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February 7, 2011 Hi {!firstname_fix} The news said that NM had the coldest temps in the country this past week. I lost hot water, then all water, then electricity. Thankfully I kept my heat. But it certainly was sobering to have the thermometer go down to 7 below 0. But no pipes broke and we learned a lot. I will keep water in the shed, LOL. Amazing how it built community spirit. I am taking a week break on classes to try to get caught up and to work on building the schedule for the next 6 months. I hope to add some new things that will be consistent with what we are thinking about. This week we are launching our new recipe blog. Hope you like it. Special thanks to Heidi, Emily and Gretel for pulling this all together! There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, February 9, 2010. These classes will begin Wednesday, February 16, 2010. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page: Magical Introversion (2 weeks) is a class which has grown out of your teachings. Last year you sat with me and talked about what life is like for you. I have taken that material, added the brain component, and put together the implications for sugar sensitives. Depression (2 weeks) is a key class for the Potatoes Not Prozac crowd. Learn in-depth information on the kinds of depression, why drugs will or will not work, how they work and how Doing the Food can help. 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 ** Being steady means being firm, unfaltering, unflappable and unwavering. Being steady means driving in cruise control. **********************************************************************
** Testimonial of the Week ** I'll chime in and say that yes indeed, I gained weight as I added in the good food and kept all my refined stuff too. But when I hit step six, and detoxed, it just started peeling off. I've lost what I gained and more. The best thing I did for myself was to set aside my worry about weight while I worked my way through the steps, and focused on healing my self - my nerves, my brain, my core. And it happened. I hope you will take heart, and keep going! hilda **********************************************************************
** Radiant Ambassadors ** 
Hands up, who enjoys a good blog post?Well, here's something exciting - I've had a couple of people within the community tell me that they are actively blogging about Radiant Recovery!! AND getting positive feedback and requests for information from readers. (grin) Lisa has given me permission to share her post here... Hi all, How exciting is that!!! I've been pondering setting up a blog of my own recently and I think that with success like this then it's a 'when' rather than an 'if'. I know I've asked before, but do we have any expert bloggers among us who would be willing to share any hints and tips? Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
** How I Found Radiant Recovery ** My name is Kim and I am a stay-at-home mom to 2 young children (DD is 4, DS is 18 months) in Missouri. I found Potatoes not Prozac at the public library while looking for books on non-pharmaceutical treatments for depression. I have been doing the program for about 6 weeks now and have been on Step 2 for the past couple of weeks. I definitely have a way to go before I have the journaling down! My long-term goals in doing the RR program are to be able to cope with life without relying on sugar and also to pass on healthier habits to my 2 young children. I am looking forward to learning more about the RR resources in this class! Kim **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. In support of those of you who do gluten-free browns, we have the following core products:
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
** Happenings on Facebook **  
Kathleen recently finished our first class on play. It was so much fun that they are going to start posting the really great things they learned about play over on facebook. Won't you come join us?Come find us on Facebook at http://www.Facebook.com/RadiantRecovery and join the fun!. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Kitchen ** Sort of squash it with a paper towel to get the extra water out. Cut in 1/4 inch slices. Heat up a skillet with some olive oil and put the slices in (actually I use my pancake griddle). Sprinkle some torula yeast (Twin Labs) on each slice. Pour some tamari over each slice so the whole thing sizzles. Turn 'em over and cook some more. Serve hot then or save for lunch and serve cold. For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Conversations ** We have been having wonderful conversations in chat and of course the chat study list gives us a way to take the topics deeper. I read the chat also. It was awesome. And to think that after reading the newsletter, I thought chat would only be for step 7er's. LOL, I should have known that Kathleen would make everything relate/speak to all of us at whatever level we are. If you are not a YLD member, come and join us. Click here if you want to be a part of the latest and greatest or just have some plain ol' fun! **********************************************************************
** Our Online Groups ** 
The Brits list was originally set up as a geo list to provide support for those doing the food in Britain. But, over the past few years British involvement in the RR program has grown and grown and we now have a YLD Eurochat on Wednesday nights (UK time) and our very own Euroranch in Salisbury for anyone doing the program in Britain and Europe. As a result of all of this, the Brits list has also grown a lot and is now a wonderfully fun place of support for anyone doing the programme in the UK. We talk about what it means to do the programme here, what different foods we eat, and how to translate American terms into British ones and we also have lots of fun!! It is a great place, a very supportive group, full of wonderful people. We also have quite regular get-togethers, usually twice a year or so, mostly in London. The last couple have been at our favourite restaurant, Leon, where 15-20 of us happily take over their biggest table for several hours. They haven't complained yet, LOL.So if you are a Brit and you are doing this programme, we'd love to have you join us. **********************************************************************
**The Power of Shame in Your Healing ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
In one of our chats, I talked about the power of shame. I thought it would be fun to share a little of that with all of you again. I asked folks to think about the thing they were more ashamed of in their lives. Then I asked how that image made them feel. Almost everyone described feeling sick to her stomach. This is a big clue. A VERY big clue. If you have something that makes you feel sick to think of, it is a crucial part of your life. You spend a lot of energy to stay away from those feelings. Make a list of the things that are sitting there eating away at you. These things can be your debt, your unpaid bills, your credit report, the people you hurt, the affair you had, the things you took, being fat, bingeing, purging, compulsive sex, the way you hide food and eat it in the car so no one knows, computer porn, gambling and a thousand other things. Think of the points of shame as little black holes that suck your energy. And dealing with them seems impossible. They are too big, too bad, too horrible, horrible to even look at, let alone heal. Shame is about hiding. And when you hide, the energy flows into the black hole so you procrastinate. You put the bills in the drawer. You say I will start a diet on Monday or my birthday or the first of the year. You hide the feelings of your inadequacy. You never, ever tell the depth of the repulsion and disgust about how you look. You literally *suck it up* which means you pour your energy down into the black hole. Now there is a reason for this. Mostly you are around people who add to the shame. You KNOW that they will think badly of you. If you ever really knew....and you find the people or the institutions who reinforce that message so by the time you are grown ups, you are pretty well entrenched with the hiding. However, here is the irony. Whatever you think is the worst is usually the most shared. Think about the relief you felt when you connected with the community and discovered thousands of people who hid the candy wrappers under the top pile of the trash or who threw the empty vodka bottle on someone else’s lawn. We are able to talk about the shame of being fat or being out of control with the food. But we still hide the other stuff. However, it really is no different, comes from the same place. But old patterns get etched in. And they stay to reinforce your belief that at core you really are a bad person. You aren’t really a bad person at all, you may have some grimy stuff to clean out. But it is no different than a grimy barn. It just feels that way. SHAME=HIDING HIDING=PROCRASTINATION PROCRASTINATION=SHAME It is a circle that goes round and round. And there is a way out. ACCEPTANCE = DISCLOSURE DISCLOSURE = MOBILIZATION MOBILIZATION = ACTION When we talked about this in chat, several people wondered about how to know what appropriate disclosure might be. Part of being sugar sensitive is either never telling or telling way too much. As you do the food, you begin to share little bits in the right place. You share in places where you will not be judged or put down. You share with people who understand and do not reinforce your shame patterns. As you do this, something incredible happens. The energy that has been going into the black hole comes streaming into your life. Everything is different. And then the lightness you feel goes into the other places. Click, click, click one at a time, the places of shame can be healed. It may take a while to get the power of this. But once you do, nothing is the same. 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. Tina tells us what's happening on Facebook. ©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/ |
