Getting Healthy and Living Your Dreams is Meant to be Shared

Today's Food:
Breakfast: at Le Pain Quotidien, Greenwich, CT (non-raw):
Middle Eastern Plate with hummus, baba ganoush and tabouleh; with baby olives and sundried tomatoes; famous organic bread: wheat and bagette with some organic jams

No Lunch
Snack:
Sun Dried Marinara Almonds & Pistachios (from Nuts Online)

Dinner:
Fruit Elixir with water, frozen banana and mango

Yesterday:

Breakfast:

Pieces of raw goat cheese from the Amish

Sun Dried Marinara Almonds & Pistachios (from Nuts Online)



Brunch at Le pain Quotidien, NYC (non-raw):

2 soft boiled organic eggs

quinoa with artichoke, chickpeas and arugula

French bagette, wheat and nutted organic bread with organic jams, butter and chocolate spread

16 ounces water



Dinner at One Lucky Duck Takeaway, NYC (Rockin' Raw):

Avocolada: avocado, pineapple coco water, lime and vanilla

Portobello hemp burger with saurkraut, homemade mustard and greens

Taco salad with mescalin greens, spicy taco crumble, pico de gallo, guac and cashew sour cream; cilantro-lime dressing

16 ounces water


Dessert:
1 raw Malomar


Are you feeling connected to a community that supports you and your vision for your life? One of the meanings behind the founding of The Holistic Empire is that it's a new kind of empire; filled with whole health for all people and also, support for each person in their process of getting healthy and living their dreams. One of the things that distinguishes us as humans is the ability to connect with others on a deeper cognitive level. We have the capacity to share our most precious dreams and goals with another; to ask for a hug when we are hurting; to show our vulnerability in front of another and to know that we are heard and we are not alone. It is also that we can dance with another; laugh with another and be in community with others who care about who we are. Don't be afraid to reach out and share your secrets with someone who loves you unconditionally. Ask a friend to support you in your goals for getting healthy; let them know about your food and lifestyle changes. Make plans to make a meal together or go away to a special health retreat with someone you love to be with. Ask someone close to be your "health support guide," and let them know this means calling you and leaving uplifting messages checking in on your goals and leaving positive voicemails letting you know, "You can do it!", and "I believe in you." I've had support guides for my running and my book writing. My running "guide" used to leave messages every day, and all through the Winter months, that went like this: "Run, baby, run!" I would get up and look out my window to the cold outside, not sure if I wanted to set foot out my door and finding some very good reasons to not, and then I'd hear the voicemail and be completely energized to run. If you want to break into a new routine with foods or exercise, find others who are doing this as well and "buddy up" with them. Set a time to speak once a week for support check-ins. Also find and attend as many events, lectures and workshops that are about these new lifestyle additions, where you will meet and become friends with others on the same path. Making change and living your dreams is an ecstatic path; no need for isolation; you can dance together the whole way through.