Tending the Healthy Hearth

I love food.  Pleasure, social engagement, entertainment, and comfort– these are high on my list of joys. And I love the physical nutrition that keeps this body o’mine functioning. I also like to make food.  Once I was tall enough to reach the stovetop by standing atop a kitchen chair, I was cooking.  Creating delicious, appealing dishes to satisfy my family, my friends and me is quite gratifying.

Since awakening to the facts that my food choices had put my life at serious risk, a major lifestyle change happened at my hearth.  Before my diabetic health crisis, I thought I knew what I was doing in the kitchen.  College nutrition classes and a lifetime of kitchen duty for family and for pay inveigled me with confidence that I was on the right track, regardless of the shape of my body.

While in the hospital recovering from my blood sugar induced coma, I was very hungry.  The IV’s draining into my system were far from satisfying.  Starring at the ceiling at 3 a.m. planning tantalizing menus, I vowed I’d never go hungry again, no matter how radically I had to change my food plan.

But the problem I encountered when I got home was this:  how to make slow, whole food more convenient and readily accessible.  After lots of work and imagination, I’ve gleaned strategies and methods to make healthy food choices full of nutrition and great taste, and I’ve unearthed a bounty of essential nutritional information in the process.  Some of the information is old; some is quite recent, some is common sense overlooked.  I’ve begun to decipher what is true and healthy from the puzzle of marketing misinformation. I’d love for you to join me in this quest for health in an experiential workshop, complete with a bounty of food.   Let me share with you the array of healthy, convenient choices at hand and spark a movement toward greater health for a long and full life.

Oh, and by the way, I lost 70 pounds in the process.  If you’d like to know more about this unique opportunity, see the web sites below:

For the Austin workshop go to:  http://thh1.eventbrite.com

For the workshop at Dripping Springs see: http://thh2.eventbrite.com

Moving, moving, moving through life. We’re all doing it and quickly, I might add. Two years ago my fast moving life put on the brakes and I found myself with a blow-out. My coma was an eye-opening experience, when my eyes did finally open. Health was gone and my life seriously at risk. Had I figured out the value of my liveliness long ago, instead of taking it for granted perhaps the fear of my children may have been averted. In the clear vision of hindsight I see how close I came to leaving them orphaned far too young. Gratefully, that Big Yellow Taxi drove off without me on board leaving in it’s place a quick appreciation for the health I do have and am regaining daily. In these subsequent months I have uncovered, resources I am compelled to share in my passion for spreading the word of how important what we eat is to our quality of living. I’m delighted to be alive to share it with you as we venture into this joy ride together; moving toward better and better health and wholeness.

What a trip,
Tina