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Tuesday, 8 December 2015

So I have a friend who has discovered the beauty of speaking her truth. This is amazing and she is transforming all the time.

My truth is that I feel like a traveller. I'm am explorer. An adventurer. I think the years of habit have made me more comfortable sat watching TV or playing on the PC. 

When I actually get on my bicycle after the initial grumpy thoughts of "I cant be arsed" I absolutely love what I see and how I feel. Until I force myself to do it, I am quite happy sitting on my arse but I don't feel enriched.

I have a business in the health and wellness industry and whilst I can do this anywhere in the world right now I feel inclined to stay in Liverpool. 

Liverpool is a special place to me as it's where I grew up. The people are diverse and even though we get bad press it's one of the friendliest places I've lived.

I think part of my problem is I often get carried away dreaming about what I don't have than appreciating what I do have. Am I just trying to run away again?

These are the times I find meditation valuable. When decisions are difficult and my mind is consumed by a thousand thoughts it's best to find peace in this present moment through meditation.

On that note I'm going to breathe and focus on being present right here right now.

Are you a traveller? Do you get distracted? How do you refocus?

I am interested in your story xx

Saturday, 5 December 2015

Rainbow Island Cleanse Review

To conclude the Rainbow Cleanse I have filmed a video. Be sure to watch all of it as I offer my advice.







I hope you enjoyed it :)



Kisses



Jennifer xx

Sunday, 29 November 2015

Rainbow Island Cleanse Playlist

Hey I just completed the Rainbow Island Cleanse inspired by Chris Kendall​l and Ashley Clark​ where I eat one colour per day and meditate focusing on the corresponding chakra to the colours of the rainbow. Check out my playlist here.

I didn't entirely stick to the same colour every day (on day 5 I ate carrots and today I ate avocados), but I did it 100% raw and liked to mix up the fruits and veg I ate instead of mono one fruit all day.

This cleanse is amazing and I shall be creating a review video tomorrow to add to the playlist. Check it out and subscribe to my channel. I aim to expand on bralessness awareness :)


Sunday, 18 October 2015

Enlightenment 101


Tuesday, 13 October 2015

HIGH FAT VEGAN: What I Eat In A Day

Here's a video of what I eat in a day as a HIGH FAT vegan!!

Enjoy and let me know your thoughts xx


Sunday, 11 October 2015

My scarily accurate astro chart...


Rising Sign is in 29 Degrees Virgo 
You tend to be very shy and not very self-assertive. You are supercritical about how you appear to others. Even though you may think you are uninteresting and dull, you are actually quite soft- spoken, orderly, neat and very likable. You are a perfectionist with high standards, and at times you can be quite tactless in pointing out the faults of others. Very practical, efficient and purposeful, your appearance and bearing reflect your need to appear graceful, sensible and reserved. You have a crisp, no-nonsense approach to dealing with others. Never lazy or self-indulgent, you tend to be dedicated to the work ethic. 

Sun is in 15 Degrees Virgo. 
Extremely careful and cautious by nature, you value neatness and order above all else. You rigorously practice very high standards of living and conduct and you demand the same of everyone with whom you come into contact. At times, you are so supercritical that you are merely nit-picky. You are very good at practical skills and quite handy with tools of all kinds. You are also greatly concerned with hygiene, cleanliness and personal health problems. Very likely your health is much better than you think it is -- don't worry so much! Extremely methodical and analytical, you are a perfectionist -- this makes you the perfect person to carry out highly detailed, precise operations. But, at times, you pay so much attention to details that you lose sight of the larger issues. 

Moon is in 05 Degrees Scorpio. 
Your feelings are very intense, never superficial. You tend to be either very angry or very sad or completely and totally happy. Your moods are deep, extreme and not always completely understood by yourself or by those with whom you have to deal. Emotionally, you tend to prefer to live at the cutting edge of life, pushing your reactions to the ultimate extremes, even if the results are dangerous or upsetting. You are easily jealous and very suspicious -- you require a great deal of emotional reassurance. A good detective, you are very curious about deep and mysterious things, especially human nature and motivations. Be careful not to be ruthless, tactless or too overly frank or you will meet with much resistance from others. 

Mercury is in 17 Degrees Virgo. 
Very thorough and efficient, you pay attention to the minor but important details of any project. You are a careful thinker who can learn complicated, intricate techniques. You are attracted to practical, useful skills and are probably good at working with your hands. You are very critical of yourself and others, sometimes too much so, and you get the reputation of being a nag or of being nit-picky. Your first reaction to any situation is to try to organize, classify and analyze everything! 

Venus is in 00 Degrees Scorpio. 
Your feelings about others are deep, powerful, intense and complex. When you like someone, you do so totally and obsessively if you do not like someone, they do not exist. Your faithfulness and loyalty to your lover is unquestioned, indeed at times it is too much so -- you get so possessive that you almost smother your partner. At times, your feelings are kept deep within you and, because they are so complex and intense, they frighten you -- this is the way that you try to ignore them. But the more you try to do this, the more explosive things get when you eventually do express them. 

Mars is in 16 Degrees Capricorn. 
Extremely ambitious, you are willing to work very hard to reach the goals you have set for yourself. Very practical, cautious and conservative, you demand tangible results for your efforts. You need to excel in whatever you do, and you have the required sense of responsibility, dedication and self-discipline to bring it about. Beware of your tendency to judge others only by their degree of status and prestige, or by how well they will be able to advance you in your climb to the top. 

Jupiter is in 18 Degrees Pisces. 
You are at your best when you give of yourself and what you have -- try to avoid being a martyr about it, though. You're a true idealist, but you must learn not to be upset when life does not cooperate with the way you think things should be. Very concerned with spiritual truth and growth, when you practice what you preach, you make an excellent role model for others. You are so devoted to altruistic ventures and concerns that you tire easily at times. It then becomes necessary for you to go off by yourself to recharge your batteries. 

Saturn is in 03 Degrees Sagittarius. 
Basically quite conservative, you respect traditional authority figures and are very thankful and supportive of the laws and institutions which govern your life. You learn and accept new ideas only after having very thoroughly examined them. Ideals and abstract concepts are important to you only if they can be used in some practical fashion. You are so practical and so orderly that you have natural skills in planning, administrating and organizing. 

Uranus is in 18 Degrees Sagittarius. 
You, and most of your peers, have the tendency to think that all ideas, customs and traditions from the past are outmoded and irrelevant. You are attracted to radically new ideas, philosophies and religions that will, hopefully, cause sweeping changes throughout the world. 

Neptune is in 03 Degrees Capricorn. 
You, and your entire generation, will idealize work, practicality and the ability to attain reasonable goals. But, because you will also stress the need to be selfless and giving, you may find it difficult to attain your goals unless you have lowered your expectations on all fronts. 

Pluto is in 05 Degrees Scorpio. 
For your entire generation, this is a period of intense research and discovery in areas that were heretofore considered mysterious, remote or taboo. The root causes for many complex occurrences will be unearthed due to the intensity and thoroughness of the search. 

N. Node is in 21 Degrees Aries. 
You're at your most comfortable when involved in group activities outside of your immediate family circle. You delight in getting involved with others in neighborhood civic or political activities, especially if you can be a part of the leadership of the group. Your zeal and overabundant energy bring out your real creativity when you can work toward tangible results -- things that will immediately benefit those around you. You have a real gift for getting the most out of charity drives and community benefits. Take time out between projects though, because you tire out easily and your effectiveness becomes greatly diminished when your energy is depleted. Also, don't even think of trying to get involved at a peripheral level -- you need a total commitment to feel personally fulfilled. Let others bake the cookies and set up the chairs -- you should be the one to tell everyone what to do and when to do it! 

Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Food (not so) glorious food!

Time passes quickly, yet it feels like eating unlimited amounts of durian in Thailand was years ago. I had all of these plans to return home and fast, drink green juices, transition to a high fat low carb raw vegan diet and keep on being healthy. Well a lot of that hasn't quite happened yet and here's my story. 

When I was in Chanthaburi I started day dreaming about most of the cooked foods I was addicted to. Mainly refined carbs. I allowed myself to get carried away and I watched many YouTube videos of how to make then myself. So of course when I came home I was fuelled with these ideas, but instead of going the "healthier" route and making my own I just bought the prepared items from the shop and this ease then fuelled a long binge session. 

My weakness was always crumpets, so I ate quite a lot of them. Then I started eating toast, rice and pasta. Soon I got sick. I would eat so much that I'd wake up in the night and be so uncomfortable that making myself vomit would make me feel better. I know it's not a good thing to do, which is why I only did it twice. I hate to think about the people who become addicted to this practice. 

I believe that I do have an eating disorder though, it's called obsessive compulsive overeating. I am now at the point where I just constantly think about food and eating, and then I binge throughout the day. This isn't helped by my monotonous desk job as most of my food issues arise from boredom. 

Perhaps the next plan of action is to attend overeaters anonymous. I have already sought out local groups but I thought I could fix it all by myself. I don't think that's a possibility with the way things have been going. 

Don't get me wrong I eat healthy foods, I'm mostly raw and I've switched from eating my dad's bread to organic sprouted bread, I've also stopped eating crumpets, rice and pasta and if I cook food it's just vegetables (although I've eaten out a few times with friends). Now my issue is the portion sizes. After spending 2 years eating "unlimited" fruit and veg I've really cemented the "eat this till I'm stuffed" practice into my life, which makes it much harder to demonstrate self control when eating. 

I do practice mindfulness, but as soon as the food tantalises my taste buds I'm in a frenzied ego mode. On a side note that reminds me of GTA, but instead of killing people I'm hurting myself. 

That's the importance of this realisation. I am only hurting myself. 

Is it healthy to eat fruit and vegetables? Yes. 
Is it healthy to eat fruit and vegetables constantly throughout the day so that I never stop eating? No. 

So where do I go from here? Well I've gained the weight I originally lost, I have more fat on my stomach but more muscle on my legs. Years ago I learned that diet and exercise is 80% and 20% respectively, so I need to change my eating habits in order to attain my ideal weight/size. I've been so confused regarding diet and that's why I've just been eating whatever I want, so I have a few decisions to make. 

My goals are to be healthy, look healthy and feel healthy, so now I have to practice this wholly. I think it's important to eat lots of plant based foods. That's not changed in my mind. I think it's also important to eat raw. I quite like the idea that food should be as unprocessed as possible, so that means nothing can be blended, juiced or mixed. I think that will help me a lot and it will mean I have to chew everything, which will encourage my sensors to work properly. Then all I need to do is get in tune with these and listen to my body not my mind. 

Of course the body is just part of the health triangle. I also need to work on my mind and soul, particularly with regards to overcoming these habits and truly listening and making a bond with the creator. I recently attended a meetup that may have put me on the path to further my spiritual journey, so watch out for that. 

Much love,  Jennifer xx