06 January 2014

New Year Green Smoothie Recipe

Ingredients:
  • 1c hemp (or almond) milk
  • 1/2 banana
  • 1 Tbsp ground flax seeds or 1 squirt Flax oil
  • 1c kale
  • 1c spinach
  • 1/4c flat parsley
  • 1/4c pea sprouts (optional)
  • 1/4c blackberries (or raspberries)
Instructions:
  • Combine ingredients in a blender, preferably in the order listed above.
  • Drink up and enjoy!

Different Ways to Welcome the New Year

Like many people, I look forward to the "clean start" that a new year brings. Yet this New Year, I'm doing things differently. This New Year, I will NOT:
  • Write down a bunch of resolutions or goals that make me feel good temporarily, but then turn into obligations that I can't reasonably meet and resulting in me feeling like a failure.

    Instead I will have a loose "intention" to surrender the direction of my life to the Universe, trusting that each step I take is the one that is best for me in the moment that it happens, and is leading me to my true purpose.
  • Look back on the prior year, noting all the things that had gone wrong. I will not think "good riddance", because all the trials and tribulations have taught me important lessons, and I'm a better, stronger person for having experienced them.

    Rather, I will say goodbye to the prior year with respect. I will keep the lessons I learned in my mind and close in my heart as I move forward, so I don't make the same mistakes and create the same suffering for myself and others.
What will YOU do differently this new year?