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October 8, 2012 Hi {!firstname_fix} 
I am in New Jersey today on a layover waiting to fly to London on Tuesday for Euroranch. We had an incredible day. I went to see a color consultant, Nikki Bogardus, who has a little service called My color Rx. I did this as part of my recent self-improvement commitment and figured it would just be a fun thing to do. A friend had gone to see her and said that the experience was *life changing* for her. Nikki's website says *she firmly believes that wearing our true colors can have a profound effect on self-esteem and confidence.* It sounded like my kind of girl. Remembering the ole days in the 80's when we did this kind of thing, I went with respect and an open mind but was not prepared for what happened in the process. She works by draping you with different tones of different colors and then seeing what happens to your face as the colors shift.Orange made my lips go orange, a particular white made me look old by reflecting light in my wrinkles, and one gold color actually made me wince. *Don't look at the color,* she said, *look at what happens to your face.* I was stunned that some of the colors actually hurt me. How could this be, I kept thinking. Then she got to my *palette* which was light summer, and a very weird thing started to happen. All of a sudden, it was *me* looking back in the mirror. There I was, settled, balanced, smiling. It was nice, very nice. We often speak of how doing the food creates balance. And I have been learning how physical exercise can create balance in the body. I think this color stuff is just another layer. It takes what we spoke of in the color class another layer deeper. I think we intuitively know what colors we are drawn to. But having another eye look at us does something different. I think it is about being willing to be seen, being willing to stand in our beauty and to have color enhance all the other stuff we are doing. I liked it, I am glad I went. Tomorrow we will go down to ground zero in New York City. It is an important honoring of that, a sacred pilgrimage to holy ground. And then, time to hop on the plane to Heathrow and go on down to The Red Lion Hotel in Salisbury. Next week look for the report of Euroranch! There will be no classes beginning Wednesday, October 10, 2012. These classes will begin Wednesday, October 17, 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 ** You are not afraid. You are not alone. You are part of a larger miracle. **********************************************************************
**Testimonial of the Week ** This is how it worked where the Appleton video took place. I am going to send a copy of LSA and the video to my school board. Also, as a teacher, I do the best I can in my own classroom. The other teachers in my school pretty much know what I do and how I feel about sugar etc...but if they are in denial as to their own problems with sweets, they don't really want to hear it. I do this one person at a time. My teaching partner is very supportive of this and does the same thing I do. This year, I am going to go one step further...not just promoting ONLY healthy snacks, I am going to try to insist that EVERYONE bring a snack every day with protein in it. I can do whatever I can in the classroom, but if the district is still giving the kids less than quality food, then we have a lot more to do. I will try with my parents too, but that is also difficult since most don't even speak English...but I'll do the best I can. The kids are one of the best methods of getting to them...and I tell them how I feel about the stuff and what they are and aren't allowed to eat in my classroom. Since kindergartners still like/love their teacher, it seems to be helpful!!! I have had parents tell me I have brainwashed their children (in a good way). It's very cool watching a 5 year old tell their parent that a lollipop isn't a healthy snack. So...I guess where I'm going with this....you can do whatever you can, one teacher at a time...one parent at a time, one child at a time. You have already planted seeds. Elaine **********************************************************************
**Radiant Ambassadors **  What do you love about Radiant Recovery? No longer bingeing? No more crazy mood-swings? Joyful? Able to eat three meals a day? Have a 'can-do' attitude? More laid back? And many more... Who fancies coming on over to the Ambassadors list to find out fun ways to talk about the program? We'd love to have you! Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. **********************************************************************
**How I Found Radiant Recovery ** Hi, I'm Caroline and I live in France, I am British but spent the last 20 years living in the US and Canada. I came across YLD through looking around on the Internet using key words depression and sugar. I have suffered with depression for most of my adult life but never responded to any medication, I would put myself on a diet thinking if I could just lose a few pounds my depression would go away! While trying to lose weight I realized that when I cut sugar out of my diet I felt better, more positive about everything. But I could never keep off sugar for long and things always went back to normal. Then I would try again and feel great for a while and so on and on it went! I have been doing breakfast for several weeks now and also cut back on sugar/white things a lot, but I still have them when I want to in small quantities and already I feel so much better! What I hope to get out of the class is a way of asking for help and support when I need it (something I have never done)! **********************************************************************
** Radiant Recovery® Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery® Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son. 
Many of you LOVE the fish oil but have been frustrated by having to carry a bottle with you. Seems like you all mirror a national concern, so Nordic Naturals has added a new product to their line - fish oil in individual packets. Come check it out. I love this company.Here are the things the oils help with Heart health Brain function Cancer Depression Environmental toxins Joints Pregnancy Immune function Diabetes and way more. Go read the research. It will stop you in your tracks and help you know why we carry these products. Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. **********************************************************************
**Radiant Kitchen ** Sweet Potato Waffles (or Pancakes)
Directions: Preheat waffle iron. Combine the cooked sweet potato, oil, egg white and milk in a large bowl and beat until well blended. Add flour, baking powder and salt and beat until smooth. Spray hot waffle iron with non-stick cooking spray. Cook waffles according to manufacturer's instructions using 3/4 c mix per waffle. Serve with yogurt, fresh fruit, fruit compote or unsweetened applesauce. If making pancakes, heat griddle until a sprinkle of water dances on griddle. Drop 1/4 cup batter on griddle. Cook until bubbles form on surface (about 3 minutes). Flip and cook on other side until golden brown. Both waffles and pancakes can be frozen and reheated later. For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. **********************************************************************
**Radiant YLD ** I love that YLD is growing and emerging beyond how we first conceptualized it. It is so organic and alive. A program that grows with you, and grows with all of us as we learn what the real story under weight loss is. If you would like to join, come find us here **********************************************************************
**Radiant Conversations ** We have a new portal for the Conversations program. Come check it out here. Whatever is *conversations* anyway? Well it is the place of speaking all the other things behind and deeper from *doing the food* - probably things like getting your colors done, LOL, and the joy of doing fun things. If you would like to join us, you can do that below. Join YLD Weight Loss Now: click here - $99 Join Conversations 2011 Now: click here - $99 Join Both YLD and Conversations Now: click here - $149 Current YLD members wish to Upgrade to Both, click here - $49 Current YLD members who wish to Transfer to Conversations 2011 Only can do so for a $14.99 admin fee: click here If you are not a member, come and join us if you want to be a part of the latest and greatest or just have some plain ol' fun! **********************************************************************
**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. **********************************************************************
**So, What is the Point of all This Doing the Food Stuff, Anyway? ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
Many people ask me how they *know* that they are on step 7. Is it a date, hit detox, and then wham, there you are? Is it having a perfect program, every step clean and organized and sorted? How can someone on Step 7 muck around or be sloppy with the food journal? Do they have to revert? If they wobble, do they *lose* their status? Now, what I am going to say here may surprise you. But step 7 is really about a state of being rather than a destination. Step 7 is affectionately called the *getting a life* step, but really, that hardly defines it. It is about how you meet the world and it is radically different from how the world was before you started the program. Let me walk you through the transformation. I know from lots and lots of experience that the hallmarks of untreated sugar sensitivity are what I call entitlement and blame. We feel done unto. My husband, my boss, my mother, my children, my life, my stress, my health *made me*. You feel victimized by circumstance. It made you be this way. If he hadn't....I wouldn't be this way. You do not take responsibility for what happens around you because you do not feel empowered. You feel helpless in the face of things happening. And you blame the outside world for things not working. At the same time, because you feel victimized you feel you are entitled to things. Well, I deserve to be...because..they owe me. Often this is the company owes me because I am poor and work hard and they make lots of money. I hear this as I deserve to not have to pay for the program because I am poor and am entitled to it for free. These feelings, are biochemically induced. Now, that sounds pretty outrageous doesn't it? However, these are the very feelings that change with the program. Working with your journals helps you to see connections, and something called consequence. If I eat this, this happens. No one does it to me. There is a connection between what I do and what happens. You start making little connections..and over time they grow. As you get more steady, you can make more powerful connections. Yes, my husband is abusive, but I stay here. Things like that. You start seeing yourselves as players rather than victims. And even more striking, when people critique you, you have this remarkable detachment. You take what is real, own it and are even grateful for the feedback rather than being devastated by it. For example, early in the program, if I offer a suggestion, not even a critique, but a simple reflection that perhaps eating a potato the size of a football might not be the best option, the person who started the program 3 days ago is either brushed or outraged that I do not understand their special situation and they go off in a huff or unsubscribe from the program for a year. If I say that to a person in balance, they say *Oh my, whatever was I thinking about. Thank you.* I listen for this change. Sometimes it comes early. But most often it is the change that tells me most about Step 7 consciousness. One of my leadership people makes a mistake. We have a code for mistakes called the FANTASTIC! code. They say, *Oh fantastic, let me go clean that one up*. We laugh and it is no bigger than an error to be corrected. Or someone wobbles, and I say, *Hey, how about a sabbatical while you steady up there?* and they say...*yah, yah, let me go catch my breath and tighten up my plan. My timing is off, I am eating out too much.* And they do. Now let me tell you, working and playing with people in this energy is beyond comparison. You all feel it drifting through. Those of you on the more senior lists drink from the well. Those of you just starting know this is what you want. This is part of radiance, this humor, this joy, this resilience. It is way more than no longer yelling at your kids. It is getting a life. No more blame, lots of taking responsibility. No more entitlement, just humble willingness to work, show up and participate. Pretty nice from where I sit. 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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Gretel, our webmaster, puts it all together. David runs the Radiant Recovery® Store. Selena provides the weekly Ambassadors column. ©2012 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 |
