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May 20
2 min

Beachcombing

The beach stretches away to the east; miles of wind-swept, wave-rippled sand and tussock; empty except for skirling oyster catchers and r...

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Susan Taheri

Apr 24
3 min

Then & Now & How

I wrote the following in my journal in November 2018; with no foresight that I was about to take one tiny step, and then another, towards...

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Susan Taheri

Apr 10
3 min

Habits in the time of Covid 19

The onset of Coronavirus tipped me into a freeze response: my default reaction to change of any kind, particularly where it has the poten...

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Susan Taheri

Mar 20
2 min

Relationship with Food: Pleasure

Ahhh, Vitamin P - Pleasure: who doesn't want more of that in their life? As a species, we are biologically programmed to seek pleasure an...

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Susan Taheri

Mar 13
2 min

Dancing with Disappointment

Something hoped and planned for isn't happening. Despite not eating sugar since the end of December, my default reaction is to scavenge f...

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Susan Taheri

Mar 6
3 min

"I just want a diet that works"

...says just about everybody. We all know what to do: eat more plants and a lot less sugar, move more, get enough sleep. We've bought the...

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Susan Taheri

Feb 28
2 min

Hill Walking

Snow-cleansed air hurts my lungs; the tips of my fingers are frozen inside my gloves and the sky roils grey overhead. The muddy, ice-slit...

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Relationship with Food: Identity (Part 1)

Susan Taheri

Feb 25
1 min

Relationship with Food: Identity (Part 1)

Who are you when you sit down to eat? Are you the child who must finish everything on your plate if you want to have pudding? Are you the...

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Susan Taheri

Feb 22
2 min

Relationship with Food: Rhythm

"And The Rhythm Of Life is a powerful beat, Puts a tingle in your fingers and a tingle in your feet..." Who wants an earworm? Sammy Davis...

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Relationship with Food: Sloooooowwww Down

Susan Taheri

Feb 21
3 min

Relationship with Food: Sloooooowwww Down

Life speeds by at 100 miles per hour; our attention is always on the next thing we need to do, on all the things we haven't managed to ac...

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Susan Taheri

Feb 21
2 min

Dealing with overwhelm

Life happens; and sometimes it happens all at once with bells, knobs, whistles and pneumatic drills. Everyone is demanding something from...

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