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5 Things Successful People Do Before 8:00 a.m.
The best thing about the switch back to standard time, in my opinion, is that we have a little more light early in the morning. As we move deeper into winter, we’ll lose that extra little push in the morning to get up and get moving, so it will be just that much more important… Read more
Why Eat Raw?
I hear this question a lot in my health coaching practice, and there are several answers, most having to do with the benefits that people experience when they greatly increase the amount of Raw Foods in their diets. I see it all the time – the reversal of all manner of unwanted conditions, such as… Read more
Cold Season Already??
I was not happy about beginning the fall season with my very own cold! I’m never happy to get a cold, but this is way ahead of the season, and totally inappropriate. Earlier this week, my husband got the same cold, (ok, probably from me), and he asked if I would make some of that… Read more
Six Must-Have Components in a Healthy Diet
You’ve heard it before – you are what you eat. Good health depends on eating a healthy balanced diet more than anything. Let’s review the essential ingredients of such a diet. 1. Water makes up most of our body’s composition. The water we lose through sweat and urine must be replaced daily in order to… Read more
My Abundant Raw Life Blog Has a New Home
And here it is! Eventually, I will move some of my favorite BlogSpot posts to this location, but everything new that I post will be here. Please take a short minute to subscribe by email on the space on the right sidebar. That way you’ll never miss a thing. Thank you for joining me… Read more
The Case for Organic Food
Just a few generations ago, in the early 40s, we didn’t have the word “organic.” All food in those days was grown and prepared without pesticides, herbicides, chemical fertilizers, hormones, or irradiation. Foods wire unrefined, whole, or minimally processed. With the advent of chemical farming and food processing after World War II, the soils and… Read more
Raw Food Goes to a Yoga Conference
I recently took a trip with two daughters and a friend to my first weekend long yoga conference. Oh, my! Lots of yoga of all sorts and it was all wonderful. All the meals were on our own, which is always a little scary for me when travelling. I was well prepared. We had a kitchen to work… Read more
Something to Celebrate
Among all the wonderful things that I enjoyed during our Christmas vist with family in Colorado this year, I took some quiet sweet pride, and celebration of an accomplishment on December 27, the day that marked five years of a very high raw diet for me. It was nice to have that anniversary where it… Read more
New at Abundant Raw Life
I’m pretty excited! After two juicers, followed by lots of research, I’ve ordered what I think will be my favorite. Check it out. And to go with it I just ordered a book I think I will love, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Raw Food Detox, just as I loved its predecessor The Complete Idiot’s… Read more