Inspirational Author, Speaker and Educator

. This week, I want to talk about the fall. It's such a wonderful time of year. It's so colorful, cool and crisp. And it truly is a time of transition. This is the time of year that nature begins to move inward, storing its energy, dropping its foliage and conserving energy for the cooler months. This change, whether we're aware of it or not, it affects all of us.

Food, that's what I want to talk about. It is who we are. We are what we eat. We are our heritage of traditions and foods. And when we become friends with our body and accept ourselves, it can be a little helpful to look at how and what we eat. Are we rigid? Do we have a list of good and bad? Are we always on a diet?

I have been talking a lot about being friends with our body, tuning in to ourselves, loving ourselves. The truth is that this can be a full time job. And as we are holding on to our physical and emotional self all day, those around us may not be so aware of themselves, and the words and opinions that they share can hurt us.