Raw Freedom

With its simple roots, literally in the soil, this way of eating has healed my body, opened up my mind and connected me more deeply with my spirituality. My teaching has developed from just raw food coaching to incorporating a large amount of life coaching too, as it is unusual to eat raw food without wanting to upgrade many other areas of your emotional, environmental and spiritual life as well. I discovered that I have a great gift for helping people to upgrade their life experience in deep and lasting ways.

And so, my work now is all about showing women how to find alignment within themselves, so that they can experience physical vitality, deep confidence and a sense of connection and excitement about the life they are creating for themselves, day by day and into their future.
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I had a wonderful and eclectic childhood, lucky enough to grow up with an awareness of healthy food. My mother was into organic and whole foods when the idea was just a bud in the minds of the western consciousness. The influence of growing up with this particular understanding of diet was two fold 1) I was lucky enough to understand that food effects us on many levels, and 2) I totally rebelled against the brown bread and salad teachings of my mother!

Enter into my life the chocolate bars, white bread, cakes and sausages. I discovered in my teens that I had intolerances to wheat and sugar and that they left me feeling bloated, moody, tired and sore. I went through phases of trying to cut them out, but mostly just ignored the discomfort they put me in.

Of course, all this ignoring of my body's signs ended up with me feeling less and less well, with IBS, eczma, sore joints, bad skin, terrible memory (forgetting what I was saying half way through sentances many times a day) and stress related emotional issues. I was a physical wreck, with my mind and emotions not far behind. All by the age of 32!

I found out about raw food as a way to eat 3 years before I actually did anything about it. I'd always believed that our bodies have the ability to heal themselves given the right tools, and I decided it was time to actually do something about healing my own. I was convinced that if I carried on the way I was I would end up with bowel and brain disease, and I didn't want that!

I did two weeks of raw in the middle of winter, to see if it was possible and how I would feel. I felt amazing in just a short time! My fear of raw being boring was totally unfounded, as I discovered the delicious recipes in Juliano's Uncook Book. My memory came back and my IBS eased. All within 2 weeks. I was sold on raw food, and so my journey continues!