Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Graham Connolly, on air from February 11th
Discover mindset shifts and practical strategies to reap the benefit of a plant-based lifestyle without the heavy sacrifice. Graham Connolly shares his journey and approaches to making plant-based cooking and lifestyle sustainable and easy. From keeping daily meals simple, satisfying, and exciting to creating potluck favourites that impress, learn how to lead a plant-based diet without the overwhelm, restrictions, and isolation. Whether you lead a plant-based lifestyle yourself and want to explore more in the kitchen or if you simply want to accommodate friends and family with food they will love, join us as we explore simple mindset shifts and strategies to making plant-based easier.
Graham is a business consultant with a passion for doing things in sustainable ways while also pushing the limits of potential. This passion tends to permeate most aspects of his life, including leading a plant-based lifestyle. Graham has loved cooking from a young age, from cooking at home, and working in restaurants, but has always maintained a focus on simplicity. “From leaving the typical Western diet, I knew that to really make this sustainable and work for me, it couldn’t come with a heavy sacrifice. And that’s the lens through which I made it work and wonderful.” “Now, I just love helping people live the lives they want without the heavy burden of sacrifice.”
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ECO Solutions with Sara Troy and her guest Christina Hill, on air from May 9th
WHAT DOES BEING VEGAN MEAN FOR OUR ECOSYSTEM?
It has long been understood by indigenous peoples that our relationship to Mother Earth is spiritually as well as physically sustaining. For indigenous peoples, this is often included in their way of life, and expressed through their daily rituals, even in the way they eat.
In Western culture, we may sense this spiritual nourishment once we depart from the material world and spend some time in the natural world just outside our door… we can feel Mother Earth’s beauty, peace, and we can find refuge in her no matter if it’s at the base of a waterfall or by following the flutter of a butterfly as it passes by. This spiritual nourishment is a quality of life rarely valued by our solely economic images of progress. And yet we are sustained and supported in ways we cannot easily measure with exacting science. In the words ofSatish Kumar: “The contemporary environmental movement, in the main, follows the path of empirical science, rational thinking, data collection and external action. This is good as far as it goes but it doesn’t go far enough. We need to include care of the soul as a part of the care of the planet.”
The vegan lifestyle is one such way of both caring for our soul and our blessed Mother Earth, and its’ health benefits are far reaching. Simply put, when you are consuming only high vibrational foods (plant foods that have felt the sun’s rays and have come from Mother Earth with little to no processing in between harvesting and entering your body) then you yourself are sustaining the planet’s vibration as well as your own. All life on Earth comes from the sun. When the sun touches a plant on Earth, it creates a specific vibration. That vibration is what we then eat. The human body consumes this energy (the food is just the physical form which houses that energy). Food related to death or killing is in a lower vibration. Humans don’t need to eat these foods, we need to go back to where we were, in harmony with Earth and where the energy we consumed was not coming from dead animals. By eliminating the consumption of meats/dairy/fish/eggs (or any animal by-product) you are coming back to your own natural human form. Your human form constitution is energy and water, first and foremost. Think about all the plants that offer you their light energy and water! When you choose to consume only those types of foods, you become more like your Mother Earth. Other humans will sense this and they too will want to do the same. As we continue to transform, Mother Earth will heal and replenish herself, providing ample bounty for all human life to eat in a vegan way!
Christina Hill, CHt, is a Washington state certified hypnotist, spiritual life coach, and a renowned psychic channeler. She is a certified Acutonics practitioner and a Reiki Master. A gentle, loving leader and facilitator for change, she partners with her Spirit Guide, Athella, to bring healing and divine guidance to clients around the globe.
Spanning well over two decades is a self-taught, self-evolved psychic and open channeler who has also surmounted immense life challenges and triumphed through life school, despite overwhelming circumstances including poverty, addiction, disease, abuse, and adversity. Christina’s coaching and teachings through Athella have led many thousands of people to spiritual enlightenment and the realization that “enlightenment” is here and now, stemming from one’s own inner resources!
Christina embodies the essence of living a present moment life and endeavours to shine that light on others in her private coaching practice. A vibrant presence and a naturally gifted empath, she draws from both her extensive hypnosis work and energy healing modalities, to offer a sacred space where clients can experience release… returning to truth, balance, and wholeness.
Have you ever found yourself in an intimate moment and your partner, for the life of him (bless his heart), simply could not… how can I say this delicately… activate the launch sequence? This can be a mortifying experience, and an abrupt dousing of a romantic flame, especially if your partner is still a relatively young man.
I was surprised by a question posed to me by my doctor. “Are you and your husband still having sex?” I was 54 at the time; my husband was 59. I looked at her like she was out of her mind, astonished that this was even a consideration.
Apparently, it is not uncommon for couples our age to just give sex up entirely. Over 30 million men in America suffer from erectile dysfunction and at some point in their lives, it affects 50% of all men. No wonder erectile dysfunction drug sales are skyrocketing and prominent men like former US Senator and Presidential Candidate, Bob Dole can be viewed gaping at Britney Spears’ shapely fanny in a Pepsi advertisement spoofing his own commercial for Viagra.
Is this inability to perform something that happens to most men after they’ve passed their sexual peak? This can really be a concern to young women faced with the prospect of one-day settling for a marriage doomed to the male aging process. Should we women resign ourselves to marriages bereft of the pleasures of the flesh? I once jested that there must be something in the water supply. Now there is a good reason to suggest there may be something in the food supply. A diet heavy in animal protein clogs the body’s blood vessels and arteries affecting not only the heart but all the intricate functions of the body. Cholesterol collects in our arteries creating a lessening of blood flow to the heart, to the brain, to the lungs, kidneys, liver and, dare I say, to the sexual organs as well. Simply put, adequate blood flow to the penis equals erections.
Our bodies produce a certain amount of cholesterol, in fact, all we need to function properly (according to T. Colin Campbell, The China Study). We ingest the excess in the form of animal protein; beef, poultry, dairy products, eggs, and seafood. We also ingest saturated fats found in animal products, which contribute to the cholesterol burden in our bodies. Plants contain no cholesterol and only a few plants, such coconut and coconut oil, cocoa butter, palm oil and palm kernel oil (which are found in abundance in processed foods) contain dietary saturated fat.
High blood pressure and diabetes are known factors contributing to erectile dysfunction. According to Dr. John McDougall (author of The McDougall Diet andThe Starch Solution), one can expect to eliminate high blood pressure on whole foods plant-based diet in as little as three weeks!
In his book, Dr. Neil Barnard’s Program For Reversing Diabetes, Barnard makes a case for a plant-based diet as a means of reversing diabetes. A host of disease processes can be improved or reversed simply by making the switch to a whole food vegan diet. There are over 30 years of sound research supporting these claims.
While not all erectile dysfunction issues are lifestyle related, it certainly is a reasonable place to begin. Simple changes in diet along with the inclusion of exercise into one’s lifestyle can produce great gains without the potentially harmful side effects of medication and the risks that go hand and hand with surgical interventions.
It is not all about tofu, salads, and wheatgrass. Foods from plants can be as varied and delicious, if not more so, than anything with hoofs, fins, and feathers. It’s also better for the planet and our vulnerable animal friends.
One way begin is to try eating out and ordering vegan Thai, Indian, Middle Eastern or Ethiopian dishes. They are chock full of flavour and high in nutrients. There are scores of vegan meet-up groups across the globe where one can become educated on a plant-based lifestyle and try dozens of vegan entrees and desserts for the cost of a pot-luck contribution. You can google vegan meet-ups to find one in your area.
A healthy, fulfilling sex life can be as close as your dining room table. (Yes, I’m fully aware of the double entendre.) To both, I ask, why not?
Positive Vibrations Roundtable with Sara Troy and her GuestsDanielle Bussone and Kate Strong aired from November 10th
Vegan foods are they a fad or a life style? is it all about eating rice cakes or delights we did not even know exists? Today we will share some Vegan delights and how choosing a vegan diet can help you live longer and introduce you to some Yummy delights.
In “Time for Change: Whole Foods For Whole Health!,” Danielle Bussone shows us that becoming vegan is an exciting expedition into a new world of flavours and cultural culinary experiences. Whether you wish to fully embrace a WFPB lifestyle or would just like to add healthy foods to your current diet, Bussone arms the reader with mouthwatering, healthy recipes that will make the inclusion of whole foods easy, delicious and restorative.
Take a listen to her other show for more vegan recipes.
Kate Strong says “Where to begin”? It would be easy to start with something positive, such as “you never lose, you only learn” or “your greatest challenges hide your greatest lessons”, but this wouldn’t be just. I doubt that anybody during their ‘greatest challenge’ ever boasts a huge smile and says “I’m so happy to be in the midst of some brilliant future lesson”.
Kate is a Welsh-born international traveller. She has spread her wings far and wide not only geographically but in every aspect of her life. Having embraced a vegan life style her performance in her sport and life had far out exceeded her expectations.
Stuffed acorn squash is fantastic any time but it is especially welcome during the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays when turkey takes centre stage in many American homes. This dish is cooked mainly on top of the stove and for only the last 15 minutes in the oven. It not only cooks more quickly than baking or roasting alone, but I believe you end up with a more flavourful result.
Time: 50 minutes
Yield: 2 halves, stuffed
Serves 2 as a main course, 4 as a side dish
Ingredients:
2 oranges, juiced with pulp
3 tablespoons maple syrup, divided
1 cup water
1 large organic acorn squash
1 large red delicious apple*, seeded and chopped into 1/4-inch cubes, (about 2 cups)
1/4 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup raisins, preferably golden organic
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Method: 35 to 50 minutes
Preheat oven to 375ºF
Prep time: 10 minutes
Stovetop: 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the size of your squash
Oven time: 10 to 15 minutes
Cut acorn squash in half, from stem to pointed tip. With a spoon, scrape out all the seeds and seed pulp until there is a clean hollow where the seeds were.
In a large covered skillet or saucepan, mix the water, orange juice, and 1 tablespoon maple syrup. Stir to combine.
Arrange squash in pan, cut side down. Arrange the raisins in the pan around the squash. Cover and bring to a boil. Allow to boil on high until tender. (If the water boils away too quickly add a little more, 1/4 cup at a time.) This will take 15 to 25 minutes, depending on the size of your squash. When it is tender and can easily be pierced with a fork or bamboo skewer, remove the lid and allow most of the liquid to boil away. Do not allow the thick liquid or the raisins on the bottom of the pan to burn.
While the squash is steaming, chop apples and toss with cinnamon, nutmeg, walnuts, and 2 tablespoons maple syrup. Set aside. Once the squash is tender, transfer to a casserole dish or other baking dish with sides. Turn the squash cut side up. Scoop the remaining liquid and the raisins out of the pan and add to the apple mixture. Fill the cavities in the acorn squash with this mixture.
Roast, uncovered, in a preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes. The apples should develop a caramel glaze and should still be firm. Do not allow to burn. Serve hot.
*Though Red Delicious isn’t typically a cooking apple, I like it in this recipe because it is sweeter than most apples and one of the most nutritious. Also because you are only wilting the apple rather than fully cooking it, it will continue to hold its shape and still have a little bit of a crunch.
Spicy Cranberry Chutney
This dish is sweet and sour and spicy all at the same time. Prepared with whole ingredients and sweetened entirely with fruit you can eat as much as you want of this guilt-free, healthy condiment. Red delicious apples are best with this dish because they are the most sweet, and actually one of the most healthy apples on the market. They will melt into the sauce, which is fine since it is not important that the apple maintain its shape. The ginger and cayenne give this sauce its signature peppery tang. Enjoy it as a side dish, a condiment or even as a sandwich spread.
Yield: about 4 cups
Time: 45 minutes
Ingredients:
12 ounces fresh or frozen whole cranberries
3 large red delicious apples, diced
1 large red delicious apple, puréed
8 large medjool dates, puréed
1 large orange, juiced (with pulp)
2 tablespoons orange zest
? cup raisins
3 tablespoons fresh ginger, finely minced
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground Jamaican allspice
? teaspoon cayenne pepper, optional
Purée one apple with the dates and orange juice, adding a little water if needed.
Combine all of the ingredients into a saucepan and simmer 25 minutes at medium temperature uncovered.
Serve hot or cold.
Can be used as a condiment, side dish or sandwich spread.
Danielle and Wise Health have created a special Holiday Vegan Feast menu for you to try out this holiday season. To make it easier for you to remember, we have created a downloadable book format with everything you need to make this a healthier happier holiday season for you, your loved ones and your friends. Plus every item on the menu will be discussed in greater detail in part 2 of this mini-series. Please feel free to distribute copies of this special mini-book to everyone you know.
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Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Kate Strong aired Sept 29th-Oct 5th
Where to begin? It would be easy to start with something positive, such as “you never lose, you only learn” or “your greatest challenges hide your greatest lessons”, but this wouldn’t be just. I doubt that anybody during their ‘greatest challenge’ ever boasts a huge smile and says “I’m so happy to be in the midst of some brilliant future lesson”.
Kate is a Welsh-born international traveller. She has spread her wings far and wide not only geographically but in every aspect of her life. Having graduated with a double Masters in Mechanical Engineering from French and English universities, Kate has had a diverse career path from having a career in fashion in Italy to working as a Divemaster in Mexico!? Until recently, Kate owned and operated a guesthouse and restaurant in the Blue Mountains of Australia. Only in 2013 did Kate decide to balance her life by taking care of her physical self and committed to the sport of triathlon.
Initially, struggling to run just 5km, she dedicated all her spare time into becoming a triathlete. Within eleven months of her first triathlon, Kate found herself on Australia’s age-group team and competed and won her age-group in the ITU World Championships and is currently World Champion in long-distance triathlon (4km swim, 120km cycle, 30km run).
Great Way to Start the Day Muesli Recipe Ingredients 50g rolled oats 2 tablespoons chia seeds 1 tablespoon activated linseed (flaxseed) 1 teaspoon poppy seeds 1 teaspoon sesame seeds 15g dried cranberries 10g goji berries 10g pepitas (pumpkin seeds) 1/2 cup water 1/2 cup apple juice, or water Seasonal fruit – the unpeeled variety! Method 1. Combine the oats, chia seeds and linseed into your breakfast bowl and add water. Leave for 5-10 minutes to soak. The ingredients will absorb all the water in this time and almost ‘set’. I activate the linseed by soaking them in water overnight. 2. Add all other ingredients and pour over apple juice, or water. Apple juice sweetens the muesli and is a great alternative to milk and soy milk. I use water because when I travel I know I always have water available and the juice is seen as a treat. 3. Add 2-3 different seasonal fruit to the muesli for added crunch and flavour. I tend to eat fruit that doesn’t require peeling. Peeled fruit has, on general, a higher sugar percentage than fruit that can be eaten without peeling. 4. Find quiet spot and enjoy! Nutritional Count (excluding additional fruit): Calories: 405.1g Total fat: 18.3g Cholesterol: […]
Today, Kate is a mentor to individuals and SMEs assisting in creating positive change through conscious questions. She works from the inside out ensuring that all the core values are in alignment and working together to achieve the desired result.
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Kate is also continuing her passion for personal excellence and is attempting to break a World Record in static cycling at the end of this year.
Christina Hill, CHt, is a Washington state certified hypnotist, spiritual life coach, and a renowned psychic channeler. She is a certified Acutonics practitioner and a Reiki Master. A gentle, loving leader and facilitator for change, she partners with her Spirit Guide, Athella, to bring healing and divine guidance to clients around the globe.
A diet heavy in animal protein clogs the body’s blood vessels and arteries affecting not only the heart but all the intricate functions of the body. Cholesterol collects in our arteries creating a lessening of blood flow to the heart, to the brain, to the lungs, kidneys, liver and, dare I say, to the sexual organs as well. Simply put, adequate blood flow to the penis equals erections.
By Danielle Bussone
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