I have noticed that as I am making even the smallest of changes to my lifestyle or the way I eat, as I’m doing with my Simple Food project, I need to bring a lot of awareness to the process in order to make the changes successful and see the benefit of the change. Sometimes […]
Simplify to Heal: Simple Eating
Regardless of the other areas that you look at simplifying, simplifying your food is probably of the most value to someone with celiac disease. The amusing part is that it’s also the area I struggle with simplifying the most! I’ve made some real progress, but I still suffer from some wrong assumptions that tend to […]
Acceptance: Minimalism in Action
I was reading Leo Babauta’s most recent blog post on Zen Habits (definitely check it out if you have not already; it’s well worth your time) and felt inspired to expand on what he was saying in that post and apply it specifically to those of us with celiac disease. So take a minute to […]
Using Simplicity to Improve Relationships
Being diagnosed with celiac disease is a life-altering event. So much of our lives and cultures center around food. We use food to anchor celebrations, holidays and family or community traditions. We give food as gifts and use it to show our love, appreciation and support for one another. We often use it as a […]
Minimalism and Celiac Disease
At first glance, minimalism and celiac disease may seem like a strange pairing – after all, the first thing most people are facing on the tail of their diagnosis is having to dramatically alter their way of eating, and let’s be really honest, their way of living along with it. For most people, that represents […]