August 16, 2010

Hi {!firstname_fix}

Ok, so yes, to lobsters left at the dock by the lobsterman who caught them that morning. Yes, to soft fog that muffles everything except the call of the ferry, yes, to the dark water in the quarry that makes swimming unlike anything in the world, yes to family and laughter and memories and to sitting on the deck with the warmth of the sun drying off the wood and the grass. Yes, to the silly seagulls who have learned that breakfast on the deck means treats for them. Maine is another on my heart places.

There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, August 18, 2010.

These classes will begin Wednesday, August 25, 2010. Please click on the name of the class you wish to join and it will take you to the registration page:

Brain Chemistry Serotonin (2 weeks) is the other of our most popular classes. It helps you make sense of why the potato works, why you have a problem in the winter and how Post Traumatic Stress Disorder can play into this. If you munch in your mind, if you are depressed or edgy or feel sad, this is the class for you.

The Obesity Myth (2 weeks) is the famous class that blasted our myths about being fat from the water. If your doctor, husband, girlfriend is on your case, come join us. If you are shamed about being fat, come. If you feel that being fat is wrecking your health, come. Get the real scoop and then move forward knowing what to do. This class is ALWAYS fun.

Addiction Amoeba: Work Addiction (2 weeks) is part of a new series on how the Addiction Amoeba can clobber us. This class will be one of those you will not want to miss. Start the Fall with insight and focus.

Here are some clues about whether this might be a good class for you. This is a class for people who are at least on step 3.

  • Even when we are not working, we are thinking of our next task. Most of our activities are work-related. We deny ourselves the enjoyment of a balanced and varied life.

  • We use work as a way to deal with the uncertainties of life. We lie awake worrying; we over-plan and over-organize. By being unwilling to surrender control, we lose our spontaneity, creativity and flexibility.

  • Many of us grew up in chaotic homes. Stress and intensity feel normal to us. We seek out these conditions in the workplace. We create crises and get adrenaline highs by overworking to resolve them. Then we suffer withdrawals and become anxious and depressed. Such mood swings destroy our peace of mind.
There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, September 1, 2010.


The class schedule is online. Click here to see what is planned.

Please wait to sign up for classes until a week or two before, and do not sign up for classes that are not yet scheduled.

A number of you have asked me how the classes work. Check the class list page for more information on this. And please go read the questions and answers before you write to me. If you have trouble getting through the process, write the tech forum.

Be sure to visit our Radiant Recovery website and Community Forum regularly.

Warmly,
Kathleen

**********************************************************************

** Quote From Kathleen **


The more you journal, the more intrigued you will become to hear the story your body wants to share. Listen deeply for the miracle.

**********************************************************************

** Testimonial of the Week **


Hi everyone,

This is my official start date to step 5. It's very exciting to be at the point where I can progress to the next step!

I've been thinking about this step for the last couple of weeks and what I could possibly bring to the group. I'm kind of at a loss because I'm pretty much all brown anyway, with some whites thrown in primarily so that I don't de-tox before step 6.

I prefer browns to white, but I don't have a huge variety of them. My staples are Ezekiel bread, brown rice, Deland bread, Uncle Sam's cereal, whole oats with groats, buckwheat cereal, beans, lentils...hmm, that's pretty much it. Occasionally I'll have some oatcakes but very rarely do I eat any kind of cracker or chip. I don't eat many products made from flour for some reason. Not a huge fan of pasta and I never make baked products. LOL, okay, I'll be the boring brown member!.........lol.

Anyway, the thing about browns are that I never crave more. That's how I know they are good for me. Browns can stay on my shelf or fridge forever. Whites are gone in a day or an hour.

Truthfully, I'm happy with my boring brown self.....lol. But I want to participate here and learn more about this step. I've been in RR a long time but have never made it to Step 5 so this is a huge deal for me!

Jan

**********************************************************************

** Radiant Ambassadors **


Do we have any budding orators in our midst? Are any of you interested in talking about Radiant Recovery but aren’t quite sure how to tackle it?

Well, Kathleen’s produced a PowerPoint all about sugar sensitivity. It’s sitting in the files section of the ambassadors list just waiting to be used. We can use it to illustrate talks about Radiant Recovery and ‘doing the food’.

If you want to come on over to the ambassadors list and see what other delights we have in the files section you will be more than welcome!

Selena

Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news.

**********************************************************************

** How I Found Radiant Recovery **


I am Dianne from St. Louis, MO. I am on step 2 and beginning to look at step 3. I found RR a number of years ago and began eating breakfast with protein then, and even though I wandered away from looking at the forum etc., I continued to do breakfast. About a year and a half ago I went to a Dr. And began taking amino acid supplements. I lost 50 pounds quickly and felt awesome. Then I began eating sugar again and put the weight back on even faster. The Dr. wanted me to do his program again and I knew that my sugar addiction seemed worse to me and I knew that his program was not the answer and that I did not want sugar to continue to rule my life.

So I came back to the RR website, bought a copy of PNP and am determined that I will stay with it. I belong to the step 1 and step 2 groups but only in that I read the posts that come to me daily. I am an introvert and posting is not easy for me. I know from being in this resource class a few years ago that I would have to post so that's why I joined the class this time. I want to become comfortable posting, etc.

Take care,
Dianne (St. Louis)

**********************************************************************

** Radiant Kitchen **


OK, the following recipe for tuna casserole comes from Lisa SC, a wonderful cook in our community. This makes a *great* dish, which I have taken to a potluck and it was all gone quickly! (For the white sauce, I use 1/4 C flour, 1/4 C butter, and 2 Cups milk.)

I don't actually have a recipe for my tuna casserole, but I can tell you what I do. I use two of the super size tuna cans for around 100 grams of protein. I use one pound of tinkyada pasta, either macaroni or rotini. A bag of frozen peas or mixed peas and carrots and one 4-6 oz can or jar of sliced mushrooms.

The white sauce recipe I do from memory, but it is a regular white sauce with equal portions of melted butter and brown rice flour (about 1/4 cup of each). I make a roux and gradually add soy milk (I imagine oat or almond would work, but I haven't tried it) whisking it well after each addition and letting it come to a boil each time, then adding more milk and whisking again until it is thick and creamy.

I add salt to taste along with the drained tuna, mushrooms and cooked veggies. When the pasta is done I pour the tuna mixture over the pasta, and stir to combine well. You can bake at this point if you like, but my family is usually ready to eat it right then and we skip the baking step.

The cheese eaters in our group sprinkle grated parmesan or cheddar on theirs, sometimes running it under the broiler to melt the cheese. Other toppings include crushed chips or crackers of whatever kind you like. Personally I use rice snaps for a little crunch on top.

Elaine in CO

For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store.


**********************************************************************

** Radiant Conversations **


Kathleen is off on vacation, so our special guest hostesses will be Heather and Terri W who will be talking about BENTO Boxes.

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.



I always love to talk about pycnogenol. Here is the list Kathleen gave me about its wonders:

  • Treatment with pycnogenol reduces menstrual pain
  • Pycnogenol is a significant anti-inflammatory
  • Pycnogenol prevents edema in long air flights, and it is a major inhibitor of deep vein thrombosis associated with long flights
  • Pycnogenol has a major positive effect on inflammatory bowel diseases
  • Pycnogenol lowers glucose levels and improves endothelial function in type II diabetes.
  • Pycnogenol accelerates wound healing and reduces scar formation
  • Topical pycnogenol protects from inflammation, immunosupression and carcinogenesis induced by UV radiation (that means sunburn)
  • Pycnogenol has a positive impact on asthma
  • Pycnogenol inhibits the release of histamine from Mast cells
  • Pycnogenol inhibits lipogenesis
  • There is some evidence of pycnogenol causing death in human mammary cancer cells
  • Pycnogenol reduces platelet aggregation in smokers


Whew, OK I can't do any more....

Let me summarize what Kathleen thinks might be most important for SS people:

  • Pycnogenol reduces inflammation in many way - asthma, allergies, gut stuff, heart stuff
  • It inhibits fat storage
  • It is really, really good to take on long flights or if you sit at a computer all day.
  • It helps with PMS.
  • It strengthens capillaries, so if you are taking fish oil or other things that thin the blood, it helps to prevent bruising.
The typical dose is one milligram per pound of body weight. Each of The capsules we carry have 50 mg. If you are starting off, and need more than 2 caps, ease into it and stagger the timing. Sometimes if you take a lot at once, you can get an upset stomach.

Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better.

**********************************************************************

** Our Online Groups **


The Radiantdepression group is all about support for the person who is depressed and trying to work the 7-step program of recovery from sugar addiction. Many of us have struggled with severe depression for years without any hope of finding an end to it. But through doing the food we have found that hope returning and have found light where before there was only darkness. Some of us are taking anti-depressants while doing the food, so we talk about how the two are compatible and we also share about getting through the tough spots together, with support from each other. If you are feeling depressed please come join us. There is hope.

Verla

Or come to the group page to find the one that will best support your program: http://www.radiantrecovery.com/list_serves.htm


**********************************************************************

**The Great Bento Revolution **
Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.



So Heather and Terri got excited about Bentos and they got the rest of us excited. Bentos are about food as creation and food as art. I got excited about making a *BENTO* newsletter so put it together in pages and then made it into a full color PDF. So, all you have to do is click on the PDF icon to get it.



If you don't have adobe acrobat, just go here to download.

And come over to chat on Wednesday because they are leading it.


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.


©2010 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/