Vegan Chocolate for your Valentine

If you're looking for something sweet for your Valentine this year, Sjaak's organic chocolates is the go-to shop. Sjaak's products are 100% certified organic and they have a full line of vegan options including peanut butter bites, almond butter bites, mint, hazelnut, cherry, and more.

♥ And to sweeten the deal they are offering 25% off with this coupon code:  Val2512 ♥
 

"Whatever the question, love is the answer.
This applies to yourself as well."

- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

Be Your Own Superhero

In a previous post we mentioned our love for the new film, Finding Joe, about famed mythologist Joseph Campbell. If you haven't seen the film you can stream it right now at the site FINDING JOE.

One of the ideas from the film that stood out is the idea that we aren't separate from the characters we see in the movies. Harry Potter, Frodo, Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, pick any character you love and they are all metaphors for the universal human experience. It's one journey; not designed to be solely enjoyed on the screen as an escape, but to be lived out and integrated into our daily lives. 

How To Be Your Own Superhero:

1. Pick your top 3 heroes, people you admire whether real or movie characters.
2. Now list the qualities you admire in these heroes.
3. Next, consider how are you being called to bring forth these qualities in your own life. Where are they already showing up?
4. Set an intention to embody the characters of the heroes you admire and watch how situations arise to support you in expressing these aspects of yourself. 

"Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone;
for the heroes of all time have gone before us, the labyrinth is fully known;
we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path... we shall come to the center of our own existence; where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.”  - Joseph Campbell

Gandhi's Vegan Curry

For the past few months we have been trying out curry recipes and we have found many we love (recipes coming soon), but the one we are currently obsessed with is Gandhi's Vegan Curry Sauce courtesy of Tanya Petrovna of Native Foods. This sauce is refreshing (hello, cilantro!)and slightly addictive. Plus, it's easy, just blend all the ingredients together, heat and serve over your favorite steamed veggies.

We haven't seen this recipe available on the current menu at Native Foods, but thankfully Chef Tanya shared this delicious curry sauce in the Native Foods cookbook - available for purchase here.

And if you really can't wait to get your hands on the cookbook, check out this video by Anja from Eating With Abs where she walks you through the process of making this recipe. Enjoy! 

"Peace is it's own reward."

- Gandhi

The Hero's Journey

This past weekend we discovered a truly inspiring film called Finding Joe, which is based on the philosophy of acclaimed mythologist Joseph Campbell. 

This must-see film explores the stages of "the hero's journey" and provides the viewer with an opportunity to explore their own journey toward living a fully realized life. One of the themes of the film is that without death there is no transformation.  Something old has to go for something new to be born. So we must learn to keep dying to our current form because it's the death of a form that has no value anymore. What needs to die in order for you to accept the adventure that is calling you?

“The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.” - Joseph Campbell

Finding Joe is currently available for streaming at the site FINDING JOE. Or can be purchased here. This is the kind of movie you want to watch with kindred spirits. The film definitely opens up a space for reflection and conversation. It really is more than a movie; it's an invitation to your most authentic life. See the trailer below.

Be A Voice For Animals

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"Our lives begin to end the day we become
silent about things that matter."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.