Blog – Get Glow

•January 17, 2025

Pain is Weird, Serious, and Idiosyncratic

Doctors measure pain on a scale of 0 to 10 where 0 is “no pain” and 10 is “the worst pain imaginable.” MRIs, CAT scans, and blood work are so precise yet pain levels are assessed by the patient. Is a patient’s 7 the same as the doctor’s perception of a 7? And should a...

•October 17, 2023

Why I Love FIT So Much

FIT changed my attitude. Sometimes diet and exercise decisions can feel like a battle between freedom and control; vanity and identity; indulgence and denial. It is complicated. FIT bypasses the struggle using your imagination and your senses. You get better results through specific visualizations and by believing in yourself. FIT cultivates a mindset shift, and...

•January 4, 2023

Beauty and Mindfulness 2023

“If one is afflicted with melancholy, he should cure it by listening to songs and various kinds of melodies, by walking in gardens and fine buildings, by sitting before beautiful forms, and by things like this which delight the soul and make the disturbance of melancholy disappear from it.”1 Maimonides Beauty delights the soul. It...

•November 24, 2021

The Attitude of Gratitude

As much as we would like to always feel happy, happiness is temporary and it is usually conditional. Happiness is often a reaction to something but gratitude is more of a choice. It is more stable than happiness and fortunately, it can lead to happiness. Gratitude decimates the mindless but very human habit of ”taking-things-for-granted”...

•March 17, 2021

Five Steps to Flow in the Kitchen

Have you ever been so absorbed by what you were doing that time seems to fly or you felt no sense of time at all? Chances are you were in a flow state. It occurs when your creativity and talent come together perfectly to meet a challenge. You feel so immersed in the doing that...

•December 9, 2020

Top Three + Seven More Reasons to Meditate with TNM

1. Learn how to meditate in a way that isn’t boring. 2. Access a deep meditative state easily and quickly. 3. Develop and improve your cardiac interoception abilities. What is Cardiac Interoception? Interoception is the sensitivity to stimuli originating from within the body. Cardiac interoception is the ability to feel your own heartbeat. TNM teaches...

•September 30, 2020

Mindfulness in Relationships

Have you ever had a conversation with someone you love that turned into an argument and wound up spiraling into a screaming match? We may not want to admit it but sometimes our emotions can escalate so quickly we lose sight of the big picture and do not respond in the way we would prefer....

•September 23, 2020

Mindful Eating + Chocolate

Have you ever eaten lunch at your desk while catching up on work or browsing online and then wondered where the rest of your sandwich went? Multi-tasking gets many things done at once but there is a downside when it comes to eating. When there is competition for your attention eating can turn mindless and...

•August 31, 2020

Come to your Senses: Mindfulness in Nature

There is something calming but also energizing when you spend time in nature. It feels quiet yet there is so much going on between the plants, trees, fungi, birds, bugs and animals. Nothing in nature exists in isolation and everything is interconnected and interdependent. It creates a thriving ecosystem. Once you step into nature you...

•August 5, 2020

The Gift that Keeps on Giving: Mindfulness

Right now in this moment, ask yourself what state am I in? Check in with yourself and notice. What energizes you? Do you play images from the past or worry about the future a lot? Do you have thoughts constantly running through your mind? Managing yourself requires inner life skills. Every person can develop them....