Surviving America: Nutritionally Speaking
As an American born, Midwest roots individual with Dutch citizenship, I could be labeled “eclectic.” I grew up eating real food, mostly cooked by…
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Respectful Leadership & Resilience
River City Basket Ball Camp, Quincy, Illinois Every September 19th waves of nostalgia and remembrance are impossible for me to overcome. As anyone who…
Wellness Rituals: Learning from the Dutch
This past weekend in San Francisco I attended the Dutch King’s Day celebration. As an American who lived and worked in The Netherlands for…
Sugar, Kids & Other Stuff
Healthy Baby G Recently I volunteered for the Childhood Obesity Conference (COBA) sponsored by Slow Food San Francisco. This post is a summary of…
Fit for duty: Women in Leadership
I recently read Cindy Gallop’s piece on ageism in the workplace and light bulbs went off in relation to worksite wellness. Not from an…
Fresh Starts
Just for the record I’m not big on New Year’s resolutions. I am a fan of innovative beginnings and second chances. Here are a…
Disciplina
Whatever happened to discipline? Did it die or is it just on holiday? Better yet what is discipline and can we revive it? Former…
Rational Fitness
Recently I taught a workshop about the importance of maintaining good mobility in the body as a form of injury prevention and general personal…
Slow Wellness Movement
Is worksite wellness dead, alive or just asleep at the wheel? When I look around at health promotion conventions I see the same players…
Food Philosophy 2.0
How does one survive in a nation obsessed by food? A society where FOOD is constantly there to knock you down. It takes a…