Fall Inspiration: Cultivating Warmth & Golden Cashew Chai
Posted by Nourishing Our Radiance
on October 15, 2012
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Cultivating warmth during the Autumn months can do wonders for our well being and help increase immunity. These three simple daily practices help to keep a sense of warmth when the days are cold and crisp. Light a candle upon rising each morning and before going to sleep. Beginning and ending the day with candle ...
Taming Your Critic
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on May 12, 2012
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So often I see women attempting to make changes in their lives, and then feeling frustrated, stuck and confused by their own self-sabotaging behavior. They are deeply committed to cultivating a healthy lifestyle, but their old habits continue to resurface and take over. Obviously there are a lot of factors at play in this kind ...
Make Juicing Work for Your Budget & Lifestyle
Posted by Natalia
on May 4, 2012
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I’m in love with green juice and drink it whenever I get the chance. There’s nothing like the flood of easy to digest & assimilate nutrients that a rich green veggie juice can provide. Regardless of how good it tastes or how amazing it feels for our bodies, I have heard (and used) so many ...
Restoring Balance: Expanding Your Comfort Zone
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on April 14, 2012
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Restorative self-care is not just about relaxing. It’s about restoring balance. Most of us tend to associate self-care with slowing down and resting—returning to our comfort zones. The thing is… if this is the only type of self-care we are practicing, we run the risk of ending up sluggish and stagnant. Sometimes the kind of self-care ...
5 Simple Strategies for Emerging from Overwhelm
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on March 30, 2012
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Everyone has a limited capacity for stress, and we all face challenges that temporarily put us over that limit. This past Saturday morning I recorded some teachings on dealing with overwhelm, emailed the recording to the women in our course, and then immediately proceeded to drop my laptop and shatter my hard drive. Needless to ...
8 Ways to Nourish Your Soul
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on March 17, 2012
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We can all survive with very little self-care, but when we’re running on empty, we can’t thrive. Our deeper unmet needs will eventually lead to a lack of vitality. If your soul is feeling a bit undernourished, I invite you to take some time for yourself this weekend… time to slow down, relax and do ...
Reclaiming the Wisdom of Your Belly
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on March 2, 2012
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Almost every woman I know has an emotionally charged relationship with her belly. Whether we are a size 4 or 14, most of us objectify & judge our bellies on a regular basis. How do you think all of this judgment & stress impacts our digestion, health & overall sense of wellbeing? How do you think ...
Loving Kindness + Living Foods
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on February 17, 2012
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Most of us were not raised on green juices & green smoothies. I personally grew up on a diet of mostly processed food. Lots of high fructose corn syrup & mysterious ingredients with names that I still can’t pronounce. Back then, “healthy” meant Diet Coke & Lean Cuisine. Here’s the thing—when we grow up stuffing ourselves ...
Practicing Kindness
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on February 3, 2012
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“We cannot change anything unless we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.” ~ Carl Jung In my experience, harsh judgment has not been an effective strategy for producing anything other than pain. When we get caught in the downward spiral of self-criticism, we quickly lose touch with our power and resourcefulness. We collapse ...
Tending to Life
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on January 20, 2012
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A few years ago, I decided to leave the San Francisco bay area and move to a little town called Rough and Ready. Yes, seriously. It’s a real town. And I chose to live there. I had decided to give country living a shot & I was determined to learn how to grow my own ...
Wake Up Call
Posted by Melissa Geiger
on January 11, 2012
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My wake up call came, like it does for many, in the form of illness. After years of pushing myself relentlessly through grad school and demanding jobs, I taxed out my adrenals and ran myself into the ground. I had been so focused on taking care of others that I hadn’t even noticed that I ...
