This is Nourish Your Soul Week. We are well in to summer and it is time to start enjoying it. This week is dedicated to just that, enjoyment of life. A few weeks ago I mentioned that I had been given the opportunity to interview the inspiring Bryon Katie. Katie has addressed many health and [...]
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If you missed the first part of the story, you can read part 1 here . And if you have no interest, skooch down to check out my Lemon Basil Pesto Recipe We left off with Erik Carvhalo feeding me the grand cheddar of lines that could only earn a farewell smooch when delivered with a [...]
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Posted in Happiness, Wellbeing on Jul 7th, 2009

(Don’t forget to come by my film screening tonight!) One of the questions my clients have the toughest time answering when I do their intake, is what their hobbies and interests are. Last week a client responded with “Who has hobbies anymore?” Great health is not just about the food we eat. We all need [...]
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Posted in Happiness on Jul 6th, 2009

Fruit photo courtesy of: http://everydaytrash.com Last Monday I was at my local farmer’s market to pick up some fresh greens. The arugula had been attacked by some bugs and was full of holes. They were offering it at a 50 cent discount and I didn’t think twice about it. Had I bought that holey arugula [...]
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Posted in Green, Happiness, Raw, Wellbeing on Jun 19th, 2009

Up here in Canada, we wait all winter for summer and then summer just zips on by and we wonder where it went. We are too busy running hither and tither to take the time to smell the roses (or little purple weedy flowers) and pick the goodness from the earth while abundant and ripe. [...]
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This post could have been called Muffins for Melanie and Massages for Meghan, but in keeping with my theme that was started by Cookies for Catherine, I kept it short. Melanie Leeder rocks my world. Actually… no. What she really does is calms it way down. I am forever showing off the awesomely cool ladies [...]
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Posted in Cleansing, Happiness, Health, Wellbeing on Jun 7th, 2009

Did you know that anything is possible? I am sure you did but sometimes we forget it. Some of you may think that going 3 days drinking only smoothies is an impossibility, but you are about to prove that idea wrong. Yes my sweet Smoothie Cleansers, today is day 1 of the Green Smoothie Cleanse. [...]
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Posted in Cooking, Happiness, Recipe on May 26th, 2009

After two days of nutrition conferencing, I was all tired out. I decided that instead of driving the three hours up to my cottage for some peace and quiet, I would leave my computer and car at home and ride my bike uptown to my parents’ house for a little two day stay-cation. I moved [...]
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Or perhaps more accurately would be to say that passion flower makes me dream. I am still here in the UK- and at last have a little touch of internet to post. It has been a whirlwind beautiful week, catching up with some of my oldest friends and some not so far past old boyfriends, [...]
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Posted in Happiness, Wellbeing on Apr 24th, 2009

What a beautiful way to end an amazing week. For those of you who particpated in the group smoothie cleanse, I hope this week has been as uplifting for you as it has for me. This morning I woke up with an overwhelming feeling of wellbeing. It’s not like I normally wake up feeling lousy, [...]
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