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De-stigmatizing Self-Harm

By Katja Swift

If the first thing we think when we hear the words self-harm is something like cutting, or drug or alcohol abuse, especially if those are things that either are not part of our life experience (so we may see them as “things other people do but I wouldn’t do”) or if those things have been…

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Harm Reduction for Everyone

By Katja Swift

Usually, when you hear the words “harm reduction”, you’re thinking about illegal drugs or perhaps alcohol abuse. Needle exchange is a good example: if someone is going to inject drugs, let’s at least be sure that they aren’t also injecting disease – less disease is less harm. But the truth is, we all self-harm. It’s…

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notCoffee is notBad!

By Katja Swift

As promised in the post about moving your body in spite of body issues, here is my recipe for notCoffee. No, it’s not coffee. But it’s not bad! In fact, I LOVE it!

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Movement for People who Hate to Move

By Katja Swift

I LOVE Katy Bowman. Like, a lot. Like, I wish I could buy a house next-door to her so we could be besties. Instead, we live on opposite ends of the continent and have never met in person. Almost! I was a part of her very first become-a-practitioner online class, and I even had the…

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Ginger Chamomile Cookies

By Katja Swift

Ginger Chamomile is my favorite after dinner or bedtime tea… Today I decided to try it as a cookie!

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N’Oatmeal Raisin Cookies

By Katja Swift

Yesterday, we were really craving oatmeal raisin cookies, but I typically avoid oats, even gluten free oats. So we made them with no oats at all, and you can too! Sliced almonds give it that oatmeal texture; you can break them up a little bit to be closer in size to oatmeal, or leave them…

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Paleo Apple Fritters

By Katja Swift

OMG. This morning I was getting some groceries, and there were apple fritters for some reason in the produce section. Probably to tempt people who are trying to avoid baked goods. But suddenly it occurred to me: I could totally make those. So I did.

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Raspberry Cream Cheese Danish. Really.

By Katja Swift

Gluten free? Dairy free? Paleo? Yup! These Raspberry Cream Cheese Danishes are exactly what you need. Because I wanted to stay as low-carb as possible, I chose to go with almond flour for this recipe, which makes a much denser danish than you could do if you were using tapioca or rice flour. But what…

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Toxins and Terrain

By Ryn Midura

When someone starts to talk about detoxification or cleansing, I often find myself st[r]uck with a question: “What do you mean when you use that word, toxins?” (With echoes of that movie line – you know the one – in the back of my mind.)

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What to Do When You’ve Been Glutened

By Ryn Midura

Even the most assiduous label-readers among us sometimes miss “barley malt” buried in an ingredients list, or trust the word of a well-meaning friend who’s sure there’s no wheat in the soup . . . only to find out later that there was spelt, or rye, or whatever. Maybe all you saw was “gluten-free” on…

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