Do YOU suffer from reflux, hypothyroidism, eating disorders, heartburn, bloating, low energy, emotional and/or depressive issues? Watch my interview with Scott Mathias, Digestive Health Specialist, Raw Food Chef, and author of “Understanding the Devine Gut”. We delve into the CAUSE of a wide variety of upset, illness and disease within the body when digestion is poor and not working properly. FASCINATING and HIGHLY INFORMATIVE interview! credit repair company WATCH IT NOW!
READ MORE →HOW You Eat is Just As Important As WHAT You Eat and WHEN! Many of you have heard me talk about food designers before. They have the task of creating the perfect ratio of fat, sugar and salt in a food product that will create opiates in the brain to have you craving more! People already restricting themselves find these cravings overwhelming and will often berate themselves and feel like failures, believing they have no willpower or motivation. This often leads to comfort or emotional eating, which of course is only feeding the cravings. People try so hard to eat healthy,
READ MORE →Don’t Eat Anything Your Great-Grandmother Wouldn’t Recognise As Food! I saw this pic recently and thought, That’s so right! My own great-grandmother lived to a beautiful and delicate age of 100 years old! The bulk of what she ate came from nature: out of the garden, off a tree, grown on the farm and made at home. She ate good food, took good care of herself and lived a long, often hard, but satisfying life. I can’t help but notice the difference in food quality between our grandparents time and now. They ate fresh fruit and vegetables as standard. Much of our
READ MORE →My Personal Story Breast Cancer and the BRCA Tests I felt compelled to write this newsletter after watching and listening to all the media talk on Angelina Jolie’s choice for a double mastectomy after the results of her BRCA tests. I’m sure there are many other women (and men) out there in a similar position who have spent a split second wondering if they made the right choice because of a celebrity making hers, or who are now beginning to wonder about their own health in this area after seeing the news. As this media announcement is personal to my own circumstances, I am sharing my story here
READ MORE →Well, the very first Raw Cacao “Easy Chocolate Delights” workshop was held at Sauce, The Sauce Kitchen in Toowoomba yesterday – Saturday 11th May 2013 – and it was an absolute success! Take a look at all the photos on the FB page here! 16 people (plus one very generous friend as my kitchen helper, and my amazing media manager and partner) all gathered at Sauce, The Sauce Kitchen to learn about, create and EAT real and easy chocolate delights, all made from the raw cacao bean!
READ MORE →Stress-related Conditions CAN Happen To Anyone No matter who you are or what you do for a living, we all experience a degree of stress. Are you feeling down, anxious, tired, overwhelmed.. everyday, ordinary people can easily be overcome by prolonged stress when we ignore the signs and symptoms from our own body and mood. What can you do about it to help yourself and manage your stress before it leads to stress-related conditions, illness and disease? Take a 15 minute break to watch this interesting and humble interview with Steve Lynes, Owner of Fitness Works Gym in Toowoomba, to learn ways to identify your own levels of stress, and
READ MORE →Easy Chocolate Delights Workshop! Come join me in learning how to make 5 easy and yummy chocolate treat recipes, made with REAL and RAW Cacao – the number ONE antioxidant food in the world! I will demonstrate with your help and everyone will sample! The recipes will be compiled into a small booklet for you to take home and create for yourself, complete with nutritional information on all ingredients used, AND along with your own personal goodies bag of Easy Chocolate Delights! YUM! Learn how easily you can make and incorporate delicious, healthy and nutritious chocolate delights into your eating plan with the help of one of the
READ MORE →“Stress contributes to 90% of the diseases we suffer from today.” ~ Dr Bruce Lipton (Developmental Biologist) This quote and medical fact is the reason I spend so much time educating my students and clients about the Stress Response and how it affects their mind, body and spirit on a daily basis. Meditation promotes the Relaxation Response and is one of the best antidotes to stress there is. Meditation is an achievable and beautiful pathway to self-awareness, inner peace and stressing less for healing and health. The Term 2 Monday Evening Weekly class began last week and has grown 3 times the size since
READ MORE →My Top 5 Natural Sweeteners We all know that sugar is bad for you and contributes to various health issues. So here are my top 5 natural sweeteners that are full of vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids that will contribute to your nutritional health without compromising on taste. Simply pick one according to your preference! 1. Coconut sugar — As the coconut tree is a palm, this means that coconut sugar is a type of palm sugar. It is made from the sap of cut flower buds off the coconut palm, and is a traditional sweetener that’s been used for
READ MORE →Orange Almond Cake REAL FOOD FRIDAY I came up with this very simple, easy and delicious one-bowl cake a few weeks ago (April 2013) and have since created variations of “Orange Chocolate Cake” and “Carrot Cake with Nuts and Seeds”. It’s a winner! The whole family loves this little beauty. It’s moist, satisfying and best when served warm. Best bit is it’s gluten and dairy free, and sweetened with nutritious coconut sugar! Enjoy Viki xo Gluten & Diary Free Orange Almond Cake! Ingredients: 2 cups of Almond Meal 1 tblsp ground Linseed OR LSA (linseed, sunflower and almond
READ MORE →Ho’oponopono.. Pronounced “hoh OH pohno pohno,” it is the ancient Hawaiian system of healing, problem solving and transformation. If you’ve been carrying around guilt, blame, regret, anger or shame… perhaps practising Ho’oponopono for forgiveness, is just what your mind, body and spirit need. In Hawaiian the word means “to make right or to rectify an error.” This may not necessarily be something literal that you have done. An “error” can also be a memory (or memories) of emotions, words, situations and behaviours that replay in your subconscious mind and feed your limiting beliefs. By practising Ho’oponopono, we are able to open our subconscious minds to
READ MORE →Breathe Your Way to Relaxation Your breath is vital for your health, healing and well-being. We so often don’t even notice our own breath even though it is the reason we sustain life. want credit Below is a quote from Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn, pioneer of MBSR – Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction. He has a wonderful way of explaining your breath and why it’s so important: “Take the breath, for instance. We take it so much for granted. Unless, that is, you have a bad cold or can’t breathe. Then all of a sudden, the breath may become the only thing
READ MORE →MindBodyFood TV! Digestion, Bloating, Gas and Gut Health: Symptoms, Causes & Treatment Why is our gut health so important to health, vitality and wellbeing? In this episode of MindBodyFood TV, I talk with Linda from Zest Natural Therapies about: What can go wrong with our gut? What symptoms or problems can we experience? Which treatments or remedies can assist us in rebalancing our gut health? online payday loans ontario To find out CLICK HERE!! And look out for further interviews with a variety of professionals in the health and wellbeing fields who will
READ MORE →For many of us, time management is a source of stress. When we have so many things to do and not enough time to do them in, it’s very easy to feel overwhelmed, lose focus and flounder. So if you’re ready to put more life and more action into your day, then get a pen and paper (or print out this newsletter) and write down this simple system. It consists of 3 basic steps. Here they are: 1. Write down all the tasks you want to get done today in order of importance. 2. Assign a specific block of
READ MORE →GoodLife If you’re lacking energy, life balance, direction, good nutrition, healthy body image or supportive relationships, then take action NOW towards creating a life you love! 12 Weeks to positive changes using my Achieving Your Wellness workbook alongside my guidance, support, inspiration and motivation! Click Here for details or EMAIL ME NOW and take action today to achieve your health and wellness! Yours in Health and Happiness Viki xo instant no fax payday loansincreasingly
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