by Lisa O'Brien | December 29, 2016 | yum living
Dear ones, As I prepared for the holidays this year, I found myself wondering how it was possible another year had passed. For our family, the year included many joyous occasions and celebrations, but just as many moments of chaos and quibbles. The kids are coming...
by Lisa O'Brien | August 22, 2016 | your yum
If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be sea sick every day. —Leonard Cohen I followed this advice all summer, with delight. Lots of ferry rides and fresh air. Salt water and starry nights. Stained a deck and planted hydrangea. Invited ocean waves to lull...
by Lisa O'Brien | May 19, 2016 | your yum
Here’s how I don’t want to feel: Clogged. Bloated. Stuck in habits. Trapped. Resentful. Despite my education and training in yoga, health, and human being-ness, I sometimes feel those things. I sink into the couch at night with the computer or phone near, if not on my...
by Lisa O'Brien | April 8, 2016 | your yum, yum living, yumkins
I remember as a child complaining to my mother about being bored. Often the response was a directive to do a chore, read a book, or get outside. But on occasion she’d reply with more of a challenge. “Well, then. Why don’t you make your own...
by Lisa O'Brien | February 23, 2016 | your yum
It’s true. Exercise is better for you when there’s intention behind it. Everything is better when you’re present, but it’s not easy to put that into practice. What’s easy is where our habitual patterns take us: to the left brain. Worry,...