Category Archives: Relationships
A Love Note to all of the “Control Freaks” + Micromanagers Out There
Recently, I taught a class with peaceful eating coach Christie Inge about how to not lose your mind during the holidays. During an interview before the class, we were asked to illustrate what losing it really looked like for us and our relationship with food. As I started answering, I realized, my tendency is not to lose [...]
Learning How to Get My Needs Met: Relationships + Self-Love
This is a guest post written by Alex of Raw Recovery. In thinking about the theme of this week – feeling love and summoning the bravery to have your needs met within the context of your relationship, I am grateful to be able to offer you another, younger, perspective. I am certain that Alex’s story [...]
“Do You Love Me?” + “How About Now?”
I can remember exactly how this felt: You said you loved me. In that moment I believed that you loved me. And yet – three seconds later – I had forgotten. Then I would ask you, “do you love me?” Repeat. In those moments, I wasn’t able to hold onto your love, because it was [...]
Becoming a Bridezilla + Living Authentically While Planning a Wedding
Oooooh be careful, you’re in danger of becoming a Bridezilla! If I never hear the word “Bridezilla” again, it will be too soon. When I was engaged, I lived in fear of becoming a Bridezilla! Or of letting my inner Bridezilla show. The second that I had an emotion, I’d cringe with the fear of [...]
Mara + Cookie: June 9, 2012
Because I thought maybe you’d like to see what I’ve been cooking up behind the scenes here at Medicinal Marzipan. In 2008 I met Cookie exactly 24 days before I started this site. In July of 2009 we got engaged. She is humbly and quietly and lovingly behind absolutely everything that I do in this [...]
