It is such a shame that this retreat had to come to an end!! I’m sure we all could have stayed another week and enjoyed the beautiful relaxing surrounds, good food and friendships that we formed. The last night was fantastic! We had our gala dinner where everyone dressed up, we took photo’s, had a great
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Honestly, I am so blessed. This is turning out to be the most incredible week. It wasn’t that the other retreats weren’t special – because they were – this is just turning out to be more intense, more connected, more uplifting and more soulful. There are many factors contributing to this, and I can’t put
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Yesterday was the first day of the Embracing Life! Retreat held about 45 minutes from the Gold Coast at a place called Uki in Northern NSW near Mt. Warning. 20 guests, 4 full time staff, myself and William met at the Universal Peace Centre for a week of detoxing, education, fun and relaxation at the most
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I liked these 🙂 The Paradoxical Commandments “I wrote these comments back in 1968, when I was nineteen, a college sophomore: 1. People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. 2. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. 3. If you are successful, you will win
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The Stanford Marshmallow Study – Delayed Gratification (Self-Discipline) the Key to Long Term Success. I thought this was really interesting and worth the read! “Stanford University psychology researcher Michael Mischel demonstrated how important self-discipline (the ability to delay immediate gratification in exchange for long term goal achievement) is to lifelong success? In a longitudinal study
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For anyone local to the Gold Coast area, Raw Power are holding a fantastic food preparation class at Mermaid Beach on Saturday 6th December at 12pm. During the festive season it is easier to be tempted by processed foods and foods that we normally don’t eat during the year – but if you have healthy
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A few days ago I was at a dinner with some lovely people who had an interest in health. I had only just met them, so they didn’t really know what I do, or that I have studied food, nutrition and health for years. They bought a container of “butter” out for us to have with
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Another source of inspiration for a blog post came again from a Sunday newspaper – honestly I’m going to have to start buying those things purely for the entertainment value! Last weekend there was a story about how many Australians are deficient in iodine, and how nutritionists are advising the government to recommend the addition of
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I don’t know the full story on this one, but a small article in one of the Sunday newspapers was indicative of the types of pressure that doctors are under in Australia, to practice within a very strict set of rules. The article was about Dr. Ian Raddatz, whom the Queensland Medical Board took to
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There are a lot of “health gurus” out there claiming to have all the answers to living a healthy life – follow what they say and you too will find the Holy Grail of sustainable health and well-being. More often than not their intentions are good, their heart is in the right place and they
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