Superfood #1: Garlic
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., RND, CHom In recent years a new term has been coined for commercial purposes, “Super Foods,” to indicate those with higher health benefits than many others and the potential to help preserve optimum health and, in case of disease, to increase the chance for healing. The first “superfood” we…
Obesity: From Aestheticism to Disease
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., RDN, CHom Obesity from an aesthetic, cultural, and psychological perspective For a pretty long time, our Western world has identified obesity primarily as an aesthetic issue. Hence, it was quite revealing several years ago to watch a documentary that PBS broadcasted on KLRU, which, while focusing on the concept…
Life Coaching Lesson #4: Just One Step ...
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” stated Lao-Tzu sometime between the 5th and the 4th century B.C. Though one might think at first that’s like stating the obvious, the reality is that for so many among us, sometimes it appears that moving…
Life Coaching Lesson #3: Be a Co-Creator...
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist “I wish I had done…”, “I always wanted to…”, “If only my parents had…”, “I wish I could…”, “Had I married [or not married] them…I would have….” How many thoughts, statements, and complaints have you heard so far in your life? And how many of them have…
Life Coaching Lesson #2: Stop Comparing ...
“Education should inculcate in all of us the idea that Mankind is only one family with common interests. And, as consequence, that cooperation is more important than competition.” (Bertrand Russell) Most of us will agree that comparing ourselves to others happens more often than we wish it would. And this since a very early age:…
Life Coaching Lesson #1: Getting Real
by Maria Teresa De Donato, Ph.D., Life Strategist (Phillip K. Dick, I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon) Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away Get real! How many times have we heard and even used this expression? Hundreds, maybe even thousands. But what does “getting real” means, and why…