The New Place to Find Me: GlowWithGrace.com!

Dear people,

my apologies for being absent from here for so long...

In case you do not already know, I am now doing *vlogs* (video logs) these days, rather than written blog posts here...

My new vlogging place is: http://www.GlowWithGrace.com - please come and check out my new offerings there :)

I am sharing videos on parenting topics, singing some of our favourite lullabies, reading some of our favourite children's books, answering your Qs, sharing recipes, video clips of Oria, giveaways and more...

Included here are a couple of recent pictures of our dear daughter Oria, who is now 15 months old...
You can also see a video I made here of pics of Oria from her whole first year:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdECbgQYP8I.

THANKS so much for all your support, love, sharing and communication over the years on this blog...I started it waaaaaaay back on November 19th 2006 at the very beginning of my 92-day Juice Feast adventure in Costa Rica...here's my first ever post from back then if you want to check it out... ;) ...and last November, 2012, was my last "real" blog post here...so...thanks for *six* great years... :)

I hope to see you all over at Glow With Grace...you can subscribe to receive updates as they are posted at GlowWithGrace by using the link in the top right menu on this page here. You can also find GWG on YouTube here and on FB here - enjoy :)

All love,
Angela. xxx

P.S. If you specifically want to keep up with our raw food antics, videos, articles, offers, discounts and more, you can join our "The Raw Food World" weekly newsletter using the sign up box on the right side of the page here. Enjoy :)

Win a Blendtec Blender :)

Hey everyone :)

Long time no blogs...I know...I've been fully immersed in "mama-baby world" for the last year, as most of you likely know...

Well, our dear daughter Oria is *just* about to turn a year old in a couple of weeks and I'm feeling a bit more able to be back in the communications world...

...and I wanted to let you know that we're giving away a fabulous, free Blendtec Blender in our current giveaway :)

Just check out the video below to get the deeeets and also to get the link to a new free article download we made called "4 Steps to Better Health" - everyone can download this pdf file for free from our site to print out, read, share etc - check it all out in this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-TNnDNtH8U

Blessings to all :)
All love,
Angela. xxx

New Raw Food Excursion Tours to Iceland this Summer :)

As many of you reading this will know, Iceland occupies more than a little space in my heart ;) I lived in that remarkable land for around 3.5 years, on and off and truly fell in love…with the land, the culture, the people, the language, the nature, the clean air and water, the glaciers, geysers, volcanoes, whales, music and so on and so on…it truly is a magical place…(plus recently announced as THE best country in the world to live in for children and the second best country to live in for mothers (after Norway), FYI… ;)

I’d likely want to be back there in a heartbeat if it was warm all year round ;) However, right now it’s summer there and summertime in Iceland is totally BEAUTIFUL and extraordinary in my experience, with almost 24 hour day-light, super-high energy, lovely weather and all the usual wonders of Iceland to offer…aaaaaaaaand, our dear friend Gardar has just launched a new site offering raw/vegan/vegetarian excursion trips around Iceland – LOVE it :)

…aaaaaaaand, guess what? The trips are even based out of the beautiful ecovillage, Solheimar, where my whole raw food journey began ten years ago – I love it :) I was living in Solheimar as a volunteer for a year back in 2002 when a dear friend there lent me the book “Raw Family” by the Boutenkos and my whole journey unfolded from there – you can visit the very place where my raw story unfolded and eat straight from the greenhouses that I was working in at the time if you like – lol ;)

Here’s some of what’s on offer during these spectacular new week-long excursion trips:

* Lodging in the magnificent Icelandic ecovillage, Solheimar, where you’ll even get to plant your own tree :)
* All raw/vegan/veggie meals included
* Dine at our fabulous friend Raw Solla’s outstanding raw restaurant in Reykjavik, Glo (Solla was the head chef at our wedding in 2009 and was also voted the world’s Best Raw Vegan Simple Chef at the Best of Raw Awards last year :)
* Volcano trekking
* Icelandic horse-back riding
* Swimming and luxuriating in the world-famous Blue Lagoon mineral pools
* Geothermal pool/hot pool trips
* Visit lava fields, mud pits, geysers, live hot springs, black sand beaches, water falls, national parks, local farms, historic sites and so much more…

Wow…I wanna go on one of these tours myself after listing all that – lol ;) I am so so soooo excited to know that these raw tours are being offered to Iceland – it truly is a gem of a place and these new tours offer such a raw-friendly option for exploration… Upcoming current dates for these week-long tours are:

*July 1 – 7

*July 20 – 27

*August 2 – 7

I sincerely hope that some of you choose to go and check it all out this summer and if you do, please do let us know how your experience was – I’d love to hear all about it… For now, you can see aaaaaall the deets for these tours and get yourself booked in to enjoy over HERE…happy trails, or in Icelandic, goda ferd :)

All love,
Angelalalaaaaaaa. xxx

P.S. By beautiful synchronicity, Iceland Express airline just today announced a very special 24 hour sale on flights to Reykjavik from 10 European cities - you can check out their sale and get your tix booked lickety-split-quick HERE - enjoy :)

Huge Inventory Blowout until Sunday :)

We have a HUUUUUUUUUUGE Inventory Blowout going on right now, including massive cans of our favourite Chlorella/Spirulina Tablets, Incan Berries, Pecan/Hemp Seed Butters, Flavoured Nuts/Seeds, Ashwaghanda and much more...

See here: http://www.therawfoodworld.com/blog/?p=3130

ENJOY all while stocks last and/or until this coming Sunday evening at midnight Eastern... ;)

All love and sprinklings of delight-dust,
A. C. Stokes-Monarch. xxx

The Conscious Parenting Summit Grand Finale :)

Well...seems like we truly, finally made it to the end of the Conscious Parenting Summit ;)
Today we have a final flamin' finale to share with you wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiith...OURSELVES ;)

Yes, check it out, launching tonight over at http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/ - our very own wrap-up review of the Summit, starring Oria Berry Monarch on the mic ;)

ENJOY :))) ...and thank you all again SOOOOOOO very much for being part of this experience - we feel so blessed to have been able to share this with you all :)))

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.

Conscious Parenting Summit - Free Bonus Call Tonight :)

Well...the Conscious Parenting Summit is officially over... :(

Thanks so much to ALL of you who have been part of this amazing event - have you enjoyed it...? Please let us know your feelings, experiences, impressions...

...aaaaaaaaaaand...guess what...? We're BACK - lol ;) One day away and we couldn't help ourselves but bring you another free *bonus* interview, starting at 8pm tonight - tune in over at http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/ to find out what it's all about ;)

ENJOY :)

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.

Is it safer to birth at home or in a hospital...?

WOW…’tis the last official day of the Conscious Parenting Summit today ;O (We *might* have some extra surprises up our pretty sleeves for you ;)

THANK YOU so much to everyone who has participated in this ground-breaking event…if you didn’t yet catch last night’s moving talk on Circumcision with Marilyn Milos, that’s still free until 8pm Eastern tonight here:
http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/

…and tonight we are super-blessed to be able to wrap up this incredible Summit line-up with a sweet, beautiful interview with the lovely Mary Jackson, home birth midwife legend, who has been delivering babies for over 35 years in the Santa Barbara area of California…check out Mary’s fabulous stories and insights from 8pm Eastern tonight and…enjoy :)

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.

Would YOU Circumcise a Child...?

Did you hear Michael Mendizza's fabulous call on "primal parenting in a modern world" last night, for the Conscious Parenting Summit...?

If not, you can catch the replay here until 8pm Eastern tonight:
http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/

Tonight's free interview is on the delicate subject of Circumcision, with Marilyn Milos, founder of nocirc.org...to us it's blatantly obvious not to circumcise a child - how about you...?

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.

Can you be a "primal parent" in a modern world...?

Did you catch last night's *fascinating* call on Dunstan Baby Language with the lovely Bregje Hamelynck, for our Conscious Parenting Summit...?

If not, the free replay is available still until 8pm Eastern tonight, here:
http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/

We're into the *last* three nights of calls this week :( It's gone so fast...and tonight we're blessed and pleased to bring you a free call with Michael Mendizza, founder of "Touch The Future", author and researcher into all things "alternative" in terms of child raising for the last few decades...he'll be talking with us tonight about "primal parenting in a modern world" - yummers ;)

Join us from 8pm Eastern tonight...

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.

What does it mean when a baby says "neh"...?

Did you just LOVE Hethir Rodriguez's call on the Conscious Parenting Summit yesterday about herbalism, fertility, miscarriage and more...? We did :)

You can still catch this fabulous call for free until 8pm Eastern tonight over here:
http://consciousparentingsummit.com/cps/

Tonight's free call is all about Dunstan Baby Language - do you know abt Dunstan already...? If not, this 5-sound universal baby "language" system is a "must-know" topic for all who are in contact with newborns...Dunstan educator Bregje Hamelynck will be telling us aaaaaaaall about it from 8pm Eastern tonight - join us :)

All love,
Angelalaaa, Mr. Mmmm and Oria Berry. xxx

P.S. If you've missed any of the calls, you can find the audios and transcripts for the whole Summit HERE, along with all the speakers' books and other products. A portion of all the profits from this summit is donated to charities supporting women and children's well-being, including Robin Lim's "Bumi Sehat" foundation in Bali.