As a single mother with just a minimal outside support I needed a way to up my energy.
I was constantly tired, had a beginning of arthritis and thus could hardly walk or carry my son and had too little patience with breastfeeding. Combine this with: heavy anemia; 3 operations for cancer, an acute depression and a super sensitive 2 years old child (at the NO! NIET! NEIN! NIET! NU! age) that I was raising following the attachment parenting (beautiful but intensive and ambitious project for a single mom) - and you’ll understand why I needed a miracle.
I needed more energy and to rebuild my health.
My miracle came when I discovered the raw food "diet" (it's not a diet but they call it like that).
By drinking green smoothies and juices, by replacing refined sugars with honey and natural sugars and eating all organic, my health and wellbeing turned from disaster to wonderful in a really short while. I started in August 2011 and that winter was the first one ever that I felt warm as of my blood was suddenly rushing faster. I even checked the statistics, thinking it must be an unusual hot winter, hehe. :-) In just a few months I got a glow that everybody started to ask about and I lost most of the baby weight. My hair and nails were perfect for the first time ever and the herpes and allergies that plagued me for 3 weeks per month for more than 20 years just disappeared.
I devoured all the information I could find on the subject and since I condensed it, developing a system for detox, drinking green smoothies and replacing 80-90% of my prior diet with a raw, fresh, deliciously varied wonderful foods. There is even a gourmet menu possible and I learned all about it.
By now I realized that this is is possible also for other people.
We live in a world where the numbers in allergic mothers and (small) children are skyrocketing, where 1 in 10 children is declared autistic or ADHD, where so many children and adults are unhealthy.
We also live in a world where there is so much confusing information that some of us just give up and go on with the convenience lifestyle - until there is no way back.
So I want to offer my knowledge and support to you.
My background is in architecture corporate life where I worked for 17 years - as well as being an independent artist.
A few years ago I let go of my architecture career to become an adventurous entrepreneur. The Universe had slightly other plans as i also became pregnant in my last corporate week.. I have loved my new innuendo path as a creative entrepreneur mother ever since. I am what they call a multi passionate, a multi pod or a renaissance person and as an entrepreneur I can embrace that totally - and Shining Mama reflects that. I write about all my projects in my blog and in my newsletters, as I launch my projects and courses about where my passions take me.
With Shining Mama I combine my passion about raw food, health, coaching and working with people, self development and being in contact with my soul - with making art and being a solo home-schooling mother.
If you resonate with my journey and words, do come join me on this shining journey by signing up for my newsletter and checking out my free programs and information.
Or, if you need to read more about me: ..as an artist and ..as a green smoothie aficionado.
I was constantly tired, had a beginning of arthritis and thus could hardly walk or carry my son and had too little patience with breastfeeding. Combine this with: heavy anemia; 3 operations for cancer, an acute depression and a super sensitive 2 years old child (at the NO! NIET! NEIN! NIET! NU! age) that I was raising following the attachment parenting (beautiful but intensive and ambitious project for a single mom) - and you’ll understand why I needed a miracle.
I needed more energy and to rebuild my health.
My miracle came when I discovered the raw food "diet" (it's not a diet but they call it like that).
By drinking green smoothies and juices, by replacing refined sugars with honey and natural sugars and eating all organic, my health and wellbeing turned from disaster to wonderful in a really short while. I started in August 2011 and that winter was the first one ever that I felt warm as of my blood was suddenly rushing faster. I even checked the statistics, thinking it must be an unusual hot winter, hehe. :-) In just a few months I got a glow that everybody started to ask about and I lost most of the baby weight. My hair and nails were perfect for the first time ever and the herpes and allergies that plagued me for 3 weeks per month for more than 20 years just disappeared.
I devoured all the information I could find on the subject and since I condensed it, developing a system for detox, drinking green smoothies and replacing 80-90% of my prior diet with a raw, fresh, deliciously varied wonderful foods. There is even a gourmet menu possible and I learned all about it.
By now I realized that this is is possible also for other people.
We live in a world where the numbers in allergic mothers and (small) children are skyrocketing, where 1 in 10 children is declared autistic or ADHD, where so many children and adults are unhealthy.
We also live in a world where there is so much confusing information that some of us just give up and go on with the convenience lifestyle - until there is no way back.
So I want to offer my knowledge and support to you.
My background is in architecture corporate life where I worked for 17 years - as well as being an independent artist.
A few years ago I let go of my architecture career to become an adventurous entrepreneur. The Universe had slightly other plans as i also became pregnant in my last corporate week.. I have loved my new innuendo path as a creative entrepreneur mother ever since. I am what they call a multi passionate, a multi pod or a renaissance person and as an entrepreneur I can embrace that totally - and Shining Mama reflects that. I write about all my projects in my blog and in my newsletters, as I launch my projects and courses about where my passions take me.
With Shining Mama I combine my passion about raw food, health, coaching and working with people, self development and being in contact with my soul - with making art and being a solo home-schooling mother.
If you resonate with my journey and words, do come join me on this shining journey by signing up for my newsletter and checking out my free programs and information.
Or, if you need to read more about me: ..as an artist and ..as a green smoothie aficionado.