One month or so before my 40th birthday, right on time—for once not procrastinating, I was hurled head-first and with great tenacity into my impending mid-life crisis. Although transitions of identity, whenever they may come, can be liberating, fulfilling, and even joyfully amusing, mine definitely started as a crisis before it became an awakening!
Are you as enthralled as I at watching the leaves release themselves in an exuberance of color at this time of year? I believe in mirroring the seasons in how we live. Living seasonally allows us to not fight the forces of nature in our own nature.
“My name is Katie and I am a sugar addict. I’ve been clean for 6 hours.” But once sugared, I lose that control and that monster of sugar cravings takes back over and once again, I have to fight to take control back. To break the cravings. To be in control of my life and my food choices. Again.