Good for your heart, the more you eat, the more… We’ll leave it there. We got to have dinner (beans – of course) with this lovely lot last month. They’re the Bold Bean Company and they’re on a mission to get us ‘bean obsessed’. And yes, ’tis true; beans do have an effect on our…… Continue reading Beans Beans
Author: doublezero100
Denise Stevenson founded the health and wellness charity Double-zero.org in 2021 after healing from stage 3 breast cancer at (5-zero) and realising there was no one source to access the wealth of resources that had guided her back to health without the mastectomy her oncologist said was a certainty. Denise is a church founder and president, author and local councillor. She's English-born and has French nationality after living there with her husband and 3 girls for the past 20 years.
Start With Why
Says Simon Sinek in his 1M+ bestselling book. Why do we do what we do? Why do the people featured on this resource do what they do? It isn’t the easy option, that’s for sure. Many (if not most) have been criticised/challenged/questioned for their beliefs. They do what they do because they are passionate about…… Continue reading Start With Why
Mushroom Thief!
Da da daaaaaaa. Found at the scene of the crime: the ‘previous’ owner of this knife has been stealing our mushrooms! Whoever they are dropped it in our wood this morning. Time to go on the offensive (and get up even earlier than they did the morning after it’s rained.) Here’s my ‘kit’. Sadly didn’t…… Continue reading Mushroom Thief!
A Force For Good
‘Four fathers singing about hope and togetherness’. Chris Martin, Coldplay. ‘There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it’ Edith Wharton, Pulitzer Prize winner, The Age of Innocence. A whole lotta light was spread last weekend by these two: Michael J Fox being a candle for all those…… Continue reading A Force For Good
Embrace The Power
‘We are quantifying how powerful the mind is.’ Michelle A Poirier, PhD Dr Joe Dispenza’s new film is free-to-watch during the weekend of 21-23 June. We’ll be watching, here’s the link so you can too. More from Dr Dispenza on our Healthy Mind resource. The Power of the Mind. https://youtu.be/qShGyi1LJlM Who knew? Passion flower can…… Continue reading Embrace The Power
A Moral Obligation
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SJWZRy3PCwtTWfHh9ityv February 2024; 6th flight in 7 days. As we take our seats my neighbour asks ‘are you off skiing?’. ‘No, on my way home after The Appleseed Project cancer conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.’ We chat and he shares that his mother is friends with Laura Bond, the author of one of the…… Continue reading A Moral Obligation
Koreanizing
The Korean Vegan was recommended to us last month by some students who use her recipes. Wow. The Washington Post describes Joanne Molinaro as ‘A high-powered lawyer who became a TikTok star’. She didn’t even want to become vegan apparently. We’re glad she did… Yep, she’s been added to our recipe resource. Can our loss…… Continue reading Koreanizing
5K for 5K
‘Simplicity is Key’ says the tote bag and Nacho found his 5K on Saturday morning pretty simple. Here is Denise with her son-in-law collecting his running pack the day before joining 5K others on an early Sunday morning 5K run through the centre of Santa Cruz in Bolivia. A 5am wake up too. Makes sense…… Continue reading 5K for 5K
The Bolivia Edit
Brings you THE prettiest coffee we’ve ever seen. Coffee, coconut milk, spirulina. Tasted amazing too. Panpino Cafe, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, you delivered! Nola Desserts – you ‘knocked it out of the park’ with your no sugar, no gluten, no lactose, low carb delights. Absolutely delicious. Busy eating and drinking ‘the rainbow’ here…… Continue reading The Bolivia Edit
Question Everything
Kindred spirits came together last month; here are Denise Stevenson and Mark Lintern. ‘Citizen Scientists’ as Dave Asprey called us on his podcast with Mark last week. Take one graphic designer and one Premier League sales manager, both of whom have had cancer. Throw in friends who refuse to look at published scientific evidence that…… Continue reading Question Everything