I realize they only show bits and pieces of what’s really going on and what’s really being said yet, from what they show it’s just textbook training, not life. If they talked to me when I was suicidal I’d have killed myself ~ as many of them do. Why? They show no compassion for what’s going on with the ~ hmmm, don’t know what to call him (it’s usually a “him”… so, I’ll just call him “perp” unless I come up with something better before finishing this.)

Himself and I talked about how I’d probably be a really good negotiator ~ left to my own devices, especially having dealt with suicidal depression. Why? Because I know what it felt like to always feel like no one is on your side; everything you do is wrong; what’s the point in going on?

I was considering this and wondering what changed for me? Why did I, all of a sudden, stop feeling that death was the only way out?

Well, one thing was was when I was 13, I was considering ways to do it and I thought that if I had the courage to kill myself, then, I also had the courage to live and find out where my life was going to go. (A thought I remembered numerous times throughout my life.) (Also, if you want to call suicide “the coward’s way out” think about how you are afraid to leave that job or that lousy relationship because your monkey mind is saying that “something is better than nothing” or “being alone is worse” or, the “the next one might be worse”, etc. Even though it’s where we originally came from, death is as unknown to us as life is. It takes courage to die especially by one’s own hand. LMAO! I’m just remembering that I thought I was such a screw up that I probably couldn’t even kill myself right and would end up being a vegetable for the rest of my life. One more thought that kept me alive.)

Not sure where I’m going with this other than one thought was, if one kills him/herself, they may miss that great turnaround where life becomes joy!

Oh! I know why I started this. I was thinking about gang members and how they feel they HAVE to join a gang in order to survive where they are. Many of them are amazingly intelligent, very sensitive and scared.

They often have to create this persona of toughness just to stay alive when in reality, they’re not who they appear to be externally.

What turned my life around was in finding who I really am, not who I pretended to be. When my teacher first told me “you don’t know who you are”, I had no idea what he was talking about. Of COURSE I know who I am. Well, I didn’t. I felt I had to BE tough in order to survive. Well, not true. I have to be me in order to thrive!

Injoy,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

How often I’ve heard them say that someone did something “to them” yet, when I look at the facts, basically, they just did something ~ it wasn’t “to” anyone in particular ~ AND, even if it was, it’s still not personal.

This was brought up to me many years ago. At the end of a transformational weekend, my teacher gave each student a small piece of paper with something written on it. Mine said “Don’t take it personally”.

As I’ve said in many of my writings, we’ve learned so much via those around us, t.v., movies, etc. and we learn reactions instead of conscious response.

For instance, in a recent blog I wrote how my husband had left the hatch on my car open enough to leave the light on which killed the battery. We’re going out for lunch, it’s my birthday and my car wont start.

Many women would have taken it personally! He had done it TO them when actually it had nothing to do with them. It was his own unconsciousness. We pretty much all have those moments.

The other day I had put a question up on FaceBook. Everyone who commented agreed and understood what I was saying except one person who “tried” to turn it into something else by bringing up that I’d been gang-raped, my response to an Amazon review and because I told her what she was saying was separate from what I’d said she called me “childish”. NONE of which had anything at all to do with my question.

I received numerous emails from folk telling me how I should respond, how rude she was, that I should “block” her, etc. I could also have deleted her responses ~ none of which I did.

What was going on with her really had nothing to do with me. Something came up for her and her perception of what I was saying went askew and she brought her own stuff into the conversation.

I know I’ve done that. Haven’t you? *shrugs* It’s not a big thing and it’s not about me! It may not even have been about what I said there! It could very well have begun with something else I’d written or said on one of my UStream shows OR, something that was going on in her own life. Who’s to know? Certainly not I.

This brings up a memory of when I was working at a car dealership. The girlfriend of the manager took a really strong dislike to me and we’d barely ever spoken. I remember she said something nasty to me and I said (paraphrasing) “I don’t know why you dislike me but it seems as though you do. If you ever feel to tell me…” That stopped her. Awhile later she came to me and said I was right and she had no clue as to why. It wasn’t about me but it WAS something about me that brought up something insider of her. It wasn’t personal.

Once you get that pretty much whatever is going on around you (even though my world revolves around me; not everyone else’s does. Hopefully, theirs revolves around them) is not ABOUT you, you become more relaxed with life.

For instance, it use to be that no matter how good I did at something, no matter how many compliments I received, all I needed was that one “negative” (in my view) response and BAM! My day/life was shot!

Now, with all I do, I receive a lot of compliments, appreciations, email, etc. thanking me. While I really enjoy reading them and appreciate folk taking the time of their lives to write, it’s about them, not me! I’m just the catalyst.

By the same token when I read that someone’s blocked me or I find they’ve “unfriended” or “unfollowed” me or they dispute something I write or say, it’s still not about me. They may not have liked something I wrote, or did or said yet, it’s their response to it. It’s not personal to me.

Sort of an addendum. My father died when I was 12. Until I got some help I didn’t realize that I was REALLY angry with him for doing so and kept sabotaging my own relationships because of this unconscious anger. I felt he had left me alone with two people I didn’t like (mother and brother). Well, he had left AND I was left with them yet, he didn’t think “I’m going to die and leave Revvell alone to be abused”. He didn’t “do it to me”. He died. Wasn’t about me. Affected me, yes. But, it wasn’t done “to me”. Make sense?

Revvell

Bodacious Living

Well, since my car wouldn’t start, change of plans. We decided to take his car, go for lunch, then go the the event and then he’d drive me home.

Now, many people would be a bit upset about that. First, the fact that he’d left the hatch open and the battery was dead; secondly because they’d have to leave the event early; 3rd, the inconvenience of having to get the car going and drive it enough to re-charge the battery.

I know many would have been so angry that they’d ruin the rest of the day… maybe not talking to him… accusing him… saying how stupid he was… etc.

For me, my monkey mind wanted to do all that BUT, my more reasonable self was in charge. He knew he was the last to take something out of the car (case of young Thai coconuts) and knew it was most likely he who’d left it open (not that you could see it but open enough to leave the light on and drain the battery). When I told him, he said, “yes, that’s right”. Now, lil monkey was yelling in my ear… “Is that it? ‘That’s right’? What about an apology???”

My rational mind said “you know, he’s probably feeling really crappy about this and already beating himself up. What’s the point? IF he says he’s sorry… what then? Do I REALLY need to make him “more” wrong? Will that make me more right? And, if so, so what? Ego is fed?”

The point of this whole story is, when coming from love, we don’t need to MAKE someone else wrong. The programmed part of me really wanted to do that but, what would be the point?

What I COULD have done and what many WOULD have done is, get pissed off and spoil the whole day if not the whole weekend! Yell about his un-consiousness and TRY and make him feel bad. Not talked to him for whatever length of time as punishment.

Where do we learn this type of behavior? I’ve seen it SO often in books and on t.v. shows and in the movies where one party becomes angry and doesn’t even tell the other party why. They feel SO in control when the other person keeps saying “just talk to me! Just tell me what’s wrong!” I remember having the conversation myself with ex’s. It’s ridiculous!

I remember a line in the movie “Get Shorty” where there had been a shootout and sometime later one character asked the other, “aren’t you scared?” The other said “I was scared then, I’m not now, how long I got to be scared?”

For me, that works across the board. “How long I got to be mad?”

One time someone told me “In a years time you wont even remember this. Why wait?”

So, why wait? Why not drop the anger (and dropping is NOT suppressing!) and move on! How often have you wondered what the arguement/fight was even about?

IF I had gone the way so many do, I’d have missed out on a lovely lunch with him; hanging out with him that afternoon at the event; riding to it and back with him AND, kissing him before he went off to work.

NOW, what if something had happened to him on his way to or from work? What IF I’d have stayed angry?

See? What’s the point? Anger is a natural emotion. Staying angry is ego. Trying to control someone.

Oh! The second part. Sunday morning I had a class at 7:30. I thought I’d call AAA, have them start the car and the battery would recharge on the way to class. The driver showed up 30 minutes later. My bad. I did say it was a Prius but I didn’t say my drive was long and narrow and a battery pack would be needed if they brought a tow truck.

So, the guy brings a huge tow truck, no battery pack and knows nothing about Prius’. He told me we could roll the car down the drive. Ummm, it’s dead. Without power you can’t even put it in neutral.

So, I decided to leave a message for Himself which basically said, “I’ll be home in 3 hours. Please call AAA and tell them to send someone who knows about Prius’ and to bring a battery pack.” Pretty much was a bit irritated so saying “You broke it, now fix it”. So, I go to class, get home about 10:30 a.m. and my note and key are exactly where I’d left them. I heard him upstairs and knew he’d not even seen it so, I threw it away.

Yes, lil monkey child was at it again. “He’s just getting up??? You’ve GOT to tell him!! He’s GOT to take care of this” blah, blah, blah!

What I did was, go up and greet him. His first words, “would you like to go out for birthday weekend brunch?” Hell yeah!!

So, called AAA again, told them to send someone who knows about Prius and to bring a battery pack. They did. The car started immediately! We went out for brunch, did some shopping and had a truly wonder-filled birthday weekend.

Now! IF I had listened to the little fur-brat in my head, that would not have happened. I’d have maintained my anger; he’d have been feeling bad and we’d have wasted a really great, loving weekend.

Injoy,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

I’d posted a free ebook recently on a forum I frequent on a thread called “Prosperity Now” and, I saw that over 30 people had looked at it and not one “thank you”! Usually when someone gives us something, we’ve learned to say thank you (unless we don’t feel we deserve it or, it’s not something we’re thank-filled for). I mean that’s basic in growing up ~ Receive a gift ~ “thank you”, no?

So, someone basically chastised me because I mentioned it so, I did my thing and explained my reasoning, blah, blah, blah and, as I was doing my morning appreciations I realized, as much as I appreciate the ebook, as much as I’ve shared it with others, I did NOT thank the person who wrote it and gave it to me!!!

So, I went to the original site ~ Attract Money Now ~ where I thought I could leave feedback. Hmph! No contact info, nothing. So, I thought, where can I contact Joe and thank him? I thought MAYBEEE he’s a “friend” on Facebook! Yup! He is! So, found him and thanked him publicly! I’m also going to spread the word about this book which I find extremely useful AND going to do a review of it on my personal blog ~ here! lol

So, what’s the point here? How often do we thank people in our heads? I do. I do it often. Yet, what good is that doing anybody? Certainly not doing the person being appreciated any good nor the appreciator, really!

Now, did I really want or care if I received thanks for the book? Absolutely not! I gave it because I felt it worth sharing YET, since I hadn’t received thanks, it gave me the perfect reason to share some of what I learned which is, when you give appreciation for something 1) you’ll receive appreciation 2) people are more willing to give when they know people appreciate what you have to give.

If/when you share appreciation to a woman for a dress she’s wearing and she says, “what? this old thing?”… do you feel to give more? How about if she said “Thank you! I appreciate you noticing and saying something!” So! Two people go away beaming, yes?

Do I feel to post anything more on that thread? Not really. Kind of a “why bother” right now EXCEPT for the few who did 1) download the book 2) read the book and 3) took action on what they read AND let me know they appreciated my posting it there. Now THOSE people I feel to give more to. Wouldn’t you?

In actuality, I give a LOT and if one person, whether they thank me or not, receives benefit from what I say/do, more the better.

As I’m writing this, I’m thinking about my playbook and one of the quotes I have in it. While looking for it, I came across this one ~ “Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” Alfred Painter

Another: “You were given a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” ~ William A. Ward

Another: “If you don’t appreciate what you have, you wont get anymore… because the universe thinks it’s not important to you, and therefore you don’t need anymore.” ~ T. Harv Ecker

The one I was looking for ~

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” ~ William Arthur Ward

As I’m writing this, I’m overwhelmed with all the things I’m grateful for and never express. I could spend the whole day saying “thank you” to all I have, those I know… wow! Well, living in overwhelm is surely better than living in “whelm” yes?

Thank YOU for reading and any comments.

Revvell

Bodacious Living

The basics of course, food, rest and movement.

Today, I’ll be talking about movement.

Playing off of my “use to” (I’ve been corrected that it should be “used to” )~ blog, it’s really been made clear to me that there is a LOT to consider if one wants to age gracefully.

Next time you go somewhere where there are a lot of people, watch them. Watch how they move, how they stand, how they sit, how they get back up.

A sure sign of aging is inflexibility and lack of mobility.

When I trained with my teacher originally, we were inside. We were doing a lot of movement on the floor ~ yoga, bodyweight moves, ground engagement, etc. I was proud of the fact that I could get up off the floor very gracefully, using no hands while others younger than I struggled. Then we moved outside where we were doing qigong. We rarely got on the ground.

During that time, I was walking/running the hills around my home so, thinking I was getting in some really good movement.. and basically, IF I want to compare myself to others, I was. BUT…

I was missing weight-bearing exercises and floor movement.

I found that out when we began using kettlebells and iron clubs and also, doing ground engagement.

Now, I “used to” train with free weights for up to 6 hours a day. The problem with free weights and machines is, they isolate the muscle thereby making them really non-functional. No one lifts things that way in reality.

Case in point. My training partner was about 5′2″ and built like a fire hydrant. All muscle. He went to work for his father one day and the next he was sore and humbled. He couldn’t do half the work the thin, muscular guys who knew how to use their whole body did because he only knew how to use his arms.

That’s why I like kettlebells. If one is trained properly in their use, they use EVERY part of the body for the lift. I’ve seen many use them as they would free weights though, lifting with just arms instead of leg drive.

Personally, I feel if someone is going to do just one type of exercise/movement, some form of hatha yoga would fulfill pretty much everything in the title here. Add some walking to get outdoors and breath some fresh air, hiking up and down hills and you’re in business.

The only thing I would caution against in doing yoga is, I’ve seen many get to the point of flacidity instead of flexibility.

For those who want to play with various items as I do, Indian clubs are truly fun. They offer a wide range of upper body movements to open up the whole chest and back/shoulder area. One also needs co-ordination to perfect them.

After getting Indian clubs down, iron clubs provide even more fun. Similar to kb’s (kettlebells), you need to use your whole body to utilize them effectively and efficiently. Just a few minutes of a good iron club workout maximizes your health benefits more than an hour of free weights will because it’s a whole body workout.

What’s interesting to me is how people still subscribe to the “workout/rest/workout/rest” day theory.

When we were children, we didn’t take a day off from play. We played until we were exhausted, then got up the next day to do it again. When did that stop? Why? Because it became “EXERCISE!”. Who wants to do that?

My suggestion, find things to do that to you are fun. For me, learning how to handle kb’s, iron clubs, my own body, is FUN!

Remember when you were a kid? Did you play sword fighting with other kids? Take two sticks and just play? Well, that’s what I’m doing now with Kali sticks.

I’m going back to my martial arts roots and learning how to stick fight. Martial arts were originally used to keep in shape then they realized they could be used to fight. For me, I figure I’ll never get into another fight and probably never be attacked but, why not learn something that could be of potential use instead of movement just for the sake of it?

O.k., I’m all over the blog with this but, it was fun and IF you get something out of it, so be it.

I’ve got more to say on the topic but I want to keep this fairly short sooo, later for now.

Remeber, live bodaciously and celebrate your potential ~

Revvell

Bodacious Living

I’m realizing too that I really need to empty my voice recorders and take one with me every time I go out so I don’t have to cut my walk short. I did get in over 3000 steps before coming home though.

O.k., to the topic at hand ~ being a “Use To” person.

I go to quite a few networking meetings and meet various people and when they see what I eat they’ll ask if I’m vegetarian. When I say “yes” they’ll often say “I USE TO be”.

When I meet people who ride motorcycles, now, I’m a “USE TO” person. Before a friend died in a auto/mc collision and another lost his leg (same crash), I rode. I have to catch myself to not say I “use to” ride so they ask me, why don’t you ride anymore as I don’t want to inject them with MY stuff about riding!

What I like to hear is “I USE TO smoke, drink, do drugs but I don’t anymore!”

Instead I hear “I USE TO do daily appreciations; walk every day; exercise; eat well, etc.” I also know I’m not going to ask them why they don’t any more. It’s not my biz. I don’t want to hear their dreary excuses for why they don’t.

This came up for me recently in an online conversation with a gent who told me his girlfriend “use to” be a vegetarian ~ before she met him. Enough said.

What brought this up for me is a couple of times over the past months I’ve caught myself saying “I USE TO be able to get up off the floor easily” and “before I got married I USE TO go walking daily”.

For me, when I say “I USE TO”, I want it to be consciously attained. By that I mean “I USE TO be a meat eater (well, it’s been 24 years now); I USE TO procrastinate on getting in my daily play; I USE TO be angry; I USE TO contemplate suicide (that’s over 15 years ago)…

See what I mean? Keep the good and USE TO the not-so good. Now, I want to say I CAN get up off the floor easily; I DO get up and move daily; I AM aware of what goes in my mouth and supports MY body.

Comments?

Injoy, Revvell

Bodacious Living

Quite often I find myself throwing away produce because I forget I have it. When I purchase it, I have every intention of making smoozies with it or juicing it or SOMEthing. By the time I get it home and put it away, I often forget my intention or something else takes my attention and I never get to it.

Also as many of us have partners who tend to eat less healthy than we do OR, just keep food in the house we tend to crave, here’s a quick suggestion to cover both scenarios ~

Take sticky notes and, on any food (package) or shelf of foods containing something you prefer NOT to eat, write something on it like ~ “Do You Really Want to Eat This? Options” (depending on what you have available):

Bananas
Apples
Grapes
Green salad w/
tomatoes
cukes
marinated veggies
carrots
beets (shredded)
Olives
Orange juice (maybe you’re really thirsty and not necessarily hungry)
Coconut water
Water with lemon juice
Water

You might also want to add on the note ~

“You’ve just eaten! Are you REALLY HUNGRY?

Also, remember my program “Fit or Fat?” Ask yourself before you reach for “comfort” food out of habits or cravings.

That may give you a chance to contemplate what it is that may be eating you which turns you towards stuffing yourself with food.

Please, comment here and let me know what’s working for you!

Injoy!

Revvell

Bodacious Living

After the class, my teacher (Zenkahuna on YouTube ~ you “may” see me there after the weekend when he returns from the Rancho and puts up the vids) said that he wants to do this 3 more times this year (at $250 times each) and for two hours every month he has a weekend with his students (at $100 each) equaling $1800 for the year.

Immediately my lil monkey starts gibbering in my ear that we can’t do this. Of course we can! That’s ridiculous! lol

I currently have more than enough money to do that if I don’t make another dime yet, it goes to show, old monkey mind habits die hard.

Most of my life it was hard for me to understand that, I’ve always had money. Even when I got fired from my jobs (which was often because I always thought I could run the business better than they could) I’d KNOW I’d have a job within 2 weeks (which I always did) and I ALWAYS had funds to survive in between.

I was going to say it wasn’t until I worked outside, away from the “bosses” that I actually kept jobs for longer than 3 months but, that isn’t true. I worked for one chiropractor for about 5 years until he injured (and failed to take care of) his arm and sold his practice to a very unscrupulous guy who was committing insurance fraud. Being able to do that proved to me how much I’d changed and let others run their own businesses.

Anyway, about abundance.

Yesterday, instead of driving, I got to ride with someone. It gave me a chance to let my mind wander and I was thinking about money.

Many times in the past I realized I was hanging on to my last $20. It actually WASN’T my last $20 because I ALWAYS had funds in the bank but, for me, that wasn’t there. That money was my security and I held onto it for dear life, again stopping the flow and circulation.

So, I strangled that $20 until I really needed to purchase something and, you know what? More came in! Before that, I had so much fear around giving up that $20 and then HAVING to dip into my savings that, I blocked the energy flow.

Yesterday, as I got to be the passenger, I was thinking about abundance and flow.

Think of two people and a doorway. One wants to go out (the $20 I DID have) and, another wants to come in (the abundance I wasn’t open to, although, I’d say I was). One is trying to go out while the other is coming in resulting in blockage or stagnation.

Solution, the one coming in steps aside, so the one going out can go out, then the one coming in can come in. That’s called circulation!

Consider circulating your money, not spending it. Look at the last 3 letters of the word “spend”. The circulation stops! That’s what happens when we hoard our money as well, Now, I’m not saying go out and blow it! That’s sp”end”ing, instead of circulating. What I am saying is, let go of the fear of letting it go! When you strangle it, it can’t flow. I know.

Remember, live bodaciously and always, celebrate your potential ~

Revvell

Bodacious Living

p.s. Right after I wrote this, one of my very long time clients called. He’s been coming VERY sporadically ~ maybe, once a month. Today, he called and is setting up two appointments a month. Nice way to begin the new year, eh?

The problem I’m finding with writing my blog is that I get up fairly early, do some mundane things, then get out and walk. After writing my “How I Gained Weight” blog, the next morning I walked for about 2 hours. The following morning, I walked for 90 minutes (over 8,000 steps). During that time I think about all the things I want to write about including how I eliminated weight.

The difficulty is that by the time I get home, everything I want to say has already been said (in my mind) so, nothing left for me to say. O.k., well, not nothing. I can pretty much always say SOMEthing.

So, here’s what happened.

As you may have read in my previous blog, I had put on about 30 excess pounds. Usually, when I’ve gained weight previously, I didn’t have to do much other than to move! Mostly go to the gym for about 6 weeks and voila! Done! PLUS, I’d be buffed! (I buff easily)

This time however, it was a bit more difficult for a number of reasons. One, menopause. I’ve NEVER had a weight issue I couldn’t eliminate easily yet, my head was wrapped around what others have said about it being harder to drop weight during menopause.

Two, I LOVE staying warm in bed and cuddling with himself which means I didn’t get up and out walking or doing anything else for that matter. No matter how many times I promised myself at night that I was going to do it, in the morning that didn’t happen.

Three, my computer addiction. When I DID get up, I’d turn on the computer, sit down, go through emails, facebook, twitter, RFT, etc., etc., etc. By the time I took care of that addiction it was either too hot out, too late and had to begin work OR, I’d eaten (overeaten) and just didn’t feel to train and remember, it was already hot!

Fourth (last, but not least), he’d be up and asking if I wanted to go somewhere. Uh huh! Yep!

In essence, it didn’t take much for me to be distracted from what I said I wanted to do… eliminate the excess weight!

So, what to do????

I don’t remember exactly what turned me on to it but I’d been hearing about (Emotional Freedom Technique) EFT for awhile. Even though I’ve had training in Polarity Therapy, Traditional Chinese Medicine including Taijiquan/Qigong, reflexology, etc. I kind of poopoo’d that something so basic could really make a difference (which is really funny because all the health I have is from “energy therapy” which is what EFT is.)

One night in class, I noticed that my teacher had some information on EFT that he was handing out to his students. I always figure he doesn’t waste time with something that doesn’t “work” so began using it with myself and my students. WOW!

Then I had a 4-week experimental group with 5 other overweight women who ranged from less than 50 pounds excess to well over 100 excess pounds they wished to eliminate. Each week we’d show up with new stories of how much weight we’d dropped or inches lost.

One woman told us on the first meeting that when she was stressed she’d eat a full carton of ice cream. She was using a sentence similar to … “I totally love and support myself.” She returned one week totally astounded. She said she’d never loved herself which is why she ate and overate yet during the previous week she’d felt stressed and instead of reaching for the ice cream she made some brown rice.. and overate it.

By the end of the 4 weeks, every one of us had eliminated 8-10 pounds. (I had already dropped the first 10 before beginning the study group). Not to say this will happen with EVERYone yet, it’s possible AND, just consider, if we can eliminate even 5 pounds per month consistently for a year, that’s 60 pounds!

So, EFT is one way. Another thing I included with the group were sentence completions which I’d learned many years ago during my training with my teacher. How that works is, we begin a sentence such as “One reason I keep the weight on is…” Then give 6-10 responses which may include “… I’m afraid to be seen”; “it’s too much work to eliminate it”, “I’ll have to purchase a new wardrobe”; “I wont know who I am”, “I’m afraid I’ll feel deprived”; “I don’t know what else to do when I’m feeling stressed”, etc. (All of which are addressed during my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program.)

Two other things I’ve found help a lot are tapping while doing appreciations. I’ve found at the end of classes that when we do this, the women leave feeling calm and not stressed so they don’t go home ~ or out together ~ and eat late in the evening.

The final thing is visualization. Who are you when thin? What will people say? How will you look? How will you feel?

I wrote all this down for myself and am continuously adding to it. As I’m writing, I find how much of my life is interconnected and how it improves across the board.

Some of the things I worked on specifically for myself were ~ getting up and walking or training so, tapping on procrastination. I’d make a list of what I wanted to do and get it done.

Tapping on elimination of the desire for sweets. On the landing page for my program I have a picture of this overweight woman sitting with a place of chips (cookies?) beside her. The next picture is the plate behind her and she’s sneaking the chips. Been there, done that with sweets. I didn’t want the cake, I wanted the frosting! Now, cake with all that colored frosting doesn’t even look like food to me. When I go to functions I barely look at the sweets and when I do, it’s like they’re bugs under a microscope. It’s very weird and interesting. Almost as though I don’t recognize what they are as they seem to be from my distant past.

Tapping on elimination of the desire for what my husband eats including cheese and pizza. One night I was feeling very alone and he was gone so I cooked a pizza. Uh huh. I was physically done eating it by the time I was half-way through yet told myself I was going to finish it even if it made me sick. I did, it didn’t but I’ve not had enough desire to eat it again.

I eat salads! What I’ve found is, I can pretty much have the same ingredients in my salad every single day IF I have a good dressing so, 3 fresh dressings and, I have 2-3 different salads every day.

When going to a buffet, fill my plate with half of what I would normally. I can always go back for more and now, instead of going for pasta, I go for more salad!

When we go out to eat, I ask them to divide the meal and pack half of it to go. What’s good about that is, occasionally I’ll eat it as soon as I get home yet, many times I don’t because I’ve given myself time to know that I’ve been deeply satisfied with what I’d already had.

In the mornings, if I get up around 5, I get dressed (my clothes are either in the bathroom or my office so I don’t have the excuse that I didn’t want to wake him up by turning on the light) and head out.

Lately, I’ve been waking up around 3:30 so, I prepare my UStream show read all my personal emails, take care of Facebook and Twitter, might do daily appreciations THEN head out for a walk.

I’m much more consistently disciplined now that I’ve brought more focus on when, where, why, how and what I eat AND having eliminated most of the cravings, habits and eating patterns I’ve established during the past 6 years or so.

Thank you for reading all of this. It really wasn’t supposed to be this long. Guess I DO have something to say!

With that, I’ll say:

Remember, live bodaciously and always celebrate your potential!

Revvell

(What I’m doing here is showing you how to live a stress-free life! So many would let something like this go on and on in their heads for DAYS! … and be binging while doing it. lol)

Anyway, I put out my blog from yesterday on a few sites I’m on and received some truly great responses. Thank you!

Today, I received a response from one person saying she was “shocked” at the price of my program! (What?? It’s too low? heh!) Well, I have to say, I’m shocked that she is shocked! (How’s that for a comeback? )

Since reading that, I’ve looked at it in various ways (this is good for you to do if you are planning programs yourself).

First, let’s start with my training. I began researching health and healing about 34 years ago. I spent 16 years in “formal” training which cost me literally thousands of dollars. I’ve got books, dvds, cds (again, investments of THOUSANDS of dollars) and articles (o.k., basically free except for the paper I printed them out on and the ink to print) which I’ve studied.

For 34 years I’ve used myself as the guinea pig in healing asthma, allergies, infections, depression, injuries, excess weight and more caused by various things including food choices, societal imprints, emotions and unawareness/consciousness.

I’ve got knowledge I’ve gained through my own study as well as knowledge gained from other people and their studies, knowledge and wisdom. I’ve got understanding from my own healings plus the hundreds of students and clients I’ve worked with. I’ve got wisdom from just staying alive for 60 plus years and the ongoing healing and health I’m experiencing.

So, let’s get down to the nitty-gritty. The price of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Pretty much the price people charge for their trainings/coachings/teleclasses/webinars, etc. is arbitrary. If you ask them, I’m guessing they probably can’t tell you how they came up with their price.

Recently I paid $1995 for a program that was supposed to help me be a better marketer. I was sorely disappointed. The first few sessions were quite good. After she got past the “100% guarantee” part of the program (if you didn’t feel you were receiving your money’s worth by a certain time, you could receive your money back) the program went down-hill. It was sad. The first hour of the final 90 minutes of the program, she might just as well have been off the call. She even admitted she wasn’t only not present mentally, she was looking at her other site! The final half hour of that 90 minute session she spent upselling her next program. The “bonus” hour we received she spent ~ yes, upselling her next program.

I don’t DO that! The whole time, I am present; I am available, everyone interacts with me. At NO time do I spend time upselling my next, newest program. (I don’t HAVE one ~ well, not yet, anyway.)

Let’s break it down financially ~

The program runs 6 weeks with each call lasting approximately 90 minutes, PLUS, 2 half-hour one-on-one calls with me.

That’s a full 9 hours of semi-private interactive work/play PLUS, 1 full hour of private. That breaks down to $30 per hour. (I’ve never done this and am now thinking ~ I really need to raise my price EXCEPT! I want to make this affordable to as many people as possible!)

Add in the time I spend preparing for each session and the time I spend after, cleaning up the notes and adding in whatever I feel can make it even more informational and the hourly to me is even less.

ALSO, my engineer takes time out of HIS life to edit the audio and post it so participants can listen to it any time they feel to for FREE (to me). (Very often we’ll miss or forget something that happened that could be very relevant to one’s process so, it’s best to listen to the audio repeatedly).

*big sigh* Wow! O.k! I’m feeling better now.

On to what I REALLY wanted to write about today (which will most likely be uploaded tomorrow. Wait for it!)

Until then,

Yours in health,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

There are a few ways and reasons I gained in the first place.

First was possibly menopause yet, I’m not sure of that one. I hadn’t gained before I got married at 55 and I’d gone into it a few years before OR, maybe I just didn’t notice which we’ll get into in a bit ~ the noticing, I mean.

One thing I’m sure of is going out and eating. Once I realized how much I’d gained since getting married (we could blame the marriage yet, that would be the surface, same as most dieters do ~ blame the food), being me, I had to really look at my habits, my new cravings and my emotional eating patterns.

What happened was, 6 years or so ago, I met a man I wanted in my life forever. I’d ALWAYS said, I saw no purpose in ever getting married and, that was true, until we met.

After knowing him for about 10 months or so, I was headed over to his home country to meet his friends and family as well as visit his country.

A few weeks before going over, he told me that he’d called the embassy about how he could come to the U.S. and stay with me. Their response “Marry her”. When he told me this, I asked “Well, do you want to?” He said “what”? Me ~ “Get married?”. I think he said something like “well, I guess so”. Anyway, he started the paperwork on his end with the outcome being we’d get married in Denmark, then go to Copenhagen where I had to file to get him over here.

So, that’s the background story ~ now, the fat part.

In all my life I’d never been in a REALY healthy relationship. Every relationship I’d been in, I gave up me to be with he meaning none of what I did was as important as what he was doing so, I’d always get involved.

This relationship began similarly. First, I dropped my healthy eating habits. I still stayed vegetarian yet, when we went out to eat, which was often, I’d eat things I normally wouldn’t and I’d overeat. If/when we go to buffets, I felt I had to eat enough to get his money’s worth. Even when full, I’d finish because I didn’t want to leave food I’d chosen, on the plate AND, I’d always have dessert. Not much but SOME!

Secondly, even when we went out to a sit-down meal and was given more than I could eat, I’d finish it because “it’s only a few bites” ~ no matter how full I was.. “it’s only a few bites”. Well, those “few bites” cost in weight gain. If we’d only gone out occasionally, there probably would not have been an issue. Since we went out often…

Thirdly, I use to get up and out walking every morning, first thing. Did not turn on the computer, did not eat, did not do anything but get up, get out and get walking! Where I lived, there was a mountain “loop” where I could go up one side, down the other. It’s about 4.5 miles. When I didn’t do that, I lived in a hilly area and could do a different walk almost every day of the week.

After getting married I loved sleeping in and cuddling with him. I vowed I’d get out and walk later. Well, “later” rarely came. In the summer it was too hot. If I didn’t get out early, I didn’t get out. We’d also moved to a “flat” area which to me, was boring so, I’d talk myself out of walking. If I wanted to train with kbs, ropes, etc. I really needed to take everything to a park. Being the lazy wench I’d become… that rarely happened.

One night in class my teacher said 4 of us, including himself were overweight. I was one. When he asked how much I thought I could lose I said “about 20 pounds”. He said “try 25″. Yikes!!!! (He was being generous. It was actually 30).

One thing I really got was how easy it is to gain and not notice! Previously it was SO easy for me to drop weight. So easy in fact that, I’d not notice until someone pointed it out to me (which is the same thing that happened with the gain). At that time, when I was emotional about something (which was often), I’d not eat, therefore, weight loss! Now, when I’m upset, I’ve developed patterns of eating and overeating; comfort and habitual eating.

If you do it slow enough, when you go clothes shopping and you’ve gone up a size, you can rationalize that it’s a different manufacturer and their sizes run small.

So, between eating out often, eating and overeating for emotional reasons, cleaning my plate and not moving ~ as I use to … weight happened.

Oh! the other thing is, as I’d mentioned, I’d not been in a really good relationship EVER! Think there might be some unconscious “protection” going on?

Tomorrow, we’ll talk about weight elimination. In the meantime, feel free to check out my program and find out how to eliminate weight, stay on a healthy food program and drop the cravings, habits and and emotional eating patterns that lead to excess weight gain and sabotage your new year’s resolutions.

Until tomorrow ~

Revvell

Bodacious Living

One of the first I can remember is getting the mumps. Now yes, most every child has gotten them yet, I get them ~ for the second time after my mother had signed me up for swim lessons. I did get to go in the water, but not with the other children. My thought on this ~ I was VERY shy and the mumps kept me out of doing a class. I learned to swim by watching what was going on in the class.

Next one ~ allergies to citrus especially grapefruit but then add strawberries and asparagus; two items I REALLY liked ~ then. We’d flown down to Florida for a 3 week vacation. I was SO miserable there! I slept on a cot in the front room of someone’s cottage and it was next to a train track so I was awakened every night. We lived on a cul-de-sac in Ct. so it was VERY quiet. PLUS, sleeping on the cot was SO uncomfortable AND, while down there, I got stung by a man-o-war. Think I didn’t have an emotional time?

Hayfever/asthma ~ When I was about 10 years old, my parents took my brother and I to a slaughter house where they purchased a 1/2 side of beef. Of course, bro and I were wandering the grounds and the door to the slaughterhouse was partially open and we looked in and saw the cows being tortured. The butcher’s saw us looking in and scared us away. Across the street was a wheat field. We chose to run through it. By the time we came out I was coughing, sneezing, eyes running. No trauma there, eh?

My father who was my heart died when I was 12 and I was gang-raped at 19. Any wonder I had issues with men, abandonment, etc?

By the time I was in my early 30’s I had asthma so bad it almost killed me. At the time I was lifting weights 4-5 hours a day, 5-7 days a week and also training in Kung-fu. My teacher was retiring. More man stuff, more health issues.

From the time I was 13 until I reached my mid-40’s, I had periods of suicidal depression.

I was allergic to cats, dogs and horses.

The reason I’m bringing this up is, whenever you’ve got something going on, check and see what’s going on emotionally. All of my emotional stuff manifested physically at some level.

Sure, a lot of the asthma and hay fever was resolved by diet change yet once I got a handle on my emotions ~ my fears, my guilt, etc., the rest of it dissolved.

Same thing most recently. I wrote previously about having problems with my heart. I realized I had some unconscious fears and when those were brought to the surface, the heart issue dissolved.

Very interesting how the mind works and how it manifests so many issues and how we’ve learned to cope with them ~ very often by stuffing them down with food.

Many years ago, I had the opposite problem which, I think may have been healthier at one level ~ I didn’t eat. One cannot digest emotions and food at the same time. On the other hand, I had so many emotions, I was pretty much starving myself.

Most recently though, I found myself gaining weight after having gotten married. A few reasons are, we went out and ate often and when I go out, I never even considered eating part and taking half home because my weight never bothered me. Any time I’d gained a few pounds, I’d up my work-outs and be back to my slim self in a few weeks.

Another thing I realized was, this being my first marriage, and never having had a REALLY good long-term relationship and, I guess, I scared the heck out of myself and subconsciously allowed myself to put the weight on as “protection”.

So, this again, was all emotional yet, I was “handling” it differently ~ eating, instead of not. What I found was that if I didn’t handle the emotional aspect of my weight gain, working out as I use to do, really didn’t make much of a difference.

That was a GREAT awakening for me! That was a time I understood how many women have tried over and over to eliminate weight by diet and exercise, very often to lose some yet, very often to gain it back because they’d not dealt with the cause, the underlying emotions, the habitual eating patterns! Whooooo!

As a natural health practitioner of 24 years, this realization is probably one of THE biggest I’ve ever had.

When I was growing up, we didn’t speak about the things we do now. If help was available, we didn’t know about it. Now, it’s out, it’s available, it’s amazingly simple and effective! I am SO excited to have created Tap Into Your Ideal Weight so now women can get to the cause of their weight issues and eliminate them!!! How cool is that?

Injoy,

Revvell

Bodacious Living

What I have found since then though is that the reason we say the negative is to acknowledge and accept where we are. For instance, if someone says, “Even though I constantly self-sabotage…” that’s just saying what we’ve done previously… up to now… then we switch to “…. I choose to stay focused on the results and support myself completely”. That changes the energy via our words AND the tapping.

What we’re saying is I know what I need to work on; I acknowledge and accept I do this and, now, I’m changing it. Make sense?

It’s as though I’m in Connecticut and I want to go to Nevada. Well, if I don’t know, acknowledge and accept where I am, how can I get where I want to go? If I “wish” I were somewhere else, it’s not going to help. Saying I “wish” I were in California and I want to go to Nevada, then I’d be traveling east yet, I’m REALLY in Ct. and if I travel east, I’m I’ll end up in the ocean rather than Nevada, correct? So! First step ~ Acknowledge and accept where you are now to get you where you want to go.

I understand many have an issue with the word “accept”, as well. They think if they accept something, that means they don’t/wont change it. One definition of accept is “…to regard as true..”. So, all we’re doing is saying “this is true ~ now”. It doesn’t mean it will always be true. Some examples of this would be: “currently I am 100 pounds more than MY ideal weight…”; “currently, I have a tendency to sabotage my successes…”; “currently, I’m in a less than ideal relationship…”. That’s it! Currently! It doesn’t mean you can’t, wont or are unwilling to change. It’s just a place to start.

I’ve also found many have a problem tapping on the positive… “I totally and completely love and accept myself.” There’s a little voice inside that says… “.. no you don’t…” which is why so many of us self-sabotage and cannot be the weight we’d like to be, have the health we’d like to have or the other successes. We feel we don’t deserve.

One of the high points for one of my students was when she stopped reaching for the ice cream whenever she was stressed because she chose that ending (or something similar) whenever she tapped. She came to class and she was astounded at her success saying she’d NEVER felt love for herself until she tapped on that for a week.

What’s interesting too is how so many wont do the tapping. They’re resistant and will say things like “this is silly”; “this wont work, etc.” which is fine. EFT doesn’t need to be believed to “work” or make a difference. All I say is, do it and find out for yourself.

I even have a couple of students who call themselves “shower tappers”. They’ll do it in the shower yet feel silly doing it in front of anyone. Others tap anytime, anyplace, especially when they’re feeling unhealthy (for them) cravings coming up or anxiety coming up which leads to self-sabotage.

A quick definition of Emotional Freedom Technique or, EFT is a simple, direct approach to release and redirect blocked energy patterns in the body/mind. Some call it acupuncture without needles.

Founder Gary Craig explains it thusly: In essence, EFT is an emotional version of acupuncture wherein we stimulate certain meridian points by tapping on them with our fingertips. This addresses a new cause for emotional issues (unbalanced energy meridians). Properly done, this frequently reduces the therapeutic process from months or years down to hours or minutes. And, since emotional stress can contribute to pain, disease and physical ailments, we often find that EFT provides astonishing physical relief.

What’s great about it is, once you learn it, you can tap on anything to resolve numerous issues which is why on my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” page, I tell you you’ll be able to keep and use the tools I’ll be teaching during the live, interactive teleclass. EFT is only ONE of the tools I’ll be sharing.

For those who are interested in eliminating excess weight and the habits, cravings and emotional eating patterns that constantly sabotage diet and weight loss endeavors, my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” teleclass series begins Tuesday, Jan. 12, 5 p.m. Pacific; 8 p.m. Eastern. As I work individually with each person throughout the program, space is limited AND you’ll save $50 if you register before Jan. 1, 2010 (if seating lasts that long). Let this be the last year you put “go on a diet” as one of your new year’s resolutions!

For the first 45 years or so of my life, I never felt as though I belonged on this earth. Every once-in-awhile I’d feel grounded ~ when dancing, giving my teacher appreciations, doing qigong, riding my motorcycle.

Most of the time though, I was on the verge of suicide. I don’t recall being depressed much of the time yet, I do recall not being happy.

That changed one day when out on my bike, up in the Angeles Crest Forest, I was thinking how easy it would be to just ride off the crest and into ~ well, who knows what? Trees? Many have done that and died and if I timed it right, if no one saw me go over, even if I survived the fall, I’d have died of exposure.

What happened that day was, as I was riding, I realized I’d not ridden the Crest enough; I’d not had enough sushi (vegetarian) in my life; I’d not had enough picnics. So, I rode the Crest, went and got some sushi, took it to a park and enjoyed it. By that time it was almost time for class.

That was the last time I’d ever contemplated suicide. No matter what happens now, I feel it’s a cause for celebration.

Even when a friend died, I celebrated my tears and feelings; even when my last boyfriend broke up with me and I cried every night for a month, I celebrated our having been together and knowing that he was a stepping stone to something better IF I stayed open.

So, what’s up with this feeling? I know what I’m here to do; what my purpose is. I know I’m a “human” (whatever that means); I know I’m a sentient being (whatever that means); yet, why am I here? Why me? Why at this time? WHAT am I, really?

Comments?

Revvell
Bodacious Living

Previously, I’d heard his name but not much about who he is and what he does so I picked up his book “The Science of Success ~ How to Attract Prosperity and Create Harmonic Wealth Through Proven Principles”.

As I’m reading this, I’m thinking “Geeez, he says all the “right” things yet, what happened???” If he’s living harmonically, what the heck happened?

My guess at this point is, he hit what I call an upper limit. AND, he not only hit it, he slammed into it and BAM! hit the ground!

What happens when one hits an upper limit is, they’ve ignored stuff. They’ve usually ignored the underlying programs that will sabotage what one does, no matter their intentions.

For instance… if you’re looking to build an enterprise of some sort, pay attention to the little scared voices telling you you can’t, aren’t enough, don’t know enough, etc. Those voices are warning you of sabotage.

Be aware of injuries and accidents. These are warning signs that you’re headed for disaster.

Recently I injured my left hand AND my left knee. Energetically hands are about handling things. Legs/feet, about understanding, support and stepping out (although right side tends to be the stepping out more than the left). Left side is also (usually) feminine and receptive.

After doing lots of work with folks over the last few months I decided to take these last two months to just focus on me and what I’m looking to do. Even though I’m still working with private clients, I’d stopped doing teleclasses to take time to integrate what I’d learned and to make them better if possible. I took the time to explore why am I injuring myself? What am I ignoring? Yesterday I received a HUGE aHA! on that.

So, I’m thinking, with a business as big and lucrative as JAR’s, maybe he didn’t take the time to check out the warning signs so, the universe slammed him to the ground. I dunno.

Nowhere in his book have I read where he’s said to acknowledge the fears that come up when you’re making your plans. In my experience, if they are not acknowledged they’ll make their presence known one way or another. Acknowledging them and admitting them, one can usually bypass an accident, disease or injury.

Now, you don’t want to focus on them, just acknowledge.

Recently I had a former student call and ask me about upper limits. She felt that if she ignored them and basically said she didn’t have any, there wouldn’t be any. Well, you can’t say you don’t have something and there not be something to not have.

That’s like saying if I ignore the elephant in the room, it wont be there. Or if I ignore that I keep injuring myself, I wont do it again. Or, if I ignore that smoking makes me cough I wont have lung cancer. Or, if I ignore eating bad food makes me feel bad the next day that it wont…

Not having spoken with James Ray, I don’t know what, if any, indications the universe gave that he was headed for a fall yet obviously, he was not living in harmony with the universe at some level.

Revvell

Bodacious Living

Well, the difference between my program and weight loss diets is, there is no “can’t have”. What it will come down to is “want to have”.

One of the most exciting moments (which continues on today) is when I “thought” I was hungry and “thought” I wanted cheese or bread, etc. and, I opened the fridge and realized “well, I CAN have this but, I don’t want it!!!” Next thought, “what is it I do want or need?”

Most of the time, when we’re addicted to food as our drug, we reach and eat before having time to decide on other options! With TIYIW, the cravings are eliminated and the joy of knowing you have choices remains! IF you still want the drug, you CAN have it. If not, the joy of knowing YOU are in control, supersedes whatever else was going on.

Being in control = self-empowerment.

This is why so many “fall off” their food programs ~ raw, or otherwise. They often feel deprived. They have it in their monkey mind that they can never have this or that. Well, we can ALWAYS have something. I’ve given myself permission to have anything I want. Our little monkey minds are like two year olds. Tell them they can’t have something and they want it even more.

Now mine wanted things I don’t normally even eat! I’ve RARELY ever wanted potato chips but, tell my lil monkey “you can’t have” and boyyyyy, she wants ‘em! (my husband often keeps strange things in our home ~ like ‘tato chips)

With EFT and other energy therapies, we become more aware of the cravings, habits and emotional eating patterns, often eliminating them completely. Now, for me, those things I craved, I don’t even want. They don’t look like food to me. When I AM hungry, I’ve got luscious food already prepared so I am good-to-go.

I invite you to stop the cravings, the habits and the emotional eating/overeating by joining (click there —->) “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. There’s a money back guarantee if you don’t feel it’s bringing you what YOU want!

Injoy,

Revvell

After class we were talking and he’d mentioned he’d gained back about 8-10 pounds (try 20, to my eye BUT, I didn’t notice it last week!)

He told me he realized it wasn’t about the food; he’d not been doing his former habit of binging and throwing up BUT he was overeating. What he did realize, for himself was that it was about having the good. This makes sense because when we reach a certain level of good which is beyond what we think we “should” have or deserve, we become anxious and will do SOMEthing to quel the anxiety. For many of us, it’s eat!

Well, last night I was contemplating our conversation and at one level, I do agree, it’s not about the food YET, many of us are addicted to certain foods we turn to when we’ve got emotions we can’t handle, rewards we give ourselves, etc. For many, it’s chocolate. For me, and others of course, it was starches. Give me pizza, pasta, potatoes.. anything white. At one time it was sugar.

I’d also had problems with cheese.

Before getting married, most of these were not an issue because I didn’t have them in my home. After getting married ~ well, he’s the original pizza man. He loves his pizza, his pasta, his bread and cheese.

For awhile, I was into the cheese, bread, pasta and pizza myself. Any wonder after eating raw for so long I gained weight?

So, what to do. Oh! btw, it wasn’t JUST the food! It was also the fact that I’d gotten married to someone I barely knew (met on the internet and he lived in another country and much of our communication was via email, phone calls, vid cams, etc.) after NEVER having had decent relationship that lasted more than 3 months. Think I wasn’t doing some emotional eating? Uh huh!

Well, I tried using willpower. Opened fridge and would ask myself, “fit or fat”? Now, that brought SOME awareness to the issue because most of the time, I’d choose fit and it wasn’t cheese! BUT, when I was out of balance, “fit” went out the door and I rationalized… o.k., one slice of cheese wont hurt and, I’ll eat a salad. O.k., I’m putting LOTS of tomatoes, lettuce, cukes, etc. between the bread so, that’s o.k. Well, it wasn’t.

The next morning, I’m feeling mucusy and my eyes are all gummy and yucky, not to mention, the scale either wasn’t moving or, it was moving up! Not what I wanted.

So, what was the solution? It’s a combination of things. First off, bring more awareness to what I was eating when I ate it. I soon found that, there’s not much real taste to cheese. If this is your addiction, sit with a slice of cheese and just be with it. The texture is yucky and the taste? Might as well be eating tofu. Nasty!

Now, bread, pasta, etc. Sit with it; really chew it; savor it…. not much to savor is there? Mostly what these things are are transport vehicles. They transport the things that do taste good, to your mouth.

Think about what you’re eating when you eat pasta. Italian name for paste. Flour and water. Remember as a kid we use to make that? Bread? Basically the same thing. Not much flavor, not many nutrients.

O.k., so, that’s dealing with the food itself.

What I HAVE found though is, the monkey mind looks in the fridge and the cheese is at eye level so, when IT wants some cheese I basically have to remind myself, I REALLY don’t like it! Why eat something I don’t like? Where’s the satisfaction? Not to mention, how I feel the next day (isn’t that the way with addicts? They usually feel crappy the next day after they indulge in their addiction?)

Another thing to look at is, habits. When, where, why, how and what do I eat? Well, even though I’ve just finished eating not that long ago, I’d often find myself looking in the the fridge or on the counter for something to eat. Because of all the work I’ve been doing with myself, students and clients, I now, very often, check myself and ask, “wow! Am I even hungry?” Very often the answer is “noooo”. So, what is it? Very often I AM thirsty! But also, very often, something emotional has come up ~ and, it can be something very subtle that I’m not aware of ~ I just KNOW, I’m doing something out of balance and, I’m not hungry so there MUST be something going on. What to do? One of my favorite things is to walk. I have nothing much to distract me; I’m getting energy moving and, I’m talking to myself. Another, write. I tell my students and clients to write and do it often. Whenever you’re feeling out-of-sorts and reaching for the food, write it out.

Other things are energy therapy. Could be EFT, sentence completions, emcode, etc. Once I find out what’s going on, it’s easy to eliminate these things without succumbing to food!

For me, having so many tools and awarenesses available has been and is, such a blessing! I no longer just eat out of habit, cravings or due to emotions. I no longer get that “I don’t care ~ I’m eating it anyway” desperation.

Oh! One thing I REALLY got last night is when I was working with my teacher well over two decades ago, I had asthma so bad it almost killed me a couple of times. Almost every time we had a session, I’d have an attack. Now, we never did anything specifically with the asthma itself. We changed my food program and, eliminated my future nemisis’s (sp) wheat and dairy yet, I was still having issues with asthma so it HAD to be emotional.

Again, we didn’t do anything specific with the asthma. We worked in general to bring me fully ~ physically, mentally and emotionally ~ into balance.

I really got that in last night’s class. Much of the time we weren’t working specifically with weight. What we were working with was our self-esteem, our tendency to sabotage, our fears of success (and failure), etc. As we work together and bring our selves to more and more balance the weight will take care of itself as the asthma did because we wont NEED that crutch anymore!

For those who’ve read my post about my heart, when I really delved into that, I realized it was retracing from when I had the asthma. Some unconscious part of me was, in it’s own way, “trying” to keep me safe and my heart was weakened previously from the asthma. I’m going into new physical and mental/emotional territories and my doing so scared the crap out of parts of myself so, it created the heart stuff. The mental/emotional manifested the physical. Now that all that’s resolved mental/emotionally, my heart has stopped scaring itself ~ and me!

If interested in joining my teleclass, I’m beginning a new one Wed., Nov. 4 at 10 a.m. pacific time; 1p.m. eastern. I’m also available for one-on-one sessions. For more information on that, please go to Bodacious Living.

Thank you for taking the time to read all this.

Injoy,

Revvell

What I like about this book and about Loral is, she’s about living out loud (thus, the name of her company). A wealthy gent once told me, “If you don’t have enough money, make more”. Well, that’s the message here. Don’t “tighten your belt” and start living frugally. That is NO way to live! If you died tomorrow, would you say proudly “Well, I lived frugally!” Or, would you rather say, “I lived LOUD and I enjoyed every minute of it and I shared it with everyone I know?” Personally, I prefer the latter.

So, here comes this book to teach you how to do that ~ specifically how to create a (I’m sure) useful $500-$1000 per month using talents, skills and knowledge you already have.

As in past books, Loral talks about a specific few folks. She takes you through their process, thinking, writing, learning. How can they each create more money? Some make it easily doing certain things a few times a month and charging more; others, a few times a week.

She takes us step-by-step through through the “twenty-first century lemonade stand”. (You’ll understand what that means when you read it. It’s enlightening.)

Throughout the book she’s got task sheets, lists, tests and practices so you can find out what can really for YOU!

Chapters include:

Discover the Idea

The Fast Cash Formula

Replicate and Duplicate (don’t try to re-invent the wheel. We’re looking for fast cash here)

The Right Price (I loved this chapter. Haven’t most of us had difficulty figuring what to charge?)

Stand and Deliver

Ask for the Cash (something many entrepreneurs fail to do due to fear. She helps the reader get past that.)

The Bare Necessities

Opening Day and Beyond

Break the Pattern

If you, or someone you know, needs some fast cash, this is definitely the book. So, how is it different from “The Cash Machine”? You’re not looking to create a business forever (not that it can’t/wont happen) OR, a way to create income to get you to your next step, your big dream. It’s just a way to add more to what you’re already receiving and FAST! I LOVE this book! It’s a simple read and you can begin taking action immediately to create some Fast Cash!

I totally understand that! When I was working movie sets, there was plenty of food around and to not be tempted by the “bad” or not-so-good offerings was TOUGH! I KNEW better BUT, the other stuff tasted pretty darn good!

I also know many have spouses and other family members they have to prepare for and it’s easier to just eat what they eat even though they’d prefer not to for health and/or weight issues. Also, when going out with friends, that pizza, although it’s not the best choice, sure looks good!

I’m going to give you some background so you’ll understand what I’m doing, I think.

One reason, as I said, that many people eat unhealthily or overeat  is because of various situations ~ first, they’ve almost always eaten for any reason besides nutrition and sustenance. They eat because they’re sad, they’re angry, they’re bored or restless; they eat because they’re out shopping. They eat because it’s there; because others are; because they “think they should”. We even reward ourselves with food.

Well, as I said, I’ve begun a program entitled, “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight”. My reasoning behind it is that many people go on raw food or other programs to eliminate weight. Again, as I said, they tend to go OFF those programs because of the many issues I’ve already stated ~ and more.

The program works like this ~ Rather than staying at the very surface of our reasons for gaining weight, we go to the deeper levels.

Although many have eliminated excess weight with weight loss and raw diets, for some reason they go off the program and will gain the weight back ~ and then some. Although eating raw can make a difference in many aspects of our lives, we cannot handle our feelings OR keep the weight off, by changing our food program. If that were possible then, eating raw or a plant-based diet or any of the weight-loss programs available, would fix everything and, they don’t. I’ve seen and heard so MANY women say that they were stressed and ate everything in the house ~ that wasn’t good for them. Once they do that, the monkey mind will jump in and say “what’s the use? This diet/food program doesn’t work”. In actuality, it’s not the food program, it’s the programming!

We’ve programmed ourselves to numb our feelings with food. As one person said, it’s hard to digest our emotions and food at the same time. A change in food program, whatever it is, will bring up emotions we’ve not dealt with. Eliminating weight will bring up emotions as well since we’re so use to stuffing them down and mostly, not doing that anymore.

Rather than staying at the surface the program I’ve created gets to the root cause, the emotions, the habits, the cravings ~ and digs them out and eliminates them. This is done via various energetic techniques that I teach and which can be used for all kinds of things including finances, procrastination, success across the board, etc.

What I’m looking to do is change the name. That’s where the contest comes in. I need a new name for the program. I really love “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” yet, I’m realizing there is more than weight involved. Many who would like what I have to offer are put off by the name because they have more of a craving/habit issue than a weight issue.

This is where you come in. Come up with a name.

What’s in it for you? Well, the winners ~ there will be two ~ will receive their choice of a brand new soft-cover copy of my book Smoothies and Smoozies for Life OR, an item of their choice from my clothing store. Remember, either of these will make great gifts for the holidays if you don’t want them for yourself!

So, how will the contest work you ask? Come up with some names. To participate, please go to Bodacious Living Contest. I’ll eliminate the ones I don’t like immediately for me yet, enter all of them into the contest so everyone who took their time to enter will have a chance to win. We’ll have a vote-off to choose THE name that YOU think most fits my program.

Just know this. Eventually, I’ll probably choose the name “I” like which may be different from what YOU like BUT, the 1st and 2nd place winners of the vote-off will have their choice of the prizes.

If you don’t understand what my program is about, please go to Bodacious Living. Feel free to email me at Revvell@BodaciousLiving.com with any questions for clarity.

First phase of this contest ends, midnight, Oct. 4, 2009. Please go now to Bodacious Living Contest to vote!

Thank you for your help on this. I truly appreciate your time and creativity.

In health,

Revvell

So, we packed up necessities for the day and headed out. I had a meeting at 3 (by phone) and then the teleclass. Between the two, we were at the beach OR checking out the Trikke! My plan is to get the T12. Riding it is a challenge and FUN!!! Human Powered Vehicle. When you look at it you wonder ~ how does s/he make it go???

We first saw someone riding one on Sunday at the motel. It’s funny how that turned out because we’d gotten what we thought was a good deal at another motel and something told me to try the one across the street so, we did. It was only $6 less than the other yet, it was $6 less than the other and the rooms looked the same.

Well, there was a reason to stay there and that was to learn about the Trikke! Steve was riding it in the parking lot that afternoon and as we were going to the beach I asked him about it. He explained it then asked if I wanted to give it a shot. Oh yeah, sure!!! Well, I couldn’t get it to move for nuthin’! Not even downhill!

Himself got it moving a bit. I want one!!!

Steve told us about a dealer, so since we were headed in that direction, we went there yesterday. He is a better teacher. Within a few minutes he got me riding down the street; turning around (really badly) and riding back!!! I got to see ~ and ride ~ the various models so I could make a good decision. We had to leave because I had a business call yet, we’ll be back.

We stopped in at Pantera for the class and to have some eats. They make a decent salad.

The beach was BEAUTIFUL!!! I could really live there! This fire has been a pita yet, because we have the time and means to get away and because of places like Pantera with WiFi access, we can still take care of biz. We stayed until about 8 p.m. walking and exploring the area. Came home, much of the smoke dissipated but it’s back this morning!

My throat is hurting already. We just MAY have to head out again. I really could live at Redondo Beach. So many people are SO active there! Roller blading, surfing, body boarding, running up and down the stairs and ramps… so many fit people! I want to BE one of them!

Oh! Received a compliment from Steve mentioned above. Two, actually. He asked my age range and I told him I’m 60 and he said he’d have guessed 10-15 years younger (I’d not have guessed he was 50) and he also complimented us on getting on and trying the Trikke. He said many are fascinated but few will actually get on and give it a shot. Well, I live once and don’t want to pass up a minute!

As of this writing, it’s 5 hours before the Wed. morning edition of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. If you’ve been struggling to stay on a food program, been on/off the diet roller coaster, etc., might want to look into it. Once we get started, the doors are closed!

bfn,

Revvell

T-12 Trikke

We saw the “Morris Fire” just as it was beginning on Tuesday when we came down from Big Bear Lake. The La Canada/Flintridge fire began yesterday afternoon. The first is only 10% contained; the second, about 20%. As long as the winds stay down, they should get a handle on them. The temps have been VERY high with very low humidity. I’d hate to be out there fighting those fire.

My nose started bleeding yesterday. Tends to happen when the weather is this dry. I have to remember to keep shea butter in it.

So great to be home.

Before leaving Big Bear Lake, I went shopping at their local farmers’ market and got organic fruit and greens. Stopped at Sam’s Club and got more fruit, so, I’m stocked up! Huge salad for lunch; fruit the rest of the day.

Last night was the final evening of the first Live and Local Pasadena “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” class. I feel it was a GREAT success. Some of the women, when they began, were very resistant. They thought the tapping is “stupid” and they say they feel funny doing it so became “shower tappers”. Now, they’re buddy tappers calling each other on the phone to do it together. Way more powerful than doing it alone. We also used other techniques which they can use on their own as well.

On average, they’ve eliminated 8-10 pounds and that’s without having added movement to their program. They all said people are noticing the weight loss so, there’s got to be some body changes as well. They’re so excited they’ll all be getting in more movement to enhance their progress.

Many said they noticed they can get into clothing they’ve not been able to wear comfortably for quite awhile.

So, we looked at how they can continue on their own… adding movement; being more consistent; finishing the home-play I’d suggested…

Some have chosen to continue on with classes since they know how powerful group tapping is.

I’m all excited about taking this to teleclasses next week. This is such an awesome program! It’s inspiring to me to see changes in awareness from what they were doing before and what they’re doing now.

Many told me that, before the program, they were eating the same thing every day. One of the things I’ve learned about people who tend to be overweight is they also tend to be malnourished although, I know many thin people who are as well.

Just bringing awareness to how, what, when and where they eat; the triggers that cause them to eat and finding other choices; rewarding themselves with things other than food has been so inspiring!!! I love the group energy and how everyone was giving input to others as to what’s working for them and what MAY work for someone else.

I can hardly wait for the new classes to begin next week! I know some of those who’ve signed up so far are already tappers and on their way to their ideal weight and the tele-classes will give them the support they need to take it to a higher and deeper level. How cool is that? That’s cooooool!!!!

The newer folk will get a chance to hear what the others are doing and to share their fears, excitement, etc. This is going to be fun!!!

Almost out of greens already so, more shopping will be part of my day. I also have 3 tele-classes to listen to and participate in; create a video; finish an article someone requested; edit some book chapters… and prepare for next week’s classes. Would love to go out and get some “fresh” air but, at the moment, no such thing out there. Methinks we need to get back up to Big Bear Lake NOW! Actually, we are going up in Sept. The air is so different. Clean, crisp. The evergreens against that deep blue sky….

Oh! yesterday we were looking at some cabins ~ online. Maybe when we get back up there next month we’ll attend some open houses. We can get 3 bedroom cabins for under $250,000. Can’t even get a condo down here for that. We’re probably not going to purchase right now yet, it’s something that will be going on one of my vision boards.

Have an awesome day ~

bfn,

Revvell

They started hurting yesterday morning; pretty bad today. Long as I’m walking (after the first few minutes) I’m o.k. Sit for any length of time and yowza!!!

What that tells me is, not that I need to do MORE necessarily, just to get up in the local hills because, when we go up there next month, I want to do it again!

Actually, I thought my shins would be hurting, not my calves. Guess it’s because of the steepness of the mountain. Nothing here that steep. Was a nice ride up on the chair lift.

Seems I’ve got time tomorrow morning, so, off I go!

Wonder-filled couple of days we had up at Big Bear Lake. The weather could not have been better. Warm days, cool nights. We stayed directly across the street from the lake so we could set up our chairs right there AT the lake or in front of the cabin.

We found a place where we both could eat ~ me, my BIG salad; Him, we wont talk about. I think I had 4 or 5 of the salads. Went to the farmers’ market before heading home. VERY inexpensive!!! $1.95 per pound for organic? I WAS just going to get some greens. Well, got figs, peaches, plums, nectarines…

What’s weird is that the two times we’ve been up there, there’s been a major incident closing the road going down.

Last time it was a HUGE fire and we got to see the helicopters drop down to the lake and pick up water. He’s got a couple of YouTube vids on it.

This time, the road out was closed because a fella drove his car off the side ~ 300′ down ~ and died. They had to helicopter him out.

On Monday night (felt VERY strange having a Monday night off because that’s usually my night for Let’s Talk Raw and then a movement class I’ve been going to for over 23 years) we went to see Inglorious Basterds. Glad we went. He didn’t want to go; I did. Well, we did. He laughed and talked about it until we fell asleep. Quite good. I want to see it again because I’m sure there are nuances we missed.

Yesterday, while we were sitting out in front of the cabin relaxing and reading, Bo presented me with a box tied with a ribbon. Said he know our anniversary wasn’t until tomorrow (today, the 26th) but, he wanted me to have this now. Inside was a delicate little necklace we looked at in a little shop near the South Pasadena farmers’ market. I told him about a necklace I use to wear every day and hadn’t found one that I liked as much since. Well, I’ve got one now!

Today, we’re dealing with breathing smoke from a nearby forest fire. Pretty intense. We stopped at Sam’s Club on the say home. No fire when we were going in (or, so small we didn’t notice) yet, right in front of us, in the mountains, when coming out. It was spreading rapidly! Not going out in that today. Already getting a headache and sore throat from it.

Oh! I’ve put up new information about “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” in case you’re sitting on the fence. We’re beginning again next week and still have room. Love to have you if you, or someone you know is “struggling” with your food program or your weight.

bfn ~

Revvell

At the beginning of each recipe, it states equipment needed, then ingredients, then come a series of 4-color pictures with each series depicting a part of the process. For instance, in the Dressing ~ 2 pics for the lemon, cutting and juicing (yeah, yeah, I know. How hard can it be? Yet, I once had a 63 year old client/student who had never peeled a banana so, take nothing for granted ~ some people have hardly stepped foot into a kitchen before going raw). Then we have 3 pics for adding lemon juice, olive oil and agave to the blender; two more for chopping and adding ginger; 2 more for de-stemming the hot pepper and adding to blender, two more for adding herbs; 3 more for blending, pouring into the cup and what the final looks like. Whew! That is a LOT of pictures, a lot of work and well done!

You know what? I was introduced to raw 14 years ago and I’M going to use this book because I want to make the Mango Jam Pie, Chocolate Cake, Mousse Cake, Truffles and Scones!
Oh, hey! Cultured vegetables??? I’ve been wanting to do them for awhile.

There’s also a section on sprouting ~ with pictures; benefits of sprouts; benefits of flax; and more.

Since I pretty much have all of Victoria’s books, I most likely also have these recipes ~ somewhere ~ in a bookcase ~ on a shelf yet, right now, I have THIS book right here now, AND the step-by-step directions to making all the recipes.

Also, consider this. Know anyone you’d like to introduce to the benefits of raw but they think it’s too hard, going to take too much time? Well, this is a GREAT gift for them!

What’s really cool about this book? The price! Listed in the US as $18.95. As of this writing, you can get it here for:

Today, I got on the scale FULLY clothed and it was down to below where I was totally nekkid!!! YAHOOOOO!!

Really been getting some great awarenesses while out walking, in the shower.

Last night in class, one of the women said “It’s harder to lose weight when you get older”.

That’s what I’ve found. I’ve gained before yet, eliminated SO easily by just moving more which gave me the awareness that I want to eat better. Now, one thing I’ve found is that many people use the fact that they ARE moving (i.e. exercising) as an EXCUSE to eat/drink more.

When I use to go the a bodybuilding gym, one morning I heard a few of the members talking about going out drinking that night. I said, “wait! You come here, workout, then ruin all the benefits by going out drinking?” I was told that’s WHY they train ~ so they can drink and eat anything they want. Umm, o.k. Doesn’t work for me yet, not my body.

Now, the other women in the group told me that they were chubby as children so for them, it’s doubly hard yet, they’re eliminating as well as others in the group who’ve gotten heavy as they got older.

In my case, it was after getting married. (So, the thing here is don’t get married. *wink*)
No, really. What happened was, I wanted to snuggle in bed with him rather than get out and MOVE as I did before we got married; we went out and ate (and overate) a LOT AND, started businesses so, spent a LOT of time in front of the computer. At night, we tended to snuggle while watching videos OR, go out and eat more!

We got in the habit of eating, not for hunger, yet because we were together….

The reason I started doing the “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program is because I now KNOW how hard it is to eliminate weight; break the habits we’ve created to comfort or reward ourselves; acknowledge and eliminate the fears we have of who we’ll be when we eliminate the excess weight; feel confident in ourselves when we’re out socially so that we can enjoy interaction with others while maintaining a conscious food program without guilt, without frustration, without all the other emotions we’ve wrapped around food. Exciting, isn’t it???

Here’s one more thing ~ I know it seems a long time to wait ~ and many will not ever have to wait as long (actually, wait isn’t the correct word as I was not in a “holding pattern” waiting for this to happen) as I to find something you are TRULY passionate about yet, since I found and founded this program, I have to say, it’s something I am TRULY passionate about and SO excited! I live it! I think about it constantly. How can I improve it? How can I share it? Who can I share it with? How important is this to just one person’s health?

Enough for now ~

Revvell

So, her information, (again, keeping it short) is to eat 400 calories, 4 x’s a day equaling 1600 calories. Now, a part of those calories have to be in fat ~ olives, avos, coconut oil and, for her, fish oil. I’ve not done and don’t plan to do fish oil, BUT, Himself and I went shopping yesterday, picked up the avos, olives and, I already had coconut oil which I made into a fudge using Rawmazing’s recipe from her Strawberry Cream Pie recipe. The thought of eating coconut oil plain makes me shudder.

So, I began yesterday and surprisingly, last night, flat stomach. I thought it was a joke. Woke up this morning, got on the scale, 1# down. huh? Ummm, not possible.

So, here’s basically what I’m eating ~ 3 salads a day with a teaspoon of fudge in between and either olives or avos with the salad. I’m not following precisely because I’m not really good at counting calories, yet, even with that, I’m seeing/feeling a difference. Who’da thunk?

Yesterday, was in a total funk. Partly because of the evening before. I started with headache, sore throat, just funky! Spent the day relaxing, ate VERY well, then in the evening HAD to get out and get some air. Another plan for a short walk turned into over 5,000 steps.

THIS morning, woke up just before 5; huggled with Himself for a bit; got up, got dressed, got out about 5:10 a.m. Was feeling SO much different.. alive, lively, my usual feisty self.

While I was out I noticed there was a guy at one intersection just walking back and forth with his dogs. Had my pepper spray in my hand (always) and my knife in my pocket. As I neared him he asked if I was going to cross Braeburn. I said “I could (was planning to), why”? He said a bear was spotted over there. Well hell! I wanna see da bear!!! O.k., o.k., I didn’t go. Himself’s been concerned about me walking out there especially in the morning, because they’ve been spotted on more than one occasion. The guy told me he lived right there and he’d previously had a sugar tree and woke up one morning with a bear hanging around in it. Got in just under 8,000 steps just this morning!

So, we’re on week three of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“… I’ll update what’s going on with that tomorrow. I’m really excited that I can offer it as a teleclass; as well as Pasadena, Ca. local and live. How much things have changed due to the presence of the internet.

Elaina Love and Rawdog Rory will be coming up next on Rawkin Radio. As I said, Susan Shenck was on “Let’s Talk Raw” this past Monday and Bunny Berry of Raw Fu will be on on the 31st.

We’ll be gone to the cabin up in Big Bear Lake probably Sat. through Mon. to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary.

So, updates tomorrow on the women’s progress on “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“.

BFN ~

Revvell

I have an invite to vend and speak at an event held at a mall in Orange County so, thought I’d take a drive down there. An hour down and an hour back! *shudders* When I told Him where I was going, He said, “That’s where my wedding is!” Well, hey now! Ummm, could you, would you… ummm, go a bit early and check out this mall? I want to see what kind of crowd they have there on Sunday before I commit? He said “YES!” so, I got to stay home and go up to the event the stationary store up the street was holding. Made my appearance there (looked for my books ~ sold out maybe?) then decided it was such a lovely day, I NEEDED to walk so, I did. Very strange to be walking the streets during the day. Can actually see something.

Anyway, walk I did. The weather is now just so PERFECT!

I’ve been eating 3 salads a day and fruit when otherwise hungry. I feel so clean. Yup! Salad for breakfast. Going to have one in just a lil bit.

btw ~ IF you’re straddling the fence on “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“, today’s the LAST day to get the BEST price! I’ll never go that low again. If you, or someone you know is tired of the struggle; tired of the diets; having trouble staying on raw because of cravings, social obligations ~ whatever! I’ll be sharing numerous tools that you can use to stop the downward spiral.

I was chatting with a friend yesterday. We met at the Raw Spirit Festival in Santa Barbara and she, her friend and I pretty much spent 3 days together.

She told me about all the great raw food she makes and invited me over to her trailer to share some. She’s an amazing raw food chef so, I encouraged her to make and share, which she did. Of course, people started asking for recipes; asking to purchase some of her food; asking for classes.

Recently she held her very first class. People, of course, were amazed at how good raw food can be! What was really amazing to one person in particular was when she asked my friend the ingredients in one desert. There were about 2. She could not BELIEVE it! She said there HAD to be more!

What Roe and I discussed was the fact that people think life, changes, THINGS, have to be complicated and convoluted. There HAS to be more!

I get that even now in my classes. “I still don’t believe that’s all I have to do”. So, I give them more to do so they’ll feel better. lol It’s all good stuff! But no, stopping the emotional eating; dealing with social obligations; loving yourself enough to care does NOT have to be difficult.

Join me, wont you? “Tap Into You Ideal Weight” NOW! If not now, when? What are you waiting for?

Yours in Health,

Revvell

This morning, thought I’d change up. Fitness is not just about cardio. It’s about strength, balance, flexibility as well. I’ve got all the dvd’s yet, one of my favorites is Turbo Jam. Went down to the sun-room, put on Turbo Sculpt. Never did that one. It’s really good! I was looking for a great leg workout and that’s it! Funny, with all the weights and toys I have, I don’t have free weights anymore. I could use my Indian clubs but, a bit awkward. Going to use them next time since I now know the program. Even without, really good legs!

Results of the first week of my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” live and local program!!! A few of the women emailed me, said they didn’t do all the home-play, blah, blah, blah, so I sent an email out telling them I’m not their mommy and they’re not bad and not going to be punished ~ so one thing we worked on is “guilt”. I’ve been doing this work long enough to know that, when working with the mental/emotional, that ol’ monkey mind is NOT feeling safe and will be chattering in the ear giving ANY reason to not continue. It really likes people to stay JUST the way they are, even if it kills them (and, obesity can kill you).

So, EVERYone showed and thanked me for the email. Many said it took the burden off. They were feeling guilty. One did say, she was tapping on “loving and honoring myself completely”… and said she’d messed up on her food program yet, no beating herself up as she would have done normally. That’s a HUGE biggie for her! More about her in a bit.

A few women said they’d eliminated 4-5 pounds!!! (Funny how THEY are the ones most skeptical still). Many said that there were times they would normally eat yet, just didn’t feel to. They were more aware of what was going into their mouths, when and why.

A few said it wasn’t the tapping, but other things we worked on ~ which is fine. Whatever works. lol Personally, I KNOW the tapping enhances and breaks/eliminates the blockages in the system to where we CAN have the awarenesses.

These classes were SO much different than last week’s. Last week you’da thought I had
shanghaied them and forced them to be there instead of them voluntarily coming and PAYING!

This week the energy was SO much higher, the participation SO much better. Last week, couldn’t even hear what they were saying; this week they WANTED to talk about results! How cool is that?

Oh, the woman I mentioned earlier wanted to work on stress. Now, understand, there are more aspects than just one. We could tap on “stress” in general yet, we found what else she did when she was stressed. First off, her main thing is, when she’s stressed, she eats a full carton of ice cream. This week, she had a MAJOR situation come up and, instead of ice cream, she went for brown rice. O.k., big step and, SHOPPING! What she did was exchange one addiction for another so, we tapped on and examined alternatives including remaining “calm and serene”. I also gave her some home-play to do for stressful situations.

Other things we worked on were “food as rewards”, frustration, anxiety and more. It was a full 90 minutes of tapping, focus and laughter.

Lowest price ever is still good for the teleclasses beginning the first week of Sept. There’s a Tue. evening class as well as a Wed. a.m. teleclass. If you’re Pasadena, Ca. local, might consider coming to that class being held on Wed. evenings. Now, do this ONLY if you’ve been frustrated at being on the “lost weight/found weight” roller coaster or, TRYING to stay on a food program through willpower. I can tell you, if you are an emotional eater… it’s tough to do it that way! Your body/mind (lil monkey inside) is not use to not having those “comfort foods” and will feel deprived when it thinks it “can’t” have. It’s always better to be able to say “no, I really don’t want that right now” and really know it’s true!

Injoy,

Revvell

So! Got up, got on the ‘puter for the mundane daily stuff, got dressed got out and WALKED! Fit or Fat??? My choice! Put in over 7,000 steps so far! The tapping has certainly helped make it easier. It’s like, no matter what the monkey mind tells me, I seem to have NO choice. Gotta get out and get fit!

So, last night, worked out with Coach Tara again. She said she was tired which to me, seemed like a good thing. NOT! She may have been tired but we were the ones working out! At one point I was almost tossing my cookies… um, well, I hadn’t eaten any cookies…… but, whatever was in there.

In reality, if she held class 3 times a week, I’d be there. I love the group energy and even with as much groaning as I do, I always feel good after. Even being sore the next day, I know, all I’ve got to do is move and much of it will ease up AND, I’ll feel better the NEXT day which is usually the toughest. Tough as it is, it’s like playing with the other kids. It’s joy-filled!

Heading out to get oranges today. We get them direct from the grower. We’ll get about 4, 35# boxes for about $5 each. That lasts 3-4 weeks. Then stop off at the Armenian market and pick up some fruit for me and peanuts for the squirrels.

Beginning my promotion for “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” now. Have some “early bird” sign-ups for the teleclasses already, yet, want to make sure everyone who wants to get in, gets in before the price goes up on Sunday.

The price has gone up for the Pasadena, Ca. local class, and it will go up on Sunday for the teleclasses. You really don’t want to miss this if you’ve been on the “lost it/found it” diet roller coaster. This is NOT specifically about raw food; it’s about staying on whatever food program you choose. It’s about being conscious within your food choices; finding out when, where and why you choose to eat ~ oftentimes emotional reasons including anger, resentment, rewards, deprivation, loneliness, etc. We often eat unconsciously and habitually. When we sit down to read or watch tv/dvd; we often eat just because it’s there!

I had a co-worker who went to a chamber of commerce expo with me and her eyes just lit up when she saw the restaurants were serving (what she called) FREE food!

We also eat and overeat because of social/family “obligations”….

If these are your issues, you, or people you know, might want to “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Current classes are ending the end of this month; going to pick up immediately with the 2 online classes and the one local.

The price will go up next time I hold them. They’re worth waaaaay more than I’m charging yet, I want people I know or who know me to get in on the best prices.

Injoy,

Revvell

Yesterday, I read an online article from Time magazine on “Why Exercise Won’t Make You This”. Makes total sense to me.

One statement made in the article is, “… while it’s true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can stimulate hunger. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate the weight-loss benefits we just accrued.”

I know personally, since I’ve been doing the 10,000 steps program that, I’ve “burned” about 300 calories a day (we’re talking 90+ minutes of movement here). What’s it take to add that back on if I come home hungrier than I would be if I stayed home?

This also explains why Clent Manich and Philip McCluskey were able to eliminate so much excess fat without exercising. They changed their food program!

Now, of course, the question is, doesn’t training and building muscle burn more calories than fat? Well yes, but here’s what the article states: “… a pound of muscle burns approximately six calories a day in a resting body, compared with the two calories that a pound of fat burns.. which means that after you work out hard enough to convert, say, 10 pounds of fat to muscle, you’ll be able to eat only an extra 40 calories per day”. Now, converting 10 pounds of fat to muscle is a major achievement.

I’ve never been a calorie counter. And for those of you who read this thinking “so, why am I exercising everyday?” and becoming discouraged ~ don’t!

That’s why I started my Fat to Fit program as well as “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. Eliminating excess weight has so much to do with what you put into your mouth. When you open that refrigerator door, ask yourself ~ Fit or Fat? Let the answer make your decision. If you’re tired of carrying the extra weight, go for what you KNOW will help you fit up!

Another thing in the article is that willpower doesn’t work. Ever tried it? How’d that work for you? That’s why I began the “TIYIW” program ~ to retrain our brains. Personally, I know willpower doesn’t work. Unless something is reprogrammed in our body/minds, we’ll be feeling deprived of all the “goodies” we are use to having; the social life we’ve enjoyed (and ate and overate at ~ not to mention the not-so-healthy choices we’ve made); the “comfort” foods we’ve enjoyed when eating to stem our emotions and SO much more!

My experience with tapping has been nothing short of remarkable. I’ve been using it for procrastination as well as eating issues.

Well, I am SO much more productive than I’ve ever been including finishing a book someone asked me to create for them that I’ve been putting off for about a year or so; being consistent with my blogging, my weekly revvellations and other things that are important to my work.

As far as food goes, if you’ve been reading my blog, I’ve been moving every day (and will continue to do so ~ more about that in a minute), stopped eating and overeating, especially at night when He goes to work; I’ve gotten VERY clear on my habits and how, when, where, why I eat, etc. Instead of using food to “comfort” me when I’ve got some emotional stuff going on, I tap them out. Yeah, I know, for those who’ve not done it ~ WTH is she talking about?

Will I continue my movement? Absolutely! It’s not about weight, it’s about being as fit as I can be! I know for myself when I slacked off on moving, my fitness level slowly deteriorated ~ so slowly in fact, I didn’t even notice until we started doing some balance moves in Monday night class and I couldn’t stand on one foot or, on Sunday mornings when I joined my teacher and his other students for an extra monthly session and I couldn’t walk up the hill without getting out of breath.

For me, it’s about overall health. I figure, with the changes in my food program, eating for hunger, not for emotion, social reasons, rewards, etc., the weight will eliminate on its own and, it has been. The movement and play I do? It’s a side benefit and, if it helps me eliminate excess fat and assists me in becoming more fit, I’m all for it.

Thing is, tap on what you’ll eat AFTER moving so you’ll make more conscious choices. In the article, they were talking about how, after exercising, people will “treat themselves” (eating for reward) eat a muffin ~ or other high calorie object ~ and therefore replace the calories they’d burned.

I know when I was first training as a bodybuilder. we’d train for 90 minutes to 2 hours, then go and have a 3-egg omelet with everything in it including veggies and sour cream. I was FAT! I stopped training for awhile and when I resumed (with another partner), I was on a plant-based food program (and we never went out to eat right after) and I was RIPPED! No extra effort. Just good training, good food.

Now that I wrote that, I’m realizing one major difference. When I was with my first partner, he’d just come off work in the morning and we’d train, then go have breakfast. With the second partner, he’d have to go to work after training so, I went home to eat and all I had at home was good, vegetarian fare which didn’t include eggs and sour cream.

The point of this whole thing is, yes, keep moving! Amongst other things, it assists in keeping the heart pumping and all the other organs moving AND, since there is no pump for the lymph system, it’s activated by movement and the lymph system is the “garbage truck” within your body moving out the sludge.

As far as food ~ every time you open the fridge, or the cupboard, ask yourself, “Fit or Fat”? Which would you rather be? AND, join my “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program where you’ll learn how to eliminate eating for other than hunger. Those frosted cakes, etc. that I use to crave? Don’t even look like food to me anymore. The pizzas, etc. He’s got in the fridge? No desire. The fresh greens, tomatoes, cukes, fruit, etc.? Those are my choices AND, I don’t need willpower. It’s the weirdest thing. My mind will say ~ “pretzels” and my mouth will say, “uh, no. Carrots sound good to me”. No strength, no willpower. Just not seeing stuff that’s bad for me as food and not being drawn to eating them anymore. It’s freeing!

Injoy,

Revvell

While I was walking I was feeling how the front of my thighs are doing. Seems I’m getting some muscle there.

Reminded me of when I went to Europe in the 70’s with a former boyfriend. We had $300 for 3 weeks in England, France and Spain. Not a lot of money, even in those days. What we did was spend a LOT of time walking, took the train when possible, found bed and breakfasts for about $2.50 a night (w/stale cereal for breakfast); and, in England, lots of fish and chips (didn’t go veg until ‘86). I told myself that when I got home I was going to continue walking because I like how my legs felt. They were strong and muscular.

Well, I didn’t. There were times when I did yet, living in No. Hollywood, I was living on flat land and found it boring. Didn’t realize how much I disliked living there until we decided to move. Our lease was up and Himself was doing voice-over recording which was really difficult since we lived in the airport flight path. Time to go!

We had certain requirements so, it took a bit longer than the 2 weeks it normally takes me to find a place to live. Now there were two of us with requirements ~ so, it took twice as long ~ one month ~ yet, it became almost our full-time job during that time. We’d get up in the morning, go through Craigslist and begin the search.

We needed at least 4, if not 5 bedrooms OR, 3 in the house and a private one bedroom or REALLY large guest house. Since many of the places we looked at were un-sold homes, many of the people were using their guest house or garage for furniture storage. We were ready to sign on one, then found that out about their really great guest house which He was going to use as a studio. It was like ~ um, so why show it to us?

We wanted another but the woman decided we didn’t have enough debt ~ er, credit. Meaning someone with debt was a safer bet than people who live without debt? How does that work?

Anyway, the other component for me is, hills. I wanted to be able to walk out my door and be able to go up and down hilly streets.

We KNEW what we wanted and went out and got it not say “I can live with this”. We found lots of lovely places yet, not big enough, wrong/bad neighborhood, too much traffic, etc. We held out and, got what we wanted and needed. He’s got two rooms for office/recording studio; I’ve got two rooms for office/healing room; 3-car garage for cars and storage.. large semi-private backyard for my garden plus, room to train… AND, hills and mountains. What’s been interesting is, right where I go walking, bears have been sighted.

Oh! The real reason I started writing this today is, for awhile there, even though I walked some, I found my legs getting weak and my balance going off. If you notice old people, one of the first things to go is their legs; their support system, their under-standing, their foundation.

I noticed yesterday that, at age 60, my understanding is strong, my balance good! I get out and walk! I breath the fresh, cleanest, morning air daily. I get to know my neighborhood at ground level.

Now, going to a gym and/or walking a treadmill is better than nothing yet, understand that, what you’re breathing is recycled air (in the gym) and, some of the most noxious, polluted air one can breath in the house.

I know people will tell me they have no time to get out; it’s dark (it is here!) and they’re afraid, yada, yada, yada. Well, I’ll tell ya, with all the out-gassing in your house, it really behooves you to get out and breath as fresh and as clean air as you can at least once a day. Is it dangerous being out at 5 a.m. here? Some yet, most gang members have given up by that time. The bears and coyotes are still up though. I do carry pepper spray and at least one knife when I go out. Yet, even with bears, coyotes, gang members, I’d rather be out, breathing and knowing I’m alive than walking a treadmill feeling like a hamster in a cage going nowhere.

Yeah, yeah, I know. You get to watch the bad news while walking the treadmill. Nice way to wake up, ya? Watch the bad news before going to bed; watch more when you wake up. Pollute your brain as well as your lungs. Oh! did I say that aloud?

Want to “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“? Do so now and save $30!!!

Injoy,

Revvell

While out walking, I was thinking about my classes and what the women in the class had said. When I got home, I emailed them more ideas and information so they’ll stay connected. Cannot wait for us to come together again to see/hear what progress has been made.

Going to call Ronnie this weekend. I’m really excited to create some indoor/outdoor retreats where a group of people can learn simple physical exercises they can do daily; learn how to create tapping sentences that will serve them when they’re gone; learn to eat and prepare simple yet exquisite raw food….

If his place isn’t available (remember, just because you have similar ideas, doesn’t mean the other person will follow through on it or want to go in the direction you do…) I’m putting out to the universe for other places to do it where, hopefully Minh, or another chef, will want to come and teach/prepare raw food for the class although, people coming don’t HAVE to be raw… yet want to add better, fresh food, to their food program. Everyone coming will be AMAZED at how great and simple, eating more raw can be.

I’d prefer to have indoor AND outdoor space which is what he has PLUS, he’s got a river and mountains. Just a beautiful location.

I’m excited! I’ve had people approach me about doing a program on abundance. In actuality, they want a program on creating more money! Them not saying the word “money” tells me something. It’s MONEY they want! In order to have what you want, you’ve got to acknowledge what you have!

If you’re interested in the online version of “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“, jump on it! The price is going up next Sunday! Save $30 now!

This weekend I’m putting my focus into adding to my Bodacious Living website. It’ll stay “under construction” until we get enough on there to make it worthwhile to visit. It’s a very ambitious thing for me to do yet, once it’s up and running, it’ll be amazing, methinks.

Out for my first walk of the day. Enjoy and…

Injoy ~

Revvell

If you’ve read my previous AHA moment post, I’d become aware of how, when Himself leaves in the evening I had thought I overate because of loneliness yet realized it was more a case of being free! (as though he’d been depriving me of eating in some way ). Well, this morning, in the shower, I realized waaaaay back when I was a kid, when my mother would leave, I’d go into the cupboards and eat stuff she’d NEVER let me eat (and with good reason, too). For instance, brown sugar. I remember sitting on the kitchen counter with the box of brown sugar in my lap and a spoon. I wonder if she ever wondered where that sugar went?

I remember as a teen, when I would babysit, I’d go through the family’s cupboards (told me to eat whatever I wanted) and be digging into the sugared cereal. Also, having babysitting money, I would go to Woolworth’s (anyone remember them?) and drink ice cream floats. Something my mother would NEVER let me have!!!

So, I ate for deprivation (in my mind), cravings and certainly rebellion. This also brought to mind that I don’t remember us having bowls of fruit at home either so, my tapping was on “Even though I crave sugar, I choose to eat raw fruit to satisfy the cravings”. Also doing some on rebellion and deprivation. Coming from reality, I am certainly not deprived of fruit; I have NO reason to rebel and can (and do) handle sugar cravings with fruit. YET, as another blogger said, things that happened in childhood, we carry through our lives ~ however unknowingly.

Something else that came up for me when showering but can’t remember now. Maybe I’ll add it later if I ‘member.

bfn,

Revvell

Well, the phone call came ~ Him telling me He was about an hour out so, got dressed, put Lil Ped at my waist and out I went. By the time I got home, He was home and I’d logged in 11,055 steps.

Got up at 3:30 this morning; did the preliminary work for this evening’s Let’s Talk Raw; some mundane, routine work and headed out. Short walk this morning. I’m at about 4400 steps so far. I know I’ll be doing some kb training during the day AND a 90 minute class with Coach Tara this evening so, not concerning myself with steps today. Tara’s a butt kicker! Unlike our teacher, she doesn’t talk much. Just keeps us moving for the full 90!

I’m all excited. “Tap Into You Ideal Weight” kicks off tomorrow evening with a full class. Interesting how Tuesday filled up immediately yet, Wed. still has a few seats left. Can’t beat the price. I’ll never do it again for that price. Ah well. One thing I know is that the people who are supposed to be here will be here. Always works out that way.

Enjoy THIS day and play!

Revvell

The other thing… He’s worked 2 evenings straight. My habit is, when he’s gone, to overeat or eat stuff that’s not beneficial to me ~ especially starches. Well yesterday I went shopping (be prepared) and got some fresh veggies for wraps.

After he left, I didn’t even go in the freezer or the cupboards… I knew what was in there and my mind said, “that’s not what I want” soooo, I didn’t eat ANY of that. I made two wraps with romaine lettuce, heirloom tomatoes, lemon cukes… SO good, SO refreshing, SO light ~ and, no desire for anything more.

I’ve not been drinking much oj/water either. This morning I did juice up 4 quarts AFTER my walk (just under 5,000 steps) and AFTER watering the garden. Not had any yet although I did have a wrap for breakfast.

I’ve still got 4500+ steps to go today and, that’ll happen. He’s working again this evening so, we’ll see what the day holds.

I’ve heard that tapping one time on something (One-Time Wonder) will stop it yet, I know that other things need more time. For me, procrastination is it. I’m currently getting more done with less effort yet, there are still some aspects to be addressed. It’s cool though. All learning processes I can share with others.

I’m at 6,000 steps for the day so far … time to do some kb swinging.

If you’re in the SoCal area and want to eliminate excess weight OR, just get your eating habits under control, join me Wed. evening in the Pasadena are for “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight“. The price WILL go up next time!

If NOT in the SoCal area, join me in September for the live teleclass series. Two to choose from.

Thanks for reading.

Yours in Health,

Revvell

O.k., so, what did I really do? I realized I must have shut down to being open to abundance… even though I was working REALLY hard to let people know about the “Tap Into Your Ideal Weight” program, I’d not opened myself to receiving. Once I realized that this morning, I came up with a few sentences, did some tapping and ~ voila! Now, it’s not a LOT of money yet, it’s more than I had when I got up this morning.

Oh, I know, the skeptics are saying “yeah, yeah, yeah… just tapping on your body and saying some words opens up the gates to creating income. Probably would have happened anyway.” Well, maybe; maybe not yet, how long did it take me to tap? What 10-15 seconds? *shrugs* I’ve pissed away more time than that doing less.

What’s most interesting to me is that, the affiliate I received the most money from today… I’ve not promoted in WEEKS! I’ve been promoting my new program and the banners are not even on that site!!!

It’s all a mystery, yet, works for me!

One of my biggest issues in the past was what I thought was loneliness when my husband would leave for work in the evenings and I’d rummage through the fridge, the cupboards, the freezer for food to stuff myself with. That didn’t make sense since, not use to living with someone 24/7, I sort of revel in my quiet time alone. I’ll often soak in a tub, read a junk novel, finish up some work, take a walk, train, watch dvd’s, and EAT! PLUS, very often in the evenings, He’s working so, I’m alone anyway so, what happened when He was gone?

Until this morning, I couldn’t put my finger on it. This was my AHA! moment! There’s an unconscious part of me that feels as though HE is restricting me from eating. Of course, this is ridiculous. He’s never even attempted to stop me from being, doing and having anything and everything I want as long as I’m not hurting myself ~ which, I normally wouldn’t do.

So, some part of me has put me in an unconscious jail where, when He’s gone, I’m FREEEEEE! In reality I AM free! Yet, unconsciously, I’ve not been. Weird, eh? Yet, that’s the saboteur within. Now that I’ve got THAT clarity, I tapped on it and, we’ll see what happens this weekend since He’ll be working all 3 evenings. “Even though some part of me feels restricted from doing what I want to do, I choose to enjoy my freedom at all times”.

Things like this are what I want to bring out of folk with my classes. What in the world is hiding in the deep, dark recesses of our un and/or sub consciousness.

See, learning that, was a revvellation! It didn’t hurt! It freed me to find this out and to check it out.

Oh, now, I don’t have to take this revvellation any farther. Just the knowledge alone was so freeing; then tapping on it to clear it… BUT, being the curious one I am, I did take it a step further to find out where that came from. So, “One reason I’ve restricted myself is ~ (wait for this one) ~ I want my knight in shining armor to take care of me and shoulder all responsibilities”. YIKES!!! Whoaaaaa!!!

I realized quite some time ago about the knight in shining armor thing but didn’t know I still carried it. Now that it’s up and out, I can work/play with it. When it was hidden, what could I do but sabotage myself and everything I’m trying to do?

It’s like whatever was going on with me physically a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been knowing SOMEthing was wrong because of bloating, passing gas, etc. but, until it became acute… didn’t know how to deal with it. Now, I do. In order to heal things must be revealed.

Right now, with what I’m learning about me via tapping and other tools I’m using, I am SO excited I get to share this with others. That’s why I started my work in the first place about 23 years ago. It’s SO powerful, I have to share!

Oh! There’s a dvd out called “Try it On Everything”. It shows a group of people from different backgrounds with different issues coming together to work with EFT. It’s interesting that for many, even though they were tapping on other peoples’ issues, their own issues were resolved. Can you imagine, if this works with diverse issues, how powerful it’ll be with people all tapping on the same/similar issues?

I’ve found training in a group ~ the energy shared ~ is waaaaaay more powerful than training alone. I can’t wait for next week for my classes here to begin and next month for my online/phone classes. They’re going to be AMAZING!

Injoy,

Revvell

Personally, I’ve heard of many hard-core, die-hard spouses say they’ll never go raw and then, after seeing their loved one(s) transform in so many ways, they finally, albeit slowly, take the plunge.

A few things I like about this book ~

She addresses children and their needs; conception; pregnancy, husbands (and other partners) and, this is the only book I’ve seen so far (or, maybe I’ve just not looked) where aphrodisiacs are discussed.

After chatting with Kate on Rawkin Radio, (up July 14, ‘09) I understand her use of so-called super foods. (to me, anything living, fresh, organic and edible is a super food yet some have chosen to call certain other foods “super” (and often with first letters capped) … yeah, yeah, that’s just me!

Anyway, this book is waaaaay cool because the ingredients are common; the recipes ~ over 150 of them ~ have few ingredients and they are mostly listed in oz./tablespoons as well as grams so it’s cool for Americans as well as Europeans. At the beginning of each recipe she tells what equipment is needed, prep time and number of servings. She also includes “kitchen notes”, sprouting directions and a two-week sample menu. Hmmm. Thinking I may have to try that one.

For instance, Apple Creme Pie ~ Pie crust, 3 ingredients; Filling ~ 6 ingredients, all easy to find.

Go ‘head and order it. You’ll be glad you did ~

During the days we were there, we got to experience Minh’s orange juice and aloe drink; mango smoothie, pizza, “fried” rice; two types of spring rolls; seaweed, and more, as well as their gracious hospitality.

For those who don’t know, Minh has been raw all her life although she really didn’t know what that was. It was just part of her upbringing. You can find out more about Ronnie and Minh here and here.

We’re just in the beginning stages of putting this together so, in the meantime, here are some pics of where we’ll be holding the retreat(s). Also, remember, revel in life and always, play with your food.

Spectacular View

The Valley

One Shed

River and Mountains

Our Abode

Dusk on the Farm

Here’s why ~
First, it’s 660 pages!!! This is a flippin’ HEAVY book!!!!
It’s worth 3-5 of any other books you have combined! $29.95 is a STEAL and, as of THIS writing, you can get $5 off THAT price!

Contents:
Reasons to Go Raw
Raw Diet Testimonials WITH before and after pics!

You know how some people just need “scientific proof”? Well,

Raw Proof: The Science
A Paradign Shift in How We View Disease and Health
Bacteria and Viruses: Not Guilty as Charged
Do Drugs Work
The simplicity of Disease Origin and Health Care
Cooked vs. Raw Diet Experiments and Research
Man’s Fatal Chemistry Lab: The Great Cooked Food Experiment
The Raw Ingredients
Vitamins & Minerals
Enzymes
Life Force Energy
Friendly Bacteria
Essential Fatty Acids
…. and more!!!!
Raw Pioneers: History and Leaders
A Brief History of Raw Foodism
Modern-Day Leaders of Raw Foodism (including)
Elizabeth Baker (many of you don’t even KNOW about her!)
The Boutenko Family
Brian Clement
Lou Corona
…… and at least 10 others!
Raw Passage: Your Journey to Raw Life
Getting Started
Detoxification and Healing
The Fasting Factor
How to Stay Raw in a Cooked World
Nutritional Controversies
Common Pitfalls to Avoid
Frequently Asked Questions
Raising Live Food Children
Raw Pleasure (Recipes and LOTS of them!)
Entrees
Soups
Desserts
Beverages
Sauces, Dressings, Condiments
Appetizers and Dips
Salads and Salad Trimmings
Snacks
Breakfast Dishes
Sample Menus for One Week

Appendix A: Killer “foods” to Avoid
Appendix B: The Drug Story
Appendix C: Radical Branches of the Raw Food Movement
Appendix D: Studies from Scientific Journals
Appendix E: End Cooked Food Habits via Behavior Modification

Resource Guide
….. and, there’s still more.

Get this book now. I’m thinking you’ll want to share it because YOU wont want to give it up. Anytime someone asks you a question, the answers are in this book….. not to mention, it will take you forever to read it. It is PACKED with information it would take you LOTS of time to find… never mind compile it all. It’s all done for you!

This book is a keeper. Get it while you can receive so many bonuses and you know, you can share the bonuses with friends! How cool is that?

This book is truly a great resource anyone who IS raw or thinking of going raw or who KNOWS someone who is raw, should have for greater knowledge and understanding.

The Live Food Factor (<<<--- yea, click on that) ,p>

The Live Food Factor

Injoy,

Revvell

BTW ~ I’m a natural health educator and practitioner of 23 years and I’ve currently got openings for 2 clients. I only work with those who are committed to a life of abundance and well-being.

While I’ve remained true to vegetarian and so-called “high raw” options, I’ve still eaten MORE than I “should” have at any given time, more OFTEN than I should have and what I “shouldn’t” have and thus, added about 30 pounds to my frame that I’ve at times, pretended not to notice and/or made excuses for.

At times I’ve done a few things which “might” encourage me to eliminate the excess weight such as purchase pants too small for me; actually left one pair hanging on the dresser and was able to get into them w/in a couple of weeks FOR a couple of weeks. Not seen them since.

Many times when we go clothes shopping I defer and say “Wait until I eliminate this excess weight”. (That’s been going on what, 2-3 years now?)

Like many (and this is new to me), I purchased a scale and keep checking it to see where I’m at. Well, it’s a weird thing but, no matter what I do, the scale doesn’t move much either way and when it does, it’s usually UP! In all fairness, I did eliminate 5 pounds about a year or so ago but that’s IT! Nothing much has changed in the year since. Just staying right there! AND, while at Raw Spirit Festival last September, I was 5 pounds lighter when I got home but was back up again within the week.

So, what to do?

What I realized recently is, I’ve been focusing on the wrong thing! My mind hasn’t been connecting that what, and how much of “what” goes in my mouth is what’s causing the issue here so, I’ve devised a lil saying ~ Fit or Fat?

When I go in the fridge, I have MANY healthy choices. I’ve got them on the counter too! They’re called fruits and veggies. So, when I look at HIS food, I say, “fit or fat?” Well, now my mind is connecting with what it is. Is what I’m looking at the cause of being fat? Or FIT? My preference is FIT!

Most of HIS stuff makes me FAT! Why? Because it tastes SO good and is so devoid of nutrients that I overeat. It doesn’t give me the energy I need to train on a regular basis. Not only that, but it fills me with mucus so breathing is hard and my endurance level suffers and I don’t feel to train.

Yesterday, I started my Fit or Fat program. I made a gallon of smoozie, cleaned out the fridge of anything raw uneaten in the last week and prepared for my day. Every time I went in the fridge, the first thing at eye level is something I would normally want (and, in actuality, unless it’s cooked, I don’t even like it all that much!) and I say to myself ~ Fat or FIT?

GREAT day yesterday! Trained hard to where I can feel it today and ate and drank ONLY what will assist in keeping me at a FIT level which is what I’m focusing on.

I’ll let you know how it goes.

Injoy,

Revvell

BTW ~ I’m a natural health educator and practitioner of 23 years and I’ve currently got openings for 2 clients. I only work with those who are committed to a life of abundance and well-being.

For instance, I USE to keep a book by the throne from which I could read a short chapter within a few minutes. I’ve not done that lately ~ until now.

Author Cari LaGrange Murphy sent me her latest book “Create Change Now; Reflections for Personal Transformation”. I have found my book!

This book is a gem. The chapters are two pages long (often less) yet filled with gold nuggets. You don’t HAVE to read it through from beginning to end. If you’ve got something going on and are looking for the answer, pick up this book and open it. Read the chapter. Trust the universe will give you the correct answer on those pages. It will you know.

As I’m typing this, I keep picking up this little book (it’s dense and packed with goodness) and handling it ~ browsing through it to see what else comes up. You know what’s really great about this book? If you start from the beginning and go through it every day and you start again, you’ll glean more and more out of it because each day YOU are different so, what you receive from Cari’s writings will be different.

Thank you Cari for this precious gift.

Need I say more? Pick up this book ~no, pick up two or MORE books to share with others and keep it wherever you’ll see and READ it daily. It’ll change your life!

Injoy,

Revvell

For instance, I just saw someone ask another if they were going to give up their lunch today to “fight hunger”. Huh? How does one person being hungry help another to not be?

We’ve all heard “fight” heart disease, “fight” diabetes; the “war on drugs”, etc. Well, how are these working?

In my opinion, teaching someone to grow their own food will assist them in not being hungry rather than another giving up their food and and joining the hungry (I know, not QUITE the same but, you get the gist. Being poor doesn’t help the poor; being hungry doesn’t help the hungry). So, what are solutions?

For hunger ~ teach people about sprouting; community gardens; HOW to live in the city (or wherever) and become self-sustainable ~ in other words, EDUCATION!!!! I know people who live in the heart of downtown Hollywood and they grow their own food, compost in their kitchen, etc. There are others who participate in a community garden or CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). Teach and educate and if people don’t want to learn.. well, what to do? Fight them or leave them to their otherness?

As far as “fighting” dis-ease… that’s not seemed to work. The big 3 are still there and going strong so, again, EDUCATION! The top 3 dis-eases are all life-style created! So, what’s that tell you! Change the lifestyle, get to the root of the problem, change health. People will say “It runs in my family”. Well, as Dick Gregory said “Just because it runs in your family, doesn’t mean you have to run with it”. And really, it’s not the dis-ease that runs in your family, it’s your lifestyle.

So, we’ve been staging the “war on drugs” for about 30 years or so now. How’s that going? My only answer for that is, be the change YOU want to see… so, stop supporting the legal drug industry yourself! Clean out your medicine chest and find alternative ways to deal with your issues. If they’re mental/emotional, find someone to help you resolve them; physical? Most likely, changing your lifestyle will help you resolve them (yes, I know there are exceptions but I’m not talking about them). Turn off the t.v. and stop looking at the ads for this drug or that drug to supposedly assist you in all your aches and pains. Find alternative solutions which will assist you in regaining your health and support you in living the best life you could ever imagine.

When you die do you want to lay on your bed wishing things were different? The only one who can make the difference is you. Educate if you know; learn if you don’t. Yes, it’s that simple ~ BUT, I’m not saying it’s easy.

Injoy ~

Revvell

I currently have time available for 2 clients who wish to know more about living a Self-Empowered Life. I’m the author of “Smoothies and Smoozies for Life” and the playbook “Revvellutionize Your Life in 30 Days ~ a Self-Empowering Playbook” and the host of numerous online radio programs including “Celebrating Your Potential“.

Phase #1 ~ planted March 7, '09

Different View

Almost done. Went shopping today and got more lettuce, strawberries, corn and watermelon!

Almost done.. adding more soon!

Now, views of phase 2 ~

Pulling Bermuda Grass

Squash, cukes, stevia, cantaloup waiting for their new home.

First off, the fragrances ~ Other than one, I find them delightful, titillating, soothing and enticing. The reason I say all but one is, I’m not a coffee lover so, the final one, Mocha Java Healing Body Scrub, for ME, isn’t that great but if you love or even like the fragrance of coffee you will ADORE that one. The rest to me are clean, rich, decadent yet NOT overpowering! As a matter of fact, I keep opening the jars and using the “silks” just to smell them.

Packaging ~ interesting but not totally enticing. A bit difficult to read and I had no idea what some of the products were supposed to be used for. O.k., body scrub… I guess I can figure that one out. Beauty Silk decadence? Body Silk Serenity? Maybe it’s because I’m not a user of body products that I don’t understand what body silk means. Lucky I had the brochure (and read it) because there’s nothing on the label to tell me what to do with these.

Ingredients ~ I don’t think they can get any more pure. You’ve heard the saying “I don’t use anything on my skin I wont eat”? Well, I wont eat coffee grounds (or drink coffee) but, I WILL put it on my skin! I would say about 99.9% of what’s in these products is edible. (Not sure about anstrom sulfur but only because I’ve not taken the time to look it up).

Products ~ As I said, I don’t use anything I don’t make myself. Well, in the last few days I’ve taken more showers and baths than I normally would just because I want to use these products. Even though I’m not the fondest of the Mocha Java fragrance, I absolutely LOVE putting it on my skin. I think it’s the “harsher” (for lack of a better word ~ it’s not really “harsh” but what? More exfoliating feeling?) of the two scrubs yet, to me, it just feels SO good! I just keep on rubbing until my skin glows. It leaves a very light oil patina to the skin. I don’t need to use any of the silks but I do because I love the way they feel. I keep Decadence by my bed and rub a little bit around my eyes and under my chin/neck every so often ~ so I can smell and feel it.

I give myself a body massage with the Serenity for the same reason ~ feel, smell.

For fragrance, personally I adore the Creamy Cocoa Maca Body Scrub. My problem with this one is the oil. As soon as I opened the jar, I saw an abundance of oil above the brown sugar scrub. I find it also leaves too much oil on my skin.

So far, I’ve showered with the Mocha Java and tubbed with both body scrubs. I love the Mocha Java as a scrub (gonna shower with the Cocoa Maca next as I make and enjoy sugar scrubs, especially brown sugar and this one smells SO delish and, I’ve not given it the shower test yet). In the tub, they both leave rings. Hey! They contain oil! Gotta expect it! Cocoa Maca left the biggest ring. So, what to do? After tub soak and rinsing off, I keep a coarse sponge and some Dr. Bronners liquid soap and do the clean-up immediately. Bathing with scrubs is relaxing and invigorating bringing a nice balance. Cleaning up after… no problem.

On a scale of 1- 5 with 5 being the best:

Packaging ~ 3 1/2 ~ Suggestions ~ make them easier to read and add directions so we know what to use the “silks” for.

Body Silk Serenity ~ 5 ~ I love it all. The fragrance, the feel, the ingredients.
Body Silk Decandence ~ 5 ~ see Serenity ~ awesome stuff
Healing Body Scrub ~ Creamy Cocoa Maca ~ 4 ~ More sugar, less oil or, a different oil. The fragrance is wonderful!
Healing Body Scrub ~ Mocha Java ~ for me, 4 1/2 ~ anyone who likes coffee, 5+ ~ I LOVE this scrub!

Here’s what they say: Made Fresh to Order; Raw; Free of Toxins and Preservatives (I’m thinking she means artificial preservatives because Vit. E is a natural preservative.)

I’m very happy Bethanne is making these. I feel they are needed. They feed so many parts of one’s being via the fragrances, the feel, the fact that skin absorbs what’s put on it… These are truly great products. Get some; support her and what she’s doing. You’ll be supporting yourself by not only NOT putting poisons on your skin but by feeding it wholesome, raw, natural foods. There is nothing in these you can’t pronounce. I can’t recommend them enough if you’re looking for great products. We put healthy inside, now, you’ve can put healthy outside. (All the ingredients are listed on the site).

Final words… these feel more like winter products to me. I just looked at her menu and she’s got more choices. Try them! Use them! I guarantee you’ll love them! AND, take advantage of the April 2009 sale!!! Please mention my name when ordering.

Injoy,

Revvell

So, here’s a couple of lopsided pics of the garden:

At 4 Weeks

Closer Look

Fresh Lettuce

We’ve also got tomatoes from last year.

Last Year's Tomatoes

A Closer Look

My first salad strictly from the garden:

First Garden Salad

And, Sunflower Sprouts ready for harvesting:

Sunflower Sprouts

I’ve planted the raspberry and blueberry bushes and my latest edition is a cherry tree. So excited!

I’m enjoying living out in the yard more now. Seems as though we’ve really put down roots here, literally and figuratively.

Injoy,

Revvell

A couple of days ago, someone on Twitter made a blanket statement about adoptees. Being an adoptee, I took exception to her generalized statement which began a short conversation (about all one can have on Twitter). One thing which really hit me was that “…adoptees have a lot of internal pain”.

This got me to thinking… internal pain. Hmmm. Since we are virtually blank slates when born, where does this “internal pain” or angst, etc. come from? It comes from without. Society, with all it’s fears, throws it all on us and we, in turn, throw our fears on others, and the dance begins.

Normally, people think they have to deal with or relive all that was said/done to them in order to heal. My parents did this; my teacher did that.. blah, blah, blah… which is why I am like I am; which is why I do what I do or feel like I feel.

All this stuff that we take in from others causes a glitch or short circuit in OUR system so, why do we tend to focus on the outer… having to know who did what, when, why? We don’t! That’s the beauty of EFT and other modalities I use. We find out what the problem is, then deal with it. It has very little (and in many cases, nothing) to do with the outer. We don’t have to confront anyone; we don’t have to forgive anyone… we just have to remove the glitch(es) and be at peace. How cool is that????

So, why does EFT work so well on so many issues? Because it works with US! With OUR issues, not with anyone elses. It gets the “engine” running smoothly again and, in many cases, quite quickly.

Does this mean that, in order to be healthy mentally, emotionally, physically and financially all we need to do is EFT? Absolutely not! The basics still need to be done! Good food program, movement, rest, pure water, appreciations.

(BTW, if you’re interested in doing some work with me, currently, I’ve got two openings. Please, contact me and let’s see what we see.)

Injoy and eternal-harmony,

Revvell

True wealth is (according to this article) measured in goods, services and ideas. Money is only a means of exchanging those things. Originally, people traded beads, cocoa, shells, feathers or pretty gems, whatever appealed to the person they were trading with. This is called direct exchange. However, some people did not always want the cocoa or feathers so money was invented to be an indirect exchange. We have learned today that the creators of goods, services and ideas should never let a currency get between them and their capacity to manifest and exchange them. It is important in these chaotic times to empower yourself and look for new and creative opportunities to exchange your talents, skills and merchandise.

Whether it’s cooking, building, gardening, business consulting, cleaning, merchandising, walking a dog or writing, there are many creative ways to acquire the necessary items you need. The key is to stay empowered and understand that good, services and ideas are true wealth. Money is just a means of exchanging them.”

Article by Joey Best in “Green Lifestyles on Planet Paradise” Magazine

Almost good article. I think “true wealth” extends far beyond what he states it is. What do you think? Feel free to respond here.

Thank you for reading and responding,

Revvell

It started on Thursday evening. Raw Spirit Fest Chief  Visionary, Happy Oasis was in town and asked if I’d put together a meetup for her. I did. She also asked if she could spend the night. She could.

Thursday evening came and 12 people registered. Too bad most didn’t show up because for the ones who did, the food was excellent, there was much laughter, interesting and varied conversation and the lovely singing voice of Shabala. A most pleasant evening.

Just a note for those who’ve heard rumors about Happy… let me tell you this. Whatever pesonality was in charge that evening.. was delightful. Happy proved to be the most delightful guest one could have. She’s very giving, gracious, respectful, charming… I can’t say enough about how nice it was to have her here. She brought the most delicious seaweed salad, her own sleeping bag (preferred sleeping on the floor rather than a bed in the healing room)… left some books for me… shared pictures of her home on her computer and invited us out there; gave me connections to where I could get some hp for our hot tub instead of deadly chemicals. They headed out to do what they do Friday a.m. and… Saw her next on Sunday at the Quantum Leap…

On Friday, we headed over to Quantum Leap 2012 to pic up media credentials. Got those; chatted with Melissa Mango who was behind the food counter creating some delightful munch stuff; got food, then headed over to the Green Lifestyle Film Fest. According to the schedule I got, the press conference was supposed to be from 2-3. Well, we got there a little after 2. Wasn’t happening at THAT time. Seems they changed it. Anyway, we hung out and chatted with some of the vendors (very few vendors), Ronnie and Minh, Mark Perlmutter, said “hi” to Victoria B and her daughter Valya and ate as many samples as possible .. for a bit then joined the press conference.

That was fun when Andy Dick showed up as well as Suzy Chaffee. Rememeber Suzy Chapstick? Well, she now knows that Chapstick is not healthy and has done a 180 degree turnaround on that. Wanted to get interviews with both of them but, he disappeared very quickly and she said she’d be around all weekend…. didn’t see her again after the morning. Ah well, still looking forward to it.

I’ll add more tomorrow as I’ve got other biz to attend to now. Let me just say, this weekend I viewed some interesting films including Rhio’s “What’s Not Cooking in Rhio’s Kitchen” (she didn’t make it to the fest ~ heard her car had been stolen ~ still waiting for confirmation on that); “Mad Cowboy”, “Earthlings”, and others.

What I now have in my possession are:

“The Art of Living Food” by Ronnie and Minh

“Earthlings”

“The Beautiful Truth”

“A Delicate Balance ~ The Truth”

“The Future of Food”

I’ll be back with more on the festivals later.

Revvell

Many of the well known products found in most bathroom medicine cabinets contain toxins known to cause side effects. You can use several therapeutic grade essential oils to replace common items in your medicine cabinet. These oils are viable natural alternatives that support and boost your body’s immune system as well as aiding it in its natural processes of detoxification. Young Living Essential Oils and products are tested to meet ISO and AFNOR International Quality Standards for therapeutic grade. Refer to usage guidelines and use these oils wisely.

Also, you can refer to the list of Every Day oils. Order a couple of these every month on your Rewards Account – save on Freight and accumulate Rewards points good for free products.

Also, we know this list is really only partially complete. If you have an addition to this ‘medicine cabinet’ paper you would like to share, please send it to us and we will upgrade the list and send it out again in a few months. Thank you.

Thrive and Be Well -

tomandtrish

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Create a Healthy Medicine Cabinet – - – - -

THIEVES Essential Oil Blend – Rub on the bottoms of your feet before flying, when you first feel that you have been exposed to something, and if you want a little layer of protection. Use along the spine when you feel you have caught something. Diffuse to reach a saturation level or to help cleanse your house of mold or toxic smells.

THIEVES Cleaner – use for everything in the right dilution – refer to the bottle label for guidelines. Use it to clean cuts, scrapes, abrasions, windows, walls, counters, dishes, hands, face, really dirty feet, laundry etc., etc., etc.

THIEVES Hand Soap (Waterless) – use when traveling to under-developed countries, after shaking hands with people, and before eating. If sweaty, use a squirt of the waterless hand soap, rub it in and wipe it clean.

LEMON – antiseptic, cleansing, antibacterial (put on tissue and wipe toilet seats in public restrooms, 10-15 drops in a 4 oz. spray bottle of distilled water and spritz airline seats, hotel bedspreads and bathrooms, use as insect repellent: 20 drops in rinse water of laundry to kill microbes, 1-2 drops in drinking water to improve immune system and increase body alkalinity. Diffuse to invigorate yourself as well as repelling molds and bacteria. Add to your diffuser blend when fighting pneumonia and all respiratory problems.

LAVENDER - for headaches, bumps, bruises, burns, aiding relaxation – a few drops on pillow or under nose to promote drowsiness, reduces cramp discomfort and has been known to stop premature labor. Antitumoral. Women have rubbed a few drops under breasts and underarms, morning and evening, to help reduce problems. Headaches – rub a few drops on temples, forehead, crown and back of head, toes (if practical) and then breathe in deeply the aroma from your cupped hands for a few minutes.

PEPPERMINT – for indigestion, nausea, sore muscles, headaches, respiratory conditions, reduces fever, sinus congestion/headaches, bronchitis, improves neurological function.

PANAWAY for pain and achy muscles. Rub on warts.

PURIFICATION – insect bits, bee stings, non-toxic insect repellent (mix 10-20 drops with massage/carrier oil or 4 oz. of distilled water in spray bottle). Diffuse in home, office, stable, etc. – repels viruses, bacteria, mold and dust mites. WE USE 2-3 DROPS OF PURIFICATION ON A SMALL WAD OF COTTON PLACED IN THE EAR (NOT DEEP) TO COUNTER EAR INFECTIONS. Also, rub a small amount of Peppermint around the outside of the ear. Let it drain when it begins. Use in stale, musty, old-smoke smelling hotel rooms by placing a few drops on a paper towel and laying over the air vent, AND by placing a few drops all around the bed-spread etc.

MELROSE – First defense for cuts and scrapes, after washing with Thieves cleaner in warm water.1-2 drops on cotton ball and place in ear to soften ear wax to aid in removal of wax build-up.

OREGANO – strep throat, staff infection, anti-inflammatory. Found in Inner Defense – take internally. Massage small amounts on the back always adding a carrier oil. Also massage on feet.

LEMONGRASS – tendon and ligament concerns. We make a blend with Regenolone, LemonGrass, Peppermint, Wintergreen, Marjoram, and Basil and use this for inflamed joints – knees, ankle, wrists, shoulders, elbows, and hips.

RC – for respiratory conditions, decongestant, asthma, bronchitis, bone spurs.

RAVEN – for respiratory conditions, asthma. BOTH RC AND RAVEN ARE FOR RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS. Use in the diffuser, rub on chest, neck, shoulders, and upper back, and on the feet, ankles, and calves.

LAVADERM spray for burns and sunburns. Also a blend with carrier oil and Lavender

EXODUS II flu, colds, strep throat, laryngitis, improves immune system.

THIEVES repels viruses, colds, flu, sinus, strep throat, laryngitis, improves immune system, canker sores, cold sores, athletes feet/toe fungus. Rubbing on bottom of feet aids in the prevention of contracting various viruses and bacteria at work, schools and daycare.

DI-TONE – for nausea, rids body of parasites, colic in babies.

WINTERGREEN – for bumps, bruises, earaches, sore muscles or joints (natural cortisone).

EXODUS or IMMUTUNE – flu, colds, fevers, improves the immune system, anti-oxidant (Exodus and ImmuTune together are a powerful combination to improve immune system – Rub / massage up and down the spine daily – at bed time is great!).

Here are some oils to use for specific conditions that happen around the house:

Warts – Panaway, ImmuPower

Removal of mole, skin tags – Frankincense

Burns – Lavender as soon as possible

Ear infected – 2 – 3 drops of PURIFICATION on cotton with 5 – 8 drops of carrier oil. Place in ear – not too deep. Rub more purification around the outside / around the ear.

Pink eye – use Purification, 3 Wise Men, ImmuPower (dilute 1 drop to 10 drops vegetable oils and apply to perimeter (around eye) Do not put on eye or eye lid.

Diarrhea – Upset stomach – Put in gel cap 1 drop of DiTone or Thieves with vegetable oil. Rub DiTone or peppermint over stomach. Good idea to do the cleansing trio (ComforTone, ICP, Megazyme).

Travel sickness – 4 drops each of peppermint and ginger, mix in 1 oz. massage oil and rub on chest and stomach before traveling. Also, chew on a small piece of fresh ginger root.

Heartburn, gas, bloating, flatulence – put several drops of lemon in water and sip slowly. Drink 1 drop of peppermint or 1 tsp AlkaLime in 6-8 oz. water. Or, take a Digest and Cleanse capsule 1 – 2 times per day. For long-term effect, to make your body more alkaline, take Mint Condition, Megazyme, AlkaLime and Royaldophilus for 30 days.

Now, isn’t it better to have something that’s not going to poison you or your family? I’m loving learning about these! And, of course, you don’t HAVE to have them all! Just get a few at a time. Unlike drugs, they don’t have an expiration date either so you can use them safely whenever you need them.

Yours in Health,
Revvell

Previously I thought they were just something (often expensive) to make a room smell pretty. Now, having experienced some really good oils, and reading up on them, I know differently.

Let me tell you what I’m doing. In my main office, I’ve got lemon (focus/uplifting) eo; in my downstairs office, I’ve got peppermint eo (near the kitchen so, helps with weight management and is uplifting); in my shower, I’ve got my home-made sugar scrub in which I have grapefruit eo (cellulite) and in my bedroom, I’ve got lavender (relaxing).

For all except the scrub, I’ll add two drops neat (nothing added), rub my hands, then rub the back of my neck and in my hair. I cannot believe how great I’ve been feeling! I love walking into one of the rooms and smelling the fragrances. I enjoy having my honey sniff me and comment on how each fragrance smells (he also receives the benefits).

I’ve been doing some studying on these for healing purposes with clients and friends. Here’s just a little I’ve found out from Essential Oils; Integrative Medical Guide by D.Gary Young, ND. I’ve had this book for YEARS and just found it again and, after joining YL, realized this is the owner of the company. Uh, duh! I’ve ordered other books that have been recommended for study as well.

Here’s what I read recently: “…. essential oils are very potent, in some cases more potent than prescription drugs. Second, despite their concentration and strength, unlike prescription drugs, the essential oils generated no negative side effects. The implications of these two simple facts are profound.” Wow! For those who want to experience wellness w/out drugs!!! What have we been missing here????

Something else: “Essentail oils and human blood share several common properties: They fight infection, contain hormone-like compounds, and initiate regeneration.” How can this be?? How do we not know this?

Since beginning my research, I’ve received email from people who’ve told me of their experiences with eo’s in that even those around them have become ill with supposedly contagious diseases, they’ve not gotten them. I know for the last few weeks, my husband has been experience some serious cleansing symptoms.. coughing, sneezing, sore throat… I’ve not had that.

If you’re sincere about health and healing, this is something I recommend. DO keep any eo’s you have out of reach of children. They are natural yet, as been said above, they are potent and when using them on/with children, I recommend diluting or cutting the dosage.

More on this later. In the meantime, consider joining YL. It’s only a one time fee of $40. Find about 3-5 you like, use them, feel the benefits, share them. Tip: Keep them where you’ll see them. Out of sight, out of mind. You’ve GOT to use and enjoy them ~ or you wont.

Revvell

I have to say I’m disappointed as last week I decided it was time to really get my garden going.

I wanted to take step-by-step photos of it all and either I couldn’t find my camera or, the pictures I took have been deleted. I’ve got a few here and will take more of the finished product as it now stands. I’m feeling quite proud of it. Wish you could have seen it when I started compared to how it is now.

I began a garden last year after we moved here. Part of the reason being that I want to know what’s going in my mouth and, keep the prices where I like them, therefore, a garden with my favorite veggies. I also belong to a local yahoo group where we share produce, seeds and words of encouragement and experience.

The left side next to my neighbor’s garage was bricked over, about 3 1/2 feet wide. I figured I’d just pull out a few rows of bricks and stack them next to the chain link fence and if we don’t buy the house and the owners want the bricks put back, it’ll be easy to do.

So, last year I planted tomatoes, cabbage, celery, basil, bell peppers and zucchini. The tomatoes did well as did the basil. Some of the peppers did well. The zukes came along later after having little short guys for a few weeks. The cabbage and celery didn’t survive.

This year, I figured I’d really get sincere and create a raised-bed garden because our soil is very sandy and loaded with rocks. How to do that? Wood sides was the first thing I considered. For some reason my husband wasn’t very enthused. Then I watched a vid by Garden Girl. I think it was where she (or whoever it was) had made a raised bed using cinder/cement blocks. Hmmm. Well, I’d have to remove all the bricks that were stacked on the sides PLUS the bricks that were still laid on the ground (figure now, about 175 of them) and replace them with the cinder blocks.

We went out to Lakeview Terrace and picked up two containers of mulch; then over to Arrow Gardens and got miscellaneous tools. One of my clients had recommended a particular place to get the cinder blocks. We went there and found them for $1.06 a piece which I thought was a good price but we didn’t purchase them then. I wanted to check at least one more place.

Online, I looked for “cinder block gardening” and someone said they’d found cinder blocks at Home Depot for under a dollar. Did an online search and found them for 97 cents. (They were previously at $1.15!) We got 20.

I pulled all the bricks and stacked them on our little hand cart. Bo tried to move them and broke the cart. O.k., well, just finished stacking and get them out of the way. I’ll figure out how to move them over to the side of the house later.

After removing the bricks, I brought the cinder blocks over from where he’d put them, one-by-one. Those dudes are HEAVY!

After getting about 2/3 of them moved, I filled a few with dirt and mulch. I needed to see SOME progress in planting! So cute! I then added some dirt/mulch between them and transplanted the garlic that was there as well as a pregnant onion (non-edible).

Stack of Bricks moved to the Side of the House

Finished Product

Better view of Finished Product

Bougainvillea after Chopping ~ They grow!

Two of our Furred/Feathered friends who keep us entertained

Here are some photos of the progress.

Produce

Getting Started

What I pulled and moved.. about 175 total of them.

THE bougainvillea before chopping

We had an overgrown bougainvillea bush between the two sections. A woman said she wanted it and I spent much of Saturday waiting for her to come and get it; she came over, looked at it, then said it was the wrong color. HUH? So, Bo cut it down to a more manageable size which made my neighbor happy since he’d had a garden in his yard until the bougainvillea blocked the sun to it.

What was really great about this experience is that, the first day my back was sore from pulling and moving brinks. At the end of the day, I took a hot bath with essential oils and slept REALLY soundly. The next morning, my back felt fine but I REALLY felt my thigh biceps. The second day was when I moved the bricks.

I took a recyclable bag, loaded with with 6 bricks and carried them to the side of the house; went back and did some more. My legs got a real good workout. Surprisingly, my arms didn’t feel too much of anything. It was all legs.

My awareness during this weekend is, how much better it is to get that kine of workout and feel like I’ve accomplished something than anything I’ve done in quite some time. No workout with kettlebells, Indian/Iron clubs, Bulgarian Training bags has made me feels so good. BUT, without having done those, I’d have been in pain and laid up in bed for a couple of days. As it was, each day I was ready to go again and git-r-done!
Here are some more photos of where it is currently ~ and then some….

More progress ~ lettuce, spinach, lobelia, marigolds, cilantro

Last year's tomatoes survived

Along the sidewalk in the front ~ lettuce, Italian Parsely, marigolds

She’s been with me for about 14 years and one of the smartest women I know.

When she came in, I could feel her energy was depleted and, she was speaking in what I call a Greta Garbo voice ~ deep, full of phlem/mucus and raspy.

I asked how long that had been going on and she told me about 2 1/2 weeks.

During our session, I decided to probe a bit deeper and after awhile she mentioned that her boss was considering closing the doors to his shop because his business was slow and the boiler was shot. My client suggested that she’d loan him the money to get it fixed so he could keep his doors open.

I found this whole exchange interesting. The man has a thriving business next door and his personal business at the other shop was slow because he’d been ill and a large number of his clients had gone to others in his shop so, they were still there. He just needed to rebuild.

During our session, I had my client do some sentence completions. She did one and a few minutes after, burst into a loud wail and then into tears. She said she was scared he was going to close his doors and she’d be out of work; she was scared because the majority of HER clients were coming in complaining about “the economy” and she realized at that moment that she was scared too and hadn’t acknowledge it and it was weighing on her.

She also had been talking with another mother and agreed to do something she didn’t want to do, so, we did some work around that.

She also acknowledged that she’d not been taking care of herself because clients wanted to book her on her days off and because of her fears, she took them thereby depleting her own energy and taking time away from her own “me” time.

We talked about her telling that mom that she didn’t want to volunteer and we talked about how she could take care of these other clients without sacrificing herself.

Then, I suggested she listen to her voice. All the raspyness was gone, her energy was raised and her color was back. It was like she was a whole new person than the one who came in and all it took was recognizing her fears.

In my playbook, I suggest people do some daily fear work. Not to focus on fear, but to just acknowledge what’s underlying in the murky depths of our subconscious. If we don’t acknowledge it, we can make ourselves ill or sabatoge a good relationship or kill our jobs.

My client acknowledged she had fears about saying no to this woman AND, she acknowledged she had fears about losing her job, losing her clients, etc. The reality of the latter situation is, she’s always made more money in the job than anyone else and still is. She went in one day when she only had one person booked and stated “I’m going to make some money today!” She did!

Bottom line ~ look inside and say ~ “One thing I’m afraid of is…..” then, finish the sentence with 6-10 different endings. See what comes up.

I’ve had students tell me they were fearless. Everyone they knew told them they were fearless. They have since found, they weren’t. Why is that good? Because unless you recognize what you are feeling, you’re not fully alive and experiencing everything the world has to offer. You hide in your fear ~ especially when unacknowledged.

Revvell

Lately, I’ve been using quite a bit of citrus oil ~ lemon on my neck and hands for focus. Whether that’s what it’s actually for or not, I don’t know. All I know is, I love the feel of it and it perks me up. Did some just a moment ago.

So, back to the shower. I used the one I made with grapefruit extract because it’s suppose to work on cellulite. How a 23 year vegetarian has cellulite, heck, who knows? I DO know, quite a bit of it has disappeared over the last few months but, there are two areas it seems to be hanging on and that’s inside thighs and biceps. Why there? I dunno. So, is it the grapefruit essential oil or is it the scrubbing with the sugar scrub? I’m thinking more the scrubbing but then, maybe it’s a combination of both. Whatever. It feels good, smells good…so, I’ll continue.

For those who don’t have the ebooklet , what I do is scrub my whole body (wherever I can reach and if he’s awake, he gets to do the rest), while my skin is dry. I do my face and neck wet.

Well, the morning went well. He and I spent it shopping for my favorite foods ~ cabbage, fruit, greens, etc. Then I went into the bedroom to read a book I’m creating some trainings around. About 1 p.m., that’s all she wrote. I’d had a HUGE salad and was still hungry so had a small round of Ani Phyo’s Breakfast cake. Knocked me out! I mean, for almost two hours, I slept the sleep of the dead. I woke up groggy. I haven’t done that in quite some time. So, what was it? I’ve had the Breakfast Cake in the mornings for the last two mornings and not had that happen. A combination?

So, here’s the “major” crime against wisdom.

In the evening, I made some “raw jicama fries” using a medium sized juicama. Oh man, were they good! It was late for me to eat. I usually shut down my computer and stop eating about 6 p.m. and it was probably closer to 7 when I ate those. I got to watching a t.v. series on HULU and about 11 p.m. I was feeling REALLY hungry. Couldn’t talk myself out of it. In my head, I had visions of raw sushi so, went downstairs, got out some nori, tomatoes, red bell pepper, then looked in the fridge. Oooops!

We had guests here and one of them was from Zimbabwe. She’d made some rice and beans and left them in the fridge. I’d been looking at them for waaaaay too long. Way faster than making sushi AND, I was hungry AND they were there! So, after over 50 days of 100% raw, I gave in to the lil monkey mind voice telling me, it was o.k.

Well, I made a bigger bowl than I’d planned and ate it all! (The whole bowl of it, not all there was). That’s all she wrote. I, who normally is asleep by 11 was up until 3 this morning. My stomach was growling; felt like I had to go… went but didn’t go (if you catch my drift); and now, here I am, 8:53 a.m. telling my story after getting up at 8 a.m. which is about 3 hours later than I prefer.

Well, here’s the thing. Most people I know who’ve done something similar to what I did would call it “falling off the wagon”; beat themselves up; eat more or what’s left (what difference does it make now?); etc. Well, there’s no wagon to fall off of. I chose to eat some cooked food; I’m experiencing what that feels like and how eating that late affects me; beating myself up would take away from the true experience and slow me down from making more positive, conscious choices so, here’s what I’m going to do… go downstairs and make up a half-gallon of smoozie and drink it throughout the day.

I’m still here! I’m alive! I’m healthy and I can make better choices which support me in my aliveness.

Done deal! It’s all about the journey and if I were to die today am I going to die in the middle of beating myself up and missing out on the joys of life (unless, of course beating myself up IS a joy in my life ~ NOT!)? Noooooo! Oh! Going to get rid of the rest of the rice and beans. Seems he’s not going to eat them and I certainly am not. Just going to make more room in our fridge for more good, healthy, raw stuffs.

Oh yeah! I purchased some zucchini yesterday to make some of Russell James’ Thai Pillows. THAT will be tonight’s dinner.

One more thing… the reason I did what I did ~ I’d not prepared anything ahead. One way to stay raw.. be prepared because if something is already prepared, that’s more likely to get eaten than something that needs to be prepared when hungry. Would I have slept better if what I’d eaten had been raw ~ that late at night? Well, I’m sure one of these days, we’ll find out. heh!

Please, enjoy your day as I’m enjoying mine!

Revvell

Afterthought ~ Wish I knew what knocked me out in the afternoon… could have had that and slept… maybe. But then, my lil monkey mind told me that the breakfast cake was too heavy for that time of night. Rice and beans weren’t? Tricky lil feller ain’t he?

Not too long ago, I’d been using essential oils (eo’s) and fragrance oils in the creation of candles, lotions, body butters, etc. I knew that, for me, many of these things when purchased commercially, really bothered me. I couldn’t tolerate the fragrances. Little did I know that fragrance oils can cause problems and where I am right now, stepping more into health, I’m choosing to purchase and use the best quality.

Here’s my thinking. I was listening to Paul Nison on a call today and he’s talking about eating ONLY during daylight hours; first meal about 3 hours after daylight (meaning YOU should be up early) and stopping no later than 6 p.m. or whenever it gets dark. (In some cases, that would be about 4 p.m., yes?)

The problem for many people is, they’re not getting enough nutrients/nourishment in their food program and they tend to stay hungry. Also! Many don’t eat for hunger/nourishment ~ they eat for mood, entertainment, out of boredom, to be polite, etc.

Well, it’s similar to how I’ve dealt with fragrance. We don’t use top quality eo’s for many reasons including cost and, we find something we like that does the job in what we do get. But then, my question is ~ since you’re reading this, you’ve probably got SOME interest in health ~ why do we poison ourselves with low quality fragranced products? I do it! Heck! I’m doing it BUT, I’m transitioning.

First of all, for basics such as putting lemon eo on the back of my neck and on my hands to inhale/uplift, do I want low quality? No! It’s going directly into my skin AND, I’m breathing it!

Secondly, I’ve massaged myself twice in the last two days..I’ve added a few drops of eo’s into a few tablespoons of grapeseed oil (NOT GSE ~ grapefruit seed extract ~ grapeseed oil ~ can use almond oil, olive oil, jojoba ~ your preference)…. I’m loving it! I do my feet, up my ankles, my calves, thighs… be sure to do your stomach, chest/breasts, arms (biceps/triceps are important!), neck under your chin. Today I sat in the sun and did it. Now, I’m still feeling it because one of the oils I used is wintergreen. SO refreshing!

Touch is a basic. I’ve heard study was done where newborn babies were separated. Some got picked up, cuddled, held and others didn’t. (Wondering who agreed to this study and if humans were used or what? Can someone respond to this one?) The ones who were picked up and held thrived while the others withered.

Here, I do have lots of touching with my husband. We kiss often; hold hands whenever we walk somewhere or travel in the car; spoon when falling asleep YET, it’s a great feeling for me to touch me!

Oh! Remember this! When you do yourself (or, another ~ trade off?) slow down! I’d rather do myself than have someone do me as though they had a train to catch. One loooooong, slowwwww, deeeeep, stroke is worth more than 10 very fast strokes… unless that’s what you like. Give it a shot, then get back to me.

O.k., the book I’m currently using to study eo’s right now is:

One I don’t have yet but is on my wish list is:

Interesting Vids

Enjoy and Injoy!

Revvell

I’d originally sought out and gone to my teacher because of health issues. I had asthma which had almost killed me; acne; suicidal tendancies and more that I didn’t even know about when I went to him.

After being with him for quite some time, he made a statement I always remember: “We never focused on the asthma.”

That’s a fact! We never did! We focused on me, my health, my attitude; my lifestyle… everything!

The reason I was thinking about this is, because of my post about my memory, I’m sure people will wonder why I’m doing some of the things I’m doing. Why am I giving myself all-over massage? Why am I doing some of the other things I’ll be talking about? Well, as I said in one post, we are not machines! My memory is not the problem. It is a symptom OF the problem.

When I worked for chiropractors doing bodywork, they would tell me what area they wanted me to work in. They’d often come in and find me working a totally different area than where the pain was. When they’d ask why was I working there rather than where they’d told me, I’d tell them ~ the pain is the symptom; here is the problem. Well, you can see why I didn’t keep jobs with them too long. They didn’t want people to heal; they wanted to get as much insurance as they could. (O.KAYYY! I worked with 5 chiropractors so not EVERY one of them is like that and I’m not saying they are!)

The point is, many people do what I call the allopathic method of “healing”… (which, in my opinion really isn’t healing). They focus on the symptom and once that’s gone, they’re healed.

For instance, cancer. The tumor is the symptom but, what do doctors do? They cut out the symptom and then burn or poison whatever’s left. Is that “healing”? Not by a long shot.

So, here I am, looking at some symptoms and, looking at my whole lifestyle. What is it missing? Do I sit in front of the computer too long? Yes! What’s the answer? Get up and MOVE! Do some physical writing instead of in front of the computer! Read books instead of researching only on the net. When I’m eating, go outside, sit in the sun. Relax! Just focus on eating!

Touch… now, I’m touching me and he!

I’ll be adding more stuff over the next few days/weeks…. on this incredible journey. Hmmm. I think there’s a book/movie by that name. You know what’s fun for me though? My own incredible journey. Getting to know ME better; healing ME at deeper levels; finding more joy in ME and MY life and, sharing what I learn with others.

Injoy and Enjoy,

Revvell

What I’ve found and have known is, any dis-ease or issue we may have is assisted through whole person health. That would include the basics of diet, movement and exercise.

The other thing I’ve noticed over recent weeks/months/years is that whatever I do supposedly for one part of me, assists all other parts. Unlike cars, you can’t take out a piece of us, such as the heart, and not affect the rest of us. We’re all connected.

People who think getting their colon cut out or a kidney or whatever ~ that it doesn’t affect the other part of them are mistaken. People who think they can eat/do anything they want with their bodies and that a doctor can easily replace a part/organ, are mistaken. There are plenty of people on lists waiting for new body parts such as liver, hearts, lungs.

For me, it’s very weird how people will abuse the only thing in this world that’s truly theirs and truly unique and that is their body. They’ll take better care of their car than they will their body. They often KNOW their cars and their parts better than they know this bag of flesh/bones/fluids and other stuffs.

Having said that, I’ve been exploring some fun stuffs for my own health.

One, of course is my food program. When I first thought I should become healthier/happier, I tried all the supplements available for every symptom I had. That didn’t work. I went to chiropractors, acupuncturists, and tried various food programs. Nothing really made a long-term difference until I met my teacher in 1986. I’d been wanting to become vegetarian for about 9 years. Had no idea how to go about it. I didn’t even know there was a store like Whole Foods (back then it was Mrs. Gooches) available for us. The only “health food stores” I knew about had nothing live in them. They were all packaged, bottled, canned and jarred.

Second, is movement. I have found that many people don’t move because they’ve not found it fun or, if they have, they feel adults shouldn’t HAVE fun! Our PE classes in school were hardly what most of us called FUN! It was EXERCISE! (sounds sort of like exorcise, doesn’t it?). All the fun we had as kids, all the running around that we enjoyed was taken from us and turned into EXERCISE! They had rules, they had teams (which many of us were excluded from or chosen last)… it was not FUN! So! Here’s the deal, find things to do that are fun! Walking with a friend. Hula hooping! I couldn’t do it as a kid but I can now! (actually, took a class ~ do you believe it?); rebounding OR, if you’ve got the room, get a full-sized trampoline!!! Swimming! Volleyball in the pool! Find someone to play catch with; find more fun ways to throw the ball! Take dance classes ~ belly dance, ballroom, jazz.. whatever! I wont go to a gym because 1) I don’t want to have to schedule it around when it’s not busy and I wont go when it is; 2) they have t.v. all OVER the place! Last one I went to, they’d have the news on at 5 a.m. I’d turn the t.v. off, someone would come in and turn it on 3) the air is worse in the gym than outside so, I’d rather be outside! I even won a 3-month membership. I lasted 2 months, then stopped going and went hiking up in the hills around my home instead. Now, I’ve got everything here ~ kettlebells, Indian and iron clubs, medicine balls, hula hoop, vids, etc. I know many body-weight moves. I’ve got stairs and railings that I use to make up movements. Ya gotta move to get the heart pumping well, to move stagnant chi, to get the lymph flowing.. to lubricate your joints… gotta move!

Third ~ rest/sleep. I take time out of my day just to be. I may nap; go sit out in the sun (no book, no music, just sit in the sun… maybe watch the birds and squirrels… but not really doing much of anything.) Before sleep I may do some movement, play a game of Scrabble with my guy; read and/or watch a vid. We don’t watch t.v. here. I don’t understand people filling their heads with commercials and bad news before they go to sleep. I’m usually going to sleep between 10 and 11; get up between 5 and 6. If, for some reason I can’t sleep; I get up; take care of some biz… then sleep when I’m tired and get up when I wake up ~ usually at my regular time. You’ll rarely find me in bed after 6 a.m.

People will often say that I’m lucky because I “get” to work at home. No, I am lucky because I CHOOSE to work at home. I did what it took to create businesses so I CAN work at home.

So, those are the 3 basics. In my next Revvellation, I’ll expand on other things I’m doing for myself.

Thank you for reading.

Revvell

Sometime during that day, he thought it would be a really good idea for him to be asked into that gang and thought turning me out would be the way to do it. (Turning someone out means turning them over to have sex with the whoever wanted to participate; “pulling a train” in other words).

Now, at 19, I was pretty naive. I’d only had sex a few times… was not exactly promiscuous. Anyway, he promised that if I’d have sex with him, that would be the end of it… it wasn’t. If I remember correctly, there was 12 of them. What I did was basically turn my head to the wall and ignore it all until they threatened to shoot me with a beebee gun, which they did ~ a few times.

Finally, the owner of the place we were on put an end to it. I got dressed and went out where I was approached by the women of the group carrying guns. They wanted to know if their men had been involved. Uh, no, of course not! Hell, I dunno, I don’t know who they are or who you belong to! Sheesh! Well, that answer didn’t go over very well.

At gunpoint, they brought the registration to my car over to me and had me sign it over to them. At that time, in that state, one didn’t need a pink slip to prove ownership… just the registration.

Why didn’t I leave? Young and dumb… fear of what would happen if I did… not knowing who their neighbors were and if they were aligned… (later found out that off-duty police were hired by the gang’s president to guard their property at night).

Later that evening, somehow I ended up in the back of the van a some of the guys who were sniffing cleaning fluid. How that was done as I remember it was they had a paper towel in a bag and would add drops of the fluid onto the paper towel, hold the bag over their faces and inhale. I did that. Not caring and not knowing the consequences. I eventually fell asleep with the bag over my face. I remember someone taking it away and that’s all I remember until the next day… when I couldn’t speak a complete sentence… just totally out of it. Couldn’t remember things, couldn’t talk coherently… until about 3 days later. Brain cells were gone.

That day, the prez took me to his home and told everyone that I was off-limits unless “I” agreed. I was there to take care of his child (his wife didn’t take care of her and really hated me). He had another couple there and they were kinder although the wife asked numerous times if her husband had partaken. He hadn’t. Yeah, that I remember…. I think.

I got out of there after having been there for 2 weeks when a biker from another gang came out for a visit and asked the prez for me. I chatted with the guy who told me if I wanted to go home, this was my out. I did. I went with him to his place… no sex, nothing. He took me home.

When I got back to my apartment, the locks were changed, all my belongings removed. I was told I could have them back when I came up with the rent. I’d lost my job and so stayed with some friends. I had no clothing except what I’d left with, no job.

My mother was working in the city I was living in and saw me on the street one day barefoot. She told me to come “home”.. I did, long enough to get myself together and get my job back. Then, out again with a better understanding… staying away from local gangs.

Anyway, I’m telling this story more to explain my memory problems than anything yet, if some teenager reads it and realizes they’re not as smart as they think they are.. cool! The thing is, we get out of school having had little real life experience thinking we know it all. Then we (usually) get married, want to buy a house, a car, have children, go into debt when we’re dumber than bricks. One of the best things I can say for me is, I didn’t get pregnant. I realized about that time I was barely smart enough to survive, much less thrive.

So, back to memory. I don’t remember having too many problems with memory when I was younger except people would tell me that I’d said something when I hadn’t. My teacher told me I’d probably split some personalities, probably as survival mechanisms after my father died when I was 12, but certainly after the rape. I remember at one point after a session with my teacher, he kept saying a certain thing to me over and over. I finally asked why he kept saying it and he said, “Don’t you remember saying that to me during our session?” Uhhhmmm, no.

Over the years I’ve had the usual things ~ forgetting where my keys or glasses were. At one point I was driving for a pizza company and I realized how bad my memory was at times. I was doing SunRider at the time and they have a product called “TOP”. When I took it, I could remember the address after seeing it one time. When I didn’t, I not only couldn’t remember the address, I couldn’t remember how to get there AFTER having been there numerous times. (You’re wondering why I don’t take TOP again? Because I feel there HAS to be another/more way(s) than purchasing a very expensive product like that.. it’s a combination of herbs… AND, I’m not a distributor anymore). It’s not something I’m throwing out.. just not doing currently.

Over the last years, I’ve been, off and on, having trouble remembering words more than anything. I’ll be saying something and the word is gone… common words.

The upside to this is, learning how to deal with it and looking at ways I can help others deal with memory issues. One thing I’ve learned is to “sip” the word… not try so hard to remember it; not get frustrated… just allow myself to kind of be with it.. go through the alphabet, etc. How I learned to do this was when I was in my early 30’s and had severe asthma. I refused any medications so, would sit quietly and sip air. I think more people die from panicking about asthma than the asthma itself. Panic creates the inability to breathe and also to remember and think.

What I’m doing now is, what I’ve been doing for the last 30 years… using myself as an experiment so I can assist others in healing.

A few things I’m working with are, of course, raw foods. I feasted on smoozies for 4 days; been 100% (minus the questionables) for 48 days now (off and on for 12 years)… don’t see much of a difference. I workout, I get fresh air, I write, I do the word games… all the things people say to do. Don’t see much difference.

I’ve started doing essential oils again. They seem to make a difference in energy… staying focused and productive.

I’m also checking out herbs since that’s what helped at one point and possibly sprouts.

Oh! One thing I found that made a difference many years ago was to put a shield in front of my computer AND shut it down when I wasn’t using it, turning it on only 3 times a day to check email, etc. Problem is now, it’s my business; it’s my connection with clients, etc. Much of my writing I can do on a legal pad (which I do anyway) yet, it all has to go on the computer.

One thing we’re working with is DragonSpeaks. It’s much easier to talk into the computer than to type. Takes less time and I don’t have to sit in front of the computer. I can get someone to edit and lay it out.

So, when you’ve told me you’ve met me and I don’t recognize you, it’s not because you’re not important or recognizable, you may just be unrecognizable to me. I’m working/playing with it.

I’ll get back to this ~ maybe ~ if I remember.

Revvell

About 25 people showed up. It was great fun! We ran out of chairs.. people stood and when a chair opened up, the person who WAS sitting in it lost it. lol No complaints… just more fun.

So, today, I’ve got fruit in the way of berries, one carrot salad and a fruit salad still here, plus about 1 quart of smoothie. I’m good for the day!

We talked about raw; answered questions, shared about 15 of the 60+ books I have; enjoyed each others’ company and many who came had their first experience with simple, tasty, raw food.

Two highlights were when Susan who is vagabonding spoke about her journey and serving others. While I was in the kitchen, Susan, unbeknownst to me, even though she said she would, was cleaning up the sunroom; folding the chairs and tables and putting things away. If I was in my right mind (which, for some reason I wasn’t ~ overwhelm maybe?) I’d have added some cash to what another had given her for gas for her journey. Thank you to whoever did that AND for those who added to the donation jar to keep the potlucks going on.

One of the most delight-filled aspects of the evening was Tao who, while we were eating and talking, was creating hysterical animations of the evening. The one I received shows a pot-bellied gent with 4 hairs sticking out of the top of his head addressing a woman holding a tray of food and him saying: “My concern about eating veg is it might turn me into a girly man”. You have to see it to really appreciate it.

The evening began around 5:30 p.m. when some friends came by. They’d just finished a class on dementia and alzheimers and training people to train caretakers. One of the things mentioned in the program was eating more raw food. Well, they came, they experienced.

The evening ended a bit after 10:30 with plans to hold a raw food class, Saturday, Mar. 7 from 9 a.m. – noon. Now, I need to create a menu and make it known. I did some final clean-up; the rest waited for the morning.

It was a wonder-filled evening. So glad so many came. I hope to see them all again.

Oh! The question some of you may be asking is, what about the smoozie feast? Well, I think I just may continue after I finish the leftovers which, at 3:17 p.m. I’ve not indulged in yet.. just my b-day cake. I’m currently drinking a smoozie AND just came back from the container store after having purchased two, two liter glass jars to hold more smoothies with less air instead of one large half-gallon jug.

Revvell

I got to thinking yesterday how the Raw Spirit Festival is going more the way of other “health” conferences, festivals, expos and stuff. Just people selling expensive packaged products… purportedly raw.

Now, my question is, when something is put in a package, bottle or jar and stated that it is raw, is it? I know we can take foods, dehydrate the heck out of them, grind them up and they’ll last a long time yet, are they still raw? Can we believe the people who are packaging/bottling things that they can turn out large quantities of product, dehydrated under 118 degrees and still make money? (For what many are charging, it’s not inconceivable yet, I’m wondering where they’re getting the needed dehydrators/facilities to do this?)

The other question is, what happened to the life force that was in the food? Yes, when we do a lot of processing/dehyrdrating we do kill off much of the life force yet, I’m wondering if people who get used to bottled/packaged/jarred foods will ever get to the real thing? Those of us who’ve started raw doing our own processing/dehydrating tend to keep MORE of the life force and tend to, eventually do little or no processing/dehydrating?

Will people become junk-food raw fooders by continuing to purchase bottled/canned packaged products?

Will the raw movement divide more between the “purists” who say that food should be taken from the market/farm, etc. to the kitchen and processed at home or, grown by one’s own hand and shared/exchanged co-opted?

For me, all this packaged stuff is not whole food. The water has been removed which also means, much of the nutritional value. Is it still raw? My understanding is that it is (when dehydrated under 118 degrees) but, it’s not whole. In order for food to be whole it has to have it’s water remaining and rehydrating is not the same thing.

What do you think?

Anyway, just wanted to throw that out there as I was speaking with a woman today who was figuring out what she needs to do to feed her family of 4 by growing it all herself (as well as trading/bartering, etc.).

That’s my ultimate outcome with our yard. Grow it all; share what we can’t use; trade with others who have what we can’t/wont grow. Even living in an apartment you can create a garden.

Just remember, always, play with your food and, keep it real!

Revvell

Very possible I’ll be eating this evening during the potluck. Chocolate doesn’t entice me so that wont be an issue. We’ll see. I’ll make up another half-gallon in a bit, drink it throughout the day and see if I’m hungry or caving in to cravings.

Went to a friend’s home for a gathering last evening. Found myself eying the bread and cheese. My husband is a bread/cheese eater and that’s a tough one. I tend to crave starches of all kinds.. pasta, pizza, potatoes, bread… and cheese. Stayed strong, did not succumb because I knew it was cravings and not hunger.

So, what am I learning about this? That I eat for cravings, not hunger which is how/why I put on extra pounds. I eat a lot less when I’m nutritionally satisfied and, of course, I’m eating better.

What’s been interesting for me is, at one time in my life, I couldn’t drink citrus for 3 days in a row or I’d be non-functional ~ literally. I’d be eating, sleeping, reading. Well, it’s been a number of days that I’ve been drinking orange juice, grapefruit juice and tangerine juice and I’m still functional ~ actually, more focused and productive than ever!

Normally, I don’t feel to go out at night. Last night, my husband was out, picked me up at 8 p.m. and we went to a friend’s. We got home a bit after 10, went to sleep about 11 and I slept soundly until 6; got up and got my work done!

So! If I choose to eat this evening, it wont be much. I’ll have a smoothie before guests come.. and see what happens!

Good book to check out for smoothies is on the left side of this blog.

Until tomorrow… enjoy this day ~ and every day and remember, always play with your food.

Last evening I heard all the things in my head that others who are concerned about me (really not concerned about me ~ it’s their own issues).. such as “How long you going to do this?” “You’ve got a potluck coming up, you’re not going to eat? Surely you’re going to eat!” “O.k., you’re hungry.. go get some food!” (well, I figured if I were REALLY hungry, I’d go down and get more smoozie because hunger is one thing; craving another, and I WAS craving since I’d been perusing Ani Phyo’s book and saw some “pancakes”. I didn’t go down for more smoozie so, guess I wasn’t really hungry, eh?).

Went to bed about 11 p.m.; woke up at 4… feeling good but thirsty. Drank a 12 (or is it 16?) oz. of grapefruit juice with water. It’s now almost 7 a.m. and I’ve not had anything else.

Yesterday I had two large glasses of grapefruit/water and 3 large smoozies made with orange juice, bananas, black cherries and greens. I did have a bowl of grapes which I figured would go bad by the time I’m done with this experiment.

How long am I going to do this? I don’t know. Until I really FEEL not to instead of letting the monkey-mind talk me into stopping. I’m curious to find out what it’ll really do for me. Right now I can say I’ve got more focus and more productivity happening in the last 3-4 days than I can ever remember. That can’t be bad, right?

Today I’ll be making some more grapefruit juice (reportedly good for cellulite) and another half-gallon of smoozie using blueberries (reportedly good for memory).

Oh! I trained yesterday with Indian clubs, my Bulgarian Training bag, did some push-ups… think that’s it. More today.

Injoy,

Revvell

Smoothies and Smoozies for Life

Besides my husband making cooked food, we’ve got guests who were cooking as well. One soaked beans overnight and the fragrance…!!!! Just rude! lol Anyway, I went through my half-gallon of smoozie, plus about 3 glasses of 1/2 water, 1/2 pink grapefruit juice. I feel fabulous! Went to bed about 9:30, woke up around 4:30. I am so focused lately on my projects, really getting stuff done. Napped a bit yesterday since I got up at 3 but that was no more than about 20-30 minutes.

Yesterday I was on Twitter and received a DM (Direct Message) from a new friend @joshonefitness who asked if I had time to do an interview with him on his online radio program. Yep! Always take the opportunity to share my story/knowledge/experience so, here it is! No Gym, No Problem Radio.

I’ll be back with an update tomorrow!

Oh! by the way, tower racer/athlete Tim VanOrden will be joining me on Let’s Talk Raw, Monday evening, 5 p.m. Pacific. If you’re a member, and can’t be on the live call, you can ask on the site before the interview, have your questions answered and listen when you can!

Injoy!

Revvell

For a start, how many researchers and scientists would be unemployed? Where would they go? What would they do? Have they saved enough $$$ our all they’ve earned to happy retire? How many hundreds of thousands of dollars would be freed up?  Where could that money be circulated?

What do you think would happen if the American Heart Association ever admitted there is already a prevention/cure for heart disease? (#2 leading cause of death in the U.S.)

How many researchers and scientists would be out of work? How much money would be freed up to feed the sick and starving? To create more organic produce at sustainable costs to consumers?

What would runners do if they didn’t feel the need to “Run for the Cure” anymore knowing there is already a cure and it doesn’t cost billions of dollars every year? Would they still run or do they need a cause? Seems to me, their own health is a GREAT cause!

What would doctors do if they weren’t killing and injuring over 350,000 people a year with their drugs because people realized eating fresh, raw, organic food, movement and natural rest/sleep on a daily basis made such a difference in their lives, doctors were rarely needed anymore?

What would the meat and dairy industry do if people realized that the animal carcasses and excretions are causing about 80% of their misery? Would they learn to take all that land and turn it into produce so that everyone on this earth could be fed at reasonable cost? Would they stop poisoning the water with excrement so people could drink of it? Would they stop poisoning the surrounding air with methane gas from their livestock?

Probably not. It’s just a fantasy for me yet for doctors, scientists, researchers and livestock/dairy farmers, it would be a nightmare.

For more information, start here:

Injoy and health,

Revvell

All that needs to go is gone now. I’ve only got food in my fridge to make my smoozies. The part that may be trying is that on Saturday, I’m holding a raw food potluck here. By that time, I’ll be on day #4 so, should be o.k., long as I keep up with having the smoozies on hand.

Currently, just from drinking them the last two days, I feel really good. Got up this morning after about 6 hours sleep.

What I hope to attain ~ Well, I’ve been raw on and off for about 12 years now. (To me raw means, 100% minus the questionables such as cashews, Nama Shoyu, agave, spices, and an occasionall eating-out dressing, etc.) Today will be day #43. The longest I’ve been consecutively was when I was first introduced to raw and that lasted about 3 months. Since then I’ve had spurts of 100% yet, mostly quite “high-raw”.

When I met my husband I was doing a good job with raw. After getting married though, lots of what I was doing stopped ~ no more hiking in the hills, much less raw.. more SAC (Sad American Crap), less working out/training. 5 years later and 30-35 pounds heavier, I’m ready to let go of all the stuff I (unconsciously) have done to “survive” this change in my life ~ full-time, live-in, 27/7/365 partner. (Never been married before; never even had a long-term relationship).

I’ve been training more; focused more on me and my biz (old habit pattern was to focus on him ~ whoever he was ~ and whatever he was doing). Well, I just turned 60 and it’s MY time to fly! (Been building toward this for the past 23 years (think I may be a slow-starter?); got way-laid/detoured with the marriage ~ my own unconsciousness, not his as he is VERY supportive of all I do).

So, drinking a smoozie as I type. This is Day 1. How long will I go? *shrug* As long as it feels good to me.

In eternal-harmony,

Revvell

Since they request reservations, I called about 9 a.m. hoping to get an answer machine. The phone rang about 6 times, no pick-up or machine so, we got ready and headed out. About 11:05 as we were almost there, I called again and told them we were almost there and could we reserve a table. I was told they had a big party coming in but she’d hold a table for two.

We arrived about 10 minutes later; it’s about 50 degrees out and WET! We go in and all the tables are empty except for one where two women were sitting. 3 other tables had reserve signs on them so I’m thinking these people would be coming in at noon or so… maybe ll:30?

This restaurant is cute. It holds about 26 people comfortably. There are a few tables which hold 4 people; 4 that hold two and one that holds about 6. That one, a 2-person and a 4-person table were reserved. O.k., that leaves one 2-person table in use, two 2-person tables available and 2, 4-person tables available. As in the 1-star review, we were placed at the 2-person table by the door. Now, it’s 50 degrees and raining, the restaurant is empty and we’re placed by the door…. why? Yes, I could have asked for the other 2-person table. Should have.

Another couple comes in ~ they sit at a 4-person table and Rose, our lovely waitress (and I mean that.. she is very sweet) asked if they wouldn’t mind sitting at the 2-person table as they’ve got a large party coming in at 2. Yes, that’s right ~ 2 p.m! It’s ll:30!!!

The couple moves to the 2-person table.

We receive our menus and this is basically a cooked vegan restaurant but, they do have a nice raw menu.

On the Appetizers section they had 5 choices, two of them raw. We chose the “Secret Sushi Roll” which had 8 pieces for $9.00. It’s described as “Nori filled with macadamia nut ginger pate, asparagus, julienned carrots and sprouts served with cilantro sauce and wheat-free tamari” (not raw). My first bite didn’t impress me much. I thought it was too salty. Bo suggested it might be the Tamari… it was. The second piece I dipped lighter, then ran it through the cilantro sauce. Oh my. It took everything I had to not grab and eat it all. (Hey! It was my birthday!!!) Oh! We added avocado to it which brought the price to $11. Worth the price? Well, next time we have a celebration, I wouldn’t mind going there and paying it although, it does seem as though it could be a few $$ less BUT, since they do have the business AND they need to pay their kitchen help (I counted 4 back there), rent, purchase food, etc… They seemed to have quite a large take-out business as well. If the price was lower, I’d probably have ordered another ~ would it have been worth it for them?

Bo thought he wasn’t hungry so he’d not ordered anything else but I had ordered the Italian Wrap from the “Raw Food Entrees” section, which is described as “Basil pesto, tomatoes, herbed almond cheeze, red onions, cucumber and sprouts wrapped in Romaine lettuce leaves. Served with side of the day.” $10. With avocado, which I did add ~ $12.

This came wrapped in a HUGE lettuce leaf or two and white paper with the leaves sticking out. I wish I’d gotten a picture. It looked great! The “side of the day” was pretty much what was in the wrap.. only red lettuce instead of Romaine, tomatoes, cukes and red onions.

Again, I wasn’t impressed with the first bite which had much of the “cheeze” in it but when I got a bite with all the ingredients, it was sooooo good! All talk stopped for a couple of reasons… first, the thing was messy and between eating and wiping I was kept pretty busy. Personally, I would have liked a couple of paper napkins for the mess. The cloths napkins they use (silk?) were lovely but not made for the mess I had on my face. The dressing on the side salad was just right in amount and taste.

During our meal, others came in and were told where to sit as they had a large party coming in AT 2! It wasn’t even NOON yet!!! What are they thinking?

Another gent came in who Rose knew and he got to sit at one of the reserved tables for two. I figured he HAD to be part of this party that was coming in AT 2. Nope! He ordered something that looked like what I had. I HAD to watch him eat it. Well, first of all, he had quite a large mouth (not making fun, just that, in comparison, I have a small one) and he probably took one bite for every 3 I took, was finished in half the time (or less) with waaaaay less mess. He was done, got up and left (before 2).

After the appetizer, Bo realized he was hungry so ordered the BBQ Sandwich described as “Barbecued Veggie Chycken OR Tofu with sauteed red onions, jack cheeze, lettuce, cilantro and Veganaise. Served open face”. He also got a side of potato salad. (He was given a choice of sides whereas I wasn’t but then, the potato salad isn’t raw.)

He chose the veggie chycken and liked it quite a bit. His complaints were, the cost ($9.50), they could have toasted the bun (or at least offered to) to make it a bit different and doubled the size of the side ~which was about the size of a sample ~ for that price. On the way home he said ~  “I liked the sample, could I have the side now?” How much more would it cost to have a decent size side?  He really liked the Veganaise and was suprised he liked the “chycken” as much as he did.

For dessert we shared a Raw Pecan Pie a La Mode ($8) “Creamy pecan, coconut and date filling with a pecan crust topped with raw vanilla bean ice cream.” No complaints about this except, not enough of it and at $8 per slice… almost went for another but didn’t. The “ice-cream” was superb! Again, it took all my willpower to cut that last piece in half of the pie AND the ice cream and let Bo have the rest. Oh! the plate was drizzled with raw agave and I thought it would be too sweet but, we dragged the pie across it… what a treat!

How would I rate this visit? I’d give it 4 out of 5 stars. Why?

It seems the owners have never run a restaurant before so, giving them a break. To reserve half the room at ll a.m. for a party that’s coming in at 2 doesn’t make any sense. We left about 12:15 and as we were leaving, a part of 3 came in. Rose was flustered about where to seat them as they had a large party coming in AT 2! Hellooooooo!

Since it was an amusement for us and added to our experience, can’t cost them too much. As they get more experience, they’ll realize they can wait until maybe 1 or 1:30 (or so) to reserve the tables rather than 3 hours ahead although it does make them seem important that they’ve got this large party coming in.

Rose was very good. She made sure everything was o.k., brought the food promptly, was very gracious even giving me a take-out menu so I could write this with exact description. Bo got more water w/out asking for it. Originally there was ice in the water on the table. I asked for water without ice and received it immediately and the water was VERY good.

The room is very comfortable with sayings on the ceiling and paintings on the wall (for sale). I liked the tablecloths being real cloth as were the napkins (could add some paper for messy eaters though). They had bamboo placemats. Very nice.

The food was scrumptious. Normally I don’t much like food at raw restaurants except for the desserts. At Mary’s I’ll go back for the entrees. I would definitely get the Sushi roll again; probably not the “Raw Cheeze Platter” ($12) as I tend not to be too fond of nut “cheese”. Even though I’m not fond of mushrooms, I’d still like to try their Raw Ground Mushroom Tacos ($12) which, according to Mary, don’t taste like mushrooms; and their Rawviolis ($12).

For drinks they have smoothies which contain NO rice, soy or processed proteins. They really do sound yummy at $6-$7 each. Add-ins of Maca Root, Vanilla Bean, Psyllium Fiber, Goji Berries, Hemp Seeds or Cacao Beans are 75 cents each. As we’re not big eaters, we didn’t order anything to drink.

They also have other raw drinks including lemonade, homemade ginger ale, Lime Mint Chiller and more.

All-in-all it was a really good experience. I think once they get more experience they’ll be even busier than they are and you will really need a reservation to get in. I’m sure at times now, you do so, be sure to call ahead just to cover yourself.

What I would suggest Mary (she is the chef as well as owner) do is, type up the specials every day and put them in the menu. We may have missed something superb. Rose did tell us what they were yet, it would certainly have been easier reading them.

Hmmm. I just looked at the reviews again and the one I mentioned has been deleted. o.k! The only thing I remember reading on it was what I said about many tables being reserved and being placed by the door. The rest, don’t remember, don’t care. For us, it was good.

I’m figuring this is a learning experience for all there; it was a very pleasant experience for me (raw vegan) as well as my husband (not raw, not vegan)… and we’ll definitely have to make the trip back.

If you’re in the area, go there. If you’re not, make it a point.

Injoy,

Revvell

I just received an advanced copy of Matthew Kenney’s “Entertaining in the Raw” and all I’ve got to say is, whatever level you are at in raw, even if it’s to just put a leaf of head lettuce and ketchup on your Mickey D’s hamburger, get this book.

It is one of the richest, most beautiful, well-laid out books I’ve ever received. As I’m going through it I’m saying “I’ve GOT to make that; and that; and that!

As far as food prep, if you’re not used to preparing raw gourmet, the recipes might, at first, look a bit overwhelming yet, if you settle down and read each recipe you’ll see you are familiar with most, if not all of the ingredients and those you aren’t familiar with can be gotten at pretty much any chain store or, an ethnic store.

For instance I’m looking at “Vegetables and Grape leaf Dolmas w/ Sumac Flabread and cool Mint, Tahini and Aleppo Pepper Sauces”. Yes, that’s all on one page. The thing is, each thing ~ vegetable dolmas AND grape leaf dolmas AND Sumac Flatbread can all be made separately. They are 3 different recipes on one page. Next page contains the 3 sauces.

For me, there’s nothing in any of the recipes on these two pages I’ve not heard of except for aleppo pepper. So, what’s a woman to do? http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/ (yes, that’s a real site which more people need to use) ahem!

The Aleppo pepper is a variety of Capsicum annuum named after the town Aleppo in northern Syria. Most Aleppo peppers are grown in Syria.

It has a moderate heat level with some fruitiness and mild, cumin-like undertones.

Aleppo pepper may also refer to a dried, granulated spice made from Aleppo peppers that is also produced in Syria. It is similar to paprika, but coarser, and is only moderately spicy.

So, now we know what the pepper is and maybe, if not available, can find a substitute.

The pictures in this book are amazing! They were done by Miha Matei and they really bring this book to life.

This book is also divided up into chapters with names including: Blossom; Contemporary; Spice, Radiance and more.

I’m really excited to try these recipes. From just thumbing though the book although the recipes are considered “gourmet” it doesn’t seem that they are overly expensive.

For those of you who are “trying” to get more raw into family/friends, I’d suggest choosing a few of these recipes, creating them; making a beautiful presentation, then having a party.

Since I’ll be making and selling the food at a holistic expo in July, I’ll be looking for recipes I can make easily beforehand and presenting to people at all levels of raw from none to experienced.

Get this book and let’s share experiences. As of this writing, Amazon has this $35 retail book listed at $19.80 for pre-orders. I suggest you do it now.

Matthew Kenney Lifestlye

Injoy and life,

Revvell

BTW ~ I’ll be having Matthew on Rawkin Radio as soon as possible and, also on Let’s Talk Raw!

Recently I interviewed UK raw food chef James Russell. I received his wonderful book in eBook form “Thai Style Raw Food Recipes”. IF you enjoy Thai food, you’ve got to get it.

One thing I like about this book besides the beautiful colors and layouts is that, the recipes are very simple, very often the same spices are used; most ingredients are easy to acquire.

He’s got a section in the front where he lists Thai ingredients (most of which are available at any grocery store and those that aren’t (mangosteen and durian) you’ll probably pick up at an Asian food store). He also has an explanation for what other foods are and how to use them. I have an issue with the tamarind section as I’ve never used it and his directions to soak them in cold water until it forms a paste isn’t thorough enough. Questions I have on this is, how many do I need to make the amount of paste in a recipe? How long do I soak? I’d gotten about a dozen of them and they were in varying shapes, colors, textures. I didn’t know if the REAL dark ones were as good as the lighter ones. Anyway, I put it out on a raw board and received answers there ~ soak overnight.. how much? Still don’t know that so, trial and error it will be.

So far, I’ve made the Thai flax crackers. They are scrumptious! I left them in an open bowl on the counter and my husband loves them. Need to make another batch soon. I also made the Curried Cabbage Pillows. Suggestion: Start them in the morning so you can keep an eye on the wrappings. I put them in the D at night and by morning they were too crispy to wrap around the filling so, I put it at the bottom of the dish and put the filling on top. It’s GREAT even w/out the dipping sauce. (be care-filled of the chilies. They are REALLY hot!) Next time I make it, going to use one less chili.

Next on my things-I’d-like-to-try is the papaya & Mango Crepes with Lime and Passion Fruit Cream. They look SO yummy! Oh! The Lime and Passion Fruit Cheesecake is high on my list as well.

Other items in the book are: Thai Nori Bites (yes, NEED to have some of THOSE!); Sweet & Spicy Sunflower Seeds; 5 salads, Portabello Sticks with Almond Satay Sauce and more!

I DO recommend this. The price is right; the food is goooood!!! Get it here! Oh! And pick up his free recipe ebook as well. Wait until you see what’s in it!!!

Another eBook I received recently is Pure Jeevan’s “Raw Food Recipes”.

Last night I was in a real pissy mood ~ the kind that if it was in front of me I’d eat a whole (SAD) pizza all the time telling myself I didn’t care. I knew I needed to eat SOMEthing but didn’t want just a salad like I’d been eating so, I picked up Jim and Wendi Dee’s ebook, looked through it and found “Veggie Stir Don’t Fry”. Hmmm. Well, I had many of the ingredients yet, being that to me, recipes are just guidelines, thought I’d just use what I had. Did that; made the simple dressing and voila! Good chewing stuff, filling, tasty! What more could one ask for? I lost my desire for junk food and stayed raw and healthy.

The other recipe I’ve created is “Lemony Luminous Surprise”. Oh man, this is SO good! It took me 3 days to eat it (no, I didn’t share) on Russell’s crackers and on celery. An awesome combination of cashews, macadamias, pine nuts, hazel nuts, lemon and spices.

Other recipes I’m currently looking forward to are: Tahini Genie Spread; Crunchy Purpleicious Chiposity (not sure if I can find purple corn but I’ll use yellow if necessary ~ I NEED chips!); soups (3 are included); Rawsome Refried Reward; and Wendi’s Wonderful Treat. Actually, I want to taste everything in this awesome ebook.

There are 34 pages of recipes and you know what? This ebook is FREE! Just go to Pure Jeevan and get it! While there, check out their whole selection of raw recipes and sign up for their newsletter. GREAT site, great people! Go there now!

Final thing ~ Please, check out my latest site ~ Let’s Talk Raw. There you will get to hear live interviews with people you know as well as people you SHOULD know. There is (currently) a one-time, life-time fee to cover my and my engineer’s time in putting it all together for you. We also pay for the web-simulcast so you can listen live and ask questions via your computer for no long-distance charge.

Thank you for your continued support of Rawkin Radio and now, Let’s Talk Raw!

Yours in health and vitality,

Revvell

What was the theme? Breast cancer. “Fighting for the Title” is based on Delores’ life, touring the “chitlin’ circuit”, leaving that to become a gospel singer and then finding out she has breast cancer and how she survives it.

After the performance there was a short question and answer session. I KNOW all who were there who knew me were hoping I’d keep my mouth shut, as I did.

According to Delores, she had stage 0 cancer. According to my research and interviews with people who have had up to stage 4 cancer ~ and lived w/out mutilation (surgery), chemotherapy (drugs) and radiation (burning), just a change in lifestyle can stop this from manifesting. Instead, from what I understand, Delores’ doctor pressured her into having immediate surgery.

Now, how does one stand up in a theatre and say, “So, since cancer is a lifestyle-based disease, what are you doing to prevent a recurrence?” There was talk about mammograms (yes, they’re often free because doctors make so much money on mutilation, drugs and burning, they well-cover the cost of the mammogram) and men going for check ups but not ONE word about what to do to prevent cancer in the first place. Not ONE!

People talk about having mammograms as prevention. They are NOT! They are, often, but not always (remember 50% of doctors’ diagnosis is wrong!) detection! They not only do not prevent cancer, they CAUSE cancer!

After the performance I was, well, can’t say shocked, yet kind of surprised that what was there to eat after was cookies, cupcakes, potato chips and a red, sugary drink ~ i.e. punch. In other words, sugar, fat, and artificial food coloring. All the things known to undermine the immune system.

During the program they also spoke about “soul food”. Now, the problem with many cultures is ~ the food. That’s why cancer often “runs in the family”. It’s actually not the cancer, it’s the lifestyle.

Here are a couple resources you might like to check out sometime to PREVENT cancer and, if you’ve already got it, there are some resources here in the way of interviews of people who have had cancer and have lived beyond the 5-year “survival” time. Oh, by the say, do you know how many people with would survive those 5 years without ANY “treatment” whatsoever? AND, if they took responsibility and stopped doing what was causing the problem in the first place? I can’t answer that but, in the resources listed here, you’ll get an idea there are probably a lot more than those who do.

Finally, a study was shown that chemo kills as many people as it “saves”. In reality, chemo doesn’t really save anyone. It’s a carcinogen. For those people who’ve survived it’s use, it’s because the chemo kicked the immune system into action and they lived in spite of the chemo.

Problem is, those who think the chemo was the answer, keep doing what they were doing to create the cancer in the first place and “hope” it doesn’t come back and when it does, they “hope” the chemo/radiation kills it again. Scary.

Interviews with long term cancer survivors:

Dr. Ruth Heidrich

Brenda Cobb

One of the longest and best studies ever done on cancer:

The best 2-hour video I’ve ever seen on cancer w/ interviews of doctors who healed themselves of cancer w/out drugs, mutilation or burning AND it states that oncologists will not go for chemo/radiation or suggest it for their own families:

Healing Cancer From Inside Out

Feel free to leave comments here.

Thank you,

Revvell

Part of the reason I thought of this was having watched dvd’s or reading about how people spend their lives in prison. How can they do it? How do they spend so many hours in a cell, no place to go, nothing to do all day?

We live in a rather large house with plenty of freedom. There’s all KINDS of things to do! So what? At the end, when we die, it’s all been rather pointless hasn’t it?

I see so many working just to afford a certain lifestyle. Why? Is the work enjoyable? Is the lifestyle? is having all kinds of “toys” to keep oneself occupied worth having to work so hard to maintain them? And what about those of us who really don’t have a lot of toys? We go about our day acting as if what we are doing is important. Is it? If so, to whom and why?

I watch the squirrels outside our home. All they do most of the day is find food. Sometimes they hide food; sometimes they chase other squirrels. Birds will be sitting quietly on a line, then all of a sudden decide to go land somewhere else. Why?

We’re constantly looking to find things to keep us busy, keep us occupied, keep the money coming in ~ acting as though our lives are very important. Are they really? Is all that we do, really making a difference to us and/or to others? IF so, how and why? we’re all going to die, aren’t we?

Comments? Thanks!

Revvell

Consider this ~ IF you have a bad experience with something, do you
tend to return to it? For instance, if no matter how many times you
go to a restaurant and enjoy the food, if you have ONE bad
experience, say, food poisoning or seeing a cockroach running across the table, wouldn’t you be reluctant to go back there? I know I would and, in actuality have. I went to a restaurant in Santa Monica one evening and within 3 hours, I was in the restroom doing something very unladylike. That is one restaurant I will never go to again.

The problem I see here is, it takes excess fat a bit of time for it
to cling to our hips, bellies, thighs, etc. It takes YEARS very often for us
to develop a lifestyle-related disease. By the time these things have
manifested, we’ve enjoyed YEARS of cheese-laden pizza; YEARS of meat, fish and poultry; YEARS of sugary sweets, YEARS for alcohol to destroy our liver, YEARS for cigarettes to destroy our lungs and now they’re bad for us? Since it took so long, it’s really tough for our minds to make the connections that what we did is causing the problem(s).

Then again, what about all the fun? The family get-togethers? The holidays? The bar-b-ques, picnics, etc.? AND, we LOVE this stuff! (Well, some of us love some of these things, some of us love all these things and some of us… well, don’t).

True that! Question is, how much do you enjoy life and living it?
People will tell me that if they can’t have a juicy steak, a glass of
scotch, a pizza whenever they want, then life isn’t worth living. My
question is, is this true?

As humans, we are VERY capable of change. For me, if I couldn’t ever
eat a ripe, juicy peach, or have watermelon juice dripping down my
chin, as much as I love them, I could live without them (hoping I
will never have to). The difference is, one is life-giving and the
other (pizza, steak, alcohol, etc.) is not.

One is full of life force, nutrients and health and the other is not.

So, the challenge as I see it is, what can we do to heal ourselves
and still enjoy life? Being someone who really enjoys fruit and many
veggies, it’s not as hard for me. But what about people who don’t?
Who’ve never gotten the taste for a sweet juicy melon? Those who feel
a meal isn’t a meal without a dead animal carcass on their plate?

I personally know hard core meat eaters who, previously, thought vegetables meant a piece of lettuce and slice of tomato on a burger, French fries, and ketchup and have become vegetarians.

Do we have to reach bottom before we can go back up?

I’ll be discussing this more thoroughly in my next post.

In the meantime, I’d suggest you pick up this GREAT dvd for anyone you know who could use some help in healing, eliminating excess weight, or just wish to be educated on how to upgrade their level of wellness.

Ease, not Dis-Ease,

Revvell

I have enough money (and more), right now, to pay all my monthly bills ~ rent, utilities, food, etc. My car is a 2007 Prius, paid for. We have an older van ~ paid for. We don’t purchase unless we have the money ~ which we do. I rarely have owed anyone for anything and if I did it was because I knew I had the ways and means to pay it off. I wasn’t “hoping” the money would come in and, it was only one purchase at a time.

At one time I purchased a stereo set to begin building credit. I put a hefty down payment on it; paid it off in 3 months (no interest). Then I purchased a small piano. Same thing… large down payment, paid off w/in a year. (no interest). I could have paid for both of those things in cash but was told I needed credit so I started to build it. Then I stopped. I really didn’t “need” credit and couldn’t find more things I wanted to purchase to build it.

Now, I have no credit BUT, I also have no debt. Oh yes, I can hear some of you saying “Lucky you!”. Well, yes and no. I prefer to think of “conscious me”. I MADE my “luck” by paying attention. Never getting a credit card and always paying in cash keeps life simple.

What has been interesting is that about 10 months ago we were looking for a new place to live. Because we had no credit (he’s from Europe and hadn’t established it yet) we were turned down for the 3 places we tried for, only one of which I would really have liked to have gotten. I asked the owner why she wouldn’t lease to us and she said the other person had more credit. I said, “oh, how interesting. So, what you’re saying is, they have debt which makes them more lease-worthy and we, who have nothing to pay but our monthly bills are not?”

Suffice it to say, we did find a lovely place ~ the one we’re supposed to have in the area we’re supposed to have it. It’s perfect for us ~ for now!

Now, the major holidays are upon us. What are you going to do? Purchase gifts for people you don’t want to because they give you something every year? Have you thought they are thinking the same about you? Do you go into debt every year purchasing gifts? Want to re-consider that this year? What alternatives can you think of which will show you care ~ about you!?

Same with my last post. People feel obligated to do the same thing every year with the same people every year never considering that just maybe the others don’t want to do it any more than they do. Something to consider, eh?

Something else to consider ~ if these people are not people you can speak with about this (and who will tell you the truth), then maybe you shouldn’t be spending money on them or time with them anyway. What do you think?

By the way, last year I created a “playbook” of tools I used to bring me where I am today. I use it myself and keep on growing and learning. You might wish to check it out for yourself or, as a priceless gift for someone you love: “Revvellutionize Your Life in 30 Days”

Injoy,

Revvell

For me, I celebrate every day. I don’t wait for a man-made holiday before enjoying myself yet, it seems many do. They wait until Thanksgiving to be “thankful”; they wait until Christmas (or whichever holy day they “celebrate”) to be joyous yet, are they really?

I so often hear people say they HAVE to spend time with family. One month it’s “her” family; the next is “his” family. The way they say it really doesn’t sound like fun, celebration, joyousness to me. Sounds more like torture.

One of the things I am really grate-filled for is that many years ago, I had a chance to go to Hawaii for Christmas/new years. At first, I felt guilty for not going back to Connecticut to visit my mother yet, all I had to do was remember how it was spending my last Christmas with her. It was dismal. Did I need to repeat that? Noooooo. So! I went to Hawaii and stayed with some folk living on the north shore of Oahu. I got to be alone with me, on the beach for much of the time. They shared with me places the “natives” go rather than just the touristy places.

For the new year, we went to the main drag in Oahu and watched fireworks.

It was delightful to spend two weeks in Hawaii while much of the U.S. was enjoying the cold.

Many clients I work with tell me how they HAVE to be with their parents even though they don’t want to be. How old do people have to be for them to go out and enjoy EVERY moment of their lives without guilt? They are afraid of the often passive/aggressive manipulation their parents will put them through if they don’t do as expected. They want to be “nice” to the extent of creating frustration within themselves. How fun is that?

Is it any wonder that people become ill so often after the holidays? Do you know that ill-feelings, frustration, anger, etc. are just as much a part of suppression of the immune system as anything else is? That often goes on top of the feeling of HAVING to eat what’s on the table even though, we don’t want to. Family will often add guilt to that too ~ “It’s only ONE day!” “.. but I worked so HARD on this meal!” “.. go ahead, one bite wont hurt you!”… Sound supportive? Life-affirming? Loving?

Oh yeah, let’s drop the “they have good intentions”. Where do people come up with that one? Good intentions? For whom?

Consider this ~ We go where we don’t want to be, we eat what we don’t want to eat; we spend time with people we don’t want to spend time with watching them eat, drink and smoke ~ and we can’t/wont say anything about it because we know it wont do any good PLUS “..it’s the holidays!!! Have fun! Enjoy life..” even if it makes you sick!. Now, is that a recipe for joy and happiness?

Once I spent the first Christmas out enjoying MY life, doing it again became easier and more enjoyable. I’d rather have a little bit of guilt and enjoying myself for the rest of the time, than to spend two weeks being miserable with a few minutes of pleasure.

Of course, many people enjoy getting together with their families over the holidays and to them, I salute you! (with a glass of fresh-squeezed orange juice, of course).

Revvell

P.S. Less than three weeks left before this sale runs out. Get ‘em before I run out of them or the price goes up. They are normally $28.

I’m going to extract one sentence from this that struck me: “No problem can be resolved from the point of view of the problem.” As a health practitioner and educator, I see people all the time coming from the “point of view of the problem”… in health, it’s the symptoms. How can I stop the symptoms? The symptoms are the “.. point of view of the problem”… they aren’t the cause, they aren’t the root, they are the warning signals that something is wrong.

So, what do we do? Let’s take the case of cancer since people are focused on that this month. Symptoms ~ lumps, tumors, skin lesions, etc. What do doctors do? They poison, burn and mutilate to eliminate the symptoms. What they DON’T do, is find the cause! Helllooooo! Anybody home? They then send the patient home to do what they’ve been doing to cause the problem in the first place! Do you know that IF the patient lives 5 years, that means they’ve cured cancer? Even if they die in the 6th (or, during the 5th)? That’s ridiculous!

Heart disease ~ same thing! We can stick some valves and some stents in to open up the arteries.. Hey! let’s take a vein out of the leg and use that! well, how cool is that? Now, go home and continue eating, drinking, smoking and living as you were, we’ll see you again in a few years.

Diabetes! Here, have some insulin and shoot up every day. You’ll be fine. Oh, and carry some candy around in case you mess up.

Am I the only one who sees how ridiculous this is?

Do you know that the majority of Americans in this country experience detectable cancer approximately 6 times in their lives? Cancer cells, from my understanding, live in our bodies. For them to get to a detectable stage takes YEARS of eating and doing the wrong things.

Do you know that the majority of people who have Type 2 diabetes can be diabetes free in as little as 3 days and sometimes up to 2 weeks? AND, many with Type 1 have eliminated insulin shots altogether or at least dropped the dosage significantly?

Do you know that heart disease can almost always be reversed w/in a few months?

So, why don’t doctors tell people this? There’s no money in it! At least not enough to keep them in the style to which they’ve become accustomed to.

How can you find out more? Check out these two videos as a first step.. There’s over 3 hours of interviews with accredited doctors, excerpts taken from many prestigious medical journals and interviews with people who’ve healed themselves without poisons, burning and mutilation. I’ve got these on sale until the end of the month of Oct. ‘08. $20 (and taking action on what you see) may save your life or that of someone you love. “Healing Cancer From the Inside” and “Eating“. Get them while I’ve got them in stock at that price!

If you know someone who has diabetes, there’s a new dvd out which addresses that specifically. It shows the journeys of 6 people diagnosed with diabetes ~ 5 with diabetes 2 and 1 with diabetes 1. All but one were insulin-injection free w/in 2 weeks… most w/in 3 days. It’s called: “Simply Raw ~ Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days“.

Yes, the holidays are coming up yet, what a great way to start the new year… taking better care of oneself. What do you think?

By the way, I’ve currently got openings for two clients for consultation. If you’re interested in working with me, please contact me at: Revvell@Revvellations.com and put “Potential Client” in the subject line.

Yours in health,

Revvell

One way we could put it is, we all have what we call a comfort level. When we step beyond that comfort level, we become anxious and pull back.

I call it an upper limits question. A few examples:

Been sick with one thing or another for years. Use to having people respond a certain way; attract a lot of caretakers; aren’t responsible for certain things due to the illness and then choose to do what’s necessary to heal. Now, everyone around has to change. The person who is ill is healing, what happens to their role? Either they have to change or leave. The ill person, has to get use to who s/he is now (who would you be if you weren’t ill?), get use to not being so cared for, start taking responsibility for themselves more, etc. That will bring anxiety and fear.

Another example is one who is eliminating excess fat. Same thing. As they start transforming, the people around them get anxious and pass that anxiety to them. They start hearing how they are losing “too fast”, looking “skinny”, not eating enough, having food put in front of then and being told “one bite wont hurt you”, etc. In their own heads, they’re having to deal with their own emotions ~ the ones they kept suppressed by overeating. Tough to bear, don’t you think? Well, that’s why we coaches are around to help people through these times.

How about someone who leaves a corporate position to become an entrepreneur? Think they don’t have fear? Someone who comes into a lot of money and is afraid to spend it OR spends it all so they can feel comfortable again.

IF we truly want to truly live and truly be alive, we have to make changes in our lives. We could just go through our mundane lives, going to our mundane jobs, coming home to our mundane families, watching mundane t.v. shows, going to bed then doing it again in the a.m. and on weekends, sitting home watching our mundane football games with chips and beer (now that’s REALLY living!) or, the women hanging out with the girls, going shopping, eating bad food, etc., or, we could do what it takes to make our lives fantastically exciting by eliminating excess weight, making ourselves healthy by doing what THAT takes even if others don’t agree; leaving our boring mundane jobs.. taking chances!

At the end of our lives, do we want to say ~ “I LIVED”! Or, “I wish I had lived”?

Remember we are often reflections of other peoples’ fear. Look at their lives. Is that how YOU want to live?
Until next time,

Yours in health,

Revvell

P.S. As this is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month“, I am offering a special on two dvd’s ~ “Healing Cancer From Within” and “Eating” for only $20 ~ a $29 value; (plus Ca. tx. where necessary, s & h). Cancer is a lifestyle-caused disease. Stop the cause; healing happnes. Yes, it really can be that simple as stated by numerous doctors in the dvd’s and those who’ve healed themselves. Click here for more information.

In her time Revvell Revati has dealt personally with suicidal depression, life-threatening asthma, parental abuse, rape, abandonment, poverty and other issues. She’s been helping clients and students for over 22 years heal themselves to get beyond their fear of life and live in joy, appreciation and wonder.

Yanno, when I wanted something I did what it took to get it. I got up at 2 a.m. to deliver newspapers; I finished my day job then went to work delivering pizza… whatever it took to create more income, I did it and I paid cash for everything and still do.

As one businessman told me ~ Don’t have enough $$? Make more.

Ask around and find jobs… there’s always something out there ~ someone who is willing to pay for some one to do what they don’t want to, don’t have time to or can’t do. You know people who have children and could use a babysitter? Become one or, better yet, create a babysitting service and have others do the work.

Assess what you are good at and no, not necessarily what you enjoy doing, but what you are good at. Can you knit or crochet? Is there an arts and crafts store near you where you can hold classes? How about a community college that holds evening classes? Parks and recs? Retirement facility? I’ve actually gone and spoken at a retirement facility and gotten paid for it.

Are you good at organizing? Would you make a good receptionist? If your kids are in school, find a temp job. Look at the various online places such as www.associatedcontent.com where you can write articles and get paid.

You want a blender? create the money to get it. You want organic food and to live a healthy life? create the money to get it. Ever hear the saying “Where there’s a will, there’s a way?” Well, make it happen!

Currently I’m working on a new site where we can go and work/play on creating abundance ~ across the board. In the meantime, please share what you do or have done to create income here.

Oh! and please, don’t use having children as an excuse. I worked with one woman who has three, one with special needs AND her husband is in the military and often gone. Hopefully she’ll share with us here.

Enjoy!

Revvell

Here’s something that I read in a book by an author I’m going to be interviewing next week.

“Anxiety is an attempt to fight future danger or control the uncontrollable, (borrowing pain from the future.) Depression (hanging on to pain from the past) is an attempt to flee danger by retreating into our own private cave through isolation, or numbing our emotions through drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, sex, shopping, you name it.” Dr. Nancy Irwin

I’ll name overeating.

I’m really enjoying this book. I’ve been highlighting numerous sentences starting with the introduction. Anything I didn’t know already? Not really yet, like any “self-help” style book, very often there’s an “aHA!” moment because of the way something is said or the because of the time it’s said.

This book contains 40 stories of life-changing events from people over 40. I actually only heard of/actually know a few people in this book along with “Jane Doe”, “John Doe” and “Anonymous” (yes, they are in the book and for good reason as you’ll find out reading these very honest, revealing, stories). If you enjoy hearing personal stories of change and triumph as I do, this is the book for you.

Obviously, this will be another interesting interview on Celebrating Your Potential. Remember to check it out next week.

Please feel free to comment below.

Until next week ~

Enjoy life!

Revvell

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Before I go into the newsletter, let me tell you MY experience with this place. Back around 1980 I knew I didn’t want to have children and chose to have my tubes tied. I went through all the counseling, all the fears, etc., then had a friend drive me over as it’s an out-patient operation and one can’t drive themselves home. They do a final blood test before doing the operation and come back to inform me that I’m pregnant. Well heyyy! The woman next to me is obviously pregnant! I am NOT! 13 years on “the pill” and I go to get my tubes tied and I’m told I’m pregnant?

They tell me they cannot do the operation and to come back in two weeks. Well, I KNOW I’m not pregnant. I go back and another doctor tells me I have no signs of pregnancy. I tell her, “well, there’s a reason for that ~ I’m not pregnant”. She then asks me what I want to do? Reschedule the operation? Um, no, I don’t think so.

This was the second time I’d been misdiagnosed and that was the last time I’ve been to a doctor.

Now, the GAMC newsletter. Front page: “Treatment You Can Trust”… “Over the course of a lifetime, one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer….. What kind of surgery do I need?” Then they go on to talk about surgeons, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and plastic surgeons! Not one word about any other way of eliminating a lifestyle-caused dis-ease!!!

Here’s the topper ~ “Your best defense agains breast cancer ~ Annual mammograms…”. The thing that CAUSES cancer is your best defense?

Let’s go to page 3 ~ “reduce risk” ~

* More intensive screening. To find any potential cancer in its beginning stages you may be closely monitored with mammograms, ultra-sounds of the breast and ovaries, breast MRIs and other screen tests.
* Risk-reducing drugs. Certain prescription medications may help reduce, although not eliminate, the risk of breast or ovarian cancer.
*Prophylactic surgery. Surgically removing HEALTHY ovaries or breasts, or both, before they become cancerous.

Does anybody else see the insanity here? They will “screen” women with the stuff that CAUSES cancer, and remove HEALTHY organs and tissue. Nowhere does it say that lifestyle-caused disease can be reversed by stopping what’s causing the cancer. Nowhere does it say that disease cannot live in an alkaline/oxygenated environment. Nowhere does it say that ones’ thoughts and environment as much as anything else, can cause cancer and once those change, the cancer can disappear. Nowhere does it say there are other ways of healing oneself other than drugs and mutilation.

You know what I love? People are giving BILLIONS of dollars every year to the ACA to find a cure for cancer and it’s already there ~ it’s called our immune system.

What’s truly funny to me (not funny ha ha but funny peculiar) is that, every once in awhile they pretend to have come up with something new ~ a new drug, they’ve isolated some cancer cell or cancer “gene” to make people think they’re really doing something. Well, I’m here to tell you, we’ve all got cancer cells inside us from what I understand and a strong immune system is what’s keeping them at bay.

Also, if any of these things worked, why, are their only choices the same they’ve been for over 30 years now ~ Radiation, chemotherapy and mutilation?

Now, I don’t think I’ve ever seen where they suggest men have their prostates or their testicles removed to prevent cancer. I guess women’s body parts are expendable.

Oh! BTW ~ the surgeons they are promoting on the front page ~ are all women.

Enjoy your day,

Revvell
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Of course, when someone agrees with me, I like them even more and in this case, I love it that I have FINALLY read what I’ve known, and stated, for years! Germs do NOT cause disease. Here’s what HE said which got me so excited!!!

“… Pasteur (stated) that a toxic “milieu interieur” ~ the inner environment of the body in which the microbes live ~ provides a breeding ground for disease. In other words, regardless of the germ’s origin or type, it presents no threat UNLESS the body is in a run-down state resulting from disturbed and deteriorated interior environment.

Maintaining our inner terrain in a healthy (undisturbed and undeteriorated) state of homeostasis is one of the key benefits we derive from eating a low-fat diet of whole, raw plant foods in their freshest, least processed form. Just as mosquitoes do not cause stagnant ponds, and flies do not cause piles of manure, the “germs” (bacteria, viruses, and other microorganisms) around and inside of us do not cause the toxins in our bodies. Yet like mosquitoes and flies, microbes are more than happy to set up shop in toxic locations that provide them with plenty to eat.

If we drain the stagnant pond or clean up the manure pile, the mosquitoes and flies migrate elsewhere. Likewise, the viruses and bacteria that feed upon the toxic wastes inside of us simply move on and cease to be a problem when we clean up our diets and other sources of inner pollution. At this point, our bodies are no longer capable of acting as hosts for such pathogens.”

Build your immune system; stop treating your body as a toxic waste dump and disease will have to find another home.

Revvell
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The following quote was taken from the former book, pg. 242:

“People who are emotionally attached to cooked foods aren’t actually addicted to them since it is physiologically impossible to be addicted to something that is harmful to us. The body simply is not put together that way. It is designed to thrive and cannot become addicted to a harmful substance. The human psyche, however, can become very much addicted to the shift in perception that occurs after we ingest certain substances. A yearning for that shift in perception is the ever-present illusion that lures us to eat cooked foods.”

If this is in fact true, then how is it people who we “say” are addicted to harmful substances including codeine, caffeine, nicotine, heroin, etc. have physcial detox symptoms?

Your thoughts? (add them below please)

Everyone received one meal a day. The first meal was prepared by Bruce Horowitz. Sorry to say but it was the least liked by me. There was a blob of blue-green algae in the middle, not my idea of good-tasting. The dessert was a packaged Raw Revolution cookie. I’ve still got it. Saturday’s meal was prepared by Melissa Davison. SO much better. She’d prepared a cole-slaw with just the right, light dressing and a salad with a creamy dressing. As always, her dessert was mahvelous! Sunday’s meal topped that. It contained a red cabbage saurkraut (best way I can describe it), some type of nut pate/burger on fresh spring mix, topped with crispy nori strips. There was also a freshly made brownie topped with goji berries. It was soooooo good! (could be wrong about what was ACTUALLY in it as far as it being “saurkraut” and/or type of “burger” but, it was just wonderful!) That was prepared by Cosmo Means.

Highlights and what’s coming up for you here, on RawkinRadio and also on Natural Products Radio. We’ll be posting as they are edited. Best to subscribe so you don’t miss anything.

Here are some highlights you can expect:

Full presentations from David Wolfe, Markus Rothkranz, Doug Graham, Gabriel Cousens, and more.

Interviews with Victoria Boutenko (what’s the truth about her weight?); Angela Elliott, author of Alive in 5: Health Ranger Mike Adams, NaturalNews.com; (is he as cute in person? how’s he make his money? Is he single?) ~ all the pertinent questions one needs answered); David Wolfe, and more.

We’ve got numerous pics, videos and audio you don’t want to miss! I’ll post links on Twitter so, follow me there or subscribe to my radio shows ~ RawkinRadio and Natural Products Radio.

There were lots of chocolate sellers. I loved Vanessa’s Gnosis chocolate but at $12 per bar… Did an interview with her as well.

I’m excited to be able to share all of this with you. We really didn’t have enough time to get all I wanted.

Personally, I was considering buying cacao powder. Spent 3 days thinking about it and figured if I had to think THAT much, then, I didn’t really want it. I did get a bag of raw carob and a bag of raw vanilla powder from Matt Monarch and two bottles of olives from David Wolfe’s table.

Brian Au gave me a video and some green flaky stuff. Oh! got a short interview with him as well. I really didn’t like his aggressive marketing approach when I’d originally met him about 3 years ago or so but he is a VERY sweet, lovely man and I’m glad I stopped to chat with him. I think you’ll enjoy him as well.

I’ve changed my mind about Doug Graham’s 80/10/10 approach. He really makes a lot of sense. I still go with Alissa’s idea of “Eat what you want, when you want, as long as it’s raw” for people getting started who can handle it! Many can’t. That’s where Victoria’s ideas some in ~ green smoothies for 2-3 months to get the digestive system functioning better first. In our interview she said that she’s found many people can’t even handle that and for them, she suggests green juices. My feeling is, IF one attains 100% raw, THEN, they’ll evolve to where Doug Graham is, naturally ~ less fats, less (focus on) protein. Protein (amino acids) is in EVERY fruit and or vegetable we eat. As he said in his presentation, one would have to work very hard to not get enough, if not more than enough, protein.

I purchased two of Doug Graham’s books as well ~ one describing the 80/10/10 food program and the other with just recipes. More on those here later.

More personal highlights:

I got hugged by Marcus Rothkranz ~ twice ~ and a kiss on the hand from David Wolfe.

There were a lot of parties. Bo and I went to the one on Thursday night thrown by Kevin Gianni of Renegade Health. That’s where I met a few people we got to chat with and interview. Friday night, Vanessa threw a chocolate party. We’d left early so missed hearing about that until after it was over. I heard there was a durian party as well. Saturday night my throat was sore from trying not to die from choking so didn’t make it to the dance party at Relics in Sedona. Sunday we stayed fairly late (for us) at the festival and I’m sure there was another closing party somewhere.

OH! Most fun of all is, we were sitting in a cafe Thursday morning and a young woman came over, introduced herself and said how much she enjoys RawkinRadio and just wanted me to know that ~ then walked away. A few moments later a gentleman came over and said he was in the entertainment industry and could he give me his card? We had people coming up for the next three days saying they listen to the show, it’s been an inspiration to them… talk about frosting on the cake! So SWEEEEET!

If any of you reading this did this, thank you! You truly made the festival worth the trip.

That’s all I can remember for now. More later ~ much more. Check in with all the above links and stay tuned. More coming soon.

BTW ~ feel free to leave comments HERE. I muchly appreciate it.

Injoy,

Revvell

Lucky for me she only got me one time and let go. I had a client who had been attacked by a pack of three dogs. They did major nerve damage ~ internal and external. We had a lot of work to do physically as well as mentally and emotionally.

That dog attacking me was a reminder to always carry protection ~ in my hand ~ not, in my purse ~ in the way of pepper spray.

I’ve only actually used it twice ~ on the same dog (not a brilliant dog yet it learned after the second time) but I’ve possibly alleviated a couple of incidences where gang members approached me and saw what was in my hand and walked on by.

So, here’s the thing. You never know where or when a dog will get silly and attack. I’ve had a doberman come up behind me and attempt a sneak attack. All I had to do with that one was raise my hand with the canister ~ probably had experience with the mail carrier as it backed-off.

Where can you get pepper spray? I get mine from local gun shops. You can also get it from sporting goods stores and maybe even hardware stores are still carrying it. I know you can get it online although some places prohibit interstate sales. In California, you don’t need a permit anymore. You’ll have to check with the seller of it to know. Getting a permit is easy.

If you choose to purchase, get two. Take one out (on a non-windy day) and practice using it on a tree (don’t worry, it’s just cayenne pepper, it’s not going to hurt it and the tree will be happy to be of help). I don’t carry the one with mace as I don’t really know the effect of that. With the pepper spray, if you use it on a dog, their hair protects their face from any burning. They’ll breathe it and get teary-eyed. That’s it. On a human, they may get some superficial skin burn but it’ll mostly be from rubbing their eyes. It takes about 45 minutes to relieve the itching.

Another thing I think is a good safety precaution, wear a belt, even if you don’t need it. If by chance you get attacked by a pack of animals, you can swing the belt, yell and scream. Get BIG! Be bigger than the dogs, louder than the dogs, stomp you feet and yell while swinging the belt. If you’re going to use pepper spray, go for the leader. If you’ve got any left, get the rest of the pack.

If you get bit and get away, you can use the belt as a tourniquet if necessary.

Always carry a cell phone; leave off the headset so you can hear what’s going on around you and, enjoy your walk.

Revvell

Recently a thread was started on a forum about the movie Simply Raw, Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days and the poster was celebrating that people CAN cure themselves of diabetes.

One person came on and said there was no cure and that ” I am confident that there is no cure because if there was, we would ALL know about it.”

As I was out walking, I was considering this statement… ALL would know about it! How? Even SHE, on a raw food board, refuses to look at the movie. She is steadfast that there IS no cure. Being certain that there are many like her out there, if there was a cure, how would they know? If they refuse to look outside their little world of doctors and drugs, how will they know? Even one of the participants in the movie heard from doctors since he was a child (juvenile diabetes) that he would ALWAYS have to take insulin and that diabetes can never be cured and he, being diagnosed with diabetes 1, dropped his insulin from 30 daily units to 5.

My question is, how is it a lifestyle-caused disease (diabetes 2, not 1 which, I am informed, is an immune-system disease ~ see comment #1 below) cannot be cured? Answer seems fairly simple ~ stop doing what’s causing the problem. Overweight? Change your food program, get out and move, find out what the need is which is being replaced by food and fill it. High Cholesterol? Animal products are the only “foods” that contain cholesterol ~ stop eating them! Heart disease? Again, animal products, plus caffeine and/or nicotene, and/or alcohol and, lack of movement.

Yes, I hear the excuses. My suggestion ~ stop looking for excuses for why you can’t and start finding reasons and ways for how you can. Life and health are simpler than we make it. Live and living food, water, rest, movement, appreciations and making conscious choices will get you where you want to be and yes, it is that simple… just not always that easy … yet like many things it just takes making the first step.. then following that with the next step and the next…

Injoy,

Revvell

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I don’t want to give away the whole story here as there are some surprises and yes, it’s all about real life.

The film begins by introducing us to the participants and many of their families. They talk about what they love the most about food and shows us how they live.

They explain that 5 out of the 6 have type 2 diabetes and one has type 1. Dr. Cousens tells the participants that the best food program for them will be raw, high fiber, high carbohydrate (complex), low protein and low fat. There will be no meat, dairy, alcohol, sugar or caffeine. They will be served all they can eat, 3 meals a day.

They show where everyone is on day one and where a few people are at day 3, 5, 7, 12, 15, 17, 24, 27 and 30. They talk about their glucose level, cholesterol, blood pressure and weight in many instances. All, eliminated some excess weight.

What I loved about the film was the support the participants gave each other. I felt there should have been someone there to assist more with the mind-set though as it’s never just about the food. (Maybe there was but it wasn’t really brought out).

They showed some quick classes that were held including a chocolate class, a nori roll class and a healthy cooked food class on the final day to assist them in making better decisions during their transitions.

At the end we got to see how some people were faring ~ Day 3 with Pam and 60 days out with Kirt as well as a run-down of how everyone was doing at the very end.

I’d love to see all these people one year from now.

Other participants in the film were Morgan Spurlock, Fred Bisci, Ph.D, David Wolfe, the Reverend Michael Beckwith, Woody Harrelson and Anthony Robbins.

Get this film and share it! Simply Raw

In my classes and with students/clients, I’m often talking about upper/lower limits. Some call it the “comfort zone.”

I’ve noticed that when people come up against an upper limit of good they (unconsciously) think they can have, they’ll often (unconsciously, again) become anxious or fearful, smack up against that upper limit, then slam back down to where they are more comfortable. At that point, they have choices; sideways, or up.

To me, this is like climbing hilly streets. If one is not in shape, one of the best ways up is to go up as far as you can, then go sideways awhile, then up the next street, sideways and up. Instead, many will go all the say up, then all the way down and the next morning, they’re so sore, they don’t want to go out again and don’t ~ until they talk themselves into doing it again ~ if ever. They’re back in their “comfort zone”.

Sometimes people will get up to a certain place (plateau), stay there awhile, then move up some more. That’s how I got myself in shape to climb a local mountain… climb, stop, breathe, climb, stop, breathe, until I reached the top.

It seems many of us are in a hurry to have things happen. When they open up, we want to take advantage. Not a problem. Just know that, if you go up, when you come down, you wont be down as far as you were when you started. You’ll have some learnings under your belt; you may be healthier; maybe have made more connections… all well and good! Excellent even!

Just remember to stop, breathe and carry on! As long as you’re moving… life will support you.. Always has so far, hasn’t it?

Enjoy and Injoy,

Revvell
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Having just received this book, I’ve not had a chance to make any of the 200 recipes but they’ve got me drooling!!!! 

This book is PACKED with LOTS of helpful information as well as great-sounding recipes. 

For instance, in the first chapter, “What is Raw, What is Not?”, she begins by talking about “The Detriments of Meat … and Cooking”.  O.k., well, that doesn’t really answer the question yet it’s still very good information. I was looking for the questions people often ask about products such as Nama Shoyu, Bragg’s, etc.

Chapter two does answer the question “Why Go Raw?” In this chapter she gives gives the usual information about weight management both losing AND gaining (which many authors ignore), the function of enzymes; achieving true health, detox and more.

She’s also got FAQ’s (Frequently Asked Questions) where five very commonly asked questions are answered.

What really got me hooked on this book just from a quick perusal is her Raw Foods Encyclopedia where she lists LOTS of fruits and vegetables grains, nuts and seeds, their nature and properties, how to store, what to look for when purchasing and more. Not something I’ve seen in any of the 50+ other books I’ve got.

The reason I contacted Brigitte is to do an interview with her on Rawkin Radio because I saw her in a dvd called Raw for Life and she was talking about foraging wild plants. She’s got a small section in the book about “Wild Things” and how to gather, various ones and their uses. I’m hoping we get to chat more about this during our interview on Rawkin Radio coming soon.

Throughout the book Brigitte has what she calls Raw Facts which gives little tips or truths about various topics. 

For those who are hesitant to try seaweeds, there’s a whole chapter on them; there are pages on  green Super Foods, edible flowers, a section on oils and seasonings. I love the part on the seasonings as she gives the flavor and the benefits. At the end of the seasoning section, she’s got recipes for 5 different blends.

There’s so much in this book, I don’t have time to go through them all thoroughly but there is “The Raw Kitchen”, a section on sprouting, LOTS of recipes as I’ve said, dealing with eating out and with family and friends, a small section on Ayurveda, acidity vs alkalinity.

In the Appendix she’s got a section on Nutrients and Source Foods, a Glossary, a huge bibliography, resources and restaurants throughout the U.S., Canada, England, Jamaica, Spain and Thailand, which of course were open during the writing of the book. 

Highly recommend it. Get it now!

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It’s an easy read meaning there’s not a lot of pages at only 131. It’s a more difficult read in that I sit and ponder a lot of what she says and how it pertains to me. For example on chapter 14, pg.22: “Make today the day that you plunge (I like the word “plunge”) into uncharted territory. Purposefully cross paths with some of the sharpest strangers you will ever meet in your life. Throw a proverbial curve ball at your comfort zones and associate yourself with people from whom you can continuously learn about life on a daily basis. Scroll your picture show as ever changing and ever expanding.”

This is a book I recommend. Carry it with you and when you have a few minutes, read a chapter. Some are only a paragraph; some, two pages. As people tell me when I send out my Weekly Revvellations, each one carries a little nugget or jolt to catch you unawares and possibly that word or that sentence will have a profound impact on your life.

Kimberlie has a gift with words. Enjoy them.

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Nowhere does it say ~ Stop expecting others to do what you can do for yourself ~ Change your lifestyle and become healthy! It’s your health! Your life! Your body!

The American Cancer Society, with all it’s billions of dollars will never find a cure for cancer as long as humans keep creating it! The American Heart Association will never find a cure for heart disease as long as humans keep creating it! Consider this ~ IF the AMA and ACS go out of business, what happens to our economy? THOUSANDS of people will be out of work, lose their homes, etc. THOUSANDS of people who are living off the laziness of others. Yes, you read that right. People have told me straight out that IF someone else made the food for them they’d eat it. MANY have told me they don’t have time! My question is, if you don’t have time to make a simple smoothie that takes less than 15 minutes a day including clean-up, how are you going to have the time to go to doctors? How are you going to have time to recover from the treatments? When will you find the time to have surgery? How will you take care of loved ones when you are ill? Who will take care of you?

Changing you lifestyle and eating healthy is waaaaay less expensive than paying off hospital bills. 

This is YOUR life and YOUR life is your responsibility! 

There is no CURE for what WE are doing to ourselves other than to stop doing it!!! Drugs do not cure! Radiation treats symptom. Surgery removes symptoms! Get to the cause! Illness is almost 95 percent lifestyle caused. WE are the cause, we are also the cure!

I’ve started a mastermind group where you can learn how to take back YOUR health starting from where you are now. Contact me for more information. 

This special includes the newly released second soft-cover edition of my book “Smoothies and Smoozies for Life” and Mike Anderson’s 110 minute dvd “Eating Plus”.

In this book, one of the first things he talks about that many of us are missing is enzymes. He states: “The basic key to the efficacy of nourishing your body is the life which is present in your food and of those intangible elements, know as enzymes.”

Looking at this book again and reading what’s been written since, I’m pretty sure many of the raw food advocates today are familiar with Dr. Walker and the work he did.

He answers the question: “Why not eat the whole vegetable and fruit instead of extracting the juice and discarding the fibers?” His response is: “…. solid food requires many hours of digestive activity before its nourishment is finally available to the cells and tissues of the body. While the fibers in solid food have virtually no nourishing value, they do act as an intestinal broom during the peristaltic activity of the intestines, hence the need to eat raw foods in addition to drinking juices. However, the removal of the fibers in the extraction of the juices, enables juices to be very quickly digested and assimilated, sometimes in a matter of minutes, with a minimum of effort and exertion on the part of the digestive system.”

The Table of Contents includes:
What’s missing?
Cooked foods
First carrot juice
Juices not concentrated foods
How much juice can be taken safely
Protection against pesticides

Vegetable Juices – Uses and Benefits

He also talks about Colds, Endocrine Glands, Vinegar, Milk, Natural childbirth; Do juices help bones? Parents and children; things to bear in mind, To Detoxicate and Vegetable and Fruit Juices – Their Therapeutic Uses

He’s also got a list of Formulas (combinations for various illnesses) and a special Vegetable Value Chart and Fruit Value Chart.

If you need specific recipes, this book is not for you. If you want a book loaded with great, timeless information and combinations of vegetables to assist you in coming to optimum health, check this book out. It’s priceless.

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When I look back, I remember struggling to share $750 a month rent and 1/2 the utilities with my former roommate. It seemed to me I was doing everything I could to come up with that money PLUS, I was training to do what I do now as a natural health practitioner, and that was costing me around $750 or so a month as well.

To pay that, I was working various jobs including at a chiropractor’s office during the day, delivering pizza in the evenings and delivering newspapers at night. I did what it took to create the income!

Now, the REAL challenge came when my roommate came and told me she was moving and what did I want to do? Keep the apartment, get a roommate or move? Uh, well, hmmmph. Can I have a few moments to think about this?

Well, I advertised for a roommate but there weren’t any takers who didn’t want to at least be able to drink in their abode so I went looking. I found this lovely apartment with a HUGE front room which I knew I could use to teach movement classes ~ if I could get the students. Problem was, the apartment was $650 and ALL the utilities. Yikes! Well, I made the commitment. (Realize this was almost 16 years ago). That was in November of that year. In December of the same year, someone gave me a brand new motorcycle. Well, I wanted to keep it and ride it which meant gas, upkeep and insurance. In January of the next year, my teacher’s prices went up. Until then, I’d been paying $10 per week for Monday night class. That went up to $25 per week. Weekly sessions went up to around $125 per and monthly workshops went up as well.

Like most people, the first thing my mind tried to figure out was what I needed to DROP in order to keep the apartment and ride the bike. Of course, the first things I thought of to drop were 2 weekly sessions a month saving about $250. Maybe monthly group sessions? That’ll save about another $350 per month!

Don’t you see that happening? The stuff that gives us the most benefit, we drop first. When I was teaching, I saw the same thing. People would come every week until something happened and class or session, which gave them an hour of sanity once-a-week, was the first to go. NOT the junk food; NOT whatever else they were spitting their money away on… they gave up what pushed their buttons and pushed them to be better.

Now, what’s this got to do with going cheap on oneself? When I was struggling every month trying to figure out how to pay my rent, get sessions, etc., my teacher went off on a weekend retreat. He came home with his vehicle filled with food processors, Vita Mixes and Dehydrators… top-of-the-line. Well, I’m standing there with everyone else, rolling my eyes and looking at my friend thinking “Oh crap, more money”.

Well, I wish I could tell you specifically how I did it but all I can say is, I committed to having. At one point when I was wondering what I could drop and still have ALMOST all of it, I had an epiphany which told me I can and will have it all! I didn’t drop anything; I didn’t add more work/jobs yet, money just came to me!!! It was the weirdest thing! I never had to scrounge for the rent; I rode the bike EVERY weekend a minimum of 100 miles AND I got all the sessions, classes and went to all the groups meetings! If I could bottle and sell that, I’d be even wealthier than I am now!

One thing that was really interesting. I did start a class in my apartment. I usually had about 6 (at times I’d actually had 10 but overcrowded the room) people yet, for a time, I had only two. They came religiously although, they almost always came late (they were a couple). Others would come and go, but never stayed. It was weird. One day, they came late and I addressed the issue that we started the class at 7 p.m. and I expected them to be on time. (she was the one who was always late. If/when he came alone, he’d always be on time if not early) She said if I’d start 1/2 hour later, she could be on time. O.k., I did that. She was still late and what’s interesting it was always the same amount of time ~ 7 minutes. Now, how can this be?

Anyway, I told her that coming late and keeping me waiting, was disrespectful. She told me that she thought I’d just go ahead and start the class. Now, remember she and he WERE the class, which I pointed out to her. Right after my talk with her, she called and said that another class she was taking was switching to the night my class was and she was going to stay with that one. O.k., now I’m down one student. No, I’m not! The following week, 3 new people came to class! HUH? How’s that work?

Now, a couple weeks later, I have to have a talk with him because he’s telling me how and what I should teach; what music I should play; whether I should have the windows open or closed so, I call him and tell him that if he doesn’t like what I’m doing or how I’m doing it, stay home. He did! Guess what? 3 more students show up!!! Now, I’ve got six!

I don’t know how this all works out but from then on, I had average 6-8 people (which was comfortable for the room size) every single week.

Final notes: What happens in our lives depends on us. In the first scenario, I committed to having what I wanted. It was just a mind change. That’s it! I didn’t take on anymore jobs/work.. just said “I’m going to have it all!” and I did.

In the second scenario, things got so bad that I just couldn’t take it anymore. My lil monkey-mind chatter said that IF I talked to them about their behavior, I could lose them and the money I was getting from them. HEY! That’s $50 a month!! Well, you know what? It came to a point where I told myself, I’d rather lose that than have two people mis-treat me on a weekly basis. I set the boundaries and the universe responded. I taught that class for YEARS; stayed in that apartment for 12; received weekly sessions and monthly group trainings for 16 years and am still going for Monday night class for over 22 years now.

So, what’s the point of all this? I started this after reading one more time someone saying they can’t afford a VitaMix, a good food processor or an Excalibur Dehydrator, etc. They’ve given themselves a budget and trying to go cheap. That $100 they want to spend on a cheap blender would serve them better if they’d find some way to create more income so they can get the VM. Cheap blenders and juicers are just that. They don’t last when one uses them on a daily basis. They’ll leak or break down after a few weeks/months and that $100 is gone. My suggestion ~ make more money. Find a way to create some income so you can be, do and have what you want! Don’t go cheap on yourself.

Oh yes, I can hear you saying “but times are tough right now!” Well, are they really or is it because the media is saying so? More people are becoming wealthier now than ever before. There are more ways of creating income than every before! Also, a lot of it has to do with mindset. As long as one keeps reading/watching the bad news instead of looking around to see what they can appreciate, then they’re going to believe what’s in the bad news.

Here’s a solution: Listen to my podcasts on Celebrating Your Potential where I have guests on who are uplifting! Go to the library and read books on people who have struggled and made it. Look here for uplifting books I recommend which have assisted me. Most of all, make a commitment daily to be, do and have what YOU want in THIS life! Do something every day to achieve that! People I’ve worked with are amazed at what they are currently doing. Things they never thought when they met me a couple of years previously, that they’d be doing now.

I’d love to hear from you what you’ve done to uplift yourself whether it was getting more work, creating and selling items… what keeps you going?

Injoy,

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For instance, they go to a “friend” or family member’s home and their families don’t accept them for what they do or who they are. Maybe they’ve changed their food program; maybe it’s the way they are raising their children; maybe it’s the spouse or even a new name they’ve chosen. Whatever!!!!

Instead of sitting with them and having an intelligent discussion, they (family members/”friends”) will roll their eyes, make sarcastic comments or show some other signs of disapproval. 

After that, the people who are not getting the support get upset and will write it out on a forum or go to people who DO support them, or come here and complain about these people. If you are one of these people, while you are NOT at this “friend’s” (see the quotes?) or family member’s home, ask yourself these questions:

1~ If I didn’t attach the word “friend” or “dad”, “mom” “aunt” “uncle”, “relative” to this person (these people), would I still hang out with them?

2~ why am I still trying to get them to accept me? 

3~  what will I have if they do accept me?

4~ why don’t I just go out and find people who know me as I am instead of trying to change others?

5~ how is it I don’t like them wanting me to change yet, I want them to be the way “I” want them to be?

6~ what’s the worst that can happen if I eliminate them from my life?

7~ what’s the best that can happen if I eliminate them from my life?

8~ why do I keep going back? 

Here are a few sentence completions (say the stem and complete it. Repeat 6-10 times with different endings):

a) One reason I keep dealing with people who don’t support me is….

b) One reason I feel guilty for being me (not seeing them on holidays; living YOUR life, etc.) is….

c) One reason I look outside myself for love and acceptance is…

d) If I found love and acceptance internally…

That’s one method I use to help clients get clarity on their issues whether they be financial, relational, physical, etc. 

Living one’s life in freedom ~ freedom from looking outward for others’ approval ~ is amazing! The more we keep ourselves locked up and playing small, the “safer” we think we are yet, I see so much unhappiness when people do this. At the end of our lives, do we want to say “… what if I had…” or “I’m so glad I did…”?

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The only thing I’ve made so far is the Mango Lassi. It is VERY good. Here ya go:

Soak Almonds 6+ hours if using.

2 C. cashew or almond milk

2 mangos, peeled and cut off pit

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

2 T. honey or to taste (or agave)

Blend well. Serves 2.

As I make more recipes, I’ll not necessarily post them but will let you know what works for me and what doesn’t. 

Enough for now. Remember, revel and life and always, play with your food.

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How is it people will interrupt you while speaking with another and say: “I don’t meant to interrupt you but…” and very few people will say “Then don’t” or “.. then why are you?” or… “… yes, you do since you’re doing it.”

This came up recently in an online discussion where I’d stated something and the responder said: “Not to argue against what you are saying but… ” then proceeding to ague against what I was saying.

If you’ve got something to say, say it! Don’t mealy mouth by trying to control someone’s potential response to what you say. I think what’s interesting about us as people is, many times we will preclude something in an attempt to control another.

This is something we learn to do as children… manipulate. We carry it into adulthood not even realizing we’re doing it. We sometimes call it being polite. Well, when you are interrupting two people in conversation, you are interrupting and you mean to do it. Just like kids we are, aren’t we? So, what’s a better thing to say? Acknowledge the interruption ~ “Excuse me for interrupting. May I just ask a quick question…?” or whatever.

What I’ve also found is how easy it is FOR us to allow an interruption. Would it be rude to ask the interruptor to wait until we’re finished with our conversation before engaging with that person?

I see this at networking meetings constantly and am at fault myself occasionally and will put more focus on being polite when others are speaking whether in the front of the room, or to another.

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What a delightful surprise!!!

Let’s start with the Pancakes:

First of all, remember to look at the timing and preparation. The pecans are to be soaked 8-12 hours. So, overnight is good. Also, he says to set aside the blueberries but doesn’t say to set aside the 2 C. maple syrup. Save the last 2 cups of maple syrup/agave for pouring OVER the pancakes not INTO the recipe! Vitally important.

I dehydrated for 24 hours or so. What’s good about the dehydrating time is, you can vary it to how you want your pancakes. I was surprised that they take so long to dehydrate but, there it is! Btw ~ they were scrumptious! I served them to a class my husband was having. He said they were better than “real” pancakes which he’d never liked. All the participants liked them as well. We’ve got a winner here!

The Bacon:

My bad. I started this off wrong by using 2 T. of salt instead of one to do whatever it is one needs to do to bacon at the beginning. For me, it ended up saltier than I like.
The other thing is, there’s prep here, as well. 1-2 hours for salting and tossing the eggplant; 2 hours for soaking the chipotle chile and marinating eggplant for 30-45 minutes. Dehydration time is 24-36 hours.

I would also use one dried chipotle chile instead of 1/2 and be sure to use enough water so you’ll have 1/2 C. for the recipe.

All-in-all, I thought this was very good and very bacon-like.

Would I make these again? Absolutely… just not very often because of prep time.

Stars:
5 for taste
3 for directions on pancakes

Until next time ~ remember, revel in life and always, play with your food.

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