by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Habits and Goals, Intuitive Eating
What comes up for you when you think about keeping a food journal? Does it feel like one of the few things that keeps you accountable to eating well and therefore makes you anxious to drop? Or maybe, though probably less common, the idea of keeping a food journal...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Biology, Habits and Goals
Have you ever kept a gratitude journal? If not, it might be time. Science is accumulating rapidly on the benefits of this free and simple strategy. The more I read the more I think we should all be practicing gratitude. The benefits of gratitude include: Increased...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Biology, Habits and Goals
Just 5 years ago, when I asked people what they knew about mindfulness or meditation, I often got blank stares. A few years later, it seems that everyone knows about mindfulness. Mindfulness meditation has been around for many years but was more formally adapted for...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Exercise, Habits and Goals, Motivation
Imagine for a moment the people you know who exercise regularly. Year after year, regardless of life’s stressors and circumstances, they always get back to it. What Do These Folks Have in Common? I’d be willing to bet that they have a strong internal drive...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Biology, Habits and Goals
What is the one factor that affects our mood more than anything else? How we spend out time. My goal for this post is to help you: Improve your ability to manage your time, Clarify your reasons for finding time to relax, And review a simply yet very effective strategy...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Biology, Habits and Goals
Hey, how are you doing lately? No really, how are you doing? Take a deep breath and check in with yourself. Are you tense, anxious, on edge? Overwhelmed? Sad? Better than usual? Worse than usual? About the same. If you are anything like me, you don’t always...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Habits and Goals
I would have loved to create a well researched comprehensive post about this, but like so many people I am home with more kiddos than anticipated. With a toddler and infant at home and no grandparent visitors for the time being, if I get a shower and a 4 hour stretch...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Intuitive Eating, Parenthood
“I’m going to do something I shouldn’t,” I said to my husband as I stepped on the bathroom scale. I knew there was little to be gained (no pun intended!), except maybe some material for this blog post, but I was curious. I was 5 weeks...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Biology, Diet Industry, Parenthood
If you happened to read my post about garcinia cambogia, you know that I have a bone to pick with the diet industry and the way things are marketed. Marketers know how to wordsmith things to make them sound amazing. You will see terms like “clinically...
by Shawn Hondorp, PhD, ABPP | Food Addiction
We interrupt our regularly scheduled blog programming due to the birth of a child. My child, to be exact. My post today was supposed to be about goals and habits, and one of the points I wanted to make is the importance of being flexible about the methods with which...
