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| October 15, 2012 Hi {!firstname_fix} 
Here it is early morning at the Salisbury Cathedral. The sun isn't quite up yet, all is quiet. Euroranch was waiting to move forward after my early morning walk. What a gift it has been to be here. A group of extraordinary people, coming together to learn and enhance recovery. We laughed, shared, questioned, reflected. It was a wonderful experience. Thank you all who came. You are a blessing in my life.
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 ** Make changes at a pace that works for you. Look for solid, long-term success, not dramatic, short-term results. ********************************************************************** **Testimonial of the Week ** I had an easy, *uneventful* detox from sugar. Despite the lack of drama, it was a profound, deep change. Immediately, I had no cravings--hallellujah! But I also felt uneasy and unsettled. (Some of that was my diet cola detox, unwisely undertaken hard on the heels of sugar.) I counted the months till I could get to weight loss and taper off my meds and feel fixed. I wondered when I would feel grounded again. I wondered when my anxiety would go away. I fretted, and my fretful posts were annoying me. I decided to stop posting inside the problem. I waited and kept doing the food. I got exercise steady. One morning I woke up and realized I was ready to meditate. About 2 weeks later peace fell over me like soft mist. Jeannie ********************************************************************** **Radiant Ambassadors **  Did you know that Radiant Recovery is on Facebook? You do now! There are two places to connect through Facebook - the group page for everyone doing the program and Radiant Recovery International, which is more of an official voice of RR. Why not come on over and share your joydots? And if you'd like to help out then just drop me a line. Selena selenas@blueyonder.co.uk Come join us if you are excited about spreading the news. ********************************************************************** **How I Found Radiant Recovery ** Hi there - my name is Kelly and I live in Atlanta, Georgia - Southeast USA. I found RR when searching for sugar addition/detox programs. I've always craved sugar and carbs and tend to eat more than anyone I dine with. While the cravings and negative habits have been part of my life for a few decades now, I find today that my behaviors actually get in the way of living my life - being tired, sad, or seemingly unable to get moving. I've had a very difficult time building new habits. I've been working on Step 1 for a few months now and am looking for support (and to provide support) to stay the path, no matter what. And when I slip up, to just jump right back in. Looking forward to it. ********************************************************************** ** Radiant Recovery Store ** David manages the Radiant Recovery Store. He is also Kathleen's oldest son.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better. ********************************************************************** **Radiant Kitchen ** I added a whole number of recipes for Teens into the recipe blog. Here is one of them...something THEY can make when ravenous. And it keeps really well. And reheats well. Make it with Tinkyada brown rice pasta and it is a 10! See what you think.
Preheat oven to 350°F. In a 13"x 9" greased pan, place the cooked spaghetti. In a small bowl, beat together the milk and eggs and pour over the spaghetti. Layer the cottage cheese over the spaghetti and then layer the ground beef over the cottage cheese. Spread the marinara or spaghetti sauce over the ground beef and top with mozzarella cheese. Bake in the oven until hot, about 30 minutes. For more great program-friendly recipes, check out our cookbook in the store and visit our online Radiant Recipes site. ********************************************************************** **Our Online Groups ** The Radiant Step One list is a great place to learn the nuances of breakfast, build a strong foundation for the rest of the steps, and find how helpful it is to share our journey with others. It is great for new people and those who have been on the program a long time. Sharing helps everyone. The awesome thing is we all, Step 1 or Step 7, eat breakfast every single day. How cool is that? We have had a lot of people join us this week. Do plan on coming over to the breakfast list to talk with others about what you are learning. Since we are doing the breakfast class this week, it is a nice combination. **********************************************************************
**A New Look at Halloween ** Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D. Many of the parents originally felt stumped by Halloween, the Queen of all sugar holidays. But they are getting creative. Vicki is making changes in the treats she offers: Last year I bought little things, like pencils, cheap Harry Potter glasses, the Halloween long scary fake fingernails, things from the birthday gift aisle at Wal-Mart, etc. and put them in little gift bags tied with a ribbon. My son helped me put them together. We just did a few each night for about a week. I spent a little more than I would have on candy, but I didn't feel guilty about handing them out. I gave a bag to a few friends' kids and they loved them, so I am assuming that the kids at the door liked them too.Here are some other goodies our moms give out:
For the past two years, I have bought back my kids' candy. I will give them $15 each and they would much rather have the money than the candy. Originally, I let them pick out 5 pieces that they could have with meals, but not all at once. This year I am going to tell them that I will buy all their candy for $20. Even the five pieces is making me uncomfortable now. Of course that doesn't mean they won't sneak some while they are out trick-or-treating, but at least I am making a dent!.Melanie now does a sugar-free Halloween party with finger foods and games. She holds a costume contest and then the kids all make jack-o-lanterns together. No one even thinks about the candy any more. Maggi does the same in a big way: I decided that we would make our Halloween tradition about the pumpkin carving and the costume. That way, there is a special trip to pick out the pumpkin, carve it and eat dinner in the dark by pumpkin candlelight on Halloween. The other thing I had always wanted to do was to teach my son how to sew -- he picks out his costume, we go to the fabric store, pick out patterns, he chooses the fabric and we sew it together (that means I do 90 percent of the work, and he sews a few straight seams, pins the pattern and pins fabric...). This has worked great, as he has costumes for dramatic play that are really nice that he uses all the time throughout the year. The costumes this way are a little pricey and very labor intensive for mom, but his cool midnight blue with silver trim wizard costume will be treasured for many years.Janie raised yet another alternative. She and her family simply are simply not going to do Halloween. We decided we are going to go to the Grand Canyon! We will stay a couple of days and then drive the whole way back on Halloween. So we will miss the stupid holiday all together and not have to worry about it. I will, of course, talk to them about all the fun we will be having on our trip, and all the fun things we will be doing instead of trick or treating.From Little Sugar Addicts 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 |
