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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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 Do I Know Which Weeds I Can Eat?

How Do I Know Which Weeds I Can Eat?

- by Sergei Boutenko

While there are countless benefits associated with eating wild foods such as breathing fresh air, exercise, premium nutrition, and more food diversity, there are also some risks. When you are harvesting wild plants for food, you are almost guaranteed that edible plants will be sharing their living space with non-edible ones. These non-edibles may range in toxicity from mild to extreme. If you are anything like me, then you too prefer to avoid any form of poisoning whether it is a mild headache or death. For this reason it is a good idea to first learn how to positively identify wild edible plants and then exercise caution when gathering them for food.

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WIN The 30-Day Body Enlightenment Original Program!

The 30-Day BE Original Program – Self Study
Another Frisky Free Stuff Contest Giveaway!

- by Danielle Greason

The new year is well under way, and there is anticipation in the air as we all step forth with excitement for experiencing and living those intentions we set for our life at the end of last year.  We were so inspired to read the intentions many of you shared on the blog in our 12-Day Countdown to 2012!  Those intentions were set with such clarity, specificity, love and passion, that we were all able to lift each other higher by sharing that vision of what was possible for ourselves.

Have you made a step forward in each of those areas where you wanted to raise the bar?  Have you sought out the resources, experiences and people that will be key in helping you to make it happen?

For this week’s Free-Stuff Giveaway, you could win a FREE Registration for the BE Original 30-day step-by-step system to restore your confidence, improve your health, increase your energy and create a total body image transformation!

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Making Healthy Choices Easy on the Road

Making Healthy Choices Easy on the Road

- by Caroline Cain

A couple of months ago my boyfriend and a group of colleagues went off to Cologne, Germany, to represent their company at an international trade fair for a week. Here’s how Dominic kept up his healthy eating habits whilst staying in a hotel:

I knew that it was going to be hectic and – though business-wise perfectly organized – that the catering would most likely not be on the priority list. I was not wrong: our daily lunch ‘ration’ consisted of a packaged salad with heavily processed ham and cheese and a good old German pretzel (‘old’ – dry and rock solid). I had a pretzel as I used to love them back in the days (alas, refined flour and other foods just don’t taste as they used to now that I eat a 100% organic, fresh and whole foods diet), but the salad put me off before even touching it. Luckily I came prepared!

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Try These Raw Foods to Stave Off a Cold

Try These Raw Foods to Stave Off a Cold

- by Brittany Lyons

Winter time is upon us once again, bringing with it the ubiquitous cold and flu season. Although it might seem impossible to keep healthy during this time of year, there are some things you can do that can help stave off a cold. For instance, consuming some of the raw foods well known for their ability to keep your immune system strong and equipping it against the harmful microorganisms is an excellent place to start.

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Win a FREE Wild Edibles and All-Season Survival Skills Course with Sergei Boutenko!

Win a FREE Wild Edibles and All-Season Survival Skills Course

~ With Sergei Boutenko!

Dear Health-Seeking Heroine,

What if we could tell you how to improve your diet, increase the nutritional value of the food you eat, AND do it while saving you hundreds of dollars a month on your grocery bill??

There’s a plant-based pharmacy waiting to be discovered in your forest!!

Learn the Skills and Experience You Need to Feed Your Family for Free, Live a Sustainable Lifestyle and Eat the Healthiest Foods on the Planet! The Women’s Wellness University is currently offering its first course: An easy-to-follow, 17-week online course completely laid out to guarantee you master the skills to access the food and medicine of the forest (or just about any backyard)!

For this week’s Sassy Free-Stuff Giveaway, you could win a FREE Registration for this High-Support, 17-Week Distance Learning Course and Learn Everything You Need to Know About Wild Edibles and All-Season Survival Skills with Sergei Boutenko!!!

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