Chocolate Cheesecake For The Family To Go Nuts Over

We all need a sweet treat or a party dessert so here is the perfect solution to keep your health at its prime. It is free of gluten, dairy, soy, peanuts and low in sugar and yet, still tastes amazing! Courtesy of Terri Hanlon of Bodywize gym.

Prep-time: about 10 minutes
Makes: 12 mini cheesecakes or one 8 inch cake

Almond Crust:
- 1 cup almond meal
- 3-4 medjool dates
- pinch of sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
Place all of the above ingredients into a food processor and pulse till combined. The crust should have a slight sticky consistency. Press the almond crust into the oiled or lined cheesecake pan with your fingers. Set aside as you make your filling.

Chocolate Filling:
- 2 cups cashew nuts
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup maple syrup
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 cup raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder)

Directions:
Soak cashew for about 10-15 minutes (optional) then rinse well. Place cashews into blender with maple syrup, vanilla, and water. Blend until creamy. Next add in your cacao powder and coconut oil. Keep blending till creamy. You may have to scrape down the sides a few times. Continue blending till it is smooth. Pour the filling into the cheesecake pan and set in the freezer for a few hours. You can top it with crushed pecans or cashews, slivered almonds and fresh raspberries.

Yummy!

New Bondi Junction Clinic 9389 3689

New Year, New Beginnings!

As of January 2013 I will be partnering with Better Health Clinic at 40 Grosvenor St Bondi Junction. This means a new number, better services and a fresh new look. You will enjoy the same excellent Naturopathic services at the same convenient location but simply next door. Better Health is a newly renovated clinic with full time reception services so it will make appointment bookings, ordering of products and supplement collection faster and easier. Better Health is a passionate group of health practitioners who offer osteopathic and massage services as well.  

Tuesday 8am - 6pn

Thursday 10am - 8pm

02 9389 3689

Over the past 12 years I've had the privilege of being involved in the key milestones of my clients and their family's lives. I wish 2013 to be a wonderful year of fulfillment and health for you and your family.

Birth of a NEW .... world, era, way, year

Today is supposedly the end of the world as we know it, according to the Mayan calendar. However as many people view it, it is simply letting go of outdated ways of living and the start of a new perspective of our own lives and the world around us. This is a time to walk your talk and positively contribute to the world you wish to live in. If you want peace, love and harmony in your life and in the world then it's about making it a reality in your own relationships now. It's about seeing every challenge as an opportunity and a time for you to step up and allow your passion and truth to be seen. None of us are living on an island, we are all interconnected globally so whatever you think, say or post will affect many people right around the globe. The way you live your life affects all of us - this is the magic of living.

This is the time to decide that you CAN live the life you dream of. You deserve to feel empowered, healthy, strong and inspired. Trust your gut feelings, embrace all that serves you and let go of anything that no longer does. The best way to create what you want is through joy, laughter, play and instinct. Whatever inspires you and gives you that zest for living is your most valuable source of motivation. Use this wave of inspiration to set new intentions and priorities, look to the future, decide to meet your full potential and then discover the best ways of living that out.

This can be achieved with simple goal setting techniques. We often create goals for our career and work but we forget or think it is unimportant to create goals for our personal lives as well. Setting goals gives you a clear focus for the year ahead. It also sets the intention in your mind and subconscious to find ways of creating this. On a bigger energetic level, it also sends a message to the Universe of what opportunities we want brought to us. Whatever we focus on, we create in life as we direct our energy towards it whether intentionally or not. Let’s use this universal power for manifesting the best in our lives.

Start to look at your goals in all areas of your life:

       1. Personal
       2. Family
       3. Hobbies/sport
       4. Financial
       5. Career
       6. Spiritual

Next is to actually write them down which helps you clarify and crystallize them as a real possibility in your life. Then write a specific time frame next to them that you would like to achieve these in the coming year. It may be easiest to break them up into categories of 3 months, 6 months, 12 months or end of 2013.

Allow your imagination to run wild - you are worthy of it all so have fun with it but be careful that you do indeed want what might well come your way!

Finally keep your list next to your bed and look over it briefly every morning or night, visualize these things coming into your life and what it will be/feel like. Keep the energy and picture alive—don’t just stuff it in a drawer never to be seen again. Make this year rewarding and fruitful for you!

Shine your light into the world!

Art For Wellness

My colleague Sami Ziyeh is running art workshops in 2013 for adults as well as parents and their children to enhance wellbeing, rekindle their creativity and strengthen their relationship. Workshops are facilitated by highly experienced Art Therapist and Cultural Facilitator, Samiramis Ziyeh, who offers a supportive environment to enhance wellbeing with emphasis on the process rather than the end product. Classes start early February at E J Ward Community Centre 189 Underwood St Paddington 2021.


For more information and bookings contact:
Sami 0499 888 024
shami.ramzi@hotmail.com

Sensational Summer Smoothie

A banana smoothie with a difference! For a fast track breakfast or a healthy snack my sensational smoothie is packed full of energising nutrients to keep you firing well into the New Year. Bananas provide energy and magnesium which prevents muscle cramps. Healthy Omega 3 oils are found in the avocado, almonds, chia seeds and flaxmeal. Fibre in the almonds, chia seeds and flaxmeal will keep your bowels regular. Cinnamon controls your sugar cravings and increases circulation which keeps your brain alert. Antioxidants to prevent disease and ageing are packed full in the superfood chia seeds and the green leafy spinach. Believe it or not, this actually tastes delicious!

Ingredients:
- 1 ripe banana
- 1/2 medium-sized avocado
- 1 cup of water
- 1/2 cup of almonds
- 1 tsp of chia seeds
- 1/2 tsp of cinnamon
- 1 large leaf of spinach or silverbeet
- 1 Tb of flaxmeal or ground flaxseeds
- If you want more protein, add 1 scoop of a good quality whey protein or 1 cup of milk if you can tolerate dairy.

Pure Beauty: Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Magazine, Dec 2012

Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Magazine is in the know about natural beauty. Check out stands for the December issue of Cosmopolitan Pregnancy Magazine that interviews me for my advice on chemical-free beauty and skincare products in both pregnancy and for babies.

Season Changes - Christmas Clinic Move

15 January Bondi Junction Move

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I wish you and your families a joyous Christmas season, a happy and healthy New Year and a wonderful summer. Thank you for all your support throughout the year in rekindling my business into the thriving and vital life it is today. In January 2013 I will be moving my Bondi Junction clinic next door to Better Health Clinic which have better facilities so I can provide improved service to all of my clients. There will be full time reception making it easier to book appointments, collect herbal medicines and supplements, make postal orders and Hicaps health fund rebates.  I will be practicing from Better Health on Tuesdays 8am - 6pm and Thursdays 10am - 8pm. I will still be practicing in  the city at The Jocelyn Centre on Wednesdays 2pm - 7.30pm. Better Health Clinic is located next door at 40 Grosvenor St Bondi Junction on 02 9389 3689. I hope you all have a relaxing and joyous holiday season and I look forward to seeing you in 2013.