| Vol. 1, Issue 4: July 19, 2007 From The Desk of The Divas It’s exciting you know, to be a part of something like this, because you realize how we are truly all connected. It’s so exciting to watch women from all over the world come together and support each other in their health journeys. It doesn’t take much, to positively impact the life of another person. Above all it takes a willingness to try, to be present, and to support. The transformations taking place in the Diva Detox this week are a testimony to what real sisterly support can achieve. We hope you find this week’s article inspiring, and we look forward to hearing from you. Detoxing Divas Get Juicy
3 cups Organic Baby Spinach Place your baby spinach in a large bowl. Toss in the sunflower and adzuki sprouts. Mince your basil and sprinkle it into the bowl too. Remove the flesh from 1 very ripe mango, hold it over the bowl of greens, and squeeze and mush it up with your hands, letting the juices and pieces fall into the bowl. Give the contents of the bowl a quick mix to wet all of the spinach leaves. I like to eat my salad straight from the bowl, but if you're a plate kind of girl, you can put the salad on a plate now. Next, remove the flesh from the second mango and chop it into bite-sized pieces. Sprinkle the pieces over your salad and enjoy!
This is a great way to cash in on most supermarket specials, too. Many vendors sell speckled bananas much cheaper. Stock up, freeze ‘em and slip them into your green smoothies for a summer treat! Yumm.
They feel isolated and alone and most of them are afflicted with guilt, continually encounter frustration, and usually wind up feeling discouraged and hopeless. Being the curious and compassionate diva that I am, and having also been prone to such moments of desperation myself, I sat down one day and started typing. I decided that I was going to create a solution to all of this separation and discouragement. That was the day I started to write the first materials for The Body Enlightenment System. Whether you participate in this program with us or not, what follows is guaranteed to inspire you to take the next step in your health transformation and feel stronger and more confident than ever. You see, having worked with thousands of women all over the world, it became very clear that the most important factors in assuring the success of diet changes or any lifestyle changes required two things: a holistic SYSTEM and SUPPORT. The Importance of Having A System
Most of us already find it a challenge juggling work, families and the demands of modern day living as it is. Deciding where to start once we’ve got all this great information in our hands can be just as much of a barrier to taking steps forward. So, we’ve got to have a system. But what does that mean? Well, I’m talking about more than some menu planners and shopping lists, here. Too many people approach diet changes without considering the degree to which such changes affect all the other elements of our lives. We cannot expect to make lasting diet changes without it impacting every element of our lives. That’s why a truly effective system is going to have to take into consideration the many different factors that play into your total health equation. It’s not just about the food! It’s about the fitness, the relationships, creativity, and confidence too. And from diva to diva, let’s be honest, how much does something like our sexuality and sensuality play into our relationship with food? It doesn’t make sense that we would even consider making major diet changes without understanding the fact that these changes are going to impinge themselves upon all the other aspects of our lives as well. So, the ideal system would be a system that looks at diet and nutrition for what it is: just one factor that plays into your overall health equation. The Body Enlightenment System is designed to do just that. Even More Important Than A System, You Need Support
Modern day society has caused us to become somewhat individuated. We see our problems as being unique to ourselves and we can easily become introverted and isolated when we struggle with health and diet. When we’re in that place, we can forget that this is a shared universe, and we’re all in the process together. Each of us has a ripple-potential—an ability to impact the lives of others. That impact will in turn touch the lives of even more people than you can imagine, because each of those people you touch has their own sphere of influence, too. That’s the ripple. One person can make a difference, or neither of us would be finding ourselves here, right now, like this. Me in my little apartment in Montreal, typing away, and you in your cozy nest wherever you are reading this. Both of us have the ability to transform ourselves and in turn assist in facilitating a transformation in others. And as the ripples of what we create span out across the miles, well, there’s just no limit to what great things we can achieve. Now, I’m not saying you won’t run into difficulties even if you have a system and support. You will meet with challenges. We all will. But how you approach them makes all the difference in the world. You see, within a supportive community, when we are confronted with challenges in our health and our lives, we understand that we’re also simultaneously presented with an opportunity to learn, to grow and to take this growth and learning and use it to affect positively the lives of others. When we’ve eliminated isolation from the equation, bumps in the road present opportunities for support, for sharing and for growth instead of reasons to fall off the proverbial “wagon.” Wherever you are in your health progress, know this: You have something to learn, and whatever that is it may very well be the missing piece in someone else’s health puzzle. Be bold. Be courageous. Your health journey is not just about you, it’s about all the lives that you can touch when you’re really feeling and looking your best ever.
Until next week, be true to your own goals, trust the process and ripple, ripple, ripple! With love from us both, Tera & Amy
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This
week has been very exciting. Our first 
By
Amy De Wolfe
You
know those brown bananas that have just gone past the point of making
an attractive table ornament? When all those brown spots start tackily
clashing with your fruit arrangement, just peel them and stick ‘em
in a bag in the freezer. 
In
the two and a half years that I’ve been working in this business,
I cannot possibly count the number of emails and letters that I
have received from women who are desperate, discouraged, and losing
hope about the fact that they feel they simply cannot get off the
eating roller coaster or implement the kinds of diet and health
changes they would like to put in place for themselves.
When
information comes at us from all directions, we can get disoriented
quickly and wonder which way to turn. When we lack a rhythm, a SYSTEM
to put all this information in order and apply it, the information
tends to slip through our fingers and is lost to us. 
Finally,
and I dare say most importantly, the missing piece that far, far
too many people overlook when they ask themselves why their efforts
to succeed with diet and health changes seem sabotaged, is a chronic
lack of real, loving SUPPORT.
If
you’ve been struggling with your health and feeling isolated,
come out of your closet, you Diva, it’s time to sparkle. Climb
on board for our 
Hundreds
of women have already climbed on board for our next 