5 Burning Questions: Get Your Deep Cleanse On

  Part of cleansing is letting go of mental structures that no longer serve, along with choosing more fitting structures that would serve you more optimally. My best mentor?  Danielle Laporte. Check out the 5 burning questions (below) Danielle created along with Rich, Happy and Hot Marie Forleo and let them cleanse your mind. Q’s FOR SELLING YOUR…

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Is That Acrylamide in Your Coffee?

  Now that I’ve talked you off coffee, let’s dive deeper into some of the badness of the stuff. Do you recall the debate that surfaced in 2002 about a potential carcinogen found in fried foods, called acrylamide? There was much sound and fury when the discovery landed on front pages nine years ago, and like Japan’s…

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Take On Your Weight Issues with Mystic Marianne Williamson

  When cleansing, I love to dive deep into mystical teachings along with the physical improvements in what I eat. Usually it’s Ayurveda or Geneen Roth. This Cleanse, it’s Marianne Williamson’s A Course in Weight Loss. Marianne, my soul sister, has taken the Course in Miracles and translated them into 21 spiritual lessons for surrendering…

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But I LOVE Strawberries! Why Don't They Love Me Back?

When last we met, I was doing a cleanse to look and feel better before a photo shoot for my book cover.    I was cleansing for my overall health, skin, energy and vitality which is the super-duper benefit of flushing toxins from our systems. But if you’ve ever gotten a migraine after drinking wine, felt…

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Detox, Gottfried-Style – Join Us!

It’s never too late to detox. We are tasked with clearing out gluten, dairy, caffeine, sugar and alcohol over the first seven days as part of the “Pre-Cleanse” as well as starting the Detoxification Support Packets to prepare our liver and gut for the job ahead. Did you start your morning today with a cup…

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On Cleansing, D#0

A Hindu Scholar named Swami Adiswarananda once said that we must renounce what we’ve been doing for something that feels better. None of us renounces what feels good for something that feels worse. His words frame my entry into the official start of our Gottfried Cleanse tomorrow, which is designed to balance your hormones and…

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Kicking Dairy: Why Bother?

Throughout my 22 years of taking care of people, I’ve seen a lot of addictive behaviors. Particularly around food. Most common: chocolate, cheese, caffeine, flour, sugar, taken to anesthetize. These babies are drugs. I recall learning in the early 1980s that dairy products contain morphine-like substances. This was published in Science in 1981. Learned this…

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