About

I live in the tropics. It’s very easy to have a garden all year around here, and the abundance of tropical fruits is a huge and continuing source of delight! This blog is one of the most enjoyable ways for me to share my good fortune and provide a bit of inspiration and guidance to anyone interested in this amazingly pure and vital way of life, that of eating raw and living foods.

Blessings to all who come here.

A little more about me:

I was fortunate to have a health nut for a mom and it’s really to her that I owe my interest in health and well-being.  I first stopped eating red meat at age 16, because we lived in the hot and humid southeastern United States and it began to feel “too heavy” for my body.  I soon became a devoted vegetarian and four years later went vegan when it became clear that the extreme sinus headaches I suffered were caused by an allergy to dairy.

I first heard about the raw food lifestyle in 1989, from a friend who wanted to heal his heavily medicated depression with raw foods after learning of the Hippocrates Health Institute and Ann Wigmore’s work.  I wasn’t ready to take that route, however, for another 10 years so it wasn’t until 1999 that it suddenly all made sense to me and I went %100 raw on green smoothies exclusively, (not knowing how else to get nutrition without a juicer),  – in the middle of the cold, wet winter in Seattle.  But it was surprisingly easy.  It was, in fact, essentially effortless and I believe that’s because I was led to this way of life by divine guidance.  There were just too many coincidences for it not to have been!  Four months of raw smoothies were so transformative for me that I soon found myself in Hawaii, living on a beautiful organic farm, surrounded by a community of serious, well-informed raw foodies.

Health and well-being has been an area of deep interest for me for as long as I can remember.  I feel privileged and grateful to offer an accumulated wealth of experience-based, leading-edge wisdom about this lifestyle to anyone who has an interest in maximizing their health for optimal well-being and longevity.

I am available for hire as a consultant for $120 an hour. To make it easier for those new to the concept of live foods, I am happy to offer a thirty minute introductory consultation, free of charge – as related mentally, spiritually, physically and emotionally to raw food – in an email or phone conversation. Email me to introduce yourself or just use the comments, as you like…

In Love and Light,

thelivingkitchen@yahoo.com