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Goodies Against the Grain: Sadie’s Story (and 2 Amazing Recipes) + IG Giveaway

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Today’s guest post is offered up by Sadie Radinsky, whom I had the pleasure of chatting with on a recent episode of her podcast, Jump For Joy. I think you’re going to love her story and be inspired by her success—in reclaiming her health and in following her passion. And the recipes she’s serving up? Grok never had it so good. Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy, everyone! And be sure to check out the giveaway at the end. Hi, Mark’s Daily Apple! I’m Sadie, a 16-year-old food blogger, Paleo dessert chef and writer. I am so excited to share my health journey with you today, as well as two scrumptious Valentine’s Day treat recipes. A little background about me: I grew up a vegetarian, with a diet that consisted mainly of whole grain products, beans, veggies, fruit, and the occasional fish. All of this would soon change because at the age of nine, I had to miss six months of school due to health issues. Every day I would wake up with intense stomach pain, fatigue and nausea. Most d

Primal Reflection Point: Marketing Versus Meaning In Human Love

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“Maybe a Primal lens (at least in the anthropological sense) doesn’t make for the most sentimental post about romantic love. But there’s plenty of authentic awe, and maybe some thought-provoking sense, to be had…. [It]’s more than the emotional narcotic that makes us forget about everything else (in a wonderful and sometimes disorienting way). It’s more than the affirmation of conforming to social norms or the sensible sharing of household duties. Rudimentary desire and dispassionate reason might bring people together, but seldom do either (or both together) offer enough to make a long-term partnership enjoyable. Those might seem to be the ultimate primal motivations, and they certainly had their part, but I’m guessing there was more to Grok’s humanity than those. As the neuroscience suggests, romantic relationships aren’t just about immediate gratification, but about the construction of memory. Our chosen mates become hormonally and cognitively imprinted in us in ways few other kin

Life In The Shallow End

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Breakfast I almost always eat my oatmeal in a bowl that is now shallow. (I describe it like that because my bowls are not necessarily deep either. I think they’d technically be called cereal bowls.) But, yesterday Mazen insisted on serving breakfast and picked out our shallow Pottery Barn soup bowls. These are ideal for pastas and salads, but I don’t ever use them for oatmeal. It sure made for a pretty bowl, though. And not to get all wacko on you, but coming from someone who has been eating oatmeal religiously for a decade, the “eating experience” was quite different!!! The oatmeal was whipped banana cottage cheese plus chia seeds, peanut butter, granola sprinkle and honey drizzle! I’m not much of a snacker, so no morning snacks to report! Lunch I had lunch at noon, and whipped up some canned salmon salad with curry powder! An old favorite! I used to eat this all the time with Kashi crackers back in the early days of the blog . My favorite was with red curry powder, which I ha

Episode 382 – Andrew Marr – TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) Recovery

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Hey Folks! We’re back from a bit of a hiatus. Things got busy over the holidays, and we’ve been trying to do some changes to the podcast as well. You should start seeing podcasts at our regular bi-monthly schedule now. This episode of the podcast we have guest Andrew Marr. Andrew is a Special Forces Green Beret, Co-Founder of Warrior Angels Foundation, and author of TALES FROM THE BLAST FACTORY: A Brain Injured Special Forces Green Beret’s Journey Back From The Brink . His book is also being made into a full feature documentary titled Quiet Explosions. Andrew is an MBA candidate at Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management. Andrew is married to Becky, the love of his life, and together they have five children and are expecting twin boys in March of 2018. 00:00 – Introduction 2:08 – Andrew Marr’s background 5:50 – Different ways one can sustain a TBI and military conditions effects 8:45 – What lead to Andrew’s TBI 11:05 – Andrew’s symptoms and experience of

Clean Eating Air Fryer Roasted Chickpeas Recipe

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This Clean Eating Air Fryer Roasted Chickpeas recipe is the perfect take-along snack! I don’t eat a ton of beans these days due to the carb count. But I just cannot shake my love of chickpeas. Mini… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry http://ift.tt/2Gae8jw