I hope I don’t gross you out.  I’m fascinated by what my body produces even though these little babies were clogging up my system.

Here’s a pic of the gallstones I just released in my first liver cleanse:

That’s a penny for comparison.
I’ve actually done a liver cleanse once before, about a year ago, but I didn’t follow all the instructions and didn’t get anything out.
This time I followed the instructions to the letter in the new book The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse.  I guess drinking the Epsom Salts made all the difference.  And all that apple juice the week before.
Did it hurt?
Nope.  I had a bit of a headache the day of the cleanse and I laid low, reading my book and watching movies, but nothing hurt while it was coming out.  That’s the beauty of drinking apple juice before the cleanse – it softens up the gallstones.

Would you do it again?

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Let me recite the Only You poem to you and remind you how valuable you are, simply by being you.(from my book, The Elusive Here & Now)

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The Hello World Self-Esteem Poem came about from a workshop where I recited a very popular poem from my book called Only You. Watch this video as I recite Only You to you, tell you the story of how Only You inspired me to write Hello World, and declare Hello World to you.

Hello World is a hugely transformational poem. I’ve seen it uplift many people in just minutes – both from hearing it and from declaring it out loud themselves.

Once you’ve watched this story, I highly suggest you go read the poem - out loud – and see for yourself how much more alive and brilliant you feel.

Enjoy!

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I like chocolate, especially when I can chew on it.

Thankfully my friend and raw kitchen elf came up with this “bliss kiss” recipe.  I’ve found that when I make it with cacao butter (in place of coconut oil), it’s a particularly easy way to travel and still have my chocolate bliss fix.

[Cacao butter will stay solid at room temperature after it's been refrigerated once.  Kisses made with coconut oil need to stay frozen or refrigerated (I like frozen) so they don't get mushy]

When you play with your own variations, please comment what works best for you … I love trying new versions of this and getting even more great ideas!

Laura’s Bliss Kisses

4 Tbsp Mayan Gold Cacao (Chocolate) Powder

4 Tbsp Tocotrienols

¼ tsp Sun Fire Salt

1½ Tbsp Vanilla Agave Nectar

1½ Tbsp Coconut Oil

1 Tbsp Chia Seeds

Optional:

1 Tbsp Goji Berries

1 Tbsp Cacao Nibs

½ tsp Vitamineral Green or Blue-Green Algae

2 drops Orange Essential Oil
Stir the dry ingredients together in a bowl. If you are including any of the optional ingredients, add them in now too. If you decide to add any of the powdered greens, I suggest you also add the orange essential oil to cover any potential “green flavor”.

Add the Coconut Oil and Agave Nectar and stir. It works best and is more fun to get your hands into the mix now and really mush all the ingredients together so that the oil and agave bind the dry ingredients well.

Create small teaspoon-size drops of the mixture and place them on wax paper. You will get about 10 little bliss kisses per recipe. Freeze your bliss kisses for best taste and longevity, though you may find that after licking your fingers you desire to eat them all up quickly.

You can also use Carob in your bliss kisses to make a sweeter kiss. Try using half Cacao and half Carob or substituting Carob for the Tocotrienols in the recipe.

For an extra-creamy and more truffle-like bliss kiss, substitute Cacao Butter for the Coconut Oil. Mmmmmm. Enjoy!

Photos of the Process
bliss kissesPart of the fun of making bliss kisses is how chocolatey you get your hands from mixing the batter and forming the small bliss kisses. You can see the size of my bliss kisses (about a half to a whole teaspoon) on the wax paper below my chocolate-covered hand.
Mmmmmm! Chocolate!
MC bliss kissesThe best part of making bliss kisses has to be licking my fingers when I’m done!
LauraAnd this is the lovely Laura, creator of the recipe
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