I was going to title this post a visit to the sun — but truth be told, after a week in the dry desert of Arizona, I feel strangely refreshed. I have been feeling burnout something awful for the last few months and I needed a break from just about everything. A few weeks ago …
…and today we paint
In the midst of my recent health scare God sent me a reminder. The best way to release the fear, the focus on the problem at hand, is to lose yourself in service to another. While I was still waiting for my tests, one of my pastors reached out, having heard I knew a thing …
…and now we know
Yesterday I was scheduled for a PET scan. It's like an MRI but it uses radioactive dye to light up areas of the body that may have cancer lurking. A few weeks ago my doctor found a hardened lymph node in my neck near my thyroid and she wanted to rule out, among other things, …
The in between…
These moments of "in between" are a little like being caught in the rolling fog of the early morning. At first, you see a light mist in front of you and before you know it, you can't see anything at all. It can be unnerving. Waiting on a diagnosis is a little like that. Six …
Vegan travels….
I do a lot of travel for business. At least once a month, sometimes twice, but I find myself on the road on a consistent basis throughout the year. I've always enjoyed being different places, meeting with different people, it's the travel part I'm not a fan of. Lately that's been an even bigger truth. …
Well there’s some fine print…(re WLS)
Those words from Shrek the Ogre ring loud in my ears this morning as I'm reading Dr. Greger's next book, "How Not to Diet." I mentioned Dr. Greger's work a few posts back. He is a WFPB doctor who has dedicated his life to researching and sharing information on every medical finding out there. The …
Month 2 check in…
Here we are -- month two in the rear view mirror. So far so good doesn't really sum it up. So far so great, maybe. I know going meatless cold Turkey isn't for everyone, but for me, it's why I think making the change has been so successful. I didn't give myself an out. And …
Ultimate Cooking Course
I'm six weeks in to this WFPB lifestyle. I am by far more comfortable saying that and eating this way than I was six weeks ago. There's still a bit of stigma out there when it comes to fessing up that you don't eat meat. (And now I hear the aunt from "My Big Fat …
Mind Shifting….
After years of counting calories, or macros, or measuring, swapping, points, all. the. things. it feels so free, yet so strange to let all of that go. It's been a huge mind (and habit) shift for me since turning to a whole foods, plant-based (WFPB) lifestyle. I'm awake early today, just before 4am. Why might …
Shrinking Shay 