Why do you eat?

I have been so busy the past few days with clients and health coaching! A common thing showing up in all the sessions are "You want to affirm before eating or drinking anything - that you are doing it to nourish your body." There is no other reason for eating or drinking, not for sabotaging. And if a client does eat junk food and it's done - here is what I recommend - Before or after eating junk food affirm that your intention is to nourish your body so anything you put into it is to do just that! This will help the digestion process. And then have a lemon water and fresh vegetable juice to get rid of those toxins. 

When we always keep in mind that we are eating for nourishment - it changes all our choices.

Here is what I nourished myself with the past few days!

Tuesday morning started with these 3 power drinks! Phresh greens, green tea and bentonite clay! I drank them 20 minutes apart since I had 1 hour breakfast time before leaving out the door! 

Then I went to NY Hair Co for an organic hair treatment! 

After that I had lunch with George founder of Our True Roots - Tiger Nuts. We went to the one and only Pure Food and Wine! Had a huge salad! 

And of course dessert! 

Next it was time for the New's Emmys at Jazz Center Columbus Circle. 

My Emmys snacks were hemp seeds...

And dinner was kale salad, egg plant and salmon. 

Happy, healthy, grateful! 

I slept in Tuesday morning and had this big carb breakfast whole wheat organic toast from Wholefoods and organic peanut butter! 

With a green jasmine tea! Helps with digestion! 

Afternoon snack was tiger nuts! Great travel companion! 

A later afternoon snack was this green juice and snickers cake from One Lucky Duck! So grateful for this place. I had the green juice first. 

I traveled next with One Lucky Duck mint ice cream made with cashews and a dehydrated cookie! This actually ended up being my dinner. 

Breakfast Wednesday morning was this hearty porridge with vitacost honeycomb. Wanted something warm for this season change! 

Lunch was superfood smoothie! My favorite from new book. 

This photo made my day! Debbie won the Earth Diet Transformation giveaway the signed Anita Moorjani Audio! 

For dinner I picked some parsley, sage and thyme from my friends garden. I love this! 

And made black bean pasta with chopped tomatoes and herbs sauce! 

For dessert I made cashew ice cream bites with chocolate on top! Mmm favorite! 

And this was my breakfast also! I got out of bed with excitement when I remembered I had them in the freezer. 

I had Mac n cheese for lunch - recipe in new book! Dairy free and gluten free and amazing! 

Dinner was smoothie!  And hot tub! Nourishing my body in multiple ways! 

Today Saturday I started the day with lemon water and Phresh Greens.

Lunch was a smoothie! 

Dinner I ordered Indian! Veg curry and rice! I craving warmth and spices! 

I also had a lot of coconut this week for snacks!

I'm really happy with how much nutrition I got this week, and how many meals I handmade. Next week more herbal teas, green juice and would like a beet juice too. 

24 days to book launch!

Love Liana 

Just Organic Juice Giveaway!

Happy TUESDAY! I have a delicious recipe I am cooking up right now to share tonight, but I wanted to quickly share some good news! I have been so lucky to have these @justorganicjuice delivered to my doorstep this month, they are delicious raw, cold-pressed organic juice and they are some of my favorite grab n go foods. I have more energy and feel amazing. They offer a huge variety of healthy pure juices and their cinnamon almond milk is basically a dessert- anyways they are SO nice and are giving away their 3 day juice cleanse, which gives you all the juice you need for a full 3 day cleanse to reset your system. 

All you need to do to enter is make sure you follow @justorganicjuice and @amazon_ashley and tag 3 friends HERE you think would love some juice as well! Giveaway ends tomorrow night, and I will post the winner right away! Good luck friends! Xoxo

Ideal treatment for a cold!

Today I really treated myself so that I could make sure my immune system stays strong to kick the cold! 

This is a great treatment for a cold and I really recommend it: 

I started the day with salt water and gargled it. Using real salt of course. 

Then I made a bentonite clay drink. 

Then I boiled water with tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil and put my head over the bowl with a towel. My face steamed and instantly felt clearer. 

Then I had some raw chocolate and green tea - antioxidants perfect for boosting the mood and feel good emotions in the body. 

Then for a snack I had this coconut! So good! Antibacterial, antifungal - immune boosting. 

Later I made lunch! A quinoa recipe from the new Earth Diet book! Quinoa and turmeric ingredients thanks to Vitacost! I am really enjoying the new book! 

After lunch I made a bentonite clay mask and also put it in my hair. It felt really good how it was drawing out toxins. 

Dinner was this superfood smoothie mmm so divine recipe in new book! With friends! Happy Monday! 

I provided my body with so much nutrition today yet I also did so much work. I made it work. Eating well helps us to be more productive anyway. 

I also did a 30 minute sauna and walked for 40 minutes. 

Just realized I did not have my greens drink today - so tomorrow that is priority! Well I am going to Pure Food and Wine so will make that happen there! 

29 days to launch!

Love Liana 

Try this remedy to heal a cold!

I felt a cold coming on - it is change of season in NY from summer to autumn! It has been an amazing summer for sure! I drank so many smoothies and juices and ate so many fresh salads from gardens!

So to beat this cold, I feel stuffy nose and sore throat coming on, and I want to be clear for the Emmys on Tuesday in NYC... This morning I started with a huge glass of alkaline water. Then I boiled some ginger in water, and added it to a huge pot with tea tree oil and eucalyptus oil and put my head over it with a tea towel. This steamed my face and cleared me up right away! Love these simple yet effective remedies.

Me this morning: 

Then I had a bentonite clay drink! To absorb toxins and heavy metals. 

It still feels like summer! Today was so sunny and hot! I enjoyed this Phresh Greens by the poolside next. 

I are this local fig. 

Lunch was this superfood smoothie - recipe in new book - with the Vitacost Yellow Cake mix I ate yesterday with 3 ingredient chocolate frosting (recipe in book) - cacao powder, maple syrup and coconut oil. This cake was also gluten free! 

Afternoon snack was celery, carrots and cucumber from the garden. I didn't eat the hummus because it includes a preservative that I don't eat. 

Check out this gorgeous squash from the garden! Will make something great with this. 

Dinner was crumbed eggplant and quiche! 

Spent the evening on social media and right now writing this blog haha by the fire and poolside!

Congrats to Penny who lost over 40 pounds with the earth diet! 

30 days to book launch!

Love Liana 

A day in the kitchen!

Today was mostly spent in the kitchen - and also walking outside in nature! I was so grateful to spend my day like this, and to really take care of myself with nourishing food and drinks! 

I had a great sleep in. And then had a smoothie for brunch! Recipe in the new book. 

Next I felt like baking! And this yellow cake mix - gluten free - by Vitacost was perfect! 

The process of baking can be so relaxing and therapeutic. 

Then I made frosting / icing using 3 ingredients and this recipe is also in the new Earth Diet book: cacao powder, maple syrup and coconut oil. 

How divine does this cake look? This is no filter too! Talk about having our cake and eating it too! 

And I ate a decent piece! Well a friend had a slice also ;) 

I also made Mac n cheese! Also gluten free using brown rice pasta! This recipe is also in the book. 

It is change of season here in NY so to kick a sore throat from coming on I made ginger tea. Gets rid of all bacteria. 

Dinner I made this black bean pasta with tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper, cumin, paprika, garlic and parsley! Felt so healing. 

31 days to book launch! 

Love Liana 

Let pain be your teacher

Yesterday I did some yoga in between work, I wanted to quiet my mind however my mind was so racy with work, that when I did headstand - I was not present at all and as I was coming out of it I heard a crack in my neck and thought oops! I knew it was not good. My neck was soooo sore! When I turned to the right it was excruciating! So I made my situation worse because I was not present in the moment. Today it's better because every time I feel the pain in the neck I say the affirmation "I am peaceful with life" And the pain is becoming less and less. I won't be doing headstand for a few more days however I learned a lesson - and that pain really put me in my body and forced me into a situation to be more present and focused on exactly what I am doing at the time. At first I felt really sorry for myself and then realized to heal it I would have to accept it instead of beat myself up that I caused pain in my body! 

My past 3 days of eating included a lot of antioxidants and on-the-go eating.

One of my favorite parts of my job is that I am getting sent all the new products - and they are amazing! I love trying them and being blown away like from this cookie that is organic and gluten free and vegan! It's made in Fairfield Iowa by Organic Matters Kitchen.

Then I had their gluten free chocolate fudge brownie!!! Wow people are getting so good at gluten free!!! 

Lunch was this protein from Josie's organic restaurant upper west side. Got to appreciate organic! 

My lunch dessert was this pancake and fruit! 

Eating in NYC is so fun! 

Dinner was a raw chocolate bar made by Raw Chocolate Man! I had Skype calls so this was a perfect quick nutrient indulgence. 

Always remember! 

Breakfast was breakfast in bed! Vegan bacon (made with coconut flakes) and I actually have this recipe in my book! With a raw chocolate bar! 

I had a busy day so waited to eat again until dinner! Had Indian! Lemon rice with curry! I love the fragrances and spices! 

My breakfast today was green tea and this gluten free chocolate brownie! 

I was so grateful to be able to spend a couple hours in Central Park with these snacks. 

And this lunch...

Afternoon medicine was green juice!!! 

Then I got to go to this chocolate party! 

With Charles Chen! Game changer! 

Got to try some delicious new health products! Including this one - Tiger Nut Milk! It's going to be huge.

This divine plate of raw food! 

Chocolate covered blueberries! 

New Brooklyn chocolate company! They use hemp seeds (not THC) in all their chocolate. 

A great thing about these events is bumping into people you know and love! Here is Pas founder of The Seed Experience! 

32 days to book launch!

Love Liana 

36 days to book launch

Started the day with 2 hours walking and stretching in Central Park. The sunshine was incredible and I absorbed the season change. 

Went to Juice Generation just off Columbus Circle - and had their green juice "Supa Dupa Greens" - wow!! Total full blown energy experience - pure positive medicine. Parsley, cucumber, celery, apple, lemon! 

Then made if for Happy Hour at Bareburger where I enjoyed organic blueberry soda! Made with cane sugar rather than corn syrup - major upgrade! Also had fries and a well done burger. 

Got some movie snacks from Westerly Market. Healthier candy ice cream made with rice milk. 

Great to remember this: 

Incredible! 

Good night! 

Love Liana