I could not be more thrilled with my dinner tonight: Grilled yellow pepper, fingerling potatoes, and broccoli, drizzled with olive oil, and sprinkled with salt, pepper and feta cheese. Oh yeah, and a huge handful of organic baby romaine lettuce topped with lemon juice.

You'd think I was on a diet, but it turns out that no matter how much I eat, or don't eat, I'm slightly roundish. What I am doing a better job at is eating for energy. I've noticed that fresh, whole foods give me the buoyant energy I crave, and that mac and cheese (even if it is purchased from Trader Joe's) doesn't.

What has become overwhelmingly obvious to me is that foods that contain stuff our bodies don't need require more processing, and therefore don't yield as much energy. Clean foods - the one's packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber, and most of all, life energy - are what my body craves these days.

I'm by no means perfect in the pursuit of energy-filled foods, but am finding that I'm naturally drawn to them, and feel really good about that.

Just some thoughts from a well-fed, and supremely balanced energy coach...

We've all had our share of relationship drama. Whether it's your mother or your lover, being tangled up with others is no fun. If we could see two people relating dysfunctionally, there would be energetic strings extending from each of them trying to capture power, energy and attention.

Loving others with no strings attached is a very high calling, but leads to inner peace and health. The presence of power struggles or ongoing conflicts indicates that you are entangled.

The way to free yourself is to stop playing your part in the familiar dynamic. Perhaps you feel the need to "teach" the person what's right, or maybe you run from them as they pursue you. Maybe you resist, or overstate your position, or try to console all the time. It will feel very foreign to disengage - you will feel like you're are losing the relationship. The truth is you are only losing the strings that strangle the life out of you.

When you refuse to play, the game ends. The strings unravel and you can love the person for who they are. Sometimes the relationship dissolves - in which case, you are making room for more fulfilling connections. Other times, your actions elevate the relationship into health. In my years of counseling and coaching I've seen both, and have 100% faith that life releases what is not real and transforms the rest.

Untangling involves honoring yourself and your needs, expressing your preferences, and then letting others make their own choices. When we do this, we rise up the mountain quickly and enjoy time with others who are on the same path.

Two weeks from today I'm going to Austin to speak at World Wellness Weekend about embodied spirituality. It is such a perfect subject for the event. WWW brings together earthy music (including my favorite musician in the picture, Michael Franti!) and inspiring spirituality. The integration of spirit and matter, masculine and feminine, heaven and earth is what embodied spirituality is all about.

Embodied spirituality is the next era of human evolution. We are coming out of a time of projected spirituality - where our light is buried, projected outward and then chased. Embodying your spirit means connecting with your inner light at its source. As your spirit fills you up, it naturally pours into the world. We no longer need to chase it, as are completely fulfilled.

I'm excited to share this message with the attendees of WWW, as embodying our own essence is the only thing that satisfies our ravenous appetites. All the food, alcohol, sex, power and money in the world won't give us what we are craving, but the highly refined and nourishing energy of spirit will fill us up and light up the world.

Joy. Inspiration. Fulfillment. Clarity. Freedom. Calm. Patience. Love. Enthusiasm. Peace.

There are as many energy byproducts as there are tulips in this picture, each one being a different facet of the fuel that nourishes us.

You may notice that when you're depleted, the uplifting feelings you crave are no where to be found. They are replaced by irritability, impatience and discouragement.

Last week I was in Baltimore doing a training. I flew out Thursday, did the training Friday morning and flew home Friday afternoon - between the airport and the flights, I spent 14 out of 36 hours in transit... The week before I was in New York walking my behind off to see as much of the city as possible in my short time there. Needless to say, two East coast trips in a row pretty much drained the life out of me.

When I returned unable to tap into the stream of inspiration that normally flows through me, I knew immediately that it was low energy. So rather than spend any time wondering what was wrong in my life for me to be "off," I went about the business of doing nothing. All week - other than do minimal work and take care of my daughter - I took naps, went to bed early and read more than usual. .

I'm back to my regular self now, inspired and ready to go. Had I not remembered that a low mood is most often low energy, I may not have done what I needed to do to recover so quickly.

We can't pursue the gifts of energy directly, but we can pursue energy directly. So the next time you've lost your optimism and lust for life, check-in with yourself - perhaps you just need to lay low for a day or two and replenesh your life force.

After I gave birth to my daughter - following hours of torture and throwing up from the pain - one of the first things I said was, "That was so easy!" It was completely genuine, as I had already forgotten how hard it was.

The interesting thing about it is that every time my daughter completes something she's really nervous about, she says the exact same thing: "That was so easy!" I'm pretty sure she doesn't remember me saying it the day she was born, but nevertheless, it seems to be a mantra of my tiny clan.

I'm starting to feel the same way about spiritual living. After years of struggling to learn these principles and really integrate them into my behaviors, it is now feeling "so easy."

I don't know why we all have to go through a period of preparation prior to bliss, but we do. We have to learn to surrender what our small minds think is right in order to support life's consistent flow.

We need to be willing to let go of life-constricting patterns so that we remain expansive inside, regardless of the circumstances on the outside.

We need to allow our belief constellations to enter our awareness and be dismantled if they don't support our highest good.

And finally, we need to love ourselves impeccably - no matter what - in order to open up inside so that our essence can extend through us and love others - no matter what.

I haven't reached the teenage years with my daughter as of yet... I was, shall we say, a handful? I have a little apprehension about the karma that might be coming my way. But I'm hoping that on the other side of that precarious stage, that my daughter and I both say, "That was so easy!"