Remember everything in moderation... including moderation!
Top 5 Things I LOVED This Wk:
1. A bouquet of
home-grown kale and parsley from a gorgeous friend.
2. Taking a pair
of scissors on my afternoon walk around the block so I can help out my
neighbours by trimming their jasmine for them.
3. The beach
this morning: pods of dolphins riding waves, happy dogs bounding around and
finding perfect whole cowrie shells.
4. The red,
orange, yellow and pink poppies at the roundabout in town. They look like
butterflies fluttering in the breeze.
5. The return of
that handsome husband of mine who’s been sailing around the ocean in Indonesia
for the past 3 weeks. He returned with a few stitches and scratches but wearing
a smile and carrying a bottle of French perfume.
Emma the
Naturopath xx
PS. An incredibly special mention to a beautiful Sicilian man,
Tony Locandro.
He took me to his yoga classes with him when I was five.
He gave me my first chai in a tepee at the Body Mind Spirit Festival when I was eight.
He patiently (and sometimes impatiently) taught me to drive a manual car.
He would “forget” to tell me when boys called.
He bought me my first toolbox and a bag of cable ties for Xmas one year and then proudly explained how to use each device.
He took me to his yoga classes with him when I was five.
He gave me my first chai in a tepee at the Body Mind Spirit Festival when I was eight.
He patiently (and sometimes impatiently) taught me to drive a manual car.
He would “forget” to tell me when boys called.
He bought me my first toolbox and a bag of cable ties for Xmas one year and then proudly explained how to use each device.
He paid for
my naturopathy degree because he knew this was how I was meant to spend my
life.
He proudly gave me away 18 months ago to my loving
husband who promised from the bottom of his heart to be the one to take care of
me now. (picture: )
Life doesn’t come with instruction manuals, which is why we have fathers xx
Life doesn’t come with instruction manuals, which is why we have fathers xx
*NEW MEDITATION GROUP IN COFFS*
The lovely Maree Loprete will be running a meditation group the first Monday of every month at 7pm at her house. Cost $15 and all welcome.
Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
These are the most deliciously
dense little morsels. They only rise a few inches and are really rich and moist
so cut them into small squares for the perfect accompaniment to a peppermint
tea as an after dinner treat or lunchbox snack!
1 ¼ cups almond meal
¼ cup cacao powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs
¼ cup coconut sugar
2 tablespoons coconut oil
¾ cup zucchini, grated (one small-medium zucchini)
1. Throw all the ingredients in a food processor and blitz til smooth.
2. Grease 6.5 x 4 inch loaf pan with coconut oil or line with baking
powder.
3. Bake at 180 degrees in a preheated oven for 35-40 minutes.
Dairy free
Wheat and gluten free
Paleo friendly
High protein
Top 5 Things I LOVED This Wk:
1.
Discovering Tumblr. No seriously, JUST found it.
2. Those
yellow papery flowers that grow on headlands. Does anyone know what they’re
called?
3. Freshly
ground nutmeg in Wednesday night’s gluten-free tuna pasta bake.
4. A guilt
free day off after an overbooked day of clinic on Thursday. In a nutshell: yoga,
beach swims, chiro, new top, chai with a gf, afternoon nap, baking, date night.
5. Stifling
giggles during yoga with my husband as we pulled silly faces at each other. I usually
meditate deeper than a Buddhist monk except when he’s in class with me. We are
the perfect balance: I keep him safe, he keeps me wild.
Emma the
Naturopath xx
“I’ve learnt
that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did but
people will never forget how you made them feel” –Maya Angelou.
No matter what
you do for a living or whose path you cross this week, try to keep this in
mind. Spread the love this week by being a little kinder than expected. The simplest
gesture can change the course of someone’s whole day.
Here’s the honest truth…
I cringe a little when people tell
me they take a multi. High five for making an effort in the health department
but the majority are synthetically produced and have sprinklings of EVERYTHING
but NOTHING at the same time if you know what I mean. If they made a multi with
the correct therapeutic amounts of vitamins and minerals it would be the size
of a GOLF BALL!
Firstly, try and eat a diet full of unprocessed wholefoods:
free range chicken, fish, eggs and meats with a variety of fruits, veggies and
wholegrains, as well as healthy oils. That goes without say!
If you still need an extra BOOST then look at something like
SPIRULINA. Spirulina is an aquatic microalgae that is considered more of a food
than a manmade vitamin, therefore it absorbs 16 times more effectively.
I recommend spirulina to customers and clients who feel like
they don’t have enough energy and need a bit of a ‘pick me up’. It’s
particularly helpful for vego’s and vegans as it contains iron (58 times riches
than spinach), protein and B12. Due to its high chlorophyll content, it’s an
excellent blood cleanser (detoxifier) for glowing skin. It comes in tablets and
powder that you can throw in your morning smoothie.
Have you tried spirulina before? Do you take a multi? What
are your thoughts?
CONNECT FIVE
There is a song by Sheryn Binks that is on one of our mixed cds at the
shop called Connect Five. Every time I hear the chorus while I’m working I
smile to myself. It’s so simple and sweet, like the way love should be.
You would never leave me in the cold
you would never think my jokes are old
you would never give me bad directions
you would vote for me in the elections
you would never think my jokes are old
you would never give me bad directions
you would vote for me in the elections
You would write about me in your diary
if I was your employee, you wouldn’t fire me
you would put my picture in a frame
you would sit beside me on the train
if I was your employee, you wouldn’t fire me
you would put my picture in a frame
you would sit beside me on the train
And if we played connect 4, you would connect 5
and if I let you in you’d
change my whole life
and if I let you in you’d
change my whole life
*FREEBIE ALERT*
You will receive a full sized Kora Organics by Miranda Kerr valued at $37.50
for any product you purchase from the range!!
Top 5 Things I LOVED This Wk:
1. Our undies
hanging in a tree to dry after an impromptu river dip.
2. Drinking
a giant mug of hot chocolate* while watching a DVD in the bath on my laptop.
3. Being
read to by my husband each night. Even if Occy’s biograpghy is not my bedtime
story of choice.
4. The moon
on Tuesday night. It looked like the Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland was
grinning down at me.
5. The
inundation of bubs and kiddies in my clinic the last few weeks! And all their
mummies deserve shiny ‘Super Mum’ badges for organising time off work to come
in, bravely filling their lunchboxes and dinner plates with new foods and
sneaking substances into their smoothies.
Emma the
Naturopath xx
PS. “Believe
in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside of you
that is greater than any obstacle”-Christian D. Larson. Rest assured that you
are stronger than you know. Just have faith and patience.
*Hot choc
=Pure Harvest ‘Coco Quench’ organic coconut/rice milk heated on the stove with
raw cacao powder.
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