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| By Rachel Maskell

This is Me: Why I go to Burning Man

It’s my third year going to Burning Man. I’m not a veteran but obviously there is a reason I keep going back. It’s not the cheapest of experiences, it takes a good chunk of time to organize and be offline and away, and the conditions are intense...so why?I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately since we are just a few days away from landing on the playa. There has been many conversation about what it’s like and of course why I go so I thought I would share in today’s video. If I were to answer with one word...

| By Rachel Maskell

The Story of Her: Tara Parker Tait on Motherhood

Some people make Motherhood look easy or glamorous. Some women can be back in their skinny jeans within weeks. Or back to work running around like nothing's changed. That's cool and all but not all women have the same story. For some of us the transition into Motherhood was a kickoff into a whole new way of living. For Tara Parker Tait it initiated a move out of Canada, a new career, and ultimately a sense of reprioritizing her life. In today's video Tara and I chat about Motherhood: the highs and lows, what's missing and how the unknown can...

| By Rachel Maskell

This is Me: I am a MotherLover

From the unknown to the known. From the I thought I knew to what the heck. And still we do it with love and sacrifice...mothers. They are incredible and the ultimate heroine. At least in my book.It’s this journey into the unknown and the triggers from our own childhood that make motherhood so challenging. How do I get this beautiful and free willed child to listen to me and go to bed? And how do I do that without breaking her self confidence and independence? These are my mama woes.So what I am doing about it? Besides reaching out to...

| By Rachel Maskell

The Story of Her: a chat with Lisa Knox on Eating Disorders

It’s interesting to me to learn about other people’s stories, their journeys that get them where they are today. Lately the theme has been around food - the archetypes, my own challenges, and today a dear friend of mine has opened up to share her story - Lisa Knox.Lisa shares how she used food as form of control and as a way of not listening to her body. We talk about tuning in to our intuition and why being a Healthy Deviant is one of the most important things we can do today. I’m struck with how fluidly Lisa talks...

| By Rachel Maskell

My Journey with Food

My relationship with food has definitely been up and down. As I share in today’s video I have tried lots of diets and weight loss behaviors, but nothing ever worked. It wasn’t until I came to realize that I was infusing my food with negative emotions and self talk that I was able to reset my relationship with it. I still have days where I dance with food - some days not wanting to eat at all and others finding myself indulging in decadence with friends. Regardless of my actions I now have a deeper understanding of who I am...

| By Rachel Maskell

The story of Her: a #mumboss interview with Dana James

How do you use food? Yes, USE food. Because we know most of us aren’t just using food as fuel, nor do I think we should. It’s a full on sensory experience but one that is often ripe with pain, addiction, and control. I know my own journey has elements of that. As Dana James says, “generally women have a very complicated relationship with food…it stems from how we source our self worth.” Oh boy. And how we source our self worth comes from our primary childhood wound. Yep, it gets deep.Further, it’s a topic that we need to be...