Have you built a wall of deprivation-driven tension around food? If we are constantly on the way to a perfect-health future, are we really ever going to enjoy it?

This week, I am honored to have authored the featured article on the T. Colin Campbell Nutrition Studies website.

Titled  The Mindful Vegan: Happy. Healthy. Here and Now, what follows below is the opening of the article – and here is the link to read the entire piece.

Not long ago, I sat down to a meal with a group of friends. Everyone at the table had before them a plate of healthy vegan food – generously provided by the robust buffet at the side of the room.

Before I had a chance to take my first bite, one of the people at our table tore into their food in a frenzy – not unlike the ferocity of a lion at their first meal in a week.

Shoveling mouthful after mouthful in – well before the previous bite had barely cleared the entrance – I was blindsided by the intensity of this display. I could tell by the glances of others at the table that my reaction was not unique.

My gut response was….click here for article.

I invite you to move toward and into the new year with a refreshed, rejuvenated and reframed approach to food, eating and your body. One of joy, pleasure, happiness.  

With love and wishes for a wonderful new year.

Plants.  Peace.

Lani