Wild Beauty – Rediscovering Your Inner Green Goddess

Wild Beauty – Rediscovering Your Inner Green Goddess

- by Heather Gardner of Conscious Earth Company

Freckles are a sign of beauty, my mother would tell me, when I had borne the brunt of yet another attack on my freely flowing tousled red tresses and sun speckled skin. Oh how as a young girl, I wished to be ‘normal’, ‘plain’, ‘to fit in’, have flat thin hair in a sociably acceptable shade and not have skin that people play join the dots on with their biros, when bored.

Eventually taking matters into my own hands in the only way I knew how, I turned to Mother Nature. At the young age of 14, I was to be found hiding behind my wardrobe door at boarding school, applying my crafty freckle busting concoction of chamomile, elderflower and lemon toner, making strong brews of sage, rosemary, nettle and horsetail to rinse my hair with, in a desperate bid to darken it, and doing over night herb infused olive oil hair treatments in an attempt to tame those troublesome tresses. Now I have no such woes. In the end I fell in love with being a frisky flame haired female and chose to celebrate the way nature created me.

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How to Create Love this Valentine’s Day

How to Create Love this Valentine’s Day

-by Brenna Taylor

Valentine’s Day is almost here again. Maybe you aren’t feeling valentiny at all. In fact, maybe you want to hide away, and you just don’t feel like getting out of  your negative-nancy rut. Instead, you want to gorge, whether it be on food or on negative feelings. But I can promise you that will not help a thing. So let’s agree to put down the pizza, put down the putting-yourself-down and slowly, carefully walk towards the light.  

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Frisky Friday Giveaway: Monkey Mike’s Un-Cookbook for Kids!

Frisky Friday Giveaway: Monkey Mike’s Un-Cookbook for Kids!

- by Danielle Greason

When Raw Mom Joanne Newell put together the first ever raw food recipe book for kids, we knew it would be a hit, but we didn’t realize how well-loved and adored this collection would become!  So many kids of all ages have been inspired to get creative in the kitchen and love their veggies served with style, since this book was written.

The daily moments we create now with our children help determine the choices they make in the future.  Monkey Mike’s Un-Cookbook for Kids is the perfect kitchen companion to help make that happen!

This week we have up for grabs 3 copies of Monkey Mike’s Raw Food Kitchen recipe collection. Read on to find out how you can win a copy to inspire the little ones in your life along a path to vibrant living.

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Zucchini Linguini with Red Capsicum Tomato Alfredo

Raw Food Recipe: Zucchini Linguini with Red Capsicum Tomato Alfredo

-by Priscilla Soligo, founder of Rawthentic Food

Are you missing your old pasta dishes? Replacing pasta noodles with zucchini can be one of the most fun tricks in the raw food book. Try this gourmet recipe on for size and let us know what you think. We have also included a recipe for a unique fig salad, over which we suggest serving this deliciousness!

By the way, keep in mind when you are munching your veggie noodles, that zucchini is high in fiber and rich in vitamins C, A, magnesium and potassium. In addition, figs are also a great source of potassium, which can help balance the pH in your body.

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The Fat Truth: Quality Raw Fats for Weight Loss

The Fat Truth: Quality Raw Fats for Weight Loss

- by Eliza Ceci

There is so much confusion about fats in the diet, particularly when your intention is to lose weight.  The truth about fat is simply this: fat does not make you fat.

So, what makes a ‘good’ fat?

Simple. A good fat is a raw fat.

The ‘bad’ fats for ease and understanding are the cooked ones such as saturated, monounsaturated or partially hydrogenated.

So, to make things simple for you, look at your fats from one stand point: Are the fats I am consuming cooked and processed or are they raw and in their natural state?

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How to Conquer Cravings, Overeating & Food Guilt Using EFT

Using EFT to Improve Your Relationship with Food

- by Rebecca Johnson

EFT or (Emotional Freedom Technique) is a simple, powerful and effective therapeutic tool that can be used to identify and eliminate emotional blocks and limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck.

Traumas, big and small, tie up the energy in our bodies and cause us to feel blocked. You don’t need to spend a year in therapy to start feeling better about yourself. You don’t have to spend weeks toiling over self-help books and meditating your way to peace. You don’t even have to “believe” or have faith to experience the benefits of EFT.

It just works.

You can try it on everything, including your relationship with food!

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Wild Edibles: The Not So Humble Dandelion

Wild Edibles: The Not So Humble Dandelion

- by Heather Gardner of Conscious Earth Company

Dandelions (Taraxacum officinale, member of the Sunflower family) are cheerful little plants with off the chart nutrition and medicinal qualities and rather tasty too, the leaves taste slightly bitter similar to endive. The bane of many lawn enthusiasts, they have been revered by herbalists worldwide for untold centuries, and have been used in Ayurvedic and Chinese Medicine as well as by the Native Americans. It is still cultivated as a crop in many parts of Europe such as France and Germany. Dandelions are a sensational superfood and fabulously free, fresh and unpackaged.

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How an Unsuspecting Email Landed Me on Tera Warner’s Front Porch

How an Unsuspecting Email Landed Me on Tera Warner’s Front Porch

-by Rebecca Johnson

Rebecca Johnson is a passionate practitioner of EFT and other energy healing techniques. She was also a participant of the Body Enlightenment program in 2011. Her participation in BE launched her on an amazing journey that landed her right on Tera Warner’s front porch! Here’s how it happened…

Something Had to Give

Last year in June, I decided to do a series of three 90-day challenges. I figured if it takes 9 months to create a life, it would take at least that to recreate mine.

Many things including the frightening balance of my bank account, too many late night trips for hot fudge sundaes and fries, processed food staring back at me from my fridge and cupboards, a very dusty mini-tramp, a lonely flat-tired road bike, zero ability to muster up any love for my muffin top, general grumpiness, low energy, unflossed teeth, and the fact that I wore my yoga pants so many days in a row the butt was wearing out, were all strong indicators that something had to give. Read more »

Green Smoothie Jug Frisky Friday Freebie Giveaway!

Green Smoothie Jug Frisky Friday Freebie Giveaway!

- by Danielle Greason

Time for more Frisky Friday goodies!  If you’ve been eyeing off our jugs, then you’ll be excited about this one!

Before we let you know what’s up for grabs today, remember you have two days left to enter last week’s giveaway:  The 30-Day Self-Study Body Enlightenment Original program.  Check out that post and get your entry in on both today!

Now, for this week’s Frisky Freebie, you could win a one of our very own Green Smoothie Jugs to super-charge your smoothie, take it anywhere anytime, and get slurping in style!

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“I am not a health nut.” A Personal Transformation Story by Alissa Geurink

I Am Not a Health Nut

- by Alissa Geurink, Director of Women’s Wellness University

I am not a health nut. I do not preach to others how they should eat, act, or speak. Everyone makes choices based on their unique situation. No one knows what each person’s unique situation is except that individual.  But when something so amazing happens to me – I tend to tell everyone. Even if it is so personal that it falls into the TMI arena.

In December I had my blood pressure checked. I was actually surprised at how high it was. It was 130/90.

I started playing the blame game – Was I stressed out that day, what did I eat, what did I do or did not do? Looking back it was always something I could point my finger at and say… if only I did this differently, or if I did this I would change that.

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