So this happened tonight. And it was amazing…
Tomorrow I am off on a plane so this will be a short (but good!).
Trust me!
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
{trust}
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Today I was told to eat more broccoli. Which is okay. Because I love broccoli.
I’ve always thought that food was a form a love. Even when I worked in marketing at Baskin-Robbins I felt the intrinsic, visceral pull of food. Of course, that was ice cream which may not be considered a food category… but who doesn’t love ice cream?
Today, I was also overJOYed to find a doctor who analyzed my entire being… from blood labs to dinner plate. Not only did he listen to all my thyroid concerns and follow up on every question I asked. He suggested potential solutions, more tests we can run ….and then he told me to eat more broccoli.
It has me thinking about the form food takes in our lives. Data in, data out, as they say.
Food is medicine. And food is love. For our family. Our community. Our Earth. And self.
And it tastes good too (even broccoli!)
What joy.
More tomorrow…
Lovemore,
Jamie
{eat your broccoli)
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Today I continue the month of Christmas Kindness!
We decked the halls tonight. Football. Sunday. Church. Family. Games. Elf on a Shelf. Christmas Eve dinner. Tracking Santa’s sleigh on an app. Calling family.
It all makes for a beautiful tradition. And the kindest moment of all was just being there.
Tonight, in church, the pastor spoke of the importance of “being” is the kindest gift of all. The biggest gift we can share. The most we can possibly give to those we love.
And I agree.
So, here’s to being.
Thank you for being here. May you have a very Merry Christmas and beautiful holiday traditions.
What could be more kind?
More tomorrow…
{being here}
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So this happened tonight:
It was not from my doing… of course, it came from Justin, the man I call husband now. He taught me how to poach an egg tonight – and then he turned it into this. It was incredibly yummy.
Of course, it was his idea, his recipe, his teaching me how to craft in the kitchen. I added the Tumeric – my idea and I must say it tasted great. Not sure it really mattered but in my head, it added that extra zing.
And that’s how we make a good team. Zing and zang, if you will. It reminds me that life is better with helpers, and friends, and partners. Kindness is better that way too. (And so is food!)
More tomorrow….
Lovemore,
Jamie
{kind food}
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Today, I am so excited to share a certain kind of kindness. The kind that comes when friends share their best advice with each other. Even more so, the kind of friends who inspire.
Meet Phoebe!
Phoebe Lapine is an amazing woman who I met when we lived on Martha’s Vineyard. She had just published her first book In The Small Kitchen. Since then, we have both experienced The Adventures of The Thyroid (as I like to call it).
Phoebe was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her early twenties, and felt overwhelmed by her doctor’s strict protocols and confused when they directly conflicted with information on the bestseller list. Throughout her yearlong health journey, she created 12 of her own wellness directives which make up her NEW book!
Tomorrow is the official launch day of Pheobe’s new book: The Wellness Project. In it, she shares the insightful and hilarious result of that year of exploration—part memoir and part health and wellness primer. Hint, hint: it comes with tons of recipes too!
I am honored to interview Phoebe and ask her to share her BEST TIPS and BRILLIANCE with The Promise Daily readers. Her wisdom is below… and if you ask me, healthy wisdom is the sort of KINDNESS that should be shared!
Q: How were you first diagnosed?
I was diagnosed when I was 22 by my childhood doctor during a standard yearly checkup. I’m so grateful that she did a comprehensive thyroid panel and caught the Hashimoto’s. But the only treatment she presented was medication. And the idea of being dependent on pills for the rest of my life was not something I wanted to sign up for. So I did what any super mature twenty-something would do in my shoes: I pretended like the conversation never happened and went on living my life!
In the years that followed, my thyroid slowly went completely off the rails. And that eventually led me to starting The Wellness Project. My instincts were right that the pills wouldn’t heal me on their own. It just took me a little while longer to figure out what other changes I needed to apply to my life.
Q: What is your best tip for someone who isn’t sure where to start with revamping their health? (easiest way to get started)
Start with baby steps, one change at a time. Go slowly, steadily, and with the first intention being to pay attention. Make your one change in isolation so you can really tease out the impact on both your health and your hedonism. Only then can you decide whether or not a health practice is worth the time money and energy we spend on it.
Q: Best physical health tip?
Go on an elimination diet. Hidden food sensitivities are at the root of so many symptoms. Figuring out your triggers will quiet a lot of the questioning around your diet, and certainly some of the shame surrounding your “shoulds.”
Q: Best spiritual health tip?
Set aside 10 minutes every morning to sit still and breathe.
Q: Best new recipe in your book!?
The turmeric braised chicken with leeks and golden beets. The recipe is so simple: you just throw everything in a baking dish, give it a hosing of white wine and lemon juice, and let it hang out in the oven. It’s the type of recipe that’s easy enough for the weekend and interesting enough to serve to company—basically, my requirements for any recipe!
Thank you Phoebe!!!
For your kindness and wisdom. You can catch more of Phoebe here: Feed Me Phoebe.
More tomorrow….
Lovemore,
Jamie
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He has risen! And when I say he, I mean the SUN.
It’s been a long winter.
Yet on this Easter Sunday, along with amazing food, family, and some outdoor fun, we had the grace and warmth of the Sun. The flowers were in full bloom too.
And, that may be the best kind of kindness.
Appreciation. Appreciating the everyday miracles around us.
Let the sun shine.
More tomorrow….
Lovemore,
Jamie
{sun}
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Admittedly, it made me mad. In one gulp he downed our brie, which I bought tonight as a special treat because it sounded so good. Whoosh! Just like that, it was gone.
But honestly there is something inside of that I respect. Brady knows what makes him happy. He is programmed to go after it no matter what anybody else thinks (or says … or yells).
He’s unashamed of his blissful pursuit. Food. Food. Food. Brady knows exactly where all of the food is in the house at all times. If I stand up from my desk and walk away leaving a bit of my lunch for TWO SECONDS Brady will be there licking his chops. Even if he was in another room. Even if he is outside. Somehow he knows where the food is and the direct coordinates of human arms to said food. He calculates his approach in a matter of seconds.
Then I turn around and my food is gone. GONE girl.
It makes me scream. The one word said over and over in this household is “Brady!” at all octaves and all levels of annoyance. But it doesn’t faze him. He keeps his focus. He knows what he wants.
We named Brady after Tom. After all, he is the most amazing quarterback in football history. Little did we know our Brady would have the same intense training regimen and winning instincts as #12… it just happens to be in the food department.
Regardless, I have to respect this tenacity. He is dogged in his blissful pursuit (pardon the pun). This dog’s got game and he schools us almost every single day.
Then he crawls up in my lap and pretends he’s sorry.
Yeah, he’s got my number. And my food. Pretty blissful life for this pup.
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
It’s Sunday night and all I have is a little bit of kale to share.
Okay, so it’s a LOT of bits of kale to share. My lunch of kale chips only put a minor dent in this latest harvest.
There’s something so great about eating kale — I feel like every cell of my body sucks in every nutrient a like a vacuum.
Kale has got to be some ancient secret, super power, magical kind of food. Even if it’s not, it makes me feel like I am a peak performer.
And sometimes all that matters is feeling good.
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
So it’s Friday. And all I have to say is TGIF.
For a little Flashback Friday, I might pull an F*ing Friday out of my hat and add this… friends, food, freeze (as in air conditioning!).
What else do you need on a hot, summer Friday night?
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
We have our first tomato. It’s official! A little, round, red, plump tomato has made itself known in the garden.
Since this is the second year of the garden, I find it amazing that I’m just as impressed by the first tomato as I was last year at the first tomato. A.K.A. squealed with joy!
I’m kind of impressed with everything Mother Nature makes…. it’s like some form of secret, ancient magic.
Which doesn’t make it too surprising that I was shocked to see these grapes hanging over a fence. Not our fence, but still, a fence! In a yard! Of a house!
Grapes!
Good grape! Wonders never cease.
And isn’t that wonderful?
More tomorrow.
Lovemore,
Jamie
TGIF. F*ing Fridays are back! And, they will continue to occur on Friday. I mentioned some of my favorite F words back on Day 5 in Year 1, including: Fearless, Fabulous, Fine, Fun, Faith, Freedom, Forgiveness, to name a Few. Last week I dove into the word Flip Flops. Today’s F*ing Friday is dedicated to the […]
TGIF. Today continues the weekly series, F*ing Fridays, which will coincidentally occur on Friday. I mentioned some of my favorite F words back on Day 5, including: Fearless, Fabulous, Fine, Fun, Faith, Freedom, Forgiveness, to name a Few. Last week I dove into the word Festivities. Today’s F*ing Friday is dedicated to the word: Finale. […]
You’ve made it. Over the hump of 2011 and looking directly at the other side. Approximately six months left to go, 181 days to mark on the calendar. Today concludes this four-part series, In The Middle. Day 4: Soul I wonder what Lewis and Clark thought as they hoofed it across North America, did they high-five […]
Have you ever felt like you were just supposed to be somewhere at a certain time ~ even though it wasn’t planned, you couldn’t predict it and never expected it? But there you found yourself anyway? That’s how I felt this week having to rush off the island with Pup’s little emergency. It put me […]
It feels like summertime and the shopping is easy. Here in Mexico one can’t escape the local vendors. They come to you. Whether sitting at a restaurant or sitting on the beach. Se vende? Want a new silver bracelet? Want a bright pink strapless beach dress? Want a kabob with shrimp and papaya? It’s so […]
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