Joy and Clarity...

Three current elements of delight:

1. For the next 48 hours (until Wednesday the 25th) you can still get 20% off all RawReform purchases, using the coupon code ‘celebrate’. Just place your items in the shopping cart, enter the code and hit ‘SUBMIT’ to claim your discount. :)

2. I love how simple washing dishes is, in a house of raw foodists. I just love it. Water is really all you need…even raw fats just slide away with hot water – no need for scrubbing and hassle…no dish-washing soap even, most of the time…it’s so simple…

3. The Raw ‘Favourite Things’ video on YouTube has been watched more than 3000 times in its first 2 weeks…nice… :O


On July the 20th I had:

1.5 litres water
bowl of fresh raspberries, straight from the garden; a few strawberries
1 litre green juice with carrot
bowl of soaked dried figs blended with hemp seeds, with dried mulberries as a garnish
small glass of rejuvelac with aloe juice, green powder and probiotic powder
shot of straight dandelion juice
1 litre watermelon juice
small bowl of cherries
½ avo with ½ box of baby spinach, ½ handful of dulse, ½ a lime and some sauerkraut
5 raw chocolate truffles
1 litre water

The meal in the middle of the day today, with hemp seeds and figs was WONDERFUL. I’d never tried that before – just blend soaked dried figs with the soak water and hemp seeds and that’s it – an incredible power-house of a meal…and GREAT for eating on the road too, as you can carry both without refrigeration. (Of course, the hemp seeds will be happier for longer if you DO refrigerate them…if that’s a big concern for you, I’d suggest using sesame instead…which would be a PHENOMENAL calcium-hit of a meal…) If you also add green powder to that blend, you’d have such a ‘complete meal’ in terms of nutrients…wow…


On July the 21st I had:

1.5 litres water
1 litre green juice with apple and ginger
box of cherries
small bowl of chia seeds soaked in aloe juice and rejuvelac, mixed with lucuma powder and dried mulberries
1 litre water
½ a durian
500ml water
an incredible shared platter of amazing desserts at Live raw restaurant in Toronto – YUMM – E3 Live and coconut ice cream, beautiful, smooth cheesecake, pistachio halvah and one of the greatest raw desserts I’ve ever tried – a chunk of cake made with a nut base, then a melt-in-the-mouth layer of almond butter creamy yumminess, topped with crunchy ‘grawnola’ – amazing…
1 litre water


Here’s a wonderful quote that spoke to me recently:

A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
-- D. Thoreau

The longer I spend here as a human of late, the more I desire to ‘re-wild’, back away from ‘material’ things and commit to a life more deeply in tune with the land and growing my own food…that is what REALLY speaks to me in this life…
As a morbidly obese, unhappy ‘cooked’ person, I often found I was unclear about what I really wanted in this life and body…there was little clarity to my choices, whether that was in terms of the food I ate or the activities I participated in or the company I kept – I felt open to all and everything, with little sense of focus. I was a real 'jill of all trades and mistress of none' ;) This had the advantage of setting me up with a broad range of experience in life and yet, in many ways, felt very unfulfilling and ‘vague’…unstructured…now I feel deeply blessed these days, to experience feeling so much on my true path and to witness it unfold deeper and deeper into the truth of what I REALLY want now…that is all it really seems anything comes down to in the end – just making a choice…if I make clear choices which I feel great about, am enjoying and seem to serve others as well along the way, then I definitely feel ‘rich’ and have no issues leaving other things aside…
I like the way this writer put it: “our lives are enriched only when we commit ourselves to a deeper level of involvement, and to the few, rather than the many.” Nice…

One love,
Angela. xxx

Let's CELEBRATE ;)

I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED and happy and grateful and RELIEVED…any of you who have purchased RawReform E-books this last month will know there have been issues with the delivery of the e-books via Paypal…this has been a huge challenge to straighten out, during which, every single transaction has literally had to be handled manually – not remarkably enjoyable…but TODAY, the magical webmaster of the RawReform site fixed it all and it all now flows flawlessly again…HURRAY :))) Apologies to anyone who experienced a delay in the delivery of their e-books as a result and I would LOVE to make an offer to you all, to celebrate – for the next week, you can use the following code to get 20% off ANY purchase of the RawReform items – HURRAY :))) The coupon code is:

celebrate

After placing items in your cart on the RawReform site, you can enter the code ‘celebrate’ into the box that asks if you have a ‘Coupon Code’. THEN press the SUBMIT button (be sure to hit Submit BEFORE you go to the checkout, or your coupon won’t be activated). This code is valid up until next Wednesday, the 25th of July – and you can see which goodies are on offer HERE.
ENJOY :) and thank you for all your patience while we were fixing this issue ;)

On July the 17th I had:

1.5 litres water
small glass of rejuvelac
600ml green juice with apple and fennel
bowl of chia seeds soaked in green juice and rejuvelac, mixed with apple pulp, goji berries, cinnamon and honey
1 litre water
box of cherries
2 peaches and a handful of sunflower greens
3tbsps bee pollen mixed with hemp seed and cardamom powder
500ml water
cup of banana/strawberry ice cream
cup of green smoothie with almond milk, mango, romaine and sunflower greens
500ml water

Following my water ramblings of yesterday, this question came in today from another reader, Sonia:

“re the water question, i am always thirsty, i drink loads of water, and i have been tested, i am not diabetic, Why is this?”

Thanks for your question, Sonia. Well, I assume you are asking about why you're always thirsty, rather than why you're not diabetic... ;)
It is tough for me to give you a good answer about this however, without seeing you and knowing much more about your current situation and eating habits. For a start, how much is 'loads' of water for you? Are you eating 100% raw? If not, what else are you eating? How long have you been on a raw path? What was your health like before that? Do you exercise/sweat much? Are you eating many WATER-RICH foods? Do you live/work with air conditioning? Are you getting many salty foods into your body, that 'hold' the water? Are you taking care of your colon to help eliminate old waste matter that's being released? There are SO many factors at play here... MOST people in our societies are chronically dehydrated, so drinking 'a lot' of water for most people is something useful, rather than an issue...(see the book 'You're Not Sick, You're Thirsty' for more info.) My guidance for you at this point though would be to check in with a HOLISTIC practitioner of some kind if this really concerns you - someone who will take a look at the whole picture with you, not just an isolated part of your health/body, like blood pressure or smthg...I'd suggest a homoeopath or naturopath or better yet, someone who is trained in a number of alternative fields and can give you a good, broad perspective...all best wishes to you with this ;)

I spoke tonight in Barrie, Ontario, with a lovely little group of people and will speak again this Saturday in Toronto on Saturday with Matt Monarch – details HERE – hope to see you there if you're around... ;)

All love,
Angela. xxx