what's it gonna take?

this is my question for the day: what is it going to take to make the shift from this....

to this....

three or more times a day we think about eating, feeding, filling, we make a decision about food.... buying it, eating it, where are we getting it, how are we going to eat it and for most of us we think about it at the time the hunger strikes... i call this the witching hour: so dangerous and absolutely preventable! we have to start thinking about food as something that FLOWS like air, money, kindness & FOOD!

it just keeps going... we eat, we have more food around, we eat, we make food, we gather food, we eat again.... if we think about it as something that starts and stops....we are almost annoyed that it's back again..."what a pain! we just ate!" and then with our babes, layers of emotion & these hidden, (sometimes) secretive expecations on ourselves it becomes a nightmare... "take out!"

and then it starts again tomorrow...

guess what? we have to eat. we have these incredible bodies that do amazing things for us: make babies, walk, run, breathe and fight etc... and if we eat to fill, grab, just get it done, frustrated, shame, annoyed etc.. then we will not only exude that but we are living deep inside of it... it's in our cells, it's in our fat, it's in everything we create... our babes, our families, our homes, our kitchens....

how about this idea.. if it's gorgeous, fresh, not too far away & easy... how about you say we begin to date it? lets go on a date with our food... then pretty quickly (b/c it's so fun and you are feeling so loved) we go steady and move in together. no more texting or dating food as though it's something out there in the universe that just happens whenever it does.... we actually think about a commitment, a ceremony with food, a ritual.... it becomes a part of your fabric, the one you create for YOU and your family (with support, inspiration & know how), it becomes your life....who you are, what you do, you begin to see it differently, create it, share it, create an intimacy with it.

this is self-care.

for you this could be facing the deepest fears, there are so many pieces to it for all of us... when do you think we can start the shift? what do you think it will take? as you go everyday, so challenged by the constant interruption of food...

i can hear you: "i have no time for this!"

we must make the time. if food makes our bodies go, stay alive and do all the other things we DO have time for.. how can we not have time for food? how can we not be spending the majority of our precious time having the food around? the best food that is...

i would love to hear your thoughts.....on the fb page or here on the blog if so inspired as i want to start these conversations....i want to hear what you think, what you want, how we can make this happen for you and those you know in this situation... i am incredibly curious about this shift... this beauty just waiting in mid air to come down and grace you with it's abundance and nourishing gifts... FOOD and you.... lets get it on.

see you in the kitchenxxx