Fresh is Best

If you were a member of our 28 Days Raw Program, you would be reading this in your inbox tomorrow….

Welcome to Day 8 - Your Fabulous Fruit Cleansing Day!

Welcome to Week 2 of the 28 Day Transition-to-Raw Program! This is your
Cleansing week, an experience of the lighter side of raw food. You may
experience the high, the mental clarity, and feeling connected with
all life that many describe about their experiences with the raw
lifestyle! Or you may feel emotional as the emotions that were stuffed
down with food begin to re-surface and may need to be dealt with on
their way out. Or you may experience some of both of these extremes.
This is a wonderful opportunity for self-discovery as it relates to
every aspect of your life - food, emotions, and more - so stay close to
your journal!

Today is about experiencing the clarity of a day of fruit only! Don’t be
surprised if you start to contemplate the meaning of fruit being an
orb, pondering how fruit was created, etc…

The Go Raw Programs

One of the things our Daily Raw Inspiration newsletter is, is a place where we take food addiction seriously. Food addiction is as real, as life-threatening, as any other addiction, or more so because it is so pervasive and so widely-accepted. Here are my latest thoughts on addiction, whether it is food, drugs, or anything else…

Addiction is a way of telling yourself: “I take care of number 1″. No matter who else is affected and how, your fix comes first.

But I think addiction comes about when you have actually neglected to take care of yourself in some very fundamental way. And so you try to make up for it with your addiction. It is like addiction is a sort of metaphor for taking care of yourself.

So, in this sense addiction is a seemingly easy replacement for the real work of self-care. Yet in the long run, as we all know, it is far from easy.

Sometimes the self-neglect at the root of addiction might be not getting help after traumatic experiences, being in an abusive or otherwise continuously-stressful relationship or work situation, or neglecting to address your basic needs; food, shelter, exercise, work, worship, friendship, rest, play, love, happiness, and a sense of security.

So, if your addiction is a sometimes-crutch you use to help you deal with the ups and downs of life, that can be handled in many ways. But when your addiction threatens your health, your life, your work, your relationships, then maybe it is time to roll up your sleeves and make it your primary concern to address the real issues of self-care in your life that have been too long unattended.

In Joy!
Jinjee
http://TheGardenDiet.com