About Dana Zia

Paul and I in Maui

I would have to define myself as a birthing empty nester seeking creativity as the vehicle to self discovery. So I’m doing a lot of experimenting right now. Writing, yoga, cooking, healing, gardening, painting, dancing in my dreams, and sleeping in are just a few fun ways of figuring out what to do after the kids are gone. I am writing a food column for our local newspaper and quite frankly, loving it. It gives me an excuse to play with food! I also have a healing practice as a massage therapist in our area. I love that too. Serving people and helping them to move forward in their life or spiral out, is one high I will never tire of.

Some of my dear friends and I started a “Mindful Eating” group about 2 years ago and meet and address issues of love, life and food on a semi regular basis. It is a process, let me tell you! We are still working on finding the secret of eating lusciously and not being unhappy with our appearance. We have a feeling it has to do with portions but seem to get amnesia when we are setting down to eat. I’ll let you know when we figure it out.

I am lucky. I love my life. I appreciate that I am happily married, healthy, love my job, have three incredible children, and living in an idyllic place. My primary concern in life is the Earth and of course, my beautiful children whom the moon and stars rise in. Oh, and my cats, and my dog, and my chickens…