Byron Katie

From Painful to Peaceful: The Work of Healing Hearts

Byron Katie has one job - to teach people how to stop suffering. In 1986, at the bottom of a ten-year fall into depression, rage, and addiction, Byron Katie woke up one morning and realized that all suffering comes from believing our thoughts. Questioning every painful thought she had, she developed an amazing method of inquiry she called The Work.

The Work asks four simple questions that turn stressful thoughts around. When you Work with a thought, you see around it to the choices beyond suffering. Katie has been bringing The Work to millions around the world for more than twenty years. Byron Katie has written four bestselling books. Her newest book is Who Would You Be Without Your Story? It is a life-changing event to share in the presence of this woman who people refer to as a modern day Saint.

"Peace doesn't require two people; it requires only one.  It has to be you. The problem begins and ends there."

Bernard S. Siegel, MD

Breaking Ground in Healing With Love, Medicine, & Miracles

Dr. Siegel, who prefers to be called Bernie, retired from practice as an assistant clinical professor of surgery at Yale and of general and pediatric surgery in 1989 to speak to patients and their caregivers. Bernie and his wife Bobbie have five children and eight grandchildren. For many, he needs no introduction as he has touched many lives all over the world. In 1986, his first book, Love, Medicine & Miracles was published. This event redirected his life. Peace, Love & Healing, How To Live Between Office Visits, Prescriptions for Living and 365 Prescriptions For The Soul followed. Buddy’s Candle is a book for children of all ages about dealing with the loss of a loved one.

Bernie embraces a philosophy of living and dying that stands at the forefront of the medical ethics and spiritual issues our society grapples with today. He continues to assist in the breaking of new ground in the field of healing and it is an honor and privilege to have him join us for The Raw Mom Summit.

Carolyn F. A. Dean M.D., N.D., C.N.

Codex Conspiracy Champion

Dr. Carolyn Dean is a medical doctor, naturopathic doctor, herbalist, acupuncturist, nutritionist, lecturer, consultant, and author. Dr. Dean has been in the forefront of health issues for 30 years.

Dr. Dean sixteen books include What To Do When You Can't Reach Your Doctor, Death by Modern Medicine: Seeking Safe Solutions, The Magnesium Miracle, The Yeast Connection, Women's Health, IBS for DUMMIES, and Hormone Balance.

Discussed in this jam-packed discussion: #1 Cause of Death in our Society (it is NOT what we have been told), Sugar and Kids, Vaccines, Autism and Add, The #1 Mineral Deficiency and how to correct it, the Codex Bill affecting supplements and perhaps even Maca and Chocolate, etc, Homepathy, the truth about IBS and Raw Foods, the Medical Monopoly, ethics, and the most important thing to teach your kids about their bodies!

Jean Liedloff

Modern Moms Meet the Needs of Their Children Through Primal Mothering

Jean Liedloff is the author of the ground-breaking book, The Continuum Concept, which was written over 3 decades ago and has been translated into over 50 languages and has a world-wide following. Everyone who has read this book quickly realizes there hasn't been a book before or since which has spelled out so clearly the needs of our children.

Jean explains in this compelling interview how the term 'attachment parenting' came about and what it really means. Jean also shares some really practical tips for modern moms that are not in the book. It is an exceptional honor to have conducted this interview with this true pioneer and it is a rare treat that will be savored for years to come.

"What have we misunderstood about our Human Nature? We use the word 'normal' as if it is a synonym for 'natural', which it is not."

Susun Weed

Weeds, Wisdom and Women

Susun Weed, green witch and wise woman, is an extraordinary teacher with a joyous spirit, a powerful presence, and an encyclopedic knowledge of herbs and health. She is the voice of the Wise Woman Way, where common weeds, simple ceremony, and compassionate listening support and nourish wholeness. She has opened hearts to the magic and medicine of the green nations for three decades.

Revealed in this empowering interview 3 main medical/health models and why the Wise Woman Tradition is the most powerful of them all.  Susun also shares about the features and benefits of some of her favorite herbs and demonstrates how far superior they are to most vitamins and supplements- the nutritional content is staggering, and so is the amount of money most families are wasting on pills!

Ms. Weed's four herbal medicine books, Healing Wise, Wise Women Herbal for the Childbearing Year, New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way, and Breast Cancer? Breast Health!, focus on women's health topics including: menopause, childbearing, and breast health. Learn from Susun a few simple herbal infusions which are so easy and effective at deeply nourishing mother and child.

"Problems are not cured; they are not enemies to be eliminated. In the Wise Woman Tradition problems are allies, powerful presences who come to help us to wholeness…they force us as few others will, to be strong and wise."

Elena Tonetti

Ecstatic Birthing and the Life-Long Impact

Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova, midwife and filmmaker, was one of the pioneers of the Conscious Birth movement in Russia since 1982. "The quality of our formative period defines the quality of our life," says Elena. Her film Birth As We Know It features 11 stunningly beautiful natural births: at home, in the sea, breech delivery and home water birth of twins. Also included are interviews on topics rarely discussed: limbic imprint, sexuality of childbirth, cesarean-section, circumcision, lotus birth, conscious birth preparation and much more!

Birth As We Know It won an award as the "Most Impactful Film" at the Raw Lifestyle Film Festival in Hollywood. The film has received a lengthy standing ovation at the Human Rights Conference in Seattle, WA in August 2006. Elena gives her poetic and passionate view of birth in this profoundly enriching talk.

"The birth process affects our ability to love, experience happiness and intimacy, as well as whether living in a body is experienced as safe and joyful and or as painful and lonesome."

Victoria Boutenko

Pioneering a Healthier Path for Families and the World

Beloved pioneer in the Raw Food Movement, Victoria is the courageous mother who overnight turned her family 'raw' when they were all faced with serious health challenges. She has inspired thousands and thousands of people with her simple, effective communication and fascinating research. Her books Raw Family: A True Story of Awakening, 12-Steps to Raw Foods-How to End Your Addiction To Cooked Food, and Green for Life are best-sellers.

Victoria tells us about her newest book Green Smoothie Revolution, as well as sharing personal stories about the Raw Family including why, after over a decade of being 100% raw, she bought pots and pans and taught her kids how to cook! Victoria is known for her honesty and integrity, and what she shares about trusting ourselves and respecting our children's decisions is going to create a paradigm shift.  This interview is filled with wisdom and important information that all parents need to know.

"What have I learned? (about good parenting) To listen, listen, listen. What do I teach my children? To question everything!"

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo

Understanding Your Child’s Natural Responses to Toxicity

Do you wonder why your baby reacts to certain foods the way she does? Do you worry when he gets a fever or has a rash? Understand what's going on in your baby's delicate system and learn what you need to know to ensure she gets the best possible start in life.

Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo is a long time veteran of the raw and living foods lifestyle. Her success in recovering from chronic fatigue and lifestyle induced health challenges prompted her to leave her career in high tech and pursue her dream of becoming a holistic health practitioner. As a doctor of chiropractic certified in acupuncture, certified clinical nutritionist and herbalist in training, Dr. Ritamarie empowers powerful transformation and vibrant health through her coaching programs, nutrition consultations, and books.

From birth, she raised her sons, Kevin(11) and Eric(15) on a high raw, vegan whole foods green diet and lifestyle. This nutrient dense, low toxicity diet, plus attachment parenting, adoptive nursing, lack of vaccines, cloth diapers, homeschooling and unconditional love are what she attributes to the high level of wellness her kids have experienced.

We're honored to have her with us for this Raw Mom Summit!

Prof. Rozalind Graham

Prof. Rozalind Graham, made the vegetarian choice as a young child once she made the connection that her animal friends were being served on her plate. Despite her efforts to build her health her it deteriorated until disordered eating nearly took her life at the age of 23, when she adopted the philosophy of Natural Hygiene.

She has a Professorship in Applied Nutrition, previously served as Senior National Course Director and Assessor of Exercise Teacher Training in the UK.  Currently, Prof. Graham is the proud, full-time mother to her 100% raw daughter Faychesca. In addition she has authored her first book Stay Fit After Fifty: Your Guide to Well-being in the Second Half of Life. Awarded for her public speaking, Professor Graham can transform the complexities of physiology into a compelling fairy-tale, while her experience and integrity will steal your heart.

Shazzie

The Chocolate Goddess on Veganism, Breastfeeding and being a Blissful Mom

Shazzie has written four books: Detox Delights, Detox Your World, Naked Chocolate, co-authored with USA raw food guru David Wolfe, and her new release Evie's Kitchen. She is currently writing Ecstatic Beings with Kate Magic. Shazzie also has a range of raw organic chocolate bars Temptress, Goddess, Siren, Intacta, Desire and Empress, which have proved successful beyond her imagination.

In 2004 Shazzie gave birth to her beautiful daughter Evie who is also a raw foodist. Evie was breastfed until her fourth birthday, she's unvaccinated, co-sleeps and is as natural as someone can be in the UK! She's happy, intelligent and very healthy.

Shazzie stands for the health of all children and boldly discusses controversial topics: veganism, supplementation for pregnancy, full-term nursing and childhood growth, how to spot deficiency in raw vegan kids. You'll also get Shazzie on the subject of Super Nutrients and brain-building foods to include in your menu planner!

"How many times do we go to the 'stupormarkets' to fill our cupboards with groceries that have been picked weeks prior, shipped half way around the world, irradiated, over-packaged and over-priced? Imagine a world where the freshest, most nutritious food grew at our feet."

Anna Maria Clement, PhD

Above All Things, I Am a Mother

Anna Maria Clement founded the first living food organization in Scandinavia and was a member of the Natural Health Care Coalition, a government supported effort in unifying the field of complementary health care in her native Sweden.

Dr Clement has been co-director and chief health administrator of Hippocrates Health Institute situated originally in Boston, Massachusetts and now located in West Palm Beach, Florida. She is one of the leading experts in live blood cell analysis, a revolutionary technique in the comprehensive assessment of a person's state of health. Anna Maria is the author of four books on the application of natural health methods in family and children's care. As multi-faceted as her life is, the one role Anna Maria considers to be the most important, the most challenging and, undoubtedly, the most enjoyable of all is her role as mother to her four children, whose perfect health is a tribute to her and the Hippocrates lifestyle.

Brigitte Mars

Herbal Healing, Kids in the Kitchen and a Whole Lot of Fun

Brigitte Mars is an herbalist from Boulder, Colorado with over thirty five years experience in natural medicine. She is the author of Beauty by Nature, Addiction Free Naturally, Sex, Love, Health, Rawsome! and Healing Herbal Teas. Brigitte has a nutritional and herbal private practice and has a local weekly radio show called Naturally.

She is the mother of Sunflower Sparkle Mars, with whom she leads Herb Camp for Kids, as well as Sunflower's sister, Rainbeau Harmony Mars, International Yoga star. Brigitte is also a grandmother of three.

This content-rich interview contains natural remedies for children's health through raw food, herbs, essential oils, homeopathics and supplements to help any mom learn how to deal with the maladies of childhood using Natural methods. One of the highlights of this interview is the many easy ideas Brigitte shares on how to make the raw lifestyle fun for kids!

Karen Knowler

Karen Knowler is “The Raw Food Coach”, former Managing Director of The Fresh Network, the UK's Raw and Living Foods organisation, creator and former editor of Get Fresh! magazine and creator of TheRawFoodDirectory.com, the ultimate one-stop international raw food resource centre online. With over 16 years of personal experience of eating a raw food diet, Karen has been teaching, writing and coaching professionally on raw foods for over a decade. Owing to her groundbreaking work in the field of raw foods and human potential and dubbed “The world’s premier raw food coach”, Karen has stepped increasingly in to her role of “train the trainer” training 58 raw food coaches worldwide to date and hundreds of others how to teach life-changing raw food classes via her trainings and home study program.

Co-author of Feel-Good Food and author of How to Get Started with Raw Foods, Karen has lectured around the world, has been seen by over 6 million viewers live on national TV, appears frequently in the national press and has coached and worked with people from all backgrounds including well-known celebrities. Within the raw food movement, apart from her ever-delicious super-quick recipes and videos, Karen's most powerful work includes the development of a unique set of "Successfully Raw Coaching Models" and the Successfully Raw and Raw Transformation “Roadmaps” which outline the raw food journey inside and out and form the basis of all Karen's work.

Karen’s extensive knowledge and experience of all issues relating to raw food eating, as well as her accessible, positive and inspiring take on “eating for energy” make her the most sought-after raw and living foods expert in the UK today.

More info:
www.TheRawFoodCoach.com

Kate Magic

Raising Kids who are Resilient, Resourceful and Vitally Healthy

Kate Magic is the most experienced raw fooder in the UK today. She has been on a raw diet for 16 years, and is raising her 3 sons, aged 6, 9, and 11 on raw. From reluctant partners to birthday parties, Kate believes there are no easy answers to feeding children the optimum diet: if it was as easy as reeling off a list of do's and don'ts, life would be a lot simpler. But the reality of it is messy, complicated, and at times exhausting. Equally, like everything about parenting, it is infinitely rewarding, joyous, and worthwhile.

Kate will be sharing what she knows about navigating the jungle of nurturing our beautiful beings to the best of our abilities through natural means of breastfeeding, supplementation, a raw diet and tuning-into and encouraging her children to listen to their own body intelligence. She brilliantly shares about making sure our children eat what we want them to eat without creating issues around mealtimes, about ensuring plates are always left clean, smiles are always on faces, and bellies are always full. And all about where the raw vegan diet excels, and where it falls short and how not to turn into a food-fascist! And Kate also shares the importance of allowing children to create their own meals and feed themselves and how to do this.

Katrina Rainoshek

Juice Feasting and Family Planning

In January of 2007, a passion for raw foods led her to The Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center in Patagonia, Arizona, where she enjoyed doing a three-month apprenticeship in the café, and met her soulmate and husband, David Rainoshek. Together they host their web site JuiceFeasting.com, where they share the Life Practices of Raw/Living Foods and Juice Feasting.

In March through May of 2008, Katrina and David Juice Feasted for 88 and 70 days, respectively, in preparation for conception, and four months later, baby Rainoshek was conceived. Katrina and David are expecting in June of 2009, and have been enjoying a powerful, conscious, healthy, and joyful high-raw pregnancy in BC, Canada.

Raw/Living Foods and Juice Feasting were an amazing way to physically prepare for the epic journey of pregnancy, and Katrina continues to feel well supported and nourished by daily green smoothies, green juice, fruits, salads, and nut and seed mylks at eight months pregnant - the time of this inspiring interview.

Nadine Artemis

Renegade Beauty Queen on Home Birth and How to Feed Your Raw Baby

Nadine Artemis is a raw vegan mom, a gifted botanical formulator, whom Alanis Morissette, has proclaimed as "a true-sense visionary with a wondrous knowledge and passion for it all". In the last 18 years, Nadine has revolutionized skin care while gathering ingredients from the intelligent juice of plants and shaping this plant-light into resilient serums, reviving elixirs, formulas for playing under the sun, and perfumed poetry for the natural yearnings of all. Her sublime work has received glowing reviews in the Hollywood Reporter, Flare, New York Times and the National Post. Nadine inspires people with Renegade Beauty, beauty without régime, beauty that flows through you.

Nadine shares with us her natural home birth, how she is raising her son in Nature, specific tonifying herbs for fertility and ovulation, breathing practices with her partner and her raw baby's diet.

Dr. Gabriel Cousens

Spiritual Nutrition for Strong Families

Spiritual Nutrition, Rainbow Green Live-Food Cuisine, Depression-Free for Life and There is a Cure for Diabetes are best selling books written by Gabriel Cousens, M.D. Dr. Cousens is a holistic physician, medical researcher, world-recognized live-food nutritionist, psychiatrist, family therapist, homeopath, expert on green juice spiritual fasting and detoxification fasting, ecological leader, internationally celebrated spiritual teacher, author, lecturer, and world peace worker.

Dr. Cousens answers questions about B-12, Blood Types, ADD and Autism, Diabetes, Oral Health, Swine Flu and so much more! This unique interview on the needs of families and how to address them will leave you inspired and empowered to take the next steps in your own health voyage.

Brian Clement PhD

On Men, Moms and Self Esteem of Children

Brian Clement has spent more than three decades studying nutrition and natural health care. He has received graduate degrees in both naturopathic medicine and nutritional science and is the director of the world-famous Hippocrates Health Institute.

In his role as a progressive educator, Dr Clement has conducted countless seminars, lectures, and educational programs, traveling extensively to more than 25 countries around the globe. Brian has also written numerous books in which he explores the various aspects of health, spirituality, and natural healing. His recent best-selling book, "Living Foods for Optimum Health", has been acclaimed by Marilyn Diamond, co-author of the book Fit for Life as "an important and eminently readable book for the new era of self care," and by Coretta Scott King as "a landmark guide to the essentials of healthy living. "Brian created the Hippocrates Health Educator Program, a nine-week intensive instructional that certifies students to teach the Hippocrates Living Foods Lifestyle, with graduates in over 12 countries.

Brian discusses why men can get so off-track with diet and what wise woman know to help their men, as well he shares a great idea with moms who want to enhance their child's self-esteem which is easy, fun and heart-warming.

"The best way to get through to a man is through his heart. And Laughter!"

David 'Avocado' Wolfe

Super Hero of Superfoods

David is the author of Amazing Grace, Naked Chocolate, Eating For Beauty and The Sunfood Diet Success System and has just released Superfoods: The Medicine of the Future. David has degrees in Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, Political Science, Law and Living-Food Nutrition.

Currently, David still participates in higher education as a professor of nutrition for Dr. Gabriel Cousens' masters degree program on live-food nutrition. Since 1995, David has given over 1,000 health lectures and seminars in the United States, Canada, Europe, the South Pacific, Central America and South America and he hosts at least six health, fitness and adventure retreats each year at various retreat centers around the world.

David is the founder of the non-profit Fruit Tree Planting Foundation whose goal is to plant 18 billion fruit trees on planet Earth.

David shared his encyclopedic knowledge of all the various foods and super foods which are healthful for kids as well as the #1 food to help kids transition to and stay raw. He discusses the key role our emotions and particularly our relationships play in our diet, and clarifies the myths around chocolate, veganism and raw dairy. David had a most impactful message for the youth of today, especially to kids who struggle with eating differently than their peers, and his answer to the question 'How will he feed his kids' will be what everyone is talking about!

"Have the raw courage to stand out. The great vice of the ages is conformity."

Ron Obadia

After teaching for many years in downward dog, Ron realized that breathing came naturally to him... so he set off to India looking for mantras in mythical yogi-caves, only to realize that meditation is anytime, anywhere, and that the Guru is you! Ron retired his teaching, and went to the woods to embody a life of longevity, to enliven his entire reality by living on the wild-ledge of the leading edge, and co-create vibrant family health. With a focused diet of raw foods and adaptagenic herbs, Ron is illuminating the Art of Living in Alignment with pure thought, sound and movement. His latest majesties can be heard on his forthcoming album, The Song of Life: a Father Sings to His Little One, and, his latest word powers in the book, Elixirs from the Eternal, an outpouring of longevity~levity to moisten our beings. Out of their play with plant-pure wonders Nadine and Ron offer a rare and amazing array of creations, including the naturally luxurious Renegade Beauty Line, formulas for the Healthiest Gums Ever, Restorative Wild-Crafted Essences, and Pure Source Chocolate.

Paul Nison

It's Not Just What You Eat That Counts, But When and How Much

Raw Foods Chef and Educator, Paul Nison, has authored 6 books and has been eating a raw food diet since he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis many years ago. With no other choice but surgery according to the medical profession, Paul decided to stop eating all cooked foods. Today he is 100% cured of this so-called "incurable disease." Paul has been featured on The Food Network and in several magazines and newspapers around the world. He travels the world giving lectures on the raw food nutrition and raw food prep classes to show people how easy and fun the raw life can be.

In this insightful interview Paul talks about his new upcoming book The Daylight Diet, and explains why it is more important when and how much we eat than what we eat! He also addresses other aspects of socializing and ritual around food that will definitely inspire some new family patterns around the dinner table!

Walter 'Shantree' Kacera

The Plight of the Bees, Permaculture and How Kids Can Help

Shantree is an Ayurvedic Live-Food Nutritionist, Master Herbalist, and Constitutional Iridology Educator with 35 years experience in the Natural Healing Arts. He is the founder and co-director of The Living Centre (1983), and Living Arts Institute with his sacred partner Lorenna. Shantree received his doctorate in Nutritional Medicine and Herbalism in the 70's and is a past vice-president of the Ontario Herbalists' Association.

Shantree's deep spiritual connection to the Earth has drawn him into the teachings of shamanic and earth wisdom practices as well as Rain Forest preservation and studies. He is a passionate edible forest gardener and well known for his unique circular medicinal-wheel garden and medicine trail with over 1,000 species of edible and medicine plants and trees through the 50-acre botanical sanctuary.

Shantree is the author of Ayurvedic Tongue Diagnosis, the first book of its kind to be published in the west. In this fascinating interview Shantree passionately shares his knowledge of sustainability, permaculture, the plight of the bees, solar teas, forest gardening, what is happening to our top soil, climate change and how if we practice sustainable living our kids can heal the Earth.

Doug Graham

Go to Health...

Dr. Douglas Graham, a lifetime athlete and raw fooder since 1978, is an advisor to world-class athletes and trainers from around the globe. He has worked professionally with top performers from almost every sport and every field of entertainment, including such notables as tennis legend Martina Navratilova, NBA pro basketball player Ronnie Grandison, track Olympic sprinter Doug Dickinson, pro women's soccer player Callie Withers, championship bodybuilder Kenneth G. Williams, Chicken Soup for the Soul coauthor Mark Victor Hansen, and actress Demi Moore.

As a former owner of a fasting retreat in the Florida Keys for ten years, Dr. Graham personally supervised thousands of fasts. He was in private practice as a chiropractor for twenty years, before retiring to focus on his writing and speaking.

Dr. Graham is the author of many books on health and raw food including The 80/10/10 Diet, The High Energy Diet Recipe Guide, Nutrition and Athletic Performance, Grain Damage, and the forthcoming book, Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries. He has shared his strategies for success with audiences at more than 4,000 presentations worldwide. Recognized as one of the fathers of the modern raw movement, Dr. Graham is the only lecturer to have attended and given keynote presentations at all of the major raw events in the world for each of the last eight years.

Daniel Vitalis

Go Wild and Raise Kids With Health Sovereignty

Daniel Vitalis is a Health Motivator and Longevity strategist recognized as a leading voice in the raw food community.

In this enlightening interview Daniel delivers premier information on the critical subject of Natural Spring Water which he says is actually more important than food, how hormones in our food are turning our children androgynous, as well as how to raise children with personal health sovereignty. Daniel discusses the issues around veganism, vegetarianism and even raw food nutrition which is provocative. Daniel challenges everyone to stop listening to others, to become wilder and less domesticated. You never know what Daniel is going to say, but it is always makes for fascinating listening!

"I'm not interested in survival. I'm into surTHRIVAL!"

Wayne Gendel

Living With Energy for a Forever Healthy Life

Mr. Gendel is an expert in nutrition and the Living Raw Foods Lifestyle who cured himself from IBS. Wayne graduated from the HIPPOCRATES Educator Program over a decade ago and through his passion and tireless research has become a Life Extension Specialist and the developer of the Forever Healthy Ultimate Life Extension Program. Wayne has lectured and consulted thousands to a healthier more energetic life! Public Appearances: CITY TV Breakfast Television, York University, Canadian Natural Health Association, Vegetarian Food Fair, Whole Life Expo, Total Health Show, Learning Annex, Website Teleconferences and more!

Learn from Wayne about juicing and which juicer is best, what constitutes the base of a healthy diet, which Superfood you can live on that is great for kids, supplemental enzymes and probiotics, body cycles, healthy digestion, his #1 Tip for fast transitioning, proper food combining and many other secrets and strategies! Wayne is a veritable storehouse of information on health, longevity, and doing what it takes to foster a life of vitality for you and your loved ones.

"You'll never find an over-weight animal in the wild; They are all Raw Fooders."

Angela Stokes

Weight-Loss Wonder Woman on Understanding Raw Emotions

Award-winning author Angela Stokes lost an amazing 160lbs with a raw lifestyle, reversing morbid obesity. 30-year-old Angela went raw in May 2002 and her life has since dramatically transformed. In February 2007, she completed a 92-Day Juice Feast and her juicing book inspires countless others into juicy journeys. Her most recent book Raw Emotions explores raw food transformations beyond the physical level. Angela shares her experience of growing up in a family that suppressed emotions and the conclusions she made about herself and life giving all parents an insight to the messages we want to give to our children.

Angela also shares her daily rituals to raise her vibration as well as her practice of 'eye-gazing' in the mirror to enhance self-love. Angela has a vision of paradise for her life and the planet which she discusses and where and how she intends to create its unfolding.

"Live. Love. Laugh. And LET GO!"

Valya Boutenko

Overcoming Asthma: A Youth's Perspective On Raw Food

Raw food has been Valya Boutenko's lifestyle since she was eight years old in 1994. Before she changed her diet, she had a serious case of asthma. "Since the day I changed my diet, I have never had an asthmatic attack again. I'm so grateful that I don't have to suffer with this illness anymore! I will always cherish the freedom of being healthy."

From a young person's perspective on having her diet changed in her childhood, Vayla opens up insights into the world of our children- what works and what doesn't when transitioning them to a healthier way of life. At 23, Valya's clarity and wisdom come across in this exceptional interview that will have a profound impact on everyone who listens. Valya is an author and filmmaker with a new documentary called, Overcoming the Food Imprint, which she also shares about in this compelling interview.

"I've come to believe that every one of us has the power to be extremely healthy and youthful all of our lives, but anything worth having is worth working for. I think every step in the direction of world health makes a significant difference. So let us inspire each other to move closer to this destination."

Lorenna Bousquet Kacera

Creating Sacred Rituals for Lasting Relationships

Lorenna is the co-director of Spirit of the Earth, The Living Centre and the Living Arts Institute Eco-Spiritual Education Sanctuary. Lorenna is a 'Creativity Coach' and founder of 'Shamanu: Earth Wisdom Teachings' as well as a Certified Ayurvedic Living Nutrition Educator and Lifestyle Coach with a specialty in trauma resolution.

Lorenna has always known that the keys to living a truly inspired life can be found in Nature -. Working on fishing boats in the early 70's, living in the mountains & the Yukon Territories, living in spiritual communities, Shamanic journeying in Peru and seven winters spent in the lush jungles of Costa Rica opening to the wilderness within and without, being a mother and wife have all shaped and inspired her life and her work. In this heart-opening interview, Lorenna shares about how the living food lifestyle, along with Primordial Movement, Sacred Sounding and other "BLISSAPLINES" are the keys to a vital life.

Lorenna describes how to create ritual space when our buttons get pushed so to create sacred relationships with our partner based on Purpose and a common vision for ourselves and future generations. The insights shared in this time spent with Lorenna are not to be missed!

"All of us are whole. We heal through pleasure."

Karen Ranzi

Mothering in the Raw

Author, lecturer and raw food consultant, Karen Ranzi, has been interviewed on TV and radio on the topics of vegetarian and raw food parenting for 10 years. Karen has presented her class "Creating Healthy Children" at numerous seminars, festivals and health institutes throughout the United States. In addition to her work in raw vegan nutrition, Karen holds a Masters degree in speech pathology from New York University. Karen is a speech therapist who has been working with children for over 30 years, specializing with autistic children for the past 8 years. Her knowledge of dietary and lifestyle changes made it possible for her son to heal from asthma, chronic ear infections, allergies, and she was able to eliminate her own digestive problems and cystic acne. Karen shares about these issues and more on the call.

Karen openly discusses her own experiences as a raw mom and shares the value of understanding your child's biological needs through obtaining the best possible nourishment and implementing healthy choices successfully during pregnancy. Her emphasis is on the importance of following your child's emotional needs by adhering to attachment parenting principles throughout the growing years.

Karen explains how combining attachment parenting and the raw food lifestyle foster the biological needs, happiness, and trust of the child. She clarifies what future parents should know to prepare for prior to conception to create overall health and the clean internal body necessary for developing the evolving foetus. How to achieve an excellent, radiant pregnancy and a quick, smooth, exhilarating childbirth, transitioning older children, and MORE is covered in this very informative and candid time spent with Karen.

"It's not even possible to discuss conscious parenting without talking about diet."

Debra Tau

Debra is passionate about living in TRUTH and finding what is truly healthy when it comes to the raw food lifestyle and being a mother to her now 9-month old son, Thaddeus. Grateful to the living foods lifestyle that she first learned from the world renowned Hippocrates Health Institute, she has overcome a long journey of various illnesses and emotional drama from her childhood and young adult years. She is an advocate for people taking responsibility of their own health and learning to find what truly works for their own body, as opposed to just following the leaders. A leader in her own right, she has been inspired by Jean Liedloff's book, The Continuum Concept, and has started a modern version of a "Day Village" in her own metropolitan community in South Florida. She gathers together with other natural like-minded mamas, along with their babies and children, to "create conscious community." The mothers work together to create eco-friendly crafts that they enjoy making and selling. Debra believes American women no longer have to choose between going to work or being with their kids. "We can both work and raise our children when we do it together with our peers in a supportive environment!" Find out more about Debra's vision and how it is unfolding in this awesome interview with this dedicated raw mom.

Andrea Nison

Home Birthing and Diaper-Free Elimination Method for a New Raw Mom

Andrea Nison is a brand-new raw mom who works part-time at Hippocrates Institute and is married to International lecturer and author, Paul Nison. This was an amazingly inspiring interview wherein Andrea discusses how she met her famous husband, the differences in their diets, her home-birth, how they plan on raising their daughter and whether or not it will be 100% raw. Andrea also explains all about the Nappy-Free Elimination Method which consists of deeply tuning into her baby with great success, and how you can too!

Ellen Livingston

Teenagers and Other Tough Situations

A raw vegan diet since 2002, commitment to a daily personal yoga practice, and the knowledge gained from traveling the country and sustainable living practices describes mom and activist Ellen Livingston. Ellen has a Master's Degree in counseling, is a Registered Yoga Teacher and has a RAW NUTRITIONAL SCIENCE training from internationally renowned raw food and fitness teachers Dr Doug Graham and Professor Rozalind Gruben Graham.

As a homeschooling mom with three children: Hannah (16), Eric (12), and Rose (9), Ellen is well positioned to address how to deal with older children's resistant to tricky social situations. (Ellen's kids live in two different households, one Raw and one mainstream!)

In this interview, Ellen also covers what we can do when our pre-teen/teen keeps making unhealthy choices. How to avoid family feuds around food, cravings, weight loss, weight gain and so much MORE!

Sonja Watt

Keep Harmony in the Home No Matter What You Eat

Sonja Watt has over 15 years of experience in the field of nutrition, health, personal & child development. She is the author of several books and her articles are read by hundreds of people every month, in her online newsletters. She has become a role model, mentor, coach and champion for those seeking this way of life. She invented and organizes raw food family camps which are well-known and very successful in Germany where she is from.

Sonja has obtained unsurpassed knowledge through the greatest teachers of all and that which she loves the most – life and nature. She epitomizes the very essence of natural living. She is the mother of two angelic, free-spirited, natural children and the wife to a "normal" husband. She shares her home with two Raw dogs that she enjoys greatly.

Sonja has touched and inspired so many lives through her many camps, seminars, articles and classes; hundreds stretching across the world seek her knowledge. Her biggest wish is to fulfill her purpose on this wonderful planet and help as much as possible to change it to the positive. Sonja discusses non-raw spouses and family, how to get children started on raw foods, natural pregnancy/birth, wild edibles and their benefits in your children's diet. Sonja also shares her desire to lead people back to love and laughter and how to get back to our roots, find true purpose and live happily.

Michaela Lynn

Michaela Lynn is a raw mom to two children. Quinn age 7 and Levi age 4. With her husband Michael she authored the pioneering book Baby Greens; A Live Food Approach for Children of All Ages. Specializing in the field of Early Childhood Development her work has also included serving on a literacy assistance program for village children in West Africa, running a green childcare program in her home and developmental ground work for a homeschool cooperative program at the Tree of Life Rejuvenation Center. Michaela has mentored under two Rudolf Steiner inspired kinderhouses, is a student of the Essene Sevenfold Path, and recently completed the acedemic training course through Caspari Montessori Institute. Michaela is currently co-teaching in a Montessori pre-K kindergarten program in Patagonia, AZ. She is also writing a second book on parenting with living foods in collaberation with Dr. Gabriel Cousens. Michaela will soon launch a new website as well as what she calls: "I'm Alive!" family workshops.

Gina Laverde

The Audacity to Undo Autism

Gina Laverde is the green juice makin' mama to four year old blessing, Dougie. Her boy has taught her to draw connections in diet, health, emotion, development, energy and spirituality that would've never been seen without his help. She came to understand the symptoms of autism as toxic manifestation and began unpeeling those layers through diet, primarily raw foods with Body Ecology principals. She continues to witness Dougie blossom as these symptoms float away. Today she has embraced her calling as an energetic intuitive healer and raw foods coach to help many other families recover from autism. She explains what she did and how she and Dougie practice healing touch, chakra cleansing, movement and sound therapy, spend tons of time with Mother Nature and eat raw fermented foods and drink green every day!

"Many people get confused about autism because it is so varied in the way it is defined. I say I'm undoing it and some get offended because they do not understand that I am curing toxicity (not the child's essence). It's just not widly known that these behaviors, symptoms, cravings, sensory conflicts, allergies, seizures, are often a result of chemicals, pollutants and energy blocks that can be recovered. I want people to know that I am not curing my boy. I am simply peeling away layers of junk and witnessing the beauty that emerges."

Jinjee Talifero

Raw Moms and Real Life: Pregnancy and Children on Raw Food

A Raw Mom Summit would not be complete without a personal interview with Jinjee Talifero, mother of 5 and inspiration to thousands of women and families passionate about health. In this interview with Tera Warner, Jinjee discusses some of the obstacles to raw food parenting and how to overcome them. This is a playful conversation that will get you laughing and relieve some of the guilt you feel about your food. We're thrilled to have been able to include this interview as part of the Raw Mom Summit archives and glad to count Jinjee among our panel of inspiring experts and raw moms.

Lori Painter

Finding Time for Fitness and Un-schooling In The Raw

Lori Painter first learned about raw foods as a child when she watched her parents experiment with "Fit For Life". She re-discovered raw foods in 2005 after reading Raw Food Detox Diet and Raw Food Real World. Lori has always had a passion for healthy living, studying various holistic health practices such as prenatal and infant care, nutrition, herbal therapy, and injury rehabilitation. She continued her education in group fitness, personal training, and business management. In 2006, she simplified her life to a private clientele and began spending more time with her children Alex (13) and Meghan (11) whom she has been home schooling for the past 3 years.

This year, Lori has been creating several blogs and video series on her Bikini Body Challenge, Romance in the Raw (dating as a single parent), along with raw food recipes she makes with her kids. In addition, she co-organizes a wholesale organic produce-buying club, gardens, and gets her kids to guitar, horseback riding, and gymnastics! Lori shares about her edible landscape she created with her kids and how important it is for busy moms to make time for themselves to work-out and create healthy outlets for themselves.