Start the year with Raw Energy - and a giveaway!

Sunday, January 4

Happy New Year everyone, 2009 is going to be the best! I have so many plans for what I want to achieve in this new year that it warrants it’s own post, but first I would like to introduce you to my new website!

I have simplified things greatly, changed the color scheme to bright and positive colours that represent my renewed outlook on life, and brought a focus on my new projects.

Living Raw in Perth ‘zine is a self-published 20-page magazine that I will have finished mid-January.  It contains fantastic information regarding shopping in Perth, including in-depth reviews of stores that I have actually visited (and in some cases frequent!) as well as a location guide.  I’m also writing articles on related subjects such as plus-sized eco-clothing - which is so darn hard to find! Living Raw in Perth will be available in print from a range of outlets, and available for purchase online in print and/or electronic format.   If you are in regional WA, I’d love to know about any organic shops or farmers markets to put into the locality guide.  There will also be a section on travelling raw, and Melbourne will be my first subject — so if you know of places to get great raw food or produce in Melbourne, please let me know so I can visit when I’m there in February!

Workshops and Classes is something I am particularly excited about!  Thanks so much to everyone who came to my TAFE class last November, your feedback was invaluable and has given me the kickstart I needed to offer more to the raw food community!  In 2009 I will be offering classes through TAFE, private classes in your own home, and public classes in any venue that’s foodsafe and has a kitchen — so a call out to the country / south-west folks: if you want a raw food workshop or demo in your town, please get in contact!  If you’re near Bunbury or Mandurah please let me know as these are great places to start!  The coolest option is the Girls Night In, which is for girls only, to enjoy decadent raw desserts and chat about life, love, weight and other girly issues!

Resource Library contains books, magazines, and websites that are my favourites and are recommended.  There’s a lot of aussie content here, and I have also put up my extensive library of books (I’ll be updating it regularly as I add more books to the library, but right now there’s only 3 books listed…)

There’s still a few things to tweak and finish writing, but Raw & Vegan is an evolving expression of myself - I’m so glad you’re on this journey with me!  And to say thanks to all the fellow raw foodies online, I want one special person to begin the year with RAW ENERGY!   Yes, it’s the first……….

RAW & VEGAN BOOK GIVEAWAY

Leslie Kenton - The Raw Energy Bible

Up for grabs is a copy of Leslie Kenton’s

THE RAW ENERGY BIBLE

The Raw Energy Bible is a compilation of the bestselling titles Raw Energy Food Combining Diet, Raw Energy Recipes and Juice High.

This is a brand new book that isn’t 100% raw but contains brilliant raw food recipes and advice.  I bought this for myself but then realised I already had a copy of the New Raw Energy and decided to share rather than horde such similar books!

Sweet! How do I enter?

To enter, leave a text or video comment below in answer to the question:

What are your goals for 2009, and what is your plan to achieve them?

I will assign a number to each comment, and will put them into a random number generator to draw the winner. I will contact the winner by email so please make sure you leave and email address!

Closing: Sunday 11th January at 12 noon Australian WDST

Looking forward to reading your responses, which will no doubt be inspiring!

~Kate

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Comments


  • Simona January 5th, 2009 at 9:40 am

My goals are many, but easily attainable by one simple phrase: Don't take life so seriously. I am going to manifest my wishes free of worries and fears and know that is as I wish.
Simona

  • steph January 5th, 2009 at 3:11 pm

I'm so glad you asked for goals rather than resolutions, because I don't do the latter! I want to plant a lot more edible things in pots. And to go to Melbourne a lot.

  • karen January 5th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

Hi Kate!
Hmm a book giveaway - nice idea!

Hmm ok, what do I hope to achieve in 2009? A lot of things.
One thing I aim to do is read at least one book every 2 weeks, as I barely read at all last year and I am a bit disappointed in myself about that. How will I do this? By turning off the tv and going to the library!

xo

Hi Karen,

I was blown away by Con Wiebrands' reading list for 2008 - certainly inspiration for me, cause while I love books I usually only read non-fiction and you don't have to read end-to-end with those!

Best of luck with your goal, we should turn the magazine club into a book club at work!

Cheers, and thanks for leaving your comment!
Kate

  • karen January 5th, 2009 at 5:27 pm

Wow, that list is impressive!
I might start documenting my reads like that as well. I'm the same, I read a lot of non-fiction and I dont tend to read those end to end either. I love fiction as well but I'm picky, so I don't tend to read many novels.
Will try and change that!

Yeh a book club sounds like a good idea!

  • Rupinder January 6th, 2009 at 11:37 am

My goals for 2009 are:
1. to practice the Power of Now…..just being in the moment….that is conscious consistent meditative state and I aim to do it by trying to consistently remind myself to come back to that wonderful space.
2. Of course to help with that I am going to eat more raw and I take this opportunity to thank you for the inspiration and simplifying the process for me. I attended your TAFE course in November.For this my simple approach is just to take one day at a time and add more raw goodies to my diet….and you know what…as I prepare the meals for my family…without any conscious effort…my family is being lured into good health….no don't tell them…just do it!!
Thanks a lot and wish you a Happy New Year

Hi Rupinder,

Wow that is a great goal for 2009! I love the “Power of Now” too - have you seen Dhrumil's videos on falling still? See here: http://www.rawandvegan.com/?p=133

Adding more raw into your diet slowly is a great way to go, and it's a testament to the goodness of the food that you're family is going along without as you say 'conscious effort'!

Keep up the good work, and keep us posted as to how you're going!

:) Kate

I love this, Simona! And the way you've phrased your goal as an intention is great :) Best of luck with it!

  • Rachan January 8th, 2009 at 11:31 pm

Happy New Year Kate! Creativity and new frontiers is my goal, just like with what you're doing now! Hope it goes well for you! Personally, I'll start getting into painting and writing and maybe some sort of vocal expression, but generally I'll try to be conscious of gaining some perspective from outside the norm with regards to everything…. Life doesn't need to be cooked, does it?
Love and Peace,
Rachan

  • krcald22 January 10th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

My goal for 2009 is to actually experience life and enjoy every minute because I am turning 20 and feel like I haven't done anything but school. I don't want my life to just pass me by without seeing what the world has in store for me.

  • Mark January 15th, 2009 at 7:07 am

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Cheers, Kate

  • roxy May 30th, 2009 at 10:50 am

i put on 10 kilos when i lost twins at 2 months prego ,i had a complecated ectopic and needed surgery so wasnt able to excersise for a few months and with my hormones all over the place binged on chocolate . so my goals are to lose 10 kilos and be really strong,fit and healthy.

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