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People are talking, bring your questions and ideas!.It is nice place to get started if you are new to the community or are coming back and are wondering what to do. Introduce yourself and ask for help. We will direct you to the right spot for your questions. Someone asked me this week what BE was. That was an interesting question and it was fun to answer it. Join it now.
GROUPS
The groups list is up on the web site. Just sign up for the group you would like to join. Read about the group before you ask to join. If you are starting or returning, join the Step One list. Don't join Step One and Step Two and Step Three all at the same time.
CLASSES
When a new class is ready, I will post it on the website under the "LEARN" link.
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WORKING WITH KATHLEEN
I am now offering a free consultation for you before you make ANY decision about either Coaching or Signature plans. Email to set up a time. This is a new offering that is designed to help us decide the best options for you. You can go to the website and read about the process. You would fill out an assessment form, and send 4 days of your food journal and then we would talk about what the best options would be for where you are in the process. There is no risk or commitment required
Coaching is a special offering for people who are serious about enhancing their programs and would like to have ongoing conversations Support is provided in a small group with people
who are looking at similar concerns. Kathleen is part of each coaching group.This is not a class but is a process to support your progress. We have added a special chat for people in coaching. It meets twice a week to accommodate those who are in Greenwich Mean Time and those who are in USA time.
Coaching includes several options now: Return to Radiance Coaching for those who have done the steps in the past and then drifted and would like to get back on track. This is a good place to plug in if you have gotten wobbly and would like to restart your program.
Skilled Coaching is for people who are steady on the steps and ready to work on Step 7 life skills.
The fee for either of these coaching options is $20 @ week, billed in 2 week intervals. The coaching is done in an email group and assumes active participation by the members. The process includes peer support with guidance and direction by Kathleen.
If you wish to join coaching send an email and say what you are interested in and why.
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I also provide individual intensive consultations called Signature
Consultation. I can help you step out of the craziness of sugar addiction, return to steadiness and clarity after slipping away, slow down and focus on your recovery, or deepen a steady rhythm of recovery. This particular option is especially helpful if you did
the steps a while ago and then kinda meandered away. Or if you are facing some intense times and would. like skillful support. But I can tell you that it is a good time to do coaching.
This is a process that includes doing an in-depth assessment of where you are in the process, designing an individual plan for you and then talking with me once a week via phone or Zoom to work on your progress. You will learn to do an efficient journal and to identify your strengths and challenges. I have several packages for time to
make it easier for you.
This is the way to step out of feeling overwhelmed with where to start and what to do. Because it is so individualized, we can work on what is right for you at this point in your journey. People tell me that this process helps them feel safe and focused. We work with your
style, your rhythm. This is a unique opportunity to release your fear and let go of shame.The guidance can shorten and ease your process so that in 3 months you will do what you might take a year to do on your own. Signature consultation is also an excellent way to tackle any special needs you may have. like wanting to get sober, or dealing with insulin resistance, integrating doing the food with special medical concerns, or dealing
with a sugar sensitive family member in an artful way.
Call 505-345-3737 if you would like to chat.
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"You may be surprised to discover that food has a bigger emotional charge for you than you realized.
I agree with Tina, it took me a number of increases from 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup to 3/4 cup to 1 cup and it is really obvious by my posts during those times of the difference this increase made for me. When people ask me why the certain amounts of things with the food I say, protein makes my brain work, browns make my emotions work.
Karen M
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Rosie is no longer a punk. She is 5 months now and is a little dog.She is filled with love, she is funny and sassy. She is housebroken and races out the door as fast as she can go and then races back in for a treat for performing.
Brody jumps the fence and then torments her by running full speed on the outside, daring her to follow on the inside. The irony is that she is actually faster than he is so it is like watching the Flash take on Captain Marvel.
She generally sleeps in, but if Andrew is up for work early, she screams until I let her out of the crate and off she goes to find him. She is smart as a whip. I have started training to keep that little brain busy.
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David, my oldest son, runs our store. He makes sure your orders go out quickly and works with you to find the best things suited to where you are in your process.
Please send questions and suggestions. I love hearing from you and truly want to help you do your program better.
Come visit our STORE. Call 505-345-3737.
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We have a lot of new people who don't know about Restore yet.
This is the best protein powder on the market. The cows live in New Mexico, eat grass, do not get hormones and are very, very happy. We just don't those claims on the label because if we do, we have to pay more, LOL. And yes, it is more expensive that what you can get at Trader Joe's or Walmart, but this is an artisanal product made in small batches which means it is FRESH and you know exactly where the cows live.
And they live in fields of grass and look at New Mexico blue sky. You may not think any of that matters, but taste it and you will understand. And no we do not have sample size packets because they require a run of 50,000 to do that and we simply do not have the cash flow to do it.
Your Last Diet: More Than What You Think
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YLD is the weight-loss component of Radiant Recovery, initially developed as an adjunct. It is now an integral part of what we do. YLD stands as a significant alternative to the usual weight-loss diets you all know. In most programs, you are asked to define your goal weight, or to seek “abstinence.” You sign up and are given a “plan.” Your progress is measured but the number of pounds you lose, or by how many days’
abstinence you maintain. I am sure that many of you have had lots of practice and probably lots of success at dieting. But generally speaking, diets don’t last. You may lose, but often it does not stick and you gain back what you lost and more.
Diets do not go to the root of the problem – why you are fat and why you have such a hard time with it. YLD targets the why. It creates a profound change in your body and your emotions. We guide you in transforming the feelings of rage, disgust and hopelessness into clear, focused, mobilization.
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Tsunami
Kathleen DesMaisons, Ph.D.
This is an article I wrote 15 years ago after the Tsunami. I was thinking about how I felt then, after watching that black water roll in and in and in. I have been feeling that way this week, A combination of horror, helplessness, rage and sorrow. I came across this article this afternoon. I am still touched by it. I am going to add a little, polish it a bit and send it off to comfort you and guide
you
I have waited to write to you about the Tsunami because I , like most of you I am sure, have had to collect my thoughts first. It was too big, too devastating to even know where to start in making sense of it. But today, something clicked for me.
As some of you know, I have had an ongoing interest in the scientist from Japan who has been photographing frozen water crystals and seeing the impact of different messages on the structure of the water. He published a series of amazing photographs. The crystals from water that many people had said *I love you to* were exquisite and beautifully formed. The crystals from the water that people had
said *you fool* or *I hate you* were malformed, broken and distorted.
Even more interesting were photographs from a lake that was severely polluted. The crystals from the lake water were dark, jagged and looked like the water exposed to heavy metal rock music. It was pretty unsettling. Then they did an intriguing experiment. They took a group of people out to this lake and prayed for it. After the prayer, they collected some water, froze it and photographed it. Its
structure had changed totally. It was now formed into the same sort of perfect crystal structure we see in snowflakes.
The scientist is now talking about praying for the ground water left after the tsunami. He is convening people to offer their prayers. So, I went over to his website to check out what he was saying. His message seems a little strange to me these days. He no longer posts the photographs on his web site for free, you have to pay for them. He gets paid a lot of money for lectures and the like. I
am thinking he has kinda forgotten the simplicity of his own original message.
But the invitation retains its power. I like the idea of offering our prayers not only for the people but for the water and the land. There are a lot of us. And there are a lot of us in recovery which means we have cleared out a lot of our own fear and distortion and *pollution* from the water (all 90% of it) within our own bodies. I think we have clear hearts to ask for healing for the areas
that were devastated. I am going to suggest that we do this collectively. Perhaps every day at 6 PM MT (whether daylight or standard0 we can all stop for 5 minutes and simply ask for healing of the devastated land and people.This year, I think we can pray for healing of the divisions that are spliting us and renting our souls. Here is a link to an international clock
if you want to sort out what time that would be for you. Use Denver, CO to calculate MT.
I know I cannot make this horrible, horrible thing right, but I can offer my own heart and openness for the healing to come. I invite you to join me and all those who are making this commitment.
Warmly,
Kathleen
Thanks for reading! If you know someone who could benefit from this, feel free to forward it to them.
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