Next to smoothies (pick up my free series of 5 videos, recipes and shopping lists if you’re not a member of my experts community yet), there are surely other options to have a delicious, satisfying breakfast in no time. And because you’re always looking for time saving shortcuts -especially when you overslept or you’re running out of time in the morning-, I have a real cool way to avoid these frustrating moments. Instead of crunching your teeth, here’s some delicious crunch to feel charged in no time.

YOU’LL NEED

• 5 small jars or BPA free plastic containers
• A large bowl

INGREDIENTS  (always try to find raw organic quality for maximum results)

• Berries of the season (blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries)
• 1 C of almonds, coarsely chopped (food for focus)
• 2 C of gluten-free rolled oats (fibre: a clear colon is a clear mind!)
• 1/2 C of coconut flakes (to taste)
• 1/2 C of hemp seeds (complete protein and omega 3 for focus)
• 1/4 C of (golden/green) raisins (glucose for brain function)
• 1/4 C of sunflower seeds (protein)
• 1/4 C of pumpkin seeds (zinc)
• Fresh mint (stimulating, wakes you up, good digestion)

INSTRUCTIONS

• Throw all dry ingredients in a large bowl
• Mix by hand (ready!)
• Line up your jars/containers in front of you
• Place a layer of cereal on the bottom of your jars or containers
• Fill up with the berries of your choice
• Finish with freshly minced mint on top
• Close and store in the fridge

Isn’t it just beautiful when you line up your petite colourful breakfast jars in your fridge and you open the door in the morning? Simply grab a jar, open up, pour some liquid of your choice on top:

• some (warm) water (you can find this anywhere!)
• almond or hemp seed milk (take some with you in a small purse-sized bottle)
• coconut water
• water or coconut kefir
• freshly squeezed orange juice
• coulis of berries

… and enjoy your instant breakfast. No time to eat at home? Throw it in your purse or bag and you’re ready to go.

TIPS

• Experiment with other fruits
• Use whatever seeds and nuts you like with your own ratios: it’s no rocket science
• Make some buckwheaties (dry soaked buckwheat grains overnight) for more crunch
• They work just as well as a energy snack during your day!
• Make more of the mix up front and store in a large jar for your next week; it takes just as much time

Let me know in the comments below how it turned out for you, how it saves you precious time, what variations you’ve been coming up with, if you liked this quick breakfast hack.

You’re not a member of my experts community yet? Sign up today to learn more about how you can create a sustainable healthy lifestyle within your business.

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How do you start a project? What do you typically do?

How well do you plan and prepare before you start anything?

How difficult is it for you, to start with something?

The start of something -no matter what it is- defines your success, how far you get ahead of others, your increased chance of winning. It shows your determination, your eager to get at your goal, your enthusiasm, your strength or… weakness, your lack of vision, your lack of lust for achieving.

The good news about any start is, that YOU can control it. Most entrepreneurs don’t give their daily start much thought: they pour down thoughtless coffee, swallow down a donut on their way to the office. There’s simply no time for a healthy breakfast. I get that. But… it IS the defining start of every day’s levels of focus, productivity, mood, mental pre-occupation, stress. So why would you wanna skip what can make you feel energized all day, focused, clear, on top of your game, happy?

“I don’t have time to eat in the morning.”

“I can’t eat when I just woke up.”

“I can’t without my coffee to wake up.”

Those are about the most common shout outs I hear from professionals. But here’s the deal: you can easily make a charging, delicious breakfast in the time you make a can of coffee! Seriously! I just whipped up a most delicious smoothie in 2 minutes, made of strawberries (they’re back in season), banana, lime juice, mint and some water. I’m sipping my second glass right now from my favourite wine glass at my desk. That feels SO luxurious!

Watch my video here to learn what 3 things you can start doing differently to create a flow of energy  throughout your whole day. If your productivity matters to you, get back in business with your health first. You don’t need to all three of them: start with one and build up as the results start motivating you to take it step further. Expanded success will follow soon!

P.S.: If you aren’t a member of my experts community yet and you have not clue how to make deliciously charging smoothies for breakfast that boost your levels of feel good and commitment, sign up in the side bar and you’ll get 5 video’s -starting the next day-, WITH recipes AND shopping lists so that you only have to shop and whip everything up. Let’s tackle your excuses for making a healthy start!

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The 3 Essential Missing Links That Are Keeping Your Energy Low, Weight Up & Confidence Down.1461600936

Join “The 30 Day Energy Makeover” here. 

How ready are you for your busy week?

How you manage your food is how you manage your day is how you manage your energy…

It’s all connected, but how you set up that connection will define how successful you’ll be with your wellbeing.

Your fridge may look a bit sad when you open it. A packed and ready to microwave meal here, a colourless thawing pizza there.

No basket with fresh fruits on the counter.

Bags of potato chips, salted nuts, boxes of sugared cereals, cookies and Snicker bars in your cupboards.

Doesn’t that make you feel

• tired
• indecisive
• sad
• bored and uninspired
• frustrated,

when you’re standing in front of that fridge, that cupboard? Not knowing “what to eat” or “what to make for dinner today?”

How much time do you lose daily, making up your mind about that?With the door in your hand? Just gazing. Closing the door. Opening again. Wondering. Fighting yourself and the cravings.

How often in a week does that make you end up in a fast food chain, a quick bite restaurant, a drive to the night shop, a stop at a gas station?

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I’ve been there and I’m sure that you have been, too; that awful place where you “just ain’t feelin’ it.” One day you’re still “fine”, the next you feel drained and don’t feel like doing anything, you don’t want to get out of bed, you find yourself questioning everything you do. With that, you can feel your mental energy crash against a wall of resistance. After all, you are an entre-preneur meaning literally: you undertake things, you are a do-er.  So it feels pretty inauthentic to find yourself at the other side of your purpose.

So now what?

There was a time when I was convinced that it was “weak” to have a -or a few- bad days and I would fight it with my willpower and everything else I could come up with. Now, I know better; fighting this feeling works in the opposite direction.

Instead, the first thing I started doing was listening to my language to pick up the signals sooner. Whenever I started talking or thinking in terms of:

• “I have to…”
• “I need to…”
• “I should…”  (can you hear it too?)

… I noticed that it was not in alignment with my passion and enthusiastic drive, that it was time to refuel my lamp so I could shine bright again.

… I felt that I was pushing myself too much and ignoring signals, I was acting from a place of “shortness” instead of “abundance”.

… I started resenting my life’s work; the work I’m so passionate about.

I became aware that when I was speaking this “language of willpower” as I call it, all I was looking at were even “more things on my plate.” Are you with me?

It’s so easy to get stuck in all the “doing” when you stop “being.”

So actually, it’s simple. Start talking a supportive language. Tell yourself:

• “I can…”
• “I love to…”
• “I want to…”
• “I choose to…”

Whole different sound and feeling huh?

And hey, sometimes I too forget to remind myself that I can talk this language. We’re cut of the same wood, you and me. But practicing helps. No one is perfect!

The other thing I learned is, that it works to give myself the permission to not feel at my best for a moment, to perceive it as a valuable signal that I need to disconnect to re-connect. BUT… that it is essential to take full responsibility and turn that feeling around asap.

The less you “have to”, the more you “can do.” 

How you can unite these two opposites, you may be wondering?

Allow yourself to take some time to…

• really “be” with yourself: make a “to-be” list instead of your next to-do list. What makes you feel connected within?
• do whatever you feel like doing (or not): disconnect a few days from work and only do what you want to do, nothing else.
• inspire yourself: read, take long walks, get together with a friend, dream, envision, listen to some motivating and uplifting audio’s
• have fun with silly stuff: fiddle around in the kitchen to make a recipe you wanted to try since a long time, do something with your hands, plant something, sing

When?

• First of all: I gave myself the permission to disconnect and take the time I needed to refuel
• I talked to an old friend I hadn’t seen in a year about completely different things than I use to talk about over a lovely raw lunch at my place
• I invited the kids and their loved ones over the weekend
• We went disco bowling together for my sister’s birthday and had a lot of silly fun
• We went on a challenging 4 hour hike in the woods, swirling streams and deep sticky mud (oh what fun to walk, climb, jump and get dirty!)
• I made yummy stuff and we had a glorious picknick in the wind and rain under a small picknick roof
• Then I allowed myself to rest for 2 days and lounge, read, study, envision new perspectives and getting inspired all over again
• In the meantime, I did a 3 day detox: that helped me to reset all my “energy buttons”

This brings me to the following thought:

How can we appreciate big things in our business and life when we forget to appreciate the small stuff… The more you can “be”, the more you can do and achieve. A happier you is a more productive expert.

Is this helpful for you? Let me know what you took away from this post, in the comment section below or write me at marieclaire@ravishingraw.com.

Oh and… just in case you can’t (yet): I am giving YOU full permission to do less and be more whenever you need this to feel at your best asap!

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That’s why I want pull back the curtain a little bit and share something more personal.

I was recently talking with Marisa, who worked on Wall Street for 11 years and now combines her work at a big company in New York with her own business, and she mentioned how stressful working is at companies of that size. So stressful that almost all of her female colleagues are on anti-depressants.

“To keep the edge off,” she explained to me when she saw the look on my face. Marisa asked me a question that made me think…

Actually I smiled, hearing her question. Marisa and I are building a valuable partnership to address anxiety and insecurity as part of self-care. But she didn’t know yet that I have my strategies for generating energy, good mood and more self-esteem in a very natural way and in record time.

More on that later…

The universal problem that most professionals have as soon as they slow down is…

They don’t have the energy to really enjoy their quality time with their loved ones because… as soon as they push their “pause” button, they crash. That’s what happened to me too every year during my vacations before I completely crashed and burned in 2005.

I don’t know about you, but it’s pretty common that it takes a week or longer to get over some unexpected summer virus that has been waiting for your weak moment to have a blast. I remember so well that by the time I had to go back to work, “my time” was gone and I had to jump back into the rat race, still feeling exhausted and not ready to start working again (back then, I blamed my vacation for it…)

All this while the 1 thing that we should prioritize and dive into is taking time to ourselves daily for some loving self-care and to reflect upon what really matters in our lives, how we can do more of what we love doing and what exactly that would be. Once our own vitality is up to date, it’s so much easier to engage to our family and loved ones. Time is the one thing we can never get back once it’s gone…

Energy is our most valuable resource to do just that, to create more time in our day for what and whom we love, to get everything out of our precious time and enjoying that priceless wealth.

We can gain energy –or lose it- from so many different aspects in our lives. Our food, the way we think, the way we feel, our relationships, our work… It’s our choice. Not always easy to make the right ones, is it?

Over the past 6 years I have mastered the art of “generating more quality energy.”

Before you go into your next summer, I want to take you on a journey that will help you create that kind of energy, self-confidence and feel-good every day so you can spend more quality time with the people that matter most to you.

I’ve never done this before, and I’m experiencing sa wee bit of resistance in bringing this up now because I know that you are busy and I don’t want to be “another” distraction in your inbox. I want to make sure that what I put out into the world is valuable and actual helps entrepreneurs like you truly enjoy their work and time off.

I have some ideas on how I can give you energy –resulting in getting more time- in this next season so you can spend it doing what you love to do most, with whom you love the most. However, that’ll have to wait till next time…

Stay tuned,

Marie-Claire

P.S. I’ll be back with more details in a couple of days. But until then, tell me in the comment area below what you are most excited about your next vacation or travel time and any goals you already have in mind with the energy that’s coming your way.

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If it’s quality, stick with me a few minutes. Because… what if you would NOT gain those typical 3 to 7 pounds during the holidays?

It seems to be a human habit to make intentions for the next year. But before we start, we want to “enjoy” and we eat more and differently then usual because “next year, we’re gonna get serious!” Then… we feel awful seeing the numbers on the scale, frustrated, bad about ourselves.

How can you do this differently so that you can start your new year with a projection instead of a setback?

Let me give you 5 tips that will help you to stay mindful about yourself and that keep those pounds off.

Keep your festive dinners stress-free

Stress can increase your appetite. It makes you release steroid hormones, of which Adrenaline and Cortisol you may know best. Adrenaline will give you instant energy (to fight or fly) and decrease your appetite. But not for long. Cortisol helps you replenish your body after the peek of stress passed by and can remain elevated, increasing your appetite (by the time you sit down at the table), driving you to eat more than you would normally do. But what’s more, stress does take away the feeling of pleasure and joy while you are preparing for a lovely day with your loved ones.

Therefor remind yourself of the meaning of a festive meal: sharing time, stories and laughter are more importantly than having a perfect dinner. No need for stress to celebrate.

Increase your portion of vegetables, cut down -or leave out- the meat

I’m presuming now that you are not eating a (raw) plant-based diet yet. Especially when you are eating at someone else’s table it can be difficult to say “no.” In that case, ask for more vegetables -make it 3/4 of your plate- and minimize your portion of meat. If you can, leave it out. Meat takes days to process and leave the body. Meanwhile, it’s weighing you down: it’s so difficult to digest and what you can’t digest, sticks to your belly, hips, thighs and waist.

Mushrooms are a great substitute for meat. Simply marinate Portobello’s or mushrooms of your choice and enjoy their meaty texture.

Decrease your alcohol intake

A difficult one, I know. When you are with people who love drinking, you will drink more too because it is a signal of being jointly. But alcohol slows down your digestion, is very acidifying (meaning: you can’t lose the weight you gain) and is a hidden calorie bomb that goes down sweetly.

Instead, you can drink juice (everyone loves my festive apple, lemon and ginger juice), water- or coconut kefir which has the bubbles and will give you a champagne or Cava experience. Or what about making my alcohol free “Nochito” of lime juice, mint, some agave and sparkling water for some bubbles? Just as tasty and it will give you energy.

Or… make several bottles of infused water a day ahead with combinations of cucumber and mint, orange and Goji berries, lime and mint,… It’s beautiful and delicious for anyone.

Or… buy some bottles of Kombucha. You can find them everywhere in American stores these days, even on tap. They offer you a wonderful alternative for alcohol!

Add raw side dishes and/or fermented foods that help you digest your cooked foods

In Korea, everyone knows that you need alive enzymes to digest your cooked foods as those don’t contain ANY enzymes anymore. Consider cooked foods as “dead.” They serve Kimchi with every meal: a fermented product of vegetables. Fermented foods are packed with alive enzymes and pro-biotics, the 2 major factors in your digestion. Remember: what you can’t digest will be stored!

If you don’t have fermented foods (kimchi, sauerkraut, pickled vegetables, coconut yogurt, raw cheese) or beverages (water/coconut kefir, Kombucha…), simply make raw dishes on the side of what you cooked up. Raw plant based foods still have all their specific enzymes intact. Adding those will help you digest the foods that lost theirs. It is not ideal, but great progress.

Avoid sugars and gluten

Festive meals always end with an overload of sugar: sweet desserts. Who doesn’t love them? These sugar bombs are extremely addictive and act as a drug -cocaine to more specific-. Sugar brings the same rush in your brain as cocaine does and before you know, you want more. That’s why it is so difficult to stop eating desserts or sweet encores.

Make something sugar free: you can easily replace the corn syrup by a raw coconut sugar or date paste: no one will notice the difference.

Same for gluten: they make you feel tired and sluggish as soon as you consume them. Minimizing their intake will keep your energy up and your legs light for some dancing later on.

EXTRA TIP

If you are eating with your family and you can’t control your Christmas plate, you can eat a lovely green salad with sauerkraut or kimchi at home, shortly before leaving. This will:

• sooth your biggest hunger so you don’t overeat at their table and stay more mindful when dinner is served
• provide your stomach alive enzymes to digest what you add later, break down and remove excess fats from your body
• deliver natural pro-biotics so you can optimize your colon for the heavy duty work that’s coming your way

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I thought it would be interesting for you if I would share the system I apply every time before traveling long distance. Out of experience I know how challenging crossing time zones can be, especially when you have a big project on the other side of the ocean you want to be at your best for.

• Make sure to eat or at least increase your amount of fresh organic vegetables, fruits and sprouts to optimize your digestive system. Your immune system needs good digestion to stay strong.
• Add more fermented foods: they deliver loads of alive enzymes that maximize your digestion and so, save your precious energy for yourself.

• start looking a month ahead at the (big) things that come up, what needs to be done to relax while you are gone
• map out every step
• add them to your calendar so you can keep your stress levels to a minimum

Don’t wait till the last minute so you can stay cool. Stress wears out your immune system!

• Start going to bed earlier, at least 2 weeks before take off. You do need 7 to 8 hours of quality sleep to restore cell damage and load up your batteries
• The most important hours in the restoring process are between 10pm and 2am
• Make sure to sleep in a completely dark room and you will release the hormone melatonin that secures your sleep for the rest of the night

• Drink half of your body weight per day (Europe: weight in kg. x 3 : 100= amount of Liters per day)

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It’s simple: your body is the plant that generates energy to do what you have to do and love doing. What you fuel yourself with sets the tone of your dynamics.

Once you get caught in your to-do list of the day, making time for a healthy lunch ends up in the back of your busy mind. The healthy intention you set on Sunday -starting “tomorrow”- is forgotten as soon as lunch time announces itself in your nagging stomach.

But once you’re hungry, it is often too late to turn your mind around: your brain is telling you now that you need to eat asap. You hush your guilty conscience with: “It’s just this time. I’ll start tomorrow.” This is how your “just one time” adds up, day by day. As does the weight and sluggishness, slowly.

No more with this simple, smart, fun and effective strategy. Watch my video to learn how you can easily organise your lunch of the next 4 days so that you can enjoy the feeling of sustainable energy and losing weight without dieting.

Would you like to get my principles and recipes? Email me at marieclaire@ravishingraw.com and it’s on its way to you!

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Have you been having more headaches than usual lately? Are you having sudden rashes, did eczema keep you out of your sound sleep? Have you been in overdrive, feeling as if you “couldn’t” stop? It’s not always stress related, you know. What’s in your fridge door may play a huge role in how you feel and look! I’m sharing my own experience in my video.

Did you know that the most common products in your refrigerator door are killers? You can take that literally!

They are packed with…

• artificial tastemakers (MSG/E261 is the worst one and in every processed food you can think of)
• harmful genetically modified soy
• colours
• bad fats
• heavy metals to stabilise “natural” colours (in coloured yogurt)
• sugars (8 to 10 coffee spoons in 1 glass of softdrink!)
• or artificial sweeteners (in all “light” products)
• synthetic additives to taste and look better
• and I’m probably forgetting a few more

In a nutshell… I want to go through the condiment department of your fridge and show you what the most taxing products are that may burden your body in such a way, that your success is suffering from that without you, realising. Simply by leaving out those taxing products you will start feeling -and maybe even seeing- the difference.

In this video, I am explaining how you can replace those tastemakers -and more- with healthier alternatives so you can eat with confidence and rely on your energy and looks, every day. It speaks that I threw out that bottle and checked my cupboards for other intruders my kids may have put there after their stay-overs while I was gone.

So tell me, what’s in YOUR fridge? Email me at marieclaire@ravishingraw.com with what you want to replace and I’ll send you my one sheet checklist.

Or leave your comment below and let’s see how we can improve the way you feel by making this one small change.

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• I don’t have time for this!
• I don’t feel like doing this
• The kitchen is gonna be a mess!

Yep, I’m talking about juicing first thing in the morning. When you have a slow juicer, it may take up to 20
minutes. But wait! Not with my 4 easy, simple quick juicing tactics that will save you loads of time and mess. I promise!

And here’s more good news when you drink your green juice despite your excuses:

• The time that you thought you would lose on juicing, is time that you will gain when you drink this green goodness: you will increase your productivity, your mental clarity and get more done in less time.
• Once juicing becomes a routine, it feels like brushing your teeth or taking a nice warm shower.
• The only mess you will end up with is… you. You need to fuel that body for all that activity. I know that you only want the best, so your body is where to start that trend.

Watch my video below to hear how you can overcome your excuses by organising those busy weeks with 4 practical tactics. 

But that’s not all! I made a cheat sheet for you that you can download and keep with you in your kitchen to have all your practical ducks in a row. Click on the button below and it’s all yours!

Click Here to Download Your 4 Quick Practical Tactics

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If you are not making your own green juices, you may have been doing it wrong. The taste may have repelled you, all the mess you made in the kitchen, cleaning the juicer… Here are a few common reasons why green juices backfire many busy professionals.

• No energy nor time in the morning
• Too much effort
• Not sure how many vegetables they “can” use
• No clue how to make them delicious
• No juicer available

Actually, juices are a very easy, inventive and effective way to maximise your focus and clarity for productivity. They are easy to take, easy to consume and they are always a creative conversation opener.

As soon as you drink them on a regular basis and your body starts craving more healthy foods, your energy has already upgraded so much that juicing becomes a fresh summer breeze in your morning.

Let me teach you 3 takeaway principles that you can apply to any green juice you want to create.

Next week I will give you a few simple tactics to organise your weeks for more easy juicing. 

Click Here to Download the 3 Principles (it’s free!)

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What causes you to feel like that? The answer is simple: toxicity. The answer? Clear it all out!

Toxins enter your body from many sources and on different levels.

• Physically: through your food and beverages, air, daily body care, water, electronics, microwave,…
• Mentally: through your thoughts, internal and external stress, clutter, overwhelm,…
• Emotionally: relationships, community, friends and family, life itself, food stress, worries,…

They affect your energy in each of these areas. So let me give you a step for each level to rejuvenate and replenish your energy by eliminating what slows you down.

First it is essential to observe 3 patterns in your day:

1. What do I eat that I know of that it is not good for me but that I eat anyway?
2. What thoughts keep nagging around in my head and are attacking my confidence and growth?
3. What emotions are getting in my way to feel good and how do I support/feed them?

1. Your food builds the foundation of your productivity: you can choose to nourish your precious brain cells or to destroy them with what you eat and drink. A reality check…

• Processed foods: observe how often you shove a frozen meal into the microwave or get take out food
• Alcohol: what are your drinking habits? Alcohol is very acid-forming and dehydrating your brain cells
• Animal products: very acid-forming and clogging up your colon and so, your concentration
• Dairy products: build up mucus in your filters, stuffing up your functions
• Gluten: the glue in your bread and grains is responsible for a heavy, sticky and stuck feeling
• Non-organic ingredients and products: they deliver an overload of chemicals and pesticides

By removing and replacing these products step by step, you will eliminate huge amounts of toxins that slow you down. When you eat more clean foods, you will create clarity. What’s in your colon is in your head: thousands of neurotransmitters that are responsible for clear thinking and good concentration are housed in your colon. Fiber makes everything move, also the toxins that thrive on sticky waste that’s stuck. Clear out the gunk for new energy, clarity, focus, lightness and good mood. You will have the feeling that you are in charge of your day again.

Add more clean and pure foods to your current diet if you are at the start, plan a green juice day once a week on a fix day (a Sunday is perfect) to accelerate the process of releasing toxins on a regular basis. You become what you eat.

2. What’s on your mind? Observe your thinking patterns for a week: do you tend to think as a victim or as a victor? If you have a brain that’s in pain from thinking in downwards spirals, undermining your confidence and capacities, you can turn it around by thinking the opposite. You become what you think. Good news: it only takes 21 days to change a habit! Uplifting thoughts make you feel better. Start each day with a great thought, a bright vision for a bright day. How you start your day defines your ability to keep up the high vibe.

Also observe the external stress factors that leak your energy. How is your work environment inspiring you? Bored? Change your view, pull up an outdoor office and enjoy working. Who are you surrounding yourself with? Are you looking up the ladder to feel inspired and motivated or do you tend to look down all the time, at those who didn’t “make” it? Only look up, to those who did what you want to achieve before you and got the results that you are longing for. Whom’s work do you admire? What would you be able to do with his/her capacities? How can you inspire your mind to be just as creative as they are? Let your mind become your most important motivator and cheerleader! 

3. What weighs down your soul? We are so much more productive when we are happy! Things get done in half the time when your heart is singing. I know, we don’t always feel responsible for our heart sores. But when you do take full responsibility and change the things you don’t like in your life, your emotional life loses weight, too. There is always a choice, even when you think there isn’t. You can make your own choices and replace the toxins that sadden you by what enlightens you. A good feeling can be found in small things that don’t take much time at all. What makes you feel good when you do it? Make a to-be list and do more of what you love doing and that has an instant impact on your feel good hormones. Dancing to your favourite song or singing loud in the car only takes a few minutes but releases loads of endorphins into your blood stream! You become what you feel.

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“After baby number 2 I had a difficult time losing the baby kgs. I already tried weight watchers, restricting my food intake, exercising, trying raw food on my own … Nothing seemed to stick. As soon as I made progress I sabotaged myself and I gave up so I ended back where I started (or worse). Together with Marie-Claire I got passed my inner saboteur. Does that mean I eat 100% raw food? No, but I know how to (easily!) get back on track. 

I started working with Marie-Claire to lose weight, but I got so much more in return. Not only did I lose 8 kgs already, I continue to lose weight without restricting my food intake. In fact I feel I have more choice than ever. Raw food isn’t about restricting at all. I feel lighter every day and that feels fantastic. My skin feels babysoft and is glowing. Friends and colleagues are starting to comment on how good I look. Clothes that haven’t fit in years, fit perfectly. I have a new, different kind of energy and need a lot less sleep. I feel vibrant, alive and sexy. The results I already achieved in such a short period (3 months) make it easier and easier to choose to take care of myself. 

Marie-Claire is kind, passionate and truly walks her talk. She knows all about raw food. She really speaks from experience and you can feel it in everything she does. She is a pleasure to work with. We talked food, thoughts, mindset, business, … all that is necessary to move forward. I would recommend Marie-Claire to everyone and I look forward to continue working with her. So if you are in need for energy, want to know about how raw food can upgrade your life … Marie-Claire can help you.”

Anke Verhulst, Hypno Birthing Expert

Belgium

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 Are you having fun while choosing to live healthy? What do you commit to to keep the passion for your plant based lifestyle alive? 

It’s important to understand that the real source of having fun with your food and lifestyle lies within you. But how can you stimulate that source when you are not “feeling” it anymore? Because when it’s no fun anymore, it can become more difficult to inspire yourself from within only. When digging into your big why doesn’t appeal anymore, that’s when you need something that activates your inner source to become strong again.

In this episode I am sharing 3 simple ideas that help you find your fun factors.

You will also learn…

• why having fun in your healthy lifestyle is so important
• what makes the fun fade at some times
• how to fit in more fun in your raw kitchen, even when you are busy

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Spring is back, but are you ready to enjoy it? How can you clear out that sluggish cocoon feeling, that tired and heavy feeling behind your eyes, that tension in your forehead, the extra winter pounds, that dry uncomfortable skin? Are you up to clearing out what is slowing you down?

In this episode I am talking about how you can create more focus by clearing out the sluggishness of winter in your body, mind and in your environment.

Ultimate health is not generated from food only, but from uniting the several key areas in your life. Ultimate health can be achieved when you master the art of being in balance with your food, yourself, your work, your relationships, your environment.

I am taking you through 3 principles of fasting on juices:

1. Clarity
2. Cleanness
3. Caring Self-Love

You will learn how to…

• get started with the concept of fasting
• fast while you are busy
• fast for focus

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Cheers to your health!

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What if I told you that you can lose weight without dieting and that it’s actually the only way you can balance your body? Are you willing to give my 3 steps a try?

The diet and food industry wants us to believe that diets work. But when you already tried everything under the sky, you know most probably that they don’t. Actually, the solution is so simple that it is hard to believe it.

In this weeks episode you will learn…

• How to start at the source of consistency: your mindset. You can sign up here to join my Virtual VIP Mindset Atelier of March 24.
• Why you gain weight and hold on to it
• Why you need alive enzymes
• Why you are not getting them
• Where to get them from
• What is crucial in losing weight without dieting
• 3 steps to get started today

Enjoy!

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When you envision your ideal body, how would it make you FEEL to look like that? What are you willing to do to create your new normal?

It is difficult for most people to imagine themselves eating healthy consistently for longer than half a year. And it’s very understandable: we are conditioned to think about our healthy food in terms of “diets”. Health in most people’s minds is equal to

• effort
• straining
• pressure
• restriction
• not enjoyable
• for “freaks”

Meaning: health intentions are doomed to die a silent death after a short time of deprivation and growing frustration. That’s the reason why diets don’t work: they only ask for a short time vision such as: losing 5 or 10 or 20 pounds or fitting into your favourite little black dress for that special occasion. But health is much more than a short focus: it is a state of mind.

How you can create that state of mind is what I am talking about in this episode.

You will also learn…

• why it is so difficult for most people to commit to their health as a habit
• why diets don’t work
• what your first step is of your journey
• how you can attend my free Virtual VIP Mindset Atelier for Experts (go to this link to learn more and sign up)
• how to get started by making one small change to your busy day

Can’t step up by yourself? Let’s talk and find out how you can!

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RAISE YOUR ENERGY & RAWK YOUR LIFE!

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TUESDAY, MARCH 10 – 3PM EST-4:30 EST

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•  You run long hours
• You move fast
• You fly all over the world
• You always give the best of yourself

But how do you take care of that top athlete? Do you make time for self-care? How do you support the engine of your actions and passion for your work?

My experience as an Energy For Experts is that self-care starts in the mind. Here are the top excuses for not following through with your health intentions:

•  “No time”
• “Too busy”
•  “Too tired”
•  “Don’t feel like it”

Can you relate? Excuses are a killer for your motivation. But how can you change the way you decide to change your mind and being passionate about your body? That’s what you will learn in my 90 minute Virtual Mindset Atelier. If this speaks to you, click the button below and join me.

You can’t make the call? Sign up anyway so I can send you a recording after the call!

 See you there!

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What do you perceive as “being vulnerable?” How does your vulnerability show up in your work and life? And how do you use it to serve bigger? 

In this weeks podcast episode I want to touch a soft spot, a sensitive topic. It’s within all of us. Often, we try to hide it, cover it up, shout hard enough to not show what scares us the most: our vulnerability. I am talking about the meaning of vulnerability and how you can turn it around into your biggest strength.

Would you like to hear more of my podcasts? Hop over to my channel. Share your experiences with me in the comment section below and let’s start a conversation.

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How difficult is it for you to eliminate cooked foods from your diet? 

Would it make you feel better if you could eat raw effortlessly? 

Why is it so difficult to eliminate cooked foods from our diet? This is what I am talking about in this episode.

I am discussing what 3 things you can do to decrease or even eliminate your dependency on cooked foods. Creating a natural flow of conscious eating is what generates quality energy for more productivity and happiness in your business and life.

In this episode you will learn…

• why we all are so dependent on cooked food, even while eating raw
• how you can test yourself
• how to become more conscious about your relationship with food
• three steps that will help you to start breaking that life long dependency (addiction) of food

Share you thoughts in the comment section below and let’s start a conversation.

Are you challenged in your diet, losing focus easily? Let’s sit together over Skype and see how I can help. Simply book your private free time with me here and we’ll talk soon.

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