Our guest today is Shannon Leone, director of rawmom.com, producer of the Raising Children Raises Us DVD, and co-founder of the Raw Mom Summit.
Shannon is here as a part of our weekly community beat feature to talk about the upcoming Raw Mom Summit and some of the amazing guests they'll have featured as a part of it.
To give you some context, over 7 years ago Shannon introduced her two young boys and her Italian construction-worker husband to the benefits of raw food and holistic living. After gaining a wealth of experience, Shannon set off on a mission to empower other moms by marrying her two passions- Conscious Parenting and a Raw Food Lifestyle.
The Raw Mom Summit is Shannon's latest manifestation of her passion, and in this interview we get a chance to hear why it's gaining so much attention.
Our guest this week is success coach, blogger and mother of two, Lori Painter.
Lori is hip, not to mention gorgeous, young mother who has a passion for holistic health, raw foods and personal development. She has created a strong following on the web by earning a reputation as a blogger who is willing to put it all out there. No hiding, no walls, just authenticity and openness. Her popular Inspire 2 Act website covers topics from dating to fitness, daily inspiration to quick raw recipes, parenting and more.
In addition to running her own website, Lori is also a regular contributer to gliving.com and a featured interviewee on the Raw Mom Summit.
Topics Covered
Life Growing Up
Growing up in an ultra-conservative family
Leaving an abusive household at 17
Becoming a young mother and wife at the age of 19
Getting divorced, loosing everything and starting life over in LA
Building a New LIfe
Massage School as a stepping stone to a new life
Finding out about Raw Foods
Sharing her passion for health with the world via the web
Kids and Healthy Eating
Putting kids in charge of creating their meals
Keeping only healthy choices around the house
Personal Development and Spirituality
What started Lori's journey of personal development?
How do you get kids to appreciate the world of spirit at a deeper level?
Our guest this week is the passionate raw food chef, author and coach, Kristen Suzanne. And when I say passionate, I mean straight up 32 ounces of green juice passionate!
Kristen is former body builder turned vegan, turned raw, who used the health transformation she went through as a stepping stone to help others achieve similar results.
In our interview with Kristen today we talk about her life growing up, her body building experiences, the development of her career and the high raw tips she has for those just getting started on their journey.
Topics Covered
From Body Building to Whole Foods
Joining the gym to overcome Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Body building and exploring the world of diets: Cabbage Soup Diet and the Atkins Diet
How Kristen discovered the vegan diet via John Robin's Diet For a New America
Vegan to Raw Foods
The improvements Kristen got and didn't get from the vegan diet
How Kristen discovered the power raw foods via Juliano's Raw book
The influence the web had on Kristen's journey
Going Pro
How Kristen turned a passion into the starts of a career
Taking raw chef certification classes at Living Light
Taking action by teaching her first class at Whole Foods
Getting clear on what she enjoys the most
Working out
How has Kristen's workout routine changed since going raw?
Does Kristen's body recover differently from workouts since going raw?
High Raw
What is "high raw" and does Kristen recommend people start their raw food journey this way?
When Kristen is "high raw" what are the cooked foods that she eats?
One of Kristen's favorites quotes: "What works for me, might not work for you!"
Kristen's thoughts on digestive enzymes
Creating a Raw Foods "Base"
Having "Plant Blood" as a base to her diet and enjoying the power of juice to quickly deliver nutrients into the system
Kristen's favorite type of green juice aka "Plant Blood"
Varying things on a weekly basis vs a daily basis
Kristen's Raw Food Easy book series
Why all her books have the theme "easy" behind them
Kristen's favorite raw salad & dressing recipes
Kristen's favorite raw soup recipe
Kristen's favorite raw snack recipe
The Power of Community
What roll has community played in Kristen's health journey?
Kristen's Next Projects
A new book on raw food and weight loss
Kristen talks about working on getting pregnant and sharing all the information she can on this subject
Raw Food educator Tim VanOrder has a great quote he often shares. The quote is, "You need movement to have a raw food movement."
It's easy to get caught up in the food part of raw food, but as many of us intimately know, what we eat is just one aspect of the holistic journey. Today we're talking about the movement aspect of the raw food moment with philosopher and dancer Gabrielle Roth.
Gabrielle has spent the last 50 years of her life exploring the world of music, theatre and dance. She is the founder of the recording label Raven Recordings, the inspiration behind the The Moving Center Schools, an author of 3 books, producer of over 18 albums, music director of the theater company The Mirrors and the creator of the 5Rhythms practice.
The 5Rhythms is a movement meditation designed to take the dancer through a journey that brings them back in alignment with the soul. The practice has grown into an international movement with over 120 teachers teaching it all over the globe.
Today in our interview with Gabrielle we talk about the 5Rhythms and how her journey into dance began.
Today we're talking with the entertaining, the hilarious, the sometimes crazy, but totally lovable, Beth Berry, also known as Bunny Berry.
Bunny is the mastermind and curator behind the very supportive, and very popular, RawFu Community. RawFu is a place where both beginners and seasoned raw foodies go to sign up for raw food challenges.
Bunny started the RawFu community back in 2008 after having just completed a 100 day raw food challenge of her own. Now the community has thousands of members participating in challenges, providing each other support and producing fantastic content.
Today we talk to Bunny about the magic that makes her community special and some of the new projects that are part of her communities evolution.
Themes
"No perfect people allowed"
"It's not just about the food"
"The most important thing when you start is encouragement"
Today on show we have a very special guest with us, singer-songwriter CuCu Diamentes.
Back in 2003 CuCu co-founded the Grammy nominated Latin fusion band, Yerba Buena. On March 17th she'll be releasing her solo debut album entitled CuCuLand, (available via iTunes).
MTV called CuCu's style of music a cross between "downtown new york city funk and Cuban glamour and passion."
What you won't read on MTV though is that CuCu is also deeply passionate about raw foods, holistic health, essential oils and social responsibility.
A few months ago I met CuCu at a book launch party for my friend Dr Frank Lipman. It was there that I immediately new I had to introduce her music to the We Like It Raw community. Just as it's so important to be intentional with what food you put in your mouth, it's also just as important to surrounded yourself with uplifting music from soulful spirits.
Today in our interview CuCu talks about her music, the motivation behind it, her passion for holistic living and the important of giving back.
CuCu's album release party will be hosted in NYC on March 19th at The Bowery Ballroom at 8pm. More details and tickets here.
We'll be giving away two tickets to our NYC crew to CuCu's show. If you're interested in coming drop us a comment here and tell us what world music inspires you. We'll pick two winners on Wednesday morning and notify you via email.
Welcome to the Community Beat, a new podcast feature by We Like It Raw that covers happenings in the raw food community. I'm your host Dhrumil Purohit and today we're talking to community organizer Robin Anderson about the Raw Spirit Festival making its way to the East Coast.
The Raw Spirit festival is the largest live food gathering in the world and for the past few years it has been exclusively hosted in Sedona, Arizona. In 2009 however it will be hosted in 3 separate locations: Santa Barbara, CA, Prescott, AZ and Washington, DC.
Today we talk with the host of the DC festival about her vision for the conference and what she has in store for the raw food community.
Matthew and Terce are the co-founders of the Cafe Gratitude collective of restaurants. Cafe Gratitude is famously known for its dedication to community, its commitment to the teachings of abundance and amazingly tasty live food dishes.
Matthew and Terce first learned about the power of live foods while on their organic farm in Maui. Shortly after immersing themselves in literature they began a one month raw food trail that would create the foundation for their soon to open cafe.
Topics Covered
Questions of the Day
Question of the Day: "What's blessed about your life?"
What's the Shadow question of the day and what role does it play at Cafe Gratitude
Training in Abundance
How did Matthew's training in abundance start?
What does it mean to love money?
Are human beings abundant by nature?
Creating Cafe Gratitude
What did Matthew and Terce's one month raw food trial look like?
How did that trail lead to the idea of "Cafe Gratitude"
Did Matthew have any experience in the restaurant business before starting Cafe Gratitude?
A School of Transformation
What are the values that Cafe Gratitude stands for?
What does it mean to have a "Sacred Community"
The Commerce side of Sacred Commerce
How has the economy affected Cafe Gratitude's community support?In what ways is Cafe Gratitude support those who might be experiencing struggle during these financial times?
What words of advice do Matthew and Terce have for those looking to start a restaurant of their own?
Our guest today is Revvell Revati. Revvell is a wellness coach, author, and internet radio host who has over 22 years of experience in the space of holistic health.
Revvell joins on the We Like It Raw podcast to talk about how her journey began, the power of having quality mentors and the importance of revealing your true self.
Interview Themes
Revealing your true self and seeing beyond conditioning
The power of mentors in one's journey
Approaching your health holistically and not just with food
Topics Covered
The Journey Begins
What roll Asthma played in Revvell's journey
How Revvell met her martial arts mentor and how he taught her to start going within
Revvell's Food Journey
Did Revvell experience any food or emotional detox when she moved to a vegetarian diet?
At what point did raw and live foods come into the picture?
What was Revvell's 3 month raw food trial like and what program did she follow?
What does Revvell's raw food diet look like today?
Revvell's Holistic Living Tips
How does Revvell suggest that one start integrating more raw food?
Revvell's tip for balancing a high raw diet
What does Revvell have to say about emotions of guilt that come from having "a bad day"
Revvell's comments on "being here now"
What does Revvell suggest one does when they've "forgotten themselves"
