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** Quote From Kathleen ** Once you feel radiance there is no going back. **********************************************************************
** Testimonial of the Week ** Woohoo!! I have been so anxious to get the results back from the blood screening at the health fair my hospital puts on every fall. They came today. I couldn't imagine that they would not have improved since I have been on the program since February and have been detoxed from sugar for a couple of months now. Get this--my cholesterol dropped 22 points!! I cut my triglyceride value in HALF, my HDL's (the good guys) went up by almost 25%, and my LDL's (the bad guys) went DOWN by more than 25%. I can hardly believe how great this is! So, everybody, know without a doubt that even if you can't see any improvement on the outside, i.e., weight loss, you are most definitely helping yourself immensely on the inside. Yippee! Hugs, MaggieB **********************************************************************
** Radiant Ambassadors ** Well, Halloween is fast approaching! The Radiant Recovery Halloween Press Release went out last week. How exciting would it be to read about radiant alternatives to the annual candy fest in your local newspaper? Would you like to get involved? Do we have any volunteers to let us know details of your regional newspaper for next year's Press Release? Feel free to join the Ambassadors list or post the details on the Forum. Just imagine what it would be like if the whole of the US decided to do something different next year! Selena Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Kitchen ** Here is one of my favorite recipes....
If you have left over almond meal and eggs, just mix them together and make some little pancakes in the skillet. I know this is a very imprecise recipe. But I make it all the time and it is ALWAYS delicious. It is ideal for all you folks who are doing wheat- and gluten-free food. For more great program-friendly recipes, check out these great cookbooks in the store.
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** Your Last Diet - More Than What You Think ** Well, if you read last week's chats, you had a preview of some of the changes we are making. We will be revising the structure of YLD some to make it far more focused on weight loss. Currently, as you know, the chats talk about way more than weight loss. This is exciting and fun, but some of you have expressed wanting more emphasis on why you joined. We will be making the main YLD list far more attentive to those needs. Chats will be geared to the whole community - innovation, new research, key questions and things like that. You can read about that focus down in the article below. YLD members will work together on the main list and in the WLIA [weight loss in action] list and will still be able to participate in the special members-only classes. We have a new YLD liaison, Milly, who is very excited and is putting together a team of people who have successfully lost weight using YLD. So you will be able to talk to great role models. We are all VERY excited about these changes and I know you will be too!!! If you are not a YLD member, come and join us. Click here if you are ready to change your life or just have some plain ol' fun! **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. Let's take a look at all our oils. These are especially good for winter.... We have two liquids - great for putting in your shake..
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
** Our Online Groups ** The Radiant Transitions list a place to discuss something that many of us are dealing with, which is helping our aging parents to make a transition from their active, independent lives to something different. It can be experienced in different ways. There may be parents who are proactive and search for and find a retirement community that would be a safe place for them that also offered assisted living and nursing home care as needed. On the other side of the coin, there may be those who have dementia that progresses to the point that it was no longer safe for them to live alone. This list will be for those of you who are dealing with this situation now. We want the list to feel very safe, so you will have to apply to join it. All members of the list will be expected to participate. No lurkers, please. **********************************************************************
**Catching Up ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
This week's article will be more of an overall community update than a specific article. I would like to announce a couple of changes that are happening or are planned. 1. As I said in my first little introduction, we have asked a few new people if they would like to join us in serving the community. They will be having training over the next few weeks and stepping into new roles. So you can welcome them with me. Here is a nice little discussion of our values. It might be a good time to reread them. I always give thanks for the generosity and kindness of the volunteers who make this community possible. 2. As I have said in the YLD section, we are designing some changes with YLD and Chat. We have been talking for quite some time about how to resolve the way chat has emerged and the needs of the people who join YLD. We have people who want to be really focused and weight loss and we have people who are very interested in being on the cutting edge of what we are thinking and exploring. Chat has evolved into a lively place for conversations about vision, connection, and refining the program in creative and exciting ways. The scope of chat is way bigger than simply weight loss. In order to reconcile this, we will be doing two things: A. We will be making YLD way more focused for weight loss. This will be the place you can talk about what to do if you are gaining weight, how to work the steps with an eye for your weight loss process, how to challenge the myths of obesity, how to deal with the emotional reality of being overweight, and all the little complexities that come with this challenge. We have a new liaison with a lot of energy for these questions. She is building a vital team of people who have lost weight, are excited, skilled and enthusiastic. This dynamic process will happen on the YLD list and in the YLD members-only classes.So really, you are getting more for your money. We have the basics of the Radiant Dialogue material set for you over the next week or so. Look for it on the online groups list. 3. A number of you have asked me about how consults work and when you should use them. I thought it might be helpful to go through the kinds of things I do: A. If you feel confused about how to get started because you have a special set of circumstances that affect your ability to do the program.I am aware that in the past we have had a few glitches with our scheduling. We now have a new assistant in the office who will be handling setting up the appointment. He is very detailed and will make sure everything stays on track. Let me know if you have any further questions. I am excited about all these changes. Here are the folks who are helping put the newsletter together:
Gretel, our webmaster, puts it all together. David runs the Radiant Recovery® Store. Selena provides the weekly Ambassadors column. The banner photograph is by Patti Holden. ©2009 Kathleen DesMaisons. All rights reserved. You are free to use or transmit this article to your ezine or website as long as you leave the content unaltered, use this attribution: "By Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. of Radiant Recovery®", and notify kathleen@radiantrecovery.com of the location. Please visit the Radiant Recovery® website at http://www.radiantrecovery.com for additional resources on sugar sensitivity and healing addiction. You are getting the weekly newsletter from Radiant Recovery® in response to your signup. A copy of this newsletter may also be found posted on the web at http://www. radiantrecovery.com/weeklynewsletter.htm. |
