Trusting Our Children

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sherry

I distinctly remember thinking when I was a child, that “if my parents would treat me with the same kindness and respect that that they treated the people outside of our family, there would be little to no conflict between us”. This I suspected would have spared me from the pain and shame they unconsciously used, to get me to comply with their preferences and expectations……I also remember vowing to myself that I would remember what it was like to be a child, and therefore would be able to communicate to my own children, in a way that was respectful to their feelings.

Yet, like all parents, I too on more occasions than I care to admit, succumb to the old ways of parenting through power struggles with my children.

The problem is not that we need to learn new parenting skills to raise our children, but rather, that we need to unlearn the “parenting program” that our parents passed down to us.

The secret of parenting is simple, and it applies as much to parenting, as it does all relationships. “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. That is simply it.

If you wouldn’t say what you say to your children, in the way that you say it, to a friend, then you shouldn’t be saying it, or at the very least be saying it in the way you said it to your child!!

This is common sense! Yet we try to get around it, in our impatience, hidden agendas and fear of losing control.

Consensus Between Parent and Child

Realize that it is possible to meet both your own needs and your child’s needs without compromise. Consensus is not compromise. Consensus is looking at the big picture and coming up with a higher way or solution to meet the needs of everyone involved. Our children need us to uphold what is best for them.

Can you imagine what it must be like to live around adults?

How would you like to be “ordered around”, have your decisions made for you and physically forced against your will to eat, go to bed and stop what you are doing, at a moments notice due to the conveniences of someone else’s agenda?
This is not even to speak of the physical and emotional abuse that many children must tragically endure.

Embracing Our Children’s Innocence

Let us recognize and embrace our children’s innocence…..I am so disheartened when I hear such statements such as “children are manipulative”, “bad”, “defiant” or “destructive”.

NO! THAT IS NOT WHO THE CHILD IS!!! Those behaviors come out of unmet needs! Needs that are our responsibility as the parents.

We must embrace our children’s innocence, and recognize that the problem is not with the child, never was and never will be!

If we can assume our child is innocent, we can stop and ask what is the right response in this moment? As we interact with our children, do we react to them with our unconscious “parenting programs” or are we responding to a sentient, innocent and vulnerable human being worthy of our love, respect and care?

How can we expect respect from our children if we do not treat them with respect?

Connection fosters respect. Your children want to please you from a place of desiring to feel your joy, rather than out of fear of your disapproval or your withholding of love. This also applies to the other side of the coin.

Children act defiant, because we humans have evolved to have what Gordon Neufeld refers to as “counter will”, it is a protective instinct! So called defiant children are not bad!!! This instinct and impulse to do the opposite of what we are told, arises out of a place of protection. Protection that is, from those who would have us do something that is not in our best interests! It only arises within us when the person telling us what to do, has hidden agendas or when that person has not established a connection with us.

When parenting becomes a struggle, we must ask ourselves what is wrong with our approach to the child, not what is wrong with the child?

We must trust the innocence of our children, and trust our selves to know how to parent in the way that we would want to be parented ourselves.

Let us come back to relating to our children as a path of conscious parenting. This is our greatest practice as conscious parents, and it is the only way to transcend painful so-called misbehavior. If we focus on the behavior instead of the child, we will continue to see more of the behavior, that is a fact. While if we focus on the relationship, we will see the true essence of our child as the behavior slips away.

Relationship is everything.

It seems appropriate to leave you with the profound insights of Kahil De Brahn.
“Your children are not your children, they are sons and daughters of life’s longing for itself. They come through you, but not from you, and though they are with you, they belong not to you. You may give them your love, but not your thoughts, for they have their own thoughts. You may strive to be like them, but do not seek to make them like you. For life goes not backwards nor terry’s with yesterday.”

Let us bestow not only instinctual love upon our children, but also respect for who they are. Let us also stand with reverence for who they are to become, for we are very likely giving birth to souls who are much more evolved than we are! Children are our teachers. Let us embrace not only their innocence, but also their inherent wisdom. We can trust our child’s natural unfolding, as deeply as we can trust ourselves to know the difference between whether or not our actions, words and deeds as parents demonstrate love, respect and kindness. We do not have to question that. We can always feel it, within our soul’s wisdom.

Resources for Conscious Parenting:
www.alfiekohn.org
www.gordonneufeld.com
www.naomialdort.com

Birth as a Blueprint for Parenting

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sherry

Many people complain that children should come with a manual, but few realize that they actually do!

The issue is not that we are not well equipped to know how to raise our children, rather the problem is that we have forgotten how to trust the “parenting manual” that resides within our soul.

This blueprint for parenting is not hidden, and we do not have to be spiritual to discover or decipher it. The knowledge of how to raise this child is inherent and it is given to us the moment we conceive our baby. If this is true, we ask, then why do so few parents claim their inner parenting wisdom?

The truth is that the voice of our soul’s wisdom, has been drowned out by much louder and stronger voices. While the soul whispers truth, the collective ego shouts fear. We have been hypnotized by a culture that asks us to trust the experts, to fear losing our individual autonomy as women and to maintain control over our children. It takes a powerful woman to stand up and claim her power in the midst of many who shout “no” to all that her inner voice is asking of her.

Birth is The Blueprint

From the moment of conception, we are being downloaded with the blueprint of how to raise the child that is forming in our womb. We are intimately connected with the child’s soul.

It is at this time that we can choose to either “tune in” and turn up the volume on our intuition or to “switch stations” altogether and enter the trance of society’s agenda for how we will raise our child.The choices we make prenatally and the self responsibility we choose to assume for our baby’s birth, sets the tone for how we will mother.

Even while our baby is in the womb, we are potentially creating lifelong patterns with him or her; and we all know how hard it is to break the patterns in our relationships.

If we need experts to manage our birth experience, we will naturally go on to make those same experts responsible for our child’s health and well-being.

If you feel the inner calling to claim your power as the wise woman healer of your family, know that you are well equipped to.

Surround yourself with other women who also feel this calling so that you can support and uphold one another.For those times when you feel that you need to consult with someone, allow your inspiration to guide you to toward experts or teachers who empower you to assume your own power and responsibility, rather than tell you what to do.

In time, the doubt within you that asks you to second guess your intuition (a.k.a. the tribal voices such as family, tradition, religion and culture) will start to quiet down. The less power and authority you give others over your choices, the less they will feel compelled to voice their criticism (and this includes your own inner critic!).

So then, will you rise up as wise woman healer and claim your baby’s manual?

Resources for Embracing Your Power Inner Parenting Blueprint and yourself as the Wise Woman Healer in your Family:

Birth:
Birth and Breastfeeding by Michel Odent
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering by Dr. Sarah Buckley www.sarahjbuckley.com

Freebirth:
Unassisted Childbirth-Laura Shanley www.unassistedchildbirth.com
Primal Mothering in Modern World by Hygeia Halfmoon

Health:
Healing Wise-Susun Weed www.susunweed.com
Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child by Janet Zand, Robert Rountree, and Rachel Walton

Parenting:

You are Your Child’s First Teacher

by Rahima Baldwin Dancy www.waldorfinthehome.org
Hold onto Your Kids by Gordon Nuefeld and Dr. Gabor Mate www.gordonneufeld.com
Raising Our Kids, Raising Ourselves by Naomi Aldort www.naomialdort.com
Unconditional Parenting by Alfie Kohn www.alfiekohn.org

Homemade Chocolate Chunks

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Sherry

Have a chocolate craving, but want to do without the dairy, wax and white sugar?

These are soooo easy that you can make them faster than you can run to the corner store and buy commercial chocolate chips!

I have to laugh because I have been meaning to make my own chocolate chips for literally about 5 years since I saw the recipe for carob chips in the Nourishing Traditions cookbook! For some reason, I kept putting it off thinking that it would be way to time consuming than it was worth. Isn’t it funny how we sometimes assume that cooking from scratch will just be too hard?

I guarantee you will be pleasantly surprised by the simplicity of making your own chocolate chips at home.

Homemade Chocolate Chunks
(makes 2-3 cups)

What you will need:
1 cup coconut oil
1 cup cocoa powder
1 Tbsp vanilla extract
1/2-3/4 cup honey, maple syrup or unrefined cane sugar

How to do it:
Step 1: Put everything in a small saucepan and melt.
Step 2: Line a baking tray with wax or parchment paper.
Step 3: Pour chocolate in tray and freeze for about 10 min.
Step 4: Cut or break into chocolate chunks.
Step 5: Store in the fridge in an air tight container.

Note: If you use unrefined sugar I have to warn you that it doesn’t melt easily. Once your ingredients are all melted and you taste the chocolate it will taste like there is no sweetener at all and that is because the sugar has sunk to the bottom. You will want to blend in a vitamix or prepare for crunchy choc (which I actually adore)!

Coconut Macaroons

Posted on January 28, 2012 by Sherry

Ever wonder what to do with the egg whites when a recipe calls for just egg yolks. Here is a yummy way to use those leftover egg whites. Your kids will thank you!

Coconut Macaroon Mounds
(makes 22 cookies)

What you will need:
4 egg whites
1/2 cup unrefined sugar or honey
1/2 tsp unrefined salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup almond flour
3 cups shredded coconut

How to do it:
Step 1: Beat egg whites until stiff.
Step 2: Stir in all remaining ingredients.
Step 3: Line a baking tray with parchment paper or grease generously.
Step 4: Form batter into little cookie balls and place on tray.
Step 5: Bake at 325 degrees F for 25 minutes (or until lightly browned).

Let cool completely before serving (otherwise they will seem a bit mushy inside when still warm). Enjoy!

How to: Double duty chicken

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Adrienne

This recipe gets its name because it does so much more than the average roast chicken. Nevermind double duty- we can usually get about 5 meals from one roast chicken…

Step 1: Purchase a med-large whole chicken from a reputable source. (ask if you can get the feet/organs)

Step 2: Thaw the chicken if frozen.

Step 3: Cut the chicken breast off (you can find video demos of how to do this on YouTube). It doesn’t have to be perfect. Set aside (or freeze) meat for homemade nuggets.

Step 4: Put your whole bird into a large pot, slow cooker or casserole dish with a lid.

Step 5: Add water to fill 2/3 full of the casserole. Add 2 Tbsp unrefined salt, 1 Tbsp peppercorns, 3 bay leaves and fresh or dried herbs.

Step 6: Now you have two options. You can put your slowcooker on low and let the chicken cook for as much as 24 hours or you can cover your roaster/casserole dish with lid and put into the oven for 5 hours @ 320 degrees F.

Step 7: If roasting, about 40-50 minutes before the end of the cook time, add plenty of vegetables of your choice. In the slow cooker, vegetables can be added before.

Step 8: When the chicken is ready, the meat will be falling off the bones. Strip the meat off the bones and serve some with the vegetables for dinner. Save and freeze the remaining meat for stirfrys, sandwiches, pizza or whatnot…

Step 9: Pour the stock off into 2 quart jars. You also have the option of blending the remaining stock that won’t fit into the jars with the remaining vegetables (this can be reheated the next day as soup).

If you are diligent, you can still make stock again from the remaining bones, but need to add at least 4 chicken feet to get a decent broth- meaning the gelatin that comes from the feet significantly increases the nutritional value of the broth. You can get chicken feet from great farms, like Harbourside Farms here in Manitoba.

*Before adding chicken feet to your final stock, boil them for 3 minutes and cut off the nails. Add to broth bones, cover with water and add a quarter cup of unpasteurized apple cider vinegar. Let soak for an hour before beginning to cook broth to draw minerals out of the bones.

Broth is good refrigerated for up to a week or can be frozen for later.

(Partly adapted from GAPS: Gut And Psychology Syndrome, by Dr. Natasha Campbell McBride)

9 ways to cut food waste (and save time)

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Adrienne

Do you ever have this feeling that you could be getting MORE from your food? Maybe a tear rolls down your cheek as you scrape yet more veggie odds and ends into the compost. Or maybe you regularly find rotten something-or-anothers way back in the fridge or crisper… Maybe, you just want to make sure you are really getting the most mileage from your whole food dollars…

I think we can start by taking a lesson from our First Nations brothers and sisters in times past. It is a well known fact, for example, that when an animal was hunted, every single part was used - not only out of necessity but also out of respect (something that is sorely lacking in the industrial food system today).

I often reflect on the fact that First Nations thanked their kill and acknowledged that when they died, they would be part of the very same cycle of life- their bodies would provide nourishment for other animals, insect, bacteria…

If we all acknowledged the sacredness of our food and had some sense of where we fit in to the great cycle of life - would we be ok with so much waste?

Whether you look at it from a spiritual, ecological or practical level, making a few simple changes will not only cut waste in your household- it will save time, money and boost the nutritional value of your meals.

Here are a few ideas:

Make a meal plan. This is the mother of all steps. If you take some time to do this on, say, Sunday morning, your whole week will run more smoothly, you ‘ll know what groceries you need, and HOW you can use up all your leftovers. Guaranteed. You can even print off this free one. From us. You’re welcome!
Zest your limes and lemons before juicing them. I can’t tell you how many times this has saved me time and heartache when making a meal that calls for zest. I just have a designated ‘zest’ jar in the freezer and keep adding to it.
Zest lemons and limes before juicing.
Keep a bag of veggie ‘odds n’ ends’ (the stuff you would usually compost) in the fridge or freezer to make broth whenever you need.
Herbs about to go bad? Dry (dehydrate) or wash, chop and throw in the freezer for later.
Freeze milk. If it’s getting close to the due date and you think you might not be able to drink it in time, freeze it and save it for baking later.
Learn a food preservation skill like fermentation which allows you to preserve food (such as any assortment of veggies you have in the fridge) that may be on their last legs. It is fast, easy and will introduce beneficial probiotics into your diet.
Learn how to cook/use all the parts of vegetables. Did you know you can eat carrot tops? Or that beet tops are delicious sauteed? Or that broccoli stalks can be peeled and used in stir-frys?
Save the pulp from juicing. Carrot pulp for example, can be used as great filler in meatballs. Apple pulp can be added to oatmeal or cookies…There are also plenty of recipes for pulp crackers and bread online.
Look beyond the meat! Use as many parts of the animal as possible. Chicken skin can be made into chips. Feet, hocks, bones, etc can be used for broth. Homemade bone broth is a healing, nutrient-dense food. We often use one chicken to make about 4-6 meals in our house. (Get step-by-step instructions for Domestic Diva’s double duty chicken here.)

Do you have any tips for cutting food waste? Share them in the comments!

Want to get off sugar? (but not really)

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Sherry

You know this about sugar right?:

1) Sugar makes you fat.
2) Sugar wreaks havoc on your hormones.
3) Sugar makes you moody.
4) Sugar ages you.
5) Sugar increases inflammation
6) Sugar elevates your risk for developing cancer, diabetes and heart disease

While we know that all of this is true, it doesn’t make a bit of difference does it, when you feel the urge to reach for a candy bar or bag of chips (I know, you thought you were a salt person- but the truth is, potato chips metabolize just like sugar anyways. Busted!).

You see, the thing is that most of us are motivated by instant gratification.

The pleasure of sugar in the moment, outweighs the future health risks, right? And that’s why sheer willpower, diet plans and the very best intentions don’t work when it comes to sugar.

The truth is, when you eat sugar, it stimulates the release of dopamine, which makes you feel pleasure- essentially making your brain crave more.

Did you know that heroine, morphine and sugar all stimulate the same receptors in your brain?

That gives it some perspective, huh? Makes it a whole lot easier to see why it is so hard to get off sugar and why so many people are in denial.

If you are willing to admit that you are addicted to sugar, there is a part of you that WANTS TO get off sugar, and there is a part of you that DOESN’T WANT TO.

You feel conflicted, right?

You probably don’t trust yourself to even try, but there is also a part of you that is gently whispering ‘you can do it’, no?

I hear that and that is why we’ve developed a sugar detox that doesn’t force you to rely on your willpower (details below).

“Yeah but”, I bet you are wondering, “Will this just be another one of those things that I’ll try ‘half ass’ but never really get into”?

If you are nodding your head, you’ve hit the point of futility.

But, here is the Truth. In every decision you make, you are either moving toward better health or away from it. Don’t ever give up on you!!

Believe in yourself and that you are worth taking a chance on!

The thing is, even if you only implement 1/4 of what we share with you, you will still make significant gains toward your best health.

I don’t know any mom who wouldn’t welcome more energy and an increased sense of well-being. That’s a priceless commodity!

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3) Learn to feed your body, brain and spirit to ‘purge the urge’ for sugar-we will show you how!

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Time to move or simply rearrange the furniture?

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Sherry

I tend to be a bit of a gypsy. The truth is, since my son was born 10 years ago, our family of four has moved 10 times from Manitoba to the west coast and back again.

I have had this ‘thing’ that happens in November when the snow starts to fall, and I suddenly feel ‘possessed’ to move (don’t judge me, we live in Winterpeg)!

This year the weather has been pretty mild, so I didn’t bother much with that thought.

Instead of moving, I decided to move the furniture (and it just happened naturally as I followed my desire to clear space and honestly assess what is working and isn’t working in my life).

Really, a simple shift in furniture can turn out to be pretty life transforming.

One specific thing that made moving the furniture so profound for us this time, is that I looked at the rooms in my home and the furniture and choose to see them outside of their ‘normal’ context.

There were two things about the way that my home was set up that just wasn’t working for me:

We have this one of a kind, made by a real person beautiful dining room table (in the photo), but there are two problems that it caused in the flow of my everyday life.

1) I used it as my desk. Imagine this, it is time for dinner and there I am pushing my work to one side of the table with barely enough room for my family to sit down comfortably. So everyday, I would have this sinking thought about having no space for my work and it taking up the space that I intended to be sacred with my family.

2) I originally purchased the table as an investment in intentional community. We used to live in a home with other families and we needed a table that we could all enjoy sitting at comfortably together. While we still have a vision of that table being used in a common space in an intentional community, it is not serving our family of four. This is on account of it’s rectangular shape. When 4 people sit on the end of it, it doesn’t feel balanced. Energetically, it makes one want to eat and get up as soon as possible. So we got a lovely round table and made the big table my desk! That’s right, save for when I have clients coming to my house, I can simply leave everything that I am working on spread out, so I can see it all at once!

Another simple shift that made a profound difference is that we not only switched the use of furniture, but we also rearranged our house unconventionally. We put the living room in the kitchen, the office in the living room and the main eating area in the dining room.

In the process, we also moved my daughter’s play space into the main floor bedroom (it used to take up most of our living room). Oh my word, the toys mostly even stay in there now!

I have to tell you that when our house was set up conventionally, it was really important to me that the children’s play space was in the middle of the living room because I wanted my kids to be close to me while I was in the kitchen.

BUT this new way that we set up means that while the playroom isn’t close to the kitchen, it is close to my work space -meaning that the children are playing close by where I spend most of my time anyway!

So not only does it feel like we are living in a new house, but something about the way we rearranged things, makes our home feel more spacious (and it is way easier to keep clean)!

The one thing that I want to share about why I think these shifts have so profoundly impacted the flow of our life and our home, is that we looked at our lives and our space ‘outside of the box’. We rearranged our home to suit us, rather than simply putting furniture in rooms the way that someone else decided makes sense.

And really, when you think about it, how could one design concept fit all people?

So if your home is making you feel like it was made for someone else, maybe it is time for some unconventional moving of the furniture so that your home reflects you (not the other way around)!

Let the Waning Moon help you go with the flow!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Sherry

This is the time in the month where you may start to notice that you suddenly feel less inspired to vision and create with your mind, and more turned on by the idea of clearing space and working with your hands.

We are entering the waning moon cyle. Your energies will naturally begin to recede during this time as your consciousness begins to move inward (your ‘moontime’ is coming).

Now is the time to start making preparations for conscious ‘moontime‘ (menstruation). Not only does the waning moon help you ‘go with the flow’, but attending consciously to your self care in this time will make space for your other ‘flow’ (menstruation) to become a time of relaxation and restoration (rather than a time of pain and tension).

Now is a perfect time of the month to reflect:

Are you living in line with your values?
What needs transformation in your life?
What structures or support systems must be put in place so that you can live a life of your conscious choosing?
More importantly, what obstacles do you need to overcome or eliminate in order to make room for a way of life that works better for you?

Get out that dusty journal or enter deep conversation with loved ones to assimilate and absorb that which you encountered, struggled with and learned in the previous weeks.

Release and let go of that which is no longer needed (ie: clear clutter in your home).

Take care of your unfinished business, so that you can create a clear slate for yourself moving forward (including unfinished business with people).

Complete your unfinished projects so that you can move forward into new realms of creativity and make space for the visioning time of the new moon that is on its way.

How will you need to rework your plans for this week so that you stay in the flow?

If you notice that you are ‘pushing the river’ on something, or that you keep coming up against obstacles, stop trying to force it.

STOP NOW.

Get clear on what the obstacles are and systematically remove them one step at a time. Acting on that will get you back in the flow. The energies at this time of the month support self reflection and movement toward more space.

While your mind might want you to ‘keep pushing’, in the end you’ll get more accomplished if you are simply willing to put down the things that just aren’t coming together for you easily right now.

If you continue to ‘push’ things, they might still get done, but they will take you much longer than they should……and you’ll still be left with the clearing you need to do on all levels (putting you ‘behind’ in the bigger picture-exactly the opposite of why we ‘push’ in the first place).

Surrender.

If you flow in cycle with the moon’s energies….everything you need and desire will begin to fall into place. Trust it.

Allow the moon to help you cultivate harmony in your life. As you continue to pay attention, you will come to fine tune your natural rhythms.

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Think you’re not addicted to sugar? Think again.

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sherry

Do you think that sugar isn’t an issue for you just because you don’t have a ‘sweet tooth’?

If you can easily say ‘no’ to cake, cookies, chocolate bars and the like, you might be under the assumption that you couldn’t possibly be addicted to sugar.

BUT, if you can’t say ‘no’ to any or all of the following (or if you can’t imagine enjoying life without them) then I hate to break you the news, you ARE a sugar addict.

Bread
Juice
Crackers
Wine/Alcohol
Chips
Cereal
Processed foods
Ketchup etc.

While the aforementioned foods may not actually be ‘white sugar’ they either contain it or are metabolized just like it (hence why you can’t imagine enjoying food without them).

The truth is, you CAN get off the sugar addiction cycle without giving up your favourite foods, simply by pressing reset on what your body craves through simple dietary shifts that will help you stop craving ‘the crap’ (without willpower).

In our 28 day Sugar Detox system we walk you step by step through what you need to do, so that you actually do it (just knowing it, isn’t doing it).

Here’s how you get off sugar (without having to use willpower or deprivation):

Step 1: Swap your artificial sweeteners with the 4 (non-toxic) ones.
Step 2: Upgrade the quality of the sugar in your kitchen from white sugar to the best natural sugars available (and no agave syrup is not in that category).
Step 3: Transform your baking into nutrient dense delights (instead of eating nutrient and energy depleting ones) using our 3 simple ingredient upgrades.
Step 4: Learn to adopt the simple Chinese medicine principles and watch your cravings disappear.
Step 5: Eat the right fats- the ones that will actually satiate you (so that you forget about sugar).
Step 6: Discover your unique craving complex (what’s really driving those cravings and how to meet your nutritional deficiencies).
Step 7: Take our 7 day sugar detox challenge (it is a nutrient infusion, body reset and rejuvenation of your taste buds) so that you can experience what it is like to be fully nourished into freedom from sugar cravings and enjoy the natural flavour of real food. *When you eat sugar, table salt and processed food, your taste buds become so numbed out, that real nutritious food tastes boring and bland - but don’t worry, we are going to help you change that in a jiffy-well 28 days to be exact)!

So why 28 days anyway?

We are about sustainable changes. We could rile you all up to get off sugar tomorrow, but then you’d be back on it next week.

Our program is actually less about detoxing from sugar and more about what to add to your diet to allow your sugar cravings to drop away.

When it happens that way, you are not simply changing your behavior, but you are transforming your physiology.

What we do is use nourishment to get you there, not deprivation or willpower.

People who crave sugar in any or all of its many of guises have a physiological craving. If that is you, your body is literally driving you to eat sugar- and it is not your fault. You can get off the track and best of all, it is not even hard if you know how to do it.

If you are ready to learn how to detox the hidden sources of sugar in your life, decode your cravings and add more nourishment to your life, then you are invited to join us on our 28 day sugar detox program where we not only give you the insight you need to step into a craving-free version of yourself, but we will also help you implement what you have learned along the way.

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