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Road Trips and Self Care
A car is, to me, an incredibly luxurious mode of transport. We can go whenever we like! It’s a private pod that can be made comfortable and it’s something that needs to be considered seriously, bearing in mind the impact journeys have on climate change. A road trip can be fabulous, and difficult too. Travelling is tiring, something that seems to be forgotten nowadays. As though if one is sitting down then one is at ease. Not so! As a child, my family always treated travelling or spending time in the cities as an exertion. One had to rest after travelling home from London by train. Linus, my husband, was…
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Beyond Good and Bad
I don’t know about you, but as much as I appreciate and value people I know, choose and trust offering me refinement, celebration, feedback, reflection advice and wisdom… I don’t much like people telling me what I can and can’t do. Especially as most of it turns out not to be true. I’ve turned Trail Blazer, remember? I mean if I’d listened to all the people who told me I couldn’t do something, I certainly wouldn’t be here writing to you today. And so I don’t really like categorizing my life into ‘that’s not for me’. Of course there are things I have no desire to pursue – recreational drugs,…
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Book Review: In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions by Dr. Larry Berkelhammer
Dr Larry Berkelhammer first appeared on GraceQuantock.com in a Trail Blazer Interview (here). A psychotherapist, author and researcher, Dr. Berkelhammer believes millions of people who live with chronic medical conditions can manage their pain through various mind-training techniques. As a sought-after teacher on pain management, and with 19 years in private practice treating patients, Dr. Berkelhammer’s interview resonated with the GraceQuantock.com community. Now, his book, In Your Own Hands: New Hope for People with Chronic Medical Conditions (Empowered Patient Coalition Press, Jan. 2014, 978-0991243709) has arrived, and it’s one that connects just as deeply. Dr. Larry Berkelhammer lives with seven chronic illnesses himself and has made it his mission to help others…
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Prepping Your Kitchen for Plant Based Wellness
Hello, Trail Blazer! I have exciting news. I’ve been hard at work over the past few months and I’ve created something I’m ever so proud of. I’ve been keeping it under wraps for a while but I’m finally ready to share our new arrival. It’s an e-guide called Prepping Your Kitchen for Plant Based Wellness. And it’s going to make transitioning and living a plant based life easier and more awesome. The kitchen can be such a powerful arena on our journey to wellness, but it pains me to see so much confusion, stress and resentment around what we put on our plates and in our glasses. As a…
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Detoxing Your Home Begins in Your Heart: A Mindset, An Exercise & A New E-Guide That’s Going To Knock Your Socks Off
Have you ever lamented that: Your energy can’t keep up with your to do list? You have shelves of recipe books, but are always eating the same few meals? You’re overwhelmed by everything you “should” be doing and no idea where to start? Me too. And when I began to execute my Healing Blueprint, although the first (and biggest!) change I made was more movement, I always knew I wanted to get back in the kitchen. I’ve eaten a plant-based diet for 27 years, before any sort of raw movement became trendy, even before the phrase “plant-based” existed. I’ve struggled with the perfectionism and aggressive aspiration that can, all too often, be tangled…
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