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October 1, 2012 Hi {!firstname_fix} It is hard to describe what happens in NM at this time of year. The light shimmers, the birds are flying through as part of their migration. The air smells of roasting green chili, and everything is quieting. I love this time of year. Getting ready to go to Europe for Ranch. I will fly to New Jersey and stay a few days. Am going to get my *colors* done for the sheer fun of it. I have been losing weight and having fantasies of my new wardrobe, LOL. We will go on an outing to her place in NJ and just play. Then off to England. Whew, what fun. This class will begin Wednesday, October 3, 2012. Please click on the name of the class and it will take you to the registration page:
The class schedule is online. Click here to see what is planned. 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 ** Doing the food creates a steady bowl to hold your life experience. As it fills, the connection deepens inside and outside. **********************************************************************
**Testimonial of the Week ** My 4 kids have been doing the food with me for years. My youngest, 11 yo girl, has been having increasing difficulty waking up on these cold mornings, (it is winter in Australia, and getting food into her in time to walk to school has gotten more and more difficult ...until I remembered someone saying about bringing breakfast to the child in bed. Now everything in my "when they obey they can have a treat" background screamed against me doing this "pampering" of a "willful" child. But when I thought about the biochemistry, it became an easy decision. So I take my medication (which must be 1/2 hr before food), get up, go to the kitchen, prepare oatmeal for myself and my daughter stir in some milk powder and take it in to her. A drowsy good morning, and she eats sitting up in bed. I get dressed, then eat my oatmeal while cooking the eggs. Soon she is in the kitchen ready for the egg and bacon I have cooked for her. 20 minutes later she is fully breakfasted and dressed. 30 min from when she was asleep, she is ready to leave home (and so am I). Lunch gets packed as we finish eating. The older 3 kids all cook their own breakfasts and pack their own lunches...all I have to do is make sure the doings are available...it messes things up if I forget to put the bread out before I go to bed!) No whinging from anyone. Not the child, or me! No nagging, no dragging, or dawdling...because we have addressed the biochemical reason that she couldn't do the things for herself!! Kath **********************************************************************
**Radiant Ambassadors **  We are having huge fun on the Ambassadors list at the moment! Kathleen is giving us a tutorial on how to make a video of our Radiant Recovery breakfasts! And don't worry, it doesn't have to be videoed prior to breakfast - bleary eyed is not a good look on me! Why not come over and join us! Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
**How I Found Radiant Recovery ** My name is Regina, I live in California. I have been on step 1 for 5 weeks. I hope to learn about all the different kinds of support offered on this site. I found out about PNP from another sugar addiction web site. The writer wrote how PNP changed her life. I decided to check it out and was amazed! I went on to read SARP and YLD. **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. Some of you have been asking *who is David?* I am sorry that perhaps I have not made it clear. I am Kathleen's oldest son. I moved to Albuquerque to run the store. We have a great time with the *family* business. I LOVE working with all of you, to say nothing of working with Mom. We make a great team. She has the vision, and I love numbers, details and people. 
Kathleen is getting reading to leave for England. She is taking Restore and her little mixer. She will go to the store, get some almond milk and make breakfast right in her room.Restore continues to be our flagship product. We LOVE it. I had someone call today to tell us how much she loves her subscription and where is her shake? She did NOT want to run out. If you haven't tried the subscription, try it. I will send shake or ProEPA right to you automatically each month. You never have to run out. Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
**Radiant Kitchen **
Preheat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit. Mix dry ingredients in a saucepan. Add milk and stir. On high heat, bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and simmer until thickened. Remove from heat. Add some of hot rice mixture to beaten eggs to temper (this is so the eggs won't scramble). Gradually stir in tempered mixture to rice mixture and add vanilla. Pour into sprayed baking dish (I use an 8-in. square glass pan). Bake for about 30 minutes, or until set. Chill or serve warm. *3 cups water can be substituted for milk and eggs (I have NOT made it this way). This recipe was contributed by Sheba from the Radiant Recovery Community Forum. From the back of a box of *Arrowhead mills - Rice and Shine* hot breakfast cereal. I *tweaked* the recipe a tad by increasing the amount of cinnamon and adding the nutmeg. It makes a good breakfast or I often use it as a complex carb/protein side dish. I count it as my full serving of complex carb, but as an 'extra' protein because of the eggs incorporated in the dish. In other words, I wouldn't use it as my night-time carb because of the eggs. Anyway, it is yummy, especially with a strawberry sliced on top!! For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. **********************************************************************
**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. **********************************************************************
**What if None of This is Hard ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
As many of you know, I usually present a new concept at ranch. This allows us to have a dialogue in person on these emerging topics. This year, I presented on the idea of Addiction to Misery. This topic started in chat and I have been thinking about it a bit. The talk was fun and challenging. It certainly moved me. Yesterday, Janet posted a reflection on the forum that knocked my socks off. She got it. Come share this process with us. What if none of it has to be hard? This is the radical thought that has followed me home from Ranch. Kathleen had been talking about addiction to misery and how it seems to be one of the easier pieces of our sug sen puzzle to fix - it doesn't have t be hard. And then she blurts out what if none of it has to be hard? I think most everyone's instant reaction was "huh? I don't think so," me included. But the hair on the back of my neck stood up when she said that. And I have not been able to get this idea out of my mind. I was listening to a (country) CD in the car and it seemed every song was about some kind of "hard". And a voice in my head is saying "What if it doesn't have to be hard?" I looked at my shoes that have been by my bed for weeks now patiently waiting for me to wake, shake, walk. And the voice again "What if it doesn't have to be hard?" I came home to what could have felt like and overwhelm of laundry, no groceries, starting the potato and the need to gain weight. But what if it doesn't have to be hard? And the laundry and groceries got done. The potatoes are ready in the fridge. I'm remembering to eat a little more than usual. These are, I realize, simple things, easy to not be hard. But what if none of it has to be hard? I've been thinking about why I am so invested in things being "hard". I was brought up in a culture that taught 'pull yourself up by your bootstraps', 'nothing worth having is easy', 'what doesn't kill you makes you stronger', 'true beauty lies in struggle and pain' and so on. And I am very attached to the idea of having been "brave" in my recovery journey. I think the dopamine boosting reward factor is in play, too when I feel I've done something "hard". So what happens if I let go of the idea of doing what's hard = worthy accomplishment. If it's easy will there be that sense of accomplishment? Will the act of letting go of "hard" be the accomplishment? Maybe it is all in the re-framing. What if instead of "hard" and "how can I possibly do what seems impossible and just too difficult and where in the world do I start?" the "hard" thing becomes a challenge and the doing of it an adventure? The feeling/idea of my life being an adventure instead of a struggle is something I have been becoming aware of as I've done my post detour work. If I stop and look at the past 7 months what started out as hard became easy. Not easy as in in being a piece of cake (sorry) but easy as in being a joy to do. I have come to think of my regular life as a grand adventure, too. It still has it's moments of scary-as-all-get-out but it doesn't spook me any more. And I think maybe that is another key - seeing "easy" as joyous instead of just easy and not really valuable. So if "hard" becomes an adventure and "easy" becomes a joyous thing to do, then "what if none of it has to be hard" becomes pursuing the business of life as a joyous adventure. This idea feels incredibly real and true to me. Would I have been ready for it at the beginning of recovery? I honestly don't know. I think I might have said "this is nuts, I'm outta here". It's hard (no make that it's a joyous adventure ;-) ) to turn our long held, deeply embedded, highly invested way of being in the world upside down with such a radical thought. I am ready to give it a go. By the way, I got up and put my shoes on and walked for 20 min. this morning :-D Turns out it didn't have to be hard. I'd love to hear other's thoughts on this idea of it doesn't have to be hard. Thanks as always for listening to my long ramble. Janice in Maryland Thanks for reading! If you know someone who could benefit from this, feel free to forward it to them. Not a subscriber yet? Like what you have read? Sign up to get future issues delivered straight to you: http://www.radiantrecovery.com Until next time!
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