Dana L. Barron PhD5 hours ago6 minOverwhelmOverwhelm. Overwhelm. Overwhelmed. Overwhelming. It's been A LOT lately, no? We are all in it. In fact, overwhelm doesn’t feel like a str...
Dana L. Barron PhD5 days ago8 minGrief: A Pathway to PeaceToday marks 20 years since we lost my father. He died very suddenly, from a massive heart attack. Other than high cholesterol, he had no ...
Dana L. Barron PhDJul 34 minComparisonComparison is the evil twin of disappointment. I'm listening to the audio book of Mark Nepo's The Book of Awakening. I keep rewinding eve...
Dana L. Barron PhDJul 16 minDisappointdis·ap·point | \ ˌdis-ə-ˈpȯint \ disappointed; disappointing; disappoints Verb 1. to fail to meet the expectation or hope of; to FRUST...
Dana L. Barron PhDJun 128 minI Have FibromyalgiaI am of the nature to grow old. There is no way to escape growing old. I am of the nature to have ill-health. There is no way to escape h...
Dana L. Barron PhDMay 285 minBody Battles and Paths to Peace #3Part 3: Blame and Shame At the heart of our body battles – and indeed our internal suffering in general – are blame and shame. Though th...
Dana L. Barron PhDMay 59 minBody Battles & Paths to Peace, #2Part Two: Body Image, Fat Phobia, and Structures of Inequality In the last post I wrote about the costs of approaching health and healing...
Dana L. Barron PhDApr 309 minBody Battles and Paths to Peace, #1This is the first of a multi-part series Part One: Illness and Pain The language that we use to talk about our relationships with our hum...
Dana L. Barron PhDApr 263 minChoose Peace. Your Body Will Thank You.Just say "no" to the COVID food police. I entered “COVID weight gain” in Google and got 161,000,000 hits. Here’s what I learned. That COV...
Dana L. Barron PhDApr 84 minOn War and PeaceNo, I am not planning to read the book as my “quarantine project.” No one needs to do anything extra right now - anything more than what ...
Dana L. Barron PhDMar 196 min"C" is for Connection, Community, & CalmThis is Ruby, who always reminds me to keep things in perspective. She and I rescued each other 6 1/2 years ago. She is thrilled that her...
Dana L. Barron PhDFeb 214 minPeace is PossibleIf you could wave a magic wand and have one wish, what would it be? For me, it’s always been peace. Yes, sure a little extra cash would b...
Dana L. Barron PhDFeb 183 minWe Have to Talk About FearWe live in a culture that teaches us, consciously and subconsciously, to equate fatness with death. No wonder we are afraid.
Dana L. Barron PhDJan 283 minWhen I Fight Reality Reality Always WinsTo the tune of "The Authority Song," John Mellencamp. My father used to say, “some lessons in life need to be learned more than once.” It...
Dana L. Barron PhDNov 8, 20194 minOn the Path to Peace My last blog post describes my new understanding of my relationship with my body – an understanding that had been there below the surface...
Dana L. Barron PhDMar 18, 20196 minRoman Numeral VI.A month ago, I added a big Roman numeral to the timeline of my life. (Imagine life divided into major parts, like a book, marked by Roman...
Dana L. Barron PhDMar 12, 20195 minIntuitive Eating, Intuitive HealingWhat comes to mind when you hear "health coach?" You probably expect to be told, among other things, what to eat and what not to eat. Man...
