Just another thought on food that came to me today when I made a salad for lunch – that we often try to complicate things to the point of it all being too hard, so we give up. I know I’ve done that many a time. I think about making a salad and it seems tiresome
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One of the most important things to me in my career and in my life is to be able to have integrity in whatever it is that I do. Not that I have to be perfect either, but if I don’t do my best to walk my talk, how can I advise other people? I
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Being mainly raw doesn’t mean being deprived, and there is no reason why tasty treats need to be taken out of the diet- especially when you can create fantastic raw replacements. Of course with any balanced and healthy diet it is not wise to overdo any one type of food, and a nice mix between
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This post has nothing to do with health – but I wondered if anyone else has noticed lately that it’s hard to find any mainstream American made movies that actually have any substance, let alone a decent storyline? I picked up a popular romantic comedy a few days ago for some light entertainment, and I
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Mary Shomon on her thyroid website thyroid.about.com wrote an article asking for people to write in with the comments that their doctors have made, that infuriated them the most. I have had a few moments of my own when suffering with thyroid problems. One that easily comes to mind was when I was complaining about how
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Well, raw vegan ice-cream anyway! I really don’t like being deprived, so I love the fact that you can create recipes that resemble the unhealthy dairy, sugar-laden, fat-laden products and make them in a tasty healthful way with raw gourmet food. This recipe comes from Anand who owns Raw Power, a business that offers raw
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Sounds like a bit of a daunting title doesn’t it? This interesting article is by one of my favourite authors, Charles Eisenstein. I thought it a very good piece, especially seeing as I have suffered myself with auto-immune problems myself, and have seen many people that carry a thought pattern of “self-attack” when suffering from these
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I am sure that in some circumstances they could. I’ve read plenty of research over the years about the danger of mammograms. They give the sensitive breast tissue quite a large dose of radiation while causing trauma to the delicate tissue. There are also numerous cases of false positives that cause a lot of stress
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It is such a shame that this retreat had to come to an end!! I’m sure we all could have stayed another week and enjoyed the beautiful relaxing surrounds, good food and friendships that we formed. The last night was fantastic! We had our gala dinner where everyone dressed up, we took photo’s, had a great
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Honestly, I am so blessed. This is turning out to be the most incredible week. It wasn’t that the other retreats weren’t special – because they were – this is just turning out to be more intense, more connected, more uplifting and more soulful. There are many factors contributing to this, and I can’t put
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