FAQ

1. This is great, but I am unsure where to start.

Would you like to start by clarifying your direction, expanding your vision, and exploring where your resistance is holding you back?  I offer a complimentary strategy session during which we will work together to map out the best next steps for you based on your unique situation and goals. Schedule a Free Private Strategy Consultation

2. What are Raw and Living Foods?

Raw and Living foods are minimally processed whole foods, such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, and seeds, that have not been heated above about 114 degrees.  They are “raw” because they are uncooked.  They are “living” because they retain much of their enzymes and nutrients which are often destroyed by cooking.  More importantly, I believe, is that they are literally full of life force energy.  They resonate at a higher vibration than processed cooked foods.  They contain their vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, enzymes, and macronutrients in the ratios and combinations that are still largely a mystery to modern science.  Processed factory food which has been wrapped, shipped, stored, frozen, and microwaved, simply does not support life in the same way.

3. Do I have to be 100% Raw?

Absolutely not.

First of all, not everyone’s best way In is through food.  How we nourish ourselves is a powerful question I happen to be passionate about. But there is no requirement that you eat a certain way in order to begin the work of deep self-discovery.  Start where you are and know that you are in the perfect place for you.

What if you are interested in eating for health and spiritual connection?

If you feel only a little unwell, you have the leisure to make your changes gradually, and often this results in the easiest transition.  If you feel very unwell, you may need to take more intensive measures to regain your health.

I often recommend various types of raw food programs as “medicine” — a tool you can use to achieve the level of health you desire.

Furthermore, people are absolutely individual when it comes to their optimum nutrition.  Culture, lifestyle, climate, and belief systems matter as well as genetic and biochemical factors.

I do, however, agree with Dr. Gabriel Cousens: a plant based diet can be optimized for everyone and provides the best possible “fuel” when we are pursuing spiritual connection as well as physical vitality.  Religious and spiritual wisdom passed down through the ages supports the idea of a flesh-free diet in attaining inner peace and connection.

Consider yourself forewarned… once you discover that you have been cheating yourself and it is possible to feel fantastic most of the time, you may become very motivated to continue to upgrade your choices!

4.  What is the Spectrum of Diet?

I first encountered this phrase on the website JuiceFeasting.com, and it is my favorite description for the continuum of dietary choices.  At one end is a processed, meat based, cooked, junk-food-heavy diet, and at the other raw living juices or fasting.

There is an entire universe of possible food choices contained between these two extremes.  I specialize in helping you discover how to practically implement and evolve your own most life-affirming food choices.

5. I have (insert your dis-ease here)… what do you recommend?

I am not a doctor or medical professional.  I do not diagnose, treat, or cure disease.

I recommend you watch any American TV commercial for any pharmaceutical product, and compare the length of the list of potential benefits to the length of potential side-effects and complications.  I then recommend that that you consider what your personal goal is — do you want to mask your symptoms and relieve your pain?  (If you are in a great deal of pain, this is a very necessary first step!)  Do you want to find the source of your dis-ease? There are many wonderful holistic doctors out there — by this I mean caring professionals who are trained to consider your whole self, rather than see you as a collection of symptoms. You are a miracle — don’t give up until you find people who treat you like one.

I firmly believe in integrated medicine… the more serious your condition, the more you benefit from a team of dedicated professionals that can each bring their expertise to you for you to use as resources for your own healing. I am happy to work with your doctor should you so desire.

Once you have clear medical advice, I provide alternative and complimentary support.  In my experience, profound healing is possible through personal transformation that raises your vibrational frequency, helps you to connect deeply to the core of your being, and works to uncover the beliefs and habits which have contributed to your experience of dis-ease.

Healing at this level rarely leads exactly where you might expect.  It is moving and sacred work, and I am deeply honored to a spark for such work.