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Do you eat for long-term or short-term pleasure?
When it comes to eating for pleasure, it’s important to be aware of these distinctions: Short-term pleasureable eating, versus Long-term...
Laura Burkett
Mar 30, 20182 min read
Why I’m drinking ghee this month
Today I’m gathering my final preparations for my annual Ayurvedic Spring therapy. Hello, liver and gallbladder…it’s time… Part of the...
Laura Burkett
Mar 15, 20181 min read
Three ways to use a therapeutic diet
If you have a strain or injury to your knee, you’ll likely seek out physical therapy for a while. But eventually the therapy will be over...
Laura Burkett
Feb 28, 20182 min read
For your immune system…
When I feel a doozy of a virus coming on I usually roll up my sleeves and get to work on a few practices from my arsenal of holistic...
Laura Burkett
Feb 28, 20183 min read
One thing you mustn’t ever neglect when you’re working on yourself
DIGNITY: THE STATE OR QUALITY OF BEING WORTHY OF HONOR OR RESPECT “Dignity does not consist of possessing honors, but is the...
Laura Burkett
Jan 14, 20183 min read
2017 wrap up & why I’ve been laying low
Every year I set aside a bit of time over the course of a week or two to read through journal entries from the year, look at pictures...
Laura Burkett
Dec 17, 20174 min read
How to digest the year (and a year-end gift)
It’s about this time of year that I (very slowly) start contemplating the past 11 months. You might warm to the idea of contemplating the...
Laura Burkett
Dec 1, 20172 min read
Eating Quiz: Do you need more structure or soul? (Part Two)
Today, in Part Two, we are focusing on the signs and symptoms of inadequate soul demonstrated in eating. (You find Part One on Structure...
Laura Burkett
Nov 14, 20174 min read
Eating Quiz: Do you need more structure or soul? (Part One)
Today, in Part One, we are focusing on the signs and symptoms of inadequate structure in eating. The word structure can kick up...
Laura Burkett
Oct 30, 20173 min read
The work worth doing (that you’ll likely resist)
Last weekend I taught an edgy workshop in Grand Rapids on the shadow aspect of the psyche. The content, although fascinating, is not so...
Laura Burkett
Oct 19, 20172 min read
Ready to get things in order?
Fall brings an often palpable tug to “get things in order,” to re-commit to things that appropriately fell to the wayside during summer...
Laura Burkett
Sep 30, 20172 min read
Exciting News
A couple weeks ago you read my light-hearted story about cupcakes, weight loss, and the crazy contradictions many a women find themselves...
Laura Burkett
Sep 14, 20172 min read
Cupcakes, weight loss, and the real healing agent
A handful of weeks ago, my beloved Michael, walked into the kitchen to warm up his morning coffee, leaned on the kitchen counter behind...
Laura Burkett
Aug 30, 20174 min read
Improve your tastebud IQ
When I was 17 I loved indulging my taste for unique clothing. I loved wearing my long sweaters lined with dark purple faux fur and...
Laura Burkett
Aug 13, 20173 min read
A Healthy Spirit & the Will to Keep Going
The late maestra curandera, Elena Avila, stressed the importance of cultivating a strong spirit…”the envelope of the soul,” she calls it....
Laura Burkett
Jul 30, 20173 min read
Personal thoughts re: Instagram
Wow, so I’m not active on Instagram, but after a session with one of my beautiful clients last evening, I was prompted to “google” what’s...
Laura Burkett
Jul 11, 20172 min read
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