I’m a recovering pessimist. A perennial one. I know it’s a striking confession given the nature of my site. But in a paradoxical way, pessimism’s been great fuel for per...
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ShoshanaHavaya@dmin
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Dear friend, As we spend time bundled up inside, it doesn't really feel like spring. But nonetheless, ideas of what we can do to maintain or improve our health, pop up in ou...
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Since I eat this salad all the time, I figured it was time to post it here. This is one of my favorite to go lunches lately. It reminds me of a potato or egg salad. I typically serve this on...
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How often did you wish for a garden, where you can grow your own herbs and vegetables? True, you can buy dried herbs or a pot of fresh basil at your local grocery store, but wouldn't it be m...
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I’m obsessed with breakfast grain bowls, those meals-in-a-bowl that have an air of West Coast hippie and are more about foraging in the fridge than actual cooking. Once you master the...
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Organic, Autumn, Grow Your own Food, GardenIt’s not too late to plant a Fall Vegetable Garden In Montreal
It's the perfect time now to start getting a second gardening season going! Plant now for a Fall Harvest. If you plant the right vegetables that thrive in cooler weather, then you can benefi...
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I'm always on the hunt for fun, inexpensive, and eco-friendly DIY projects that yield great results. This DYI Homemade candle project I discovered, is a fun and creative way to get your Vita...
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Have you ever tried an acupressure therapy massage? It is the traditional healing massage in China and one of the best solutions for the poor circulation. This technique uses finge...
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If you live in a colder climate like us here in Montreal, having access to fresh organic local herbs in the Winter time can be quite challenging. Its a good time now that Fall Is approaching...
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Its winter time in Montreal, but that doesn't mean we need to loose the convenience of having local, fresh, organic food delivered to our doors. We'd like to fill you in on a local compan...
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There are 7 main energy centers in the body, known as chakras. Each chakra is located throughout our body so that it correlates to specific body ailment and physical dysfunctions; each energ...
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To Heal and release old wounds is possible. Everyone has a unique constellation of issues, psychological and emotional, that they bear in adult life. These take many forms: fear of authority...
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Thousands of things go right for you every day, beginning the moment you wake up. Through some magic you don't fully understand, you're still breathing and your heart is beating, even though...
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We are now in a time of metamorphosis. Transformation through death. This time can be very destructive, violent, stressful, chaotic, leading to anxiety BUT out of that comes a new order, com...
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I combined a couple of spring roll recipes to arrive at this one. You'll find you can easily swap out the filling ingredients to what is available and according to your own preferences. Sugg...
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A New Moon marks the beginning of a new cycle, a fresh start in it's cycle of waxing and waning. During this time the Moon is empty and receptive and full of potential. This is an optimum ti...
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Bear with me for a moment. You know when you're driving to an unfamiliar place, blasting the radio while simultaneously watching your GPS spit out directions? Then you suddenly get...
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The odds of catching anything might seem hopeless But not to him An enormous leap to catch a critter under 3 feet of snow But how the heck did he do it? He's homing in on something But i...
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You can reduce your energy bill and contribute to the protection of the environment by developing some of these good habits: Your home is plugged into nature. Nearly 60 per cent of the en...
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Winter, while it can be one of the hardest seasons to embrace, has a lot to teach us about true beauty and wisdom. Stripped of her flowers, leaves and warmth, the earth reveals her naked sel...
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There’s nothing nicer than being able to pluck fresh herbs from your own little garden , especially when that garden is right in your home! I think many people fortunately today are w...
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Organic, Plant Based, Let Thy Food be Thy Medicine, RecipesFRUIT SALAD WITH LEMON-LAVENDER SYRUP (Raw Vegan Snack)
I don't know about you, but for me, the words fruit salad conjure up an image of a sad, not quite cold enough bowl of mushy bananas and unwanted cantaloupe, with a straggling strawberry or t...
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ~ Joseph Addison What...
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EXCERPT FROM CHAPTER ONE Essential Food Nothing can survive without food. Everything we consume acts either to heal us or to poison us. We tend to think of nourishment only as what we eat ...