Mindful Indulging: Having What You Want Without Guilt
“You only lose what you cling to.” ~Buddha
I used to cling to my identity as a person who didn’t eat donuts. To me, donuts represent all that is tempting and yet forbidden. Any self-respecting natural health doctor is not supposed to like donuts, right?
This image I held of myself almost cost me one of the important realizations of my life.
Twenty years ago I was in the midst of my training to become an Ayurvedic health practitioner. I held tightly and proudly to my dietary restrictions like a fundamentalist’s religion.
This ancient medical system of India dictated that …
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