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Mindful Monday is a tradition where we take a few minutes to reflect on the week gone by and the one ahead.

Feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

What Are You Grateful for This Week?

• Canadian Hockey: Yesterday the Canadian hockey team won the gold medal in the winter Olympics, and it was epic. There was no shortage of cheering on the streets of downtown Toronto, and it was just such a fun time to be Canadian. ;)
• Meeting New Friends: I’ve been making connections left and right, some of which are just so much fun and I am super grateful! Check out Liz Rice for her veg*/eco friendly events, Justine for her Etsy marketing materials, and Bianca for her freelancing. I’m also grateful for meeting with my wildly brilliant friends Tara and Jamie!
• The End of February: With the end of February comes March! I am super grateful for both the warmer (I assume) weather and the fact that SXSW is coming up! If you’ll be at SXSWi let me know, I’d love to meet you. :)

What Do You Intend for The Coming Week?

• Rolling Out the Goodies: I’ve been hard at work creating my next set of recipe videos, and a new recipe book. I’m super excited that this week I get to share a piece with everyone!
• Recipes & More Recipes: I’ll likely have my head in the recipes for a big chunk of this week, not that I mind. I can’t wait to share what my next Big Thing is going to be! :)
• More Live Events: Working on promoting my next live raw event, happening in April. I’m hosting another live Spread Your Raw Food Wings class here in Toronto, woohoo! There are only half the spots left, so if you want in click here to sign up.

Your turn, now

Leave a comment below and let me know what you’re grateful for this week, and what you intend for the coming week.

Mindful Monday is a tradition where we take a few minutes to reflect on the week gone by and the one ahead.

Feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

This week I’m taking some time away from the computer. That’s right, I’m celebrating both Chinese New Year with my boyfriend Robin, and Valentines Day.

So this post is actually a scheduled post that I wrote on Friday. Enjoy and feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

What Are You Grateful For This Week?

• Systems! I’m really working on streamlining my business systems and so far it’s working out quite nicely. I’m glad I’m building these things into place now and not waiting until things get too complicated to fix them.
• Videos! I’m really grateful for having made and published the Raw Relationships video with my boyfriend Robin. I’ve been getting a lot of good feedback and it’s just awesome to hear that it’s helpful for people.
• Dentists! Okay, maybe not grateful for going to the dentist but I’m grateful that it’s my last appointment until summer. Plus it was one of the shorter rendez-vous with a dentist I’ve had so that was something to be grateful about too!

What Are Your Intentions For the Coming Week?

• Partnerships: Partnerships and working together with other people have really been on my mind lately. I know that all of the ideas and details will sort themselves out nicely this week and the next.
• To Crank Out Some Good Stuff: As you know, I’m working on my next project and things are starting to shape up nicely. This week I’m really going to be pouring my creative and productive energy into getting this stuff in a presentable form and out of my head!
• Figuring Tax Stuff Out: In general my tax situation is pretty simple, but I want to get some momentum on this so it doesn’t come back and bite me later.

Interviews

I’ve been interviewed over at EpicSelf and you’ll definitely want to hear what I have to say about raw food, paleo diets, and other topics there!

Over To You Now…

Leave a comment and let us know what you’re grateful for today, and what you intend for next week!

Mindful Monday is a tradition where we take a few minutes to reflect on the week gone by and the one ahead.

Feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

What Are You Grateful for This Week?

• Friendships in bloom: Yesterday I went to Jamie Riddler’s Full Moon Dreamboard circle and all of my Toronto twitter people were there! :) It was so awesome to see all these great ladies again and meet new ones too: Jennie, Tara, Lynn, Anita, and of course Jamie!
• That space between: At the circle, we each got to pick a card and explain why we think we got that card. Mine was “wait” and on the back of the card it said: sometimes the best action is no action at all. This stopped me in my tracks, because I’m very much the go-getter action type. Yet I have been feeling like I’m between things, like I know where I want to go but it’s just not ready for me yet. Now with this “wait” card I think I can stop worrying about making this happen and just wait for them. They’re coming for sure, it’s just a matter of time now.
• Puppies! My boyfriend Robin and I have been talking about getting a dog for awhile. Marie Forleo recently got a puppy (a mighty cute one at that) and it’s been stirring up my ambition for a dog. So I put lots of cute dog pictures on my dreamboard.

My dreamboard for the year ahead.

What Do You Intend For The Coming Week?

• Overhauling: This week I intend to go through the site and my systems with a fine comb and improve the little things that add up to bigger things.
• Wrap up January: There were a lot of little things that I didn’t quite wrap up for January since my friend was visiting. Now is the perfect time to clean up and organize a little.
• Preparing and planning: For my live event happening this Saturday Feb 6th. For the most part it’s ready to go, but I still need to buy the food and get things polished up!

What Are You Delegating?

Jen from Inspired Home Office delegates to God or the Universe, whichever works. I love the concept!

• Finding the remaining 2 right people for my Spread Your Raw Food Wings Event this Saturday February 6th, 2010 in Toronto, Canada.
• Figuring out the details on an upcoming project I want to get involved in.
• Migrating everything over to a new system as smoothly, easily, and quickly as possible.
• Finding the time to do more creative play in the evenings.
• Getting all the little bits and pieces ready for my class this Saturday so that everyone has a great time, learns a lot, and enjoys some delicious food!

Guest Posts

Read my guest post at Write To Done called “How to Leave Your Readers Better Than You Found Them“.

Check out my guest post at Evolving Wellness called “You Don’t Need Drugs Once You’ve Tried the Gateway Drug to Healthy Eating“.

Your turn to be mindful…

Leave a comment below and share what you’re grateful for, what you intend, and what you delegate.

Or just share 1 thing you’re being mindful about…

Mindful Monday is a tradition where we take a few minutes to reflect on the week gone by and the one ahead.

Feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

So here’s what I’m being mindful about this week…

What Are You Grateful For This Week?

• Having an Unplugged Week-end: Or as Goddess Leonie would call it, having a switched off Sunday. I didn’t turn on my computer at all this week-end and it felt oh so good! Not checking my email took a lot of self-control, but it was also very liberating. And knowing that everyone who emailed me would be fine if I didn’t reply within a few hours was great too.
• My live class more than half full: I’m really grateful at how quickly my live raw food class is filling up. We’ve only got 4 more spots left and I’m so excited to be meeting all the wonderful people who have signed up! Click here to see if one of these spots are for you.
• Playing Card Games and Board Games: On the week-end I played card games and Settlers of Catan with my boyfriend and our friends. I even won a few times! In line with my Virgo-ness I try to “play to win” or at least play to not look like an idiot. But this week-end I really didn’t care if I won or not, and it was really fun. Not to mention that I learned some new Chinese words in the process.

What Are Your Intentions for the Coming Week?

• Setting Time Aside for Writing: I’ve got lots of ideas, as usual, and sitting down to write them out is my next step. These may end up as articles for this blog, as guest posts, or articles for The Cue.
• Reining in my thoughts and picking a name: I’m working on my Next Project and the name keeps escaping me. I tinker with the potential name for a day or two. Then a week goes by and I still haven’t settled it. This week I’m picking a name and making some stuff happen on that project!
• Promoting my Bewitch Your Spouse eCourse: Getting along with a partner who isn’t raw is one of the questions I get asked the most. Usually people bring it up in private, as if there was something wrong with them for not being able to go raw with a reluctant spouse. Trust me when I say it’s a lot more common than you think! I’ve been there and I plan to share my experience and know-how with anyone who needs help with their spouse or partner.

What Do You Leave for the Universe to Figure Out?

Last week I read Jen’s post on Inspired Home Office about delegating to God or the Universe, whichever works for you. I love the concept and decided to give it a try this week on Mindful Monday!

• Finding a Place for my Friend: A good friend of mine has recently relocated to Toronto and is looking for an apartment. She’s been staying at my place for the past week and sleeping on our inflated mattress. :) I’m letting the Universe find and secure her a great place to live!
• Getting images for a Dreamboard: I’m attending Jamie Ridler’s dreamboard circle this Sunday and am letting the Universe bring me the images I need to create it.
• Finishing the Month with Flying Colors: I’m letting the Universe align me with all the right people who need my work in the form of 1 on 1 coaching clients starting in February.

Your Turn!

Let me know what you’re grateful for, and your intentions are, and what you’re delegating to the Universe this week. Leave a comment below!

Mindful Monday is a tradition where we take a few minutes to reflect on the week gone by and the one ahead.

Feel free to join in the fun by commenting!

What Are You Grateful For Today?

• The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide: I think I got the idea to read this book from Havi’s blog. I knew I identified with being a sensitive person, but I was surprised to “ace” the quiz in the book. Anyways, the reason I’m so grateful for this book is that it’s giving me tips and tricks that I’ve known about or applied before, but have fallen out of use. It’s the little nudge I needed to get back into my healthy meditation / relaxation habits.
• Earplugs: One of the recommendations for highly sensitive people is to use earplugs to get true silence. I used to wear earplugs to sleep during college because I had some loud video game playing / partying neighbors. I thought I was done with earplugs but I think I’m going to give them another go and see how it improves my sleep.
• Developing Friendships: I’ve been meeting tons of fun new people here in Toronto. From Dave of rocking films, to Jamie who is hosting a dreamboard creation circle at the end of the month. And of course there’s Tara, Jennie, Yafa, and my geek girls! :)

What Are Your Intentions For the Coming Week?

• Slow morning ritual: One of the aha’s I got from reading The Highly Sensitive Person’s Survival Guide is that I was designing my morning ritual in a rushed way. Trying to get through the morning ritual so I can get to work already. This week I’m open to experiencing a slow, relaxed morning ritual.
• Allowing my creativity to flow: I’ve been working on some more artistic painting-like ideas for the site. This week I’m giving my computer the night off so I can focus on those in a gentle but open way.
• To share some awesome tips, ideas, and secrets on how to change your diet with a reluctant spouse or partner! The free call I’m doing with Annie Lin has the potential to change lives, or at least relationships. Sign up now!

Live Raw Food Class in Toronto, Canada

I’m holding a Spread Your Raw Food Wings Class live and in person here in Toronto, Canada. You can get more details and register for the class here.

Over To You…

Now it’s your turn to share what you’re grateful for this week… and what your intentions are for the coming week. Leave a comment below and have a mindful monday!

Photo by Mike Baird

Time Sensitive Announcement

This is just a quick reminder that today is the last day to score some cheap one-on-one raw coaching with me. If you’ve been on the fence about working with me to go raw or eliminate cravings, then this is your time!

• Get Your 1 Hour Magick Power Session at $48 instead of $74.
• Or Buy 4 Hours of Inspired Raw Coaching for $192 instead of $296.

I don’t see myself hosting another moving sale like this again (I’ve got a 1 year lease, naturally) so strike while the iron is hot. Or raw, or whatever.

Sale ends TONIGHT at 9pm EST.

Guest Post Goodies

Since I’m moving this week-end I wanted to leave you with lots of posts to read. Here are a number of the guest posts I’ve written in the last month or two.

• Living Goddess, Living Food at Goddess Guidebook: Read about my journey, or what I call my raw food faerytale, on becoming a Goddess. Leonie really inspires me every day through her blog, so it was an honor to write my story for her and other beautiful Goddesses.
• Jungle of Food Choices at Jungle of Life: In this post I discuss the parallel between the wild jungle and our own modern jungle of food choices. This post generated a great discussion and I encourage you to read through the comments. Lance is a great supporter and I’m so grateful to have presented my ideas with Jungle of Lifers.
• Loving your Life Means Loving your Food at Lyved: This post is all about finding the love of food in a healthy sustainable way, even if that means eating “healthy food”. I really enjoyed writing about ways to make healthy foods fun and enjoyable, and mentioning my ever magickal green smoothies.
• Save Money & Boost Energy at Work at Work Happy Now: When Karl asked me to write a guest post on the benefits of eating raw at work, it turned out to be a great exercise in making the most of your day by making sound food choices. I loved writing this post and I’m so grateful to Karl for letting me share some of my experiences with eating raw at work.
• Late Summer Peach Cobbler Recipe at Eco-Chick: I consider myself to be an eco-chick and I love Starre’s blog motto: “Mother Earth is a Woman.” I knew people would enjoy a glimpse into the world of raw food, and since peaches are in season here in Canada this recipe came at the right time. Let me know how you like it!

Inspiring Reads

Here are a bunch of great recent articles from around the blogosphere. Enjoy these on your long week-end and let me know if any of these really resonated with you.

• Raw Punks by Candy at Avocado Meet Zucchini: I love this post about the techniques for getting kids to eat raw. The photos are great candid glimpses into the life of young raw punks in training. Go Candy!
• Paper Towel Alternatives by Carla at Green and Chic: I love the concept and I’m so glad Carla posted about these great paper towel alternatives. Disposables aren’t necessary, and this is such a cool product.
• “Is it okay to eat ___?” by Gena at Choosing Raw: This is a question I get often too, and I’m really glad Gena decided to tackle it. She really digs down to the root of our questions about what is okay to eat.
• Together, we are Unlimited by Kyeli at Freak Revolution: This is an awesome article that really relates to the Raw Foods Witch theme of being different… a witch in a mundane world. Now I just need to watch the Wicked musical.
• Two Magick Words: Start Again by Kate at Crazy Sexy Life: If you’ve been feeling the blah’s lately then this article is here to give you permission to start again. I often find that when the student is ready, the teacher shows up.

How will you Enjoy your Long Week-end?

I’ll be moving to Toronto this week-end, how will you be spending it? Let us know in the comments, and I’ll see you all next week!

Photo by Louise Docker

One of the things I learned early on in life is that an attitude of gratitude goes a long way. Sometimes it helps to say thank you to nothing in particular, and other times it helps to highlight the people that make your life better.

These are some of the delightful people I’ve been blessed to work and interact with, while bringing more raw food magick into their lives. They’re all outstanding, so check them out. :)

Emily of Hello!Self: Emily was inspired by the first free Raw Food teleclass I gave. It was so humbling to see Emily undertake a raw food trial shortly after the class too! Emily is a Life Coaching for Positive Living, you can follow Emily on twitter @HelloSelf.

Rohan of Rohan Mitchell: Rohan is a Software Engineer (not unlike myself!) living in Australia (unlike me) who shares his passion for personal development and freelancing. Rohan is into veganism, and my latest love Dance of Shiva. He mentioned giving green smoothies a try, so follow him on twitter @RohanM.

Kyeli of Freak Revolution: Kyeli is like my long lost faeriedust sprinkling sister, who also loves Buffy The Vampire Slayer. She is currently doing a rejuvenating self-care retreat while going raw, so send her lots of love and support, read her microfiction and comment, or follow her on twitter @Kyeli. You can do it Kyeli! :)

Sean of RebootSelf: Sean is an inspiration to anyone who wants to change. He has quit alcohol, smoking, and coffee. Now he’s retooling his eating plan and has started a raw food trial. Let him know what a fantastic job he’s doing and follow him on twitter @RebootSelf.

Andrea of Holistic Show: Andrea is the host of Holistic FM and she exudes a passion for helping parents make great choices. She’s a green smoothie mommy and we share a lot of common ideals. Follow her on twitter @HolisticMom.

Sigve of Sigve Alsvik: Sigve is a long time raw foodie from Norway who is a passionate multimedia musician. He’s got a great creative flair and is a wonderful person to connect with on twitter @SigveA.

Nathalie of One Peaceful World: We share the same name, and we happen to have a lot more in common than I originally thought. ;) Nathalie is a recovered lawyer into human rights, health, and living in a peaceful world. We need more lawyers like her, so follow her on twitter @NathalieMe.

Carla of Green & Chic: Carla and I met through personal development blogs, and as it turns out we both like things that are green and chic. I just wanted to commend Carla for her dedication to her health as an MS survivor, and for the incredible transformation that she’s undergone. Follow her on twitter @CarlaRose.

Now I’m passing the gratitude flowers onto you, who would you like to say thank you to? You can do so in the comments publicly, or just send an email to someone you appreciate!

Sending lots of raw magick juice your way!