so you can experience vibrant health and soaring energy again!
I recommend that you eliminate gluten, dairy, sugar, caffeine and alcohol for 21 days. These foods and drinks are known to be the top 5 toxic triggers, which can cause a cascade of reactions in your body that erode your health, beginning in your gut.
My top four favorite reasons for drinking green juice everyday:
Preparation is a game-changer.
To create healthy eating habits, I recommend choosing two days a week to prep healthy foods:
Take responsibility for everything in your life. You shift from a victim-mindset to an empowered mindset.
By taking on 100% responsibility, you no longer blame anyone for the problems you experience, but rather turn on your creativity and resourcefulness to find ‘healthy’ solutions.
When my son Christopher was young, I would say to him when he came to me wanting something, anything, really, “Did you take care of business, did you do the work?”
When my student Lauren’s mother came to me pleading to excuse Lauren from delivering the required presentation, I asked, “How will that help her prepare for the opportunities life will offer her?”
When we do what we said we’d do, every single day.
When we challenge ourselves beyond what feels comfortable, because new things always feel uncomfortable at first.
When my client Genevieve asked me if she could drink “just one cup of coffee” every morning, rather than the typical 3 or more throughout the day, I said, “you can do anything you want, but what do you want more — that cup of coffee, or the benefits of healing your digestive system?”
When we set out to heal our body from the ravages of the modern lifestyle, from anywhere in between common allergies and persistent digestive problems, to autoimmunity, diabetes and chronic health concerns, the game is always the same.
As with my son, my former student Lauren, and my client Genevieve, it all comes down to doing the work.
And it doesn’t have to be hard.
You start with one.
One goal.
One objective.
One result.
And most importantly, one action.
You choose one action you need to make to get you closer to achieving that goal, objective and result you want. When you’ve mastered that one step, choose another step.
And another.
And another.
My son learned that if he wanted that new pair of pants or shirt, he needed to scour the bathroom every Tuesday and Friday.
Lauren learned that to achieve the grade she wanted she had to do the required presentation.
Genevieve learned that to heal her digestive system she needed to remove coffee from her diet for a healing interim.
Please share your thoughts below in the comments section. I'd love to hear what you think about this post and let me know - Did you take care of business?
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What If It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way?Someone you know—maybe someone you love—will face a chronic disease.
Maybe it’s already you.
It feels inevitable, doesn’t it? Like your genes hold all the power. If your grandmother and mother had it, so will you.
But that’s not entirely true.
Yes, your genes matter. But they’re not the whole story. Epigenetics tells us that while genes may set the stage, your choices decide the outcome.
Epigenetics is the science of how your environment influences your DNA. It shows that what you eat, how you move, and even how you think can turn genes on or off.
The research is clear:
You were not born a victim. You have a choice. You always have.
You may not control the genes you inherit, but you control what you do next. Some might debate the science, but isn’t the possibility of choice better than no choice at all?
You’re not trapped by your DNA. You’re empowered by your decisions.
If you or someone you care about is struggling with chronic illness—or just doesn’t feel their best—it’s time to start fresh.
Email me at carol@carol-egan.com. Let’s explore how simple, healing choices can transform your life.
These little bundles, Healthy-In-A-Blanket, are my over-the-top, delicious spin on a recipe my grandmother used to make. However, they bear no similar taste or look, but for the little string I tied around them.
What’s so great about these nourishing, little bundles? You can make them ahead of time to eat as a snack, a meal, or even a party offering! What’s not so great? Everyone in your house is going to love them, so you’ll need to keep making them, or making a lot when you do make them.
To Make:
1st Filling:
Process all ingredients in food processor until well-combined and smooth.
2nd Filling:
Toss ingredients together and set aside to let flavors marinate a bit.
In a small bowl, whisk 1 Tablespoon Extra Virgin Olive Oil with 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice. Pour a little of this blend in your hand and massage each kale leaf. Let set so kale leafs soften a bit.
Lay out each leaf and place a healthy dollop of each filling in the middle of the leaf. Fold up. Tie up. Eat. Serve. Store. Enjoy!
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While I recommend eating a diet of 70-80% raw foods every day to heal and energize your body, lose weight, maximize nutrition and reduce inflammation to increase your productivity, clarity, creativity and performance … when it’s cold out, we all want a bowl of warm soup! And my Bombay Lentil Soup is a perfect choice for you to add in for the other 20-30% whole cooked foods!
I’ve fiddled with this recipe a bit, since cooking with Indian spices is fairly new for me. After experimenting a few times, I feel very confident in sharing with you this over-the-top, delicious, protein-rich, plant-based soup that will feed you for days!
Ingredients
Instructions:
Warm coconut oil and add cumin, mustard and fennel seeds. Heat for a few minutes to release the essential oils from the seeds. Add onion, garlic and ginger. Saute until transparent to release flavors. Add the turmeric, garam masala and red chili pepper and and heat through for a few minutes. Add tomatoes, water, chickpeas and lentils and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, or until lentils are cooked. Add spinach and half of the cilantro. Do not cook longer. The hot soup will wilt the greens.
Top with fresh, cilantro and chopped jalapeño and … Enjoy!
After you try this recipe, please come back and let me know how you like it in the comments section below. And … while I know you love healthy and delicious recipes, what I offer you as coach blows the game of 'best-recipes' out of the water! When we set out to help you lose weight, increase your energy or look and feel your very best, the coolest thing happens, your mind begins to think more clearly, your productivity blows through every creative barrier, and your confidence skyrockets … because you've learned how to use food as your smartest tool to achieve success!
Perhaps you are ready to up level your health in all the ways you know matter. I can help you do that.
Email me: carol@carol-egan.com
Did you join the smoothie revolution yet? Everyone is smoothie-ing these days because they are so healthy and so fun, and the possibilities for pure-clean-decadence are endless!
Coolest thing? You will not just look alive and glowing, you will feel alive and energized too!
Try my “Instant Glow Green Smoothie,” it’s but one of the many delicious recipe’s in the recipe guide, GLOW, from my signature program 10-Years Younger in 6-Weeks. This smoothie is loaded with ingredients to bring your cells to life, so you radiate pure heath from the inside out!
This recipe makes about 64 ounces — a full Vitamix pitcher!
Ingredients:
Instructions: Blend all ingredients, except avocado, together in a high powered blender. When well combined, add the avocado and serve.
Cheers!
5 Best GLOWING Reasons All in One Glass:
If you try this recipe, I'd love to hear what you think about it in the comments section below. And … if you want a whole guide full of new smoothies recipes, grab my, "9-Glow Boosting Smoothies to Hydrate, Brighten and Bring the Glow Back to Your Skin" here.
Meditate to Reconnect.Mediation is a game changer. Meditation guides us back to our calmest, clearest, wisest selves. Meditation clears away the noise that causes us stress and toxicity in our body. Meditation empowers us in ways nothing else can.
I’ve found that when I am connected to me, through my meditation practice and through journaling, every choice I make emanates from a place of deep connectedness. When I don’t journal or mediate, the same thing happens with the likely twist, every choice I make emanates from a place of disconnectedness.
I encourage you to consider the ways you spend time connecting to you, and what matters most to you, and how you spend time connecting to that source of power that is you.
You connected to you has everything to do with everything, including your health and wellbeing, including your success and happiness.
To begin:
Sit in a position that you feel both comfortable and alert, with your back straight and erect, yet not rigid. Close your eyes, or slightly close your eyes to block out distraction.
For your breathwork, you can inhale and exhale through your nose, or you can inhale through your nose, and exhale through your mouth. Whichever you choose, stick with it through your meditation practice.
I love the 100 breaths technique. It’ easy, and unobtrusive. You simply count from 1 to 100 with each breath you take. That’s it. Easy-Peasy.
I also love adding a word to the in-breath and a word to the out-breath when I meditate, like love and fear, or calm and let go. For example, when you breath in, breath in saying the word love silently to yourself, and when you breath out, say the word fear silently to yourself.
If you don’t have any experience mediating, I recommend using guided meditations to help you get started. Meditation teacher, Tara Brach offers a wonderful of free meditations and meditation resources at her site . Author, speaker and Mind-Body Healer, Deepak Chopra offers several wonderful free guided mediations at his site too. And even though I have experience meditating, when I feel harried by the busyness of life, I return to guided meditations. They are so helpful.
If you already meditate and would like a support that guides you with breath, not words, I love Do As One. It offers several online breathing ‘rooms’ to suit your needs or style. My favorite is the “Calm Breathing Room.” It really slows me down when I need it.
Do As One uses technology to offer the sweet, subtle pull to inner silence that we all so desperately need at times — the times we need a little reminder — a reminder that we’re good, that we’ve got this, that we are so powerful beyond measure and that nothing else matters, but this moment.
Perhaps you are ready to reconnect to you in all the healthy ways you know matter. I can help you do that. Let's explore all the ways we can make that happen. Email me: carol@carol-egan.com
