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This past Monday, I spent the day with a friend who I've known since high school. But this is no ordinary friend to me. You know how you have some people in your life who you feel you will always have a connection to. Even if you go through periods of not talking to them much or at all, for some reason when you think about who you've become in life, you can't help but think of these people. That's who this friend is for me.

Change after change, we always seem to come…

New info is now out about the Toxicity of TVP!

 (Texturized Vegetable Protein)

It contains a nerve toxin... Please, Spread the Word!

When I was 5 months pregnant...2 months ago... I accidentally ate some TVP at an all-vegetarian pot luck social, it was labeled "gluten free veggie lasagna."  I really didn't expect that to have TVP in it because I make gluten free veggie lasagnas at home without TVP, and it…

As a child, I would use any medium or mode possible to express myself. I was always drawing, painting, building things, climbing trees, and seeing how high, fast and far I could run and jump, just to name a few…

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"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."



- Steven Pressfield, author of Do the Work

I can not tell you how much it moves me to see the steady increase of participation on the site. Mad Miss Mash, Andrew, Don, Jan and whoever else I may be missing, beautiful work! And even though an ego boost is always fun, that's not the only reason I am…

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It's been quite a while since I posted. The long and short of it is, after 20 days without sugar, I grabbed a raw chocolate bar at the Dekalb Farmer's Market and I was off to the races.

It "happened" with a lot of forethought, though the actual gesture took a split second.

Since then I have been eating sugary things off and on. I'm not too happy about the weight I've gained since this, er, "happened." Gaining and losing weight is after all, a calories in and…

For the first time in 4 years, I was sick a few weeks ago. At one moment, as I lay in bed, I thought to myself, "this is what it feels like to be a human being who gets sick sometimes." Then a wave of emotion washes over me as I am suddenly present to a scene from my childhood...

I am 7 years old. I am sick with a fever. I am walking to the kitchen, past my mother who is sitting in the living room watching the 5 o'clock news,…

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My birthday is a day apart from one of my best friends birthday, and we celebrated in a big way yesterday. My friend was turning 50, and I 51, My guess is there were over 50 people attending the party. The party was catered with Jamaican style food. Not much in the way of raw food, but the food was fresh and well prepared. My favorite was the pineapple coleslaw.

Rewind to five hours before the party. The big test, of course, would be the cake. Would I eat any? The funny…

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

- Lao-tzu, The Way of Lao-tzu

Chinese philosopher (604 BC - 531 BC)

In my experience, true Health is the product of honoring what it is to be a REAL, LIVE human being who feels things, even things we may not like, and consciously lives in ways that push the envelope anyway because we believe…

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The biggest challenge I thought I would have yet in taking sugar out of my diet happened last Friday. I was at a holiday party and there were sweets galore. There was also really healthy food, a cut above the usual holiday fare. I thought I would have a hard time at the party but I didn't. I really enjoyed the good food and didn't miss the sugar at all.

The most interesting thing that happened at the party was how people reacted when I was turning them down as they…

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In response to my last blog, Victoria Moon asked a very important question regarding what “happened” after my last bodybuilding contest. Soon after my last competition I knew I had to begin to attend OA meetings when I could not stop eating. It was really frightening. I knew for some time that I had an eating disorder, but I was able to "control" my very strict bodybuilders diet for about three years, falling “off the wagon” harder and harder after each show. The good…

Michael Jackson "On Top of the World"

As a healer who uses what some might call "unconventional" methods to ensue profound healing in my life and in the lives of others, I have often been asked things like, "Why are raw foods better than cooked foods?" or "Why is…

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Yesterday I woke up feeling pretty good about having another day without sugar. I didn't have that guilt that I have the next morning when I've overdone it the night before.

I stayed busy at work and ate pretty well. I had an hour break for dinner and ate a good solid meal. Eating well always helps stave off my cravings. At the same time, I was thinking about my birthday and how hard it's going to be not to eat sugar that day. I was thinking "Dammit, I'm going to break…

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Today is day 2 without sugar.

Last night I did have a snack that had no sugar in it: it was from Rainbow Grocery I believe. It was made with carob, spirulina, sunflower seeds, and was date-sweetened.

It was interesting how I reacted to the food, which was brought to me by a friend. I felt like I was cheating, getting away with something. I felt guilt this morning over eating it as I reflected back on my reaction.

The little square treats tasted really good…

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I am remaining anonymous here on Permission to Heal because I am in a 12 Step program called Overeaters Anonymous. OA's Traditions do not allow me to state my last name when sharing, in any kind of media, that I am a member. It's important for me to adhere to the Traditions because I do not speak for OA. There are no OA "experts," only people sharing their experience, strength and hope in refraining, through a spiritual program, from compulsive eating.



I am…

As I lay on my steel bunk bed, I have chosen the top bunk of course, I think to myself, "Most people would probably consider spending the night in jail to be a low point in their lives." But I am no longer "most people," and I am grateful and humble. I am clear that this is the beginning of a new…

This past weekend I competed in my first Taekwondo tournament. I received first place medals for both poomse forms and sparring. Not bad at all! I was afraid I might get nervous and mess up on my forms, but as soon as I got out on the mat, I was totally in the zone.…

Here we go!  I give myself permission to heal.  I said it, I wrote it, I blogged it.  And why not on a random Tuesday in November?  I chose today, and I am writing on PTH to put it in ink— I commit to a 21 day cleanse.  Choosing is scary.  Sharing that choice online is pretty darn intimidating.  It's also pretty exciting. I'm anxious to see the before and after blog! (especially the "after" pic) Haha!

Below is a pic of me on Day 1 (today).  Check back in 10 days for blog and…

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It's through a new 12-week course, The Agents of Conscious Evolution (ACE) Training, with evolutionary pioneer Barbara Marx Hubbard - the woman Deepak…