Day 48 of Juice Feasting - Fall clean-up inside and out!

I started the day with asking myself the question:  "what can I do to love myself today? what can I do to be my own best friend?" which is a great way to tap into your core self, and see what the priority of the day is.  Sometimes, it is work related, and today "cleaning and reorganizing" came up as an answer.

So today is the Big Fall Clean Up Day!

After drinking the lemon water and MSM, I made myself a big pot of medicinal teas: nettle, horsetail, pau d'arco, and for taste peppermint and roiboos.  I found a glass coffee pot with a push down mesh, which is the best for making these loose teas.  When adding herbal teas, I just open up the tea bag and dump the content into the pot.

Then, on to the kitchen's cupboards, putting medicinal teas in glass jars, neatly labeled, pulling out everything to consolidate, reorganize, toss out... and I noticed 1/2 shelf filled with grains: quinoa, millet, amaranth, corn for popping... I am ready to give those away?  NO!  I had an immediate freak-out reaction at the thought of not ever eating any cooked foods ever again.  "But I have to have some of the delicious cheeses when I'm in France!"  "But quinoa-seaweed stews are so good in the winter!"  "But there are no good organic produce to speak of in the winter here!"  mmm, definitely something to clear in there, since there is an emotional reaction accompanied with mental chatter.

As I was finishing the kitchen, my trusted friend Paula calls up, early morning riser from the west coast, ready to explore further our self sabotage around food.  Perfect timing!  Turns out that the reluctance to give out all cooked foods is linked to the reluctance to step out fully into the world and shine our lights brightly.  Because let's face it, cooked foods do numb us out and slow us down, even if it's just a bit, depending on what you're eating.