty years of healing my own relationship with food and body—mind and gut, heart and soul.

Read my writing on Substack: About Love & Cookies and find me online @Ripe Food & Wine.