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		<title>What&#8217;s awesome about YOU?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Ever heard that phrase, &#8220;s/he&#8217;s starting to believe his own hype?&#8221; Welp, while I don&#8217;t have that problem (or any hype to speak of), I&#8217;ve realized in my recent &#8220;stress overhaul&#8221; that I have a tendency to take every sideways glance or morsel of negative feedback to heart. And then, I take it to soul, [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/02/26/whats-awesome-about-you/">What&#8217;s awesome about YOU?</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever heard that phrase, &#8220;s/he&#8217;s starting to believe his own hype?&#8221;</p>
<p>Welp, while I don&#8217;t have that problem (or any hype to speak of), I&#8217;ve realized in my recent &#8220;stress overhaul&#8221; that I have a tendency to take every sideways glance or morsel of negative feedback to heart.</p>
<p>And then, I take it to soul, and mind, and then I rub it all over myself, and then I wash my hair with it, and then I imprint it on my memory Jacob-Renesmee style and carry it around in a bag that&#8217;s duct-taped to my mitts like I&#8217;m playing a really un-fun game of Edward Forty-hands.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sensitive, OK?</p>
<p>But that&#8217;s not cool! It&#8217;s not cool to let that stuff in. It&#8217;s not helpful.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m pretty vocal about my flaws. I <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/02/12/if-youre-not-good-at-something-cheat-gelatin-edition/">suck at cooking</a>. I also <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/02/01/bison-butternut-bowl/">suck at cooking</a>. (Did I mention I suck at cooking?) There are others.</p>
<p>Like Michael Scott, I&#8217;m not perfect.<br />
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<p>I know I&#8217;m not the only one that spends too much time stressing about the negative things. So it&#8217;s time for all of us to acknowledge our great qualities. OUT LOUD.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m good at getting to the heart of problems. I&#8217;m a great listener. I&#8217;m a talented writer. I&#8217;m a <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2011/03/29/i-love-love/">great wife</a> and companion.</p>
<p>And now, I want YOU to tell me something that is awesome about YOU. I&#8217;m serious. Let&#8217;s spend some time today recognizing and SAYING OUT LOUD the awesome qualities we&#8217;ve all got in spades. It&#8217;s a no-negativity Tuesday.</p>
<p><strong>What are you good at? What&#8217;s awesome about YOU? I want to hear (er, read) you say it!</strong></p>
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		<title>Yoga for Fertility</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>A friend wrote this post recently, and I was deeply moved by it. Not because there&#8217;s any cave-baby-making-hanky-panky going on over here, but because I&#8217;ve found yoga so incredibly powerful in soothing my mind and calming my heart. It has been an absolute gift in trying to stay afloat through changes and the seemingly never-ending intensifying pattern [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/02/14/yoga-for-fertility/">Yoga for Fertility</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend wrote <a href="http://www.rxdyoga.com/fertility-yoga/">this post</a> recently, and I was deeply moved by it. Not because there&#8217;s any cave-baby-making-hanky-panky going on over here, but because I&#8217;ve found yoga so incredibly powerful in soothing my mind and calming my heart. It has been an absolute <em>gift </em>in trying to stay afloat through changes and the seemingly never-ending intensifying pattern of LIFE.</p>
<p>Many of my Nutritional Therapy clients come to me for help with fertility, and this is the perfect post for them. <a href="http://www.rxdyoga.com/fertility-yoga/">Read the full post here</a>, and be sure to pass it along!</p>
<p>My friend Sima says,</p>
<div class="woo-sc-box normal   ">&#8220;<em>Soften the negative thoughts that might feed you and try to replace them with acceptance</em>.&#8221;</div>
<p>This has helped me put so many things into perspective. <em>Softening </em>negative thoughts means being able to gracefully counter them. Identifying those moments when I&#8217;m allowing myself to be fed by negativity &#8211; therefore allowing myself to <em>become </em>those negative thoughts (because, after all, we are what we eat) is often enough to take their edge away. <i><br />
</i></p>
<p>The post, to me, is all about grace.</p>
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		<title>Changing lives &amp; giving out FREE SHIPPING (Part 1)</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/16/changing-lives-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:25:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>You should buy PaleoKits this week. With the code cavegirl2013, you can get FREE shipping! Show some love, and look for the first athlete feature tomorrow! More details at the end. I am deeply committed to the non-profit Steve&#8217;s Club National Program. Witnessing the mission of Steve&#8217;s Club and the successes of its young athletes [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/16/changing-lives-part-1/">Changing lives &amp; giving out FREE SHIPPING (Part 1)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><em>You should buy <a href="http://www.stevespaleogoods.com/Default.asp">PaleoKits</a> this week.<br />
<strong>With the code cavegirl2013, you can get FREE shipping!</strong><br />
Show some love, and look for the first athlete feature tomorrow! More details at the end.</em></p>
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<p>I am deeply committed to the non-profit <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/about/about-paleo-kits-and-steves-club/">Steve&#8217;s Club National Program</a>. Witnessing the mission of Steve&#8217;s Club and the successes of its young athletes has changed my life. It has taught me that true differences aren&#8217;t just made by corporate donations or large-scale organizations like the Red Cross or The Government.</p>
<p>Difference-makers start at street-level. Change starts with people who decide <em>I&#8217;m going to make a difference for ONE kid, ONE community, ONE void</em>&#8230;it starts with ONE PERSON. Not a Politician. Not Congress. Not &#8220;Somebody. Not &#8220;They.&#8221;</p>
<p>(We hear it too often. &#8220;<em>Somebody should do something</em>.&#8221; &#8220;<em>They should do something.</em>&#8221; Why not &#8220;<em>I should do something</em>?&#8221;)</p>
<p>The people best equipped to address the unique needs of an individual community are the people in that community. No community in this nation is exactly like another. Waiting for some government agent to &#8220;do something&#8221; does <em>nothing</em>. Taking some initiative and digging in, addressing what YOU SEE as the need in your community is the most raw, most perfect manifestation of grass-roots activism, innovation, and difference-making I&#8217;ve ever seen in my life. It&#8217;s unforgettable.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s what my friend Steve did in his community. He began working with youth from Camden, New Jersey, where the crime rate per square mile is 651.</p>
<p>The national average is 39.6.</p>
<p>This mission grew into <a href="http://stevesclub.org">Steve&#8217;s Club National Program</a>, a non-profit that provides fitness training, mentorship, and nutritional guidance to at-risk youth. It&#8217;s an absolutely amazing program, and I get to see the young athletes working hard and expressing dedication that me (and my silver spoon) have probably never truly known. It&#8217;s really amazing. (They&#8217;re in the gym working out as I type this from the adjoining offices).</p>
<p>I encourage you to check out this video for a look into the program. (Seriously. <a href="http://youtu.be/xsMOsExkC9w">Watch this video</a>. Watch it watch it watch it.) <strong>Then, see what type of &#8220;reward&#8221; you can get for your contribution to the driving force behind this program</strong> (hint: it&#8217;s one VERY yummy reward).<br />
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I will be doing a few<a href="http://stevesclub.org"> Steve&#8217;s Club</a> features on my blog for the next week (<strong>including one on an athlete who survived childhood cancer and now plans to give back to his own community</strong>). I want you to know this program better!</p>
<p>The driving force behind our ability to work with and train these kids are sales of Steve&#8217;s Original <a href="http://www.stevespaleogoods.com/Default.asp">PaleoGoods products</a>, like Paleo Kits, which benefit the non-profit. The originalPaleo Ki<a href="http://stevesoriginal.com">t</a> was made to give the kids of <a href="http://stevesclub.org">Steve&#8217;s Club</a> a healthy option during the day. I love promoting them, because I love seeing the kids come in, get in a good workout, and grab a PaleoKit using Steve&#8217;s Club Store points they earned through their hard work. Paleo Kits are yummy. You should<a href="http://www.stevespaleogoods.com/Default.asp"> buy them </a>(wink).</p>
<p>&#8230;And you should buy them this week. <strong>With the code cavegirl2013, you can get FREE shipping! </strong>Show some love, and look for an athlete feature on Thursday!</p>
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		<title>The Primal Connection (&amp; why it&#8217;s not liver that gets me out of bed in the morning)</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/14/the-primal-connection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 15:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This may affect how you think of me&#8230; &#8230;but it&#8217;s not the prospect of a pastured-beef-liver-filled-grass-fed-meatball that gets me out of bed in the morning. In fact, I find it kind of hard to get out of bed in the morning, no matter how much weird food awaits. Strange confession, I know. But the truth [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/14/the-primal-connection/">The Primal Connection (&#038; why it&#8217;s not liver that gets me out of bed in the morning)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This may affect how you think of me&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8230;but it&#8217;s not the prospect of a pastured-<a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2010/12/03/as-i-liver-and-breathe/">beef-liver-filled-grass-fed-meatball</a> that gets me out of bed in the morning.</p>
<p>In fact, I find it kind of hard to get out of bed in the morning, no matter how much weird food awaits.</p>
<p>Strange confession, I know. But the truth is, despite all the liver in my freezer and pastured eggs in my fridge; despite my more-than-adequate vitamin D levels and my <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2010/12/01/good-lard/">love of lard</a>, I&#8217;ve been in a Primal Hole lately. I&#8217;ve been stuck in my own little world of ERMAGERD LETS TALK ABOUT FOOD ALL THE TIME FOREVER, which usually makes me happy, but lately I&#8217;ve been&#8230;meh.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been pretty lost as to why. My food is perf. The nutrients are flowing. My sat-fat is sat-fatting all over this mug. (Literally. This mug is full of saturated fat.)</p>
<div id="attachment_4327" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 378px"><img class=" wp-image-4327    " alt="Americano whipped with butter &amp; coconut oil. Dash of cinnamon on top. " src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/BigMutts.jpg" width="368" height="421" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Americano whipped with butter &amp; coconut oil. Dash of cinnamon on top.</p></div>
<p><em>(PS: I do<a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2011/04/18/this-is-where-all-our-money-goes/"> like big mutts</a>. One slobbery, sweet one in particular.)</em></p>
<p>I believed I had all the ingredients to bake up some Paleo-fied happiness, but I just haven&#8217;t been feeling like a <a href="http://youtu.be/A3w4ps14_IU?t=6m58s">happy-peppy-person</a>.</p>
<p>The curtains opened when Mark Sisson&#8217;s new book, <a href="I've buried myself the last 2 years trying to do everythingeverythingallthetime, never shutting off the computer or my phone."><em>The Primal Connection</em></a>, arrived at my door.</p>
<p>This book couldn&#8217;t have hit me harder if the UPS guy&#8217;d thrown it at my head. From the moment I opened it, in fact, I was smacking <em>myself </em>in the head. There are so many gems in <a href="http://amzn.to/RSfOTC">this book</a> &#8211; I can hardly stand it. It&#8217;s everything I needed to understand what may be amiss for me &#8211; namely, <em>me.</em></p>
<div id="attachment_4330" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 319px"><img class=" wp-image-4330 " alt="Ya know how John Lennon was the Walrus? Well...I am the disconnect." src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Disconnect.png" width="309" height="312" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Ya know how John Lennon was the Walrus? Well&#8230;I am the disconnect.</p></div>
<p>It&#8217;d be harsh to say &#8220;I&#8217;m doing it wrong,&#8221; but the truth is &#8211; the disconnect is <em>ME</em>.</p>
<p>What Mark did with <a href="I've buried myself the last 2 years trying to do everythingeverythingallthetime, never shutting off the computer or my phone.">this book</a> was remind me, powerfully and primally yet with the backing of solid science, that <em><strong>it&#8217;s not just about food.</strong> </em>It&#8217;s about connecting with what makes us <em>beings on the Earth. </em></p>
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<li>That&#8217;s shutting off &#8220;technology&#8221; and realizing that <em>more </em>screen time doesn&#8217;t mean <em>more </em>productivity.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s stopping the ridiculous quest for somebody else&#8217;s brand of perfection.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s realizing that work MUST wait.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s cultivating a TRIBE; being part of a community, and allowing interaction <em>for the sake of interaction </em>(not work!) to invigorate me.</li>
<li>That&#8217;s touching, feeling, moving, <em>being </em>in nature. (Preferably with bare feet, and with the <a href="http://gokhalemethod.com">Gokhale method</a> in mind)</li>
<li>That&#8217;s realizing that <strong><em>it doesn&#8217;t matter if potatoes are Paleo if my feet haven&#8217;t touched the bare-ass ground all day</em>.</strong></li>
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<p>There&#8217;s science behind all of this. Real science. And common sense. <a href="http://amzn.to/RSfOTC">Mark covers all of it</a>. Real health starts with <em>how we live</em>, not just <em>what we eat</em>.</p>
<p>Of course, food is wrapped up in the &#8220;how we live&#8221; equation, but health requires more than just clean food &#8211; and that <i>can&#8217;t </i>be ignored. I see it more clearly now than ever in my <a href="http://www.lizwolfentp.com">nutritional therapy practice</a>, where people eating so-called perfect diets are seeing issues that Mark&#8217;s philosophy would, I suspect, address completely.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s something that&#8217;s really, really sad: I used to go outside every day. The <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2011/04/18/this-is-where-all-our-money-goes/">Paleo Pooch</a> and I covered at least 4 miles rain, wind, sleet, hell or high water. We once walked our route in 18&#8243; of snow. Not kidding.</p>
<p>But now there are days when I don&#8217;t go outside <em>at all. </em>Weekdays are workdays, and I&#8217;ll go outside on the journey from car to office and back. Weekends are catch-up days, and there are times when I realize, 36 hours later, that I have neither been outside nor <em>noticed </em>the weather or the sun. Sure, I go to yoga and CrossFit, but those are inside activities too. I know I&#8217;m not the only one who&#8217;s had these pitfalls of modern life slip by unnoticed.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve been blessed with amazing work and an amazing community, but I&#8217;ve been talking to them through a computer instead of in-person. I&#8217;ve been Skyping-in my friendships.</p>
<div id="attachment_4338" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 357px"><img class=" wp-image-4338 " alt="Me and D-sizzle, Skyping it in." src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/chatWindow.png" width="347" height="304" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Me and D-sizzle, Skyping it in.</p></div>
<p>The first thing I touch when I wake up in the morning isn&#8217;t the <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2011/03/29/i-love-love/">handsome Cave-husband</a> to whom I&#8217;m beyond blessed to be married. It&#8217;s my iPhone (I know, I know &#8211; the cell phone <a href="http://amzn.to/13v71uu">shouldn&#8217;t be my alarm clock</a>) as I check, with one bleary eye open, the e-mails that came in during the night.</p>
<p>The dog has a doggie-door so he can hang in the backyard while I type-type-type and text-text-text.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve buried myself the last 2 years trying to do <em>everythingeverythingallthetime</em>, never shutting off the computer or my phone.And, unfortunately, during that time, <em>nobody </em>has gotten my best. And I&#8217;ve definitely lost myself a little.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m going to change a few things, and if <a href="http://amzn.to/RSfOTC"><em>The Primal Connection</em></a> is right, it&#8217;s going to change my health and my mind-set. Unfortunately, I can&#8217;t always bring my camera-phone along for the ride, but I&#8217;ll sure write about it&#8230;when I plug back in.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://amzn.to/RSfOTC"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4337" alt="ReadingOutside" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ReadingOutside.png" width="374" height="541" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><em>In the interest of total technological hypocrisy, I&#8217;ve got AWESOME news! Mark Sisson is coming on the <a href="http://balancedbites.com/podcast">Balanced Bites Podcast</a> very soon! Perhaps we&#8217;ll record barefoot from around a campfire&#8230;</em></p>
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		<title>It&#8217;s OK to disagree (but not about Reality TV).</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/12/its-ok-to-disagree/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2013 23:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>(See how I made poetry?) I&#8217;ve gotten some questions (read: heated reactions) about a few of the e-books included in the Toadally Primal Wellness Bundle. Some of these books are decidedly un-Paleorthodox. As in &#8211; they run against the common &#8220;Paleo&#8221; grain (lulz). I won&#8217;t name names &#8211; if ya know, ya know &#8211; but here&#8217;s the [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/12/its-ok-to-disagree/">It&#8217;s OK to disagree (but not about Reality TV).</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(See how I made poetry?)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve gotten some questions (read: heated reactions) about a few of the e-books included in the <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2013/01/08/the-toadally-primal-wellness-bundle/">Toadally Primal Wellness Bundle</a>.</p>
<p>Some of these books are decidedly <em>un-Paleorthodox. </em>As in &#8211; they run against the common &#8220;Paleo&#8221; grain (lulz). I won&#8217;t name names &#8211; if ya know, ya know &#8211; but here&#8217;s the deal: if we aren&#8217;t exposed to alternative points of view, we stagnate.</p>
<p>Without the thoughtful input of people who slightly, moderately, or even <em>completely </em>disagree with our personal set of guidelines, we lose our edge. We get tunnel-vision. We forget what brought us here in the first place: <em>questioning everything.</em></p>
<p>Yes, flour-tossing Veg*s and the staunch SAD-defenders have been wrung out, and with good reason: they&#8217;ve had their chance, and their beliefs don&#8217;t hold up to scrutiny (historic or scientific). But there&#8217;s a world  of interesting ideas <em>within </em>this real-food community that are worth kicking around &#8211; if only to keep us on our toes! Nobody&#8217;s <em>making </em>you accept anything as truth. But what&#8217;s the harm in<em> considering</em> a new &#8211; even controversial &#8211; idea?</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll stop there &#8211; but here&#8217;s my bottom line: I respect anyone who&#8217;s out there working to help, doing their due diligence and taking the time to talk about their beliefs (even the FTV&#8217;s and SADD&#8217;s). I may or may not incorporate certain recommendations, because reading an e-book doesn&#8217;t mean I&#8217;m <em>required</em> to do anything. The final judgment of a recommendation is how it holds up to my own intuition. And until you do something <em>real </em>bad &#8211; like delete <em>The Bachelorette: Ashley and JP&#8217;s Wedding </em>from my DVR without permission &#8211; you get my &#8220;Respek.&#8221; **</p>
<div id="attachment_4322" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 590px"><img class=" wp-image-4322 " alt="Boo-yah-kah-shaah! #AshleyAndJP4Ever" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/DVR1.png" width="580" height="394" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Boo-yah-kah-shaah! #AshleyAndJP4Ever</p></div>
<p><i>** if there&#8217;d been a clip from Da Ali G show that would&#8217;ve maintained my PG/PG13 blog rating, I would&#8217;ve linked it.</i></p>
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		<title>YOU ARE LOVED.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I say this in ALL CAPS because it&#8217;s JUST THAT IMPORTANT. This post is not a response to the sorrow of the last few weeks or the conflict of the last few years. It&#8217;s not meant to be a counter to the events of the last few decades or anything in this world we find [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/12/24/you-are-loved/">YOU ARE LOVED.</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I say this in ALL CAPS because it&#8217;s JUST THAT IMPORTANT.</p>
<p>This post is not a response to the sorrow of the last few weeks or the conflict of the last few years. It&#8217;s not meant to be a counter to the events of the last few decades or anything in this world we find difficult to accept or process. It&#8217;s just about LOVE.</p>
<p>I want you all to know how much I love you. Whether you&#8217;re surrounded by family or flying solo; whether you feel alone or you&#8217;re filled with the warmth of the season; you are loved.</p>
<p>Whether we know each other or not, I love you because we&#8217;re in this life together. Seriously. I love you.</p>
<p>Thank you for being part of my journey, and for all that you are &#8211; every day of the year.</p>
<p>Love, Me</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4280" alt="Love" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Screen-Shot-2012-12-24-at-2.38.53-PM.png" width="318" height="414" /></p>
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		<title>Price, People and Pigs. (And an anti-Skinny-Bitch pitch)</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 06:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about today: myself (surpriiise!), the Weston A. Price Foundation Conference, and a few other things that have happened lately. Like, I dunno, HOLY SARDINES I WROTE A BOOK. I&#8217;m generally a woman of many words and few pictures. That might have something to do with the fact that I&#8217;m a crappy [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/">Price, People and Pigs. (And an anti-Skinny-Bitch pitch)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<p><em>Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m talking about today: myself (surpriiise!), the <a href="http://www.westonaprice.org">Weston A. Price Foundation</a> Conference, and a few other things that have happened lately. Like, I dunno, HOLY SARDINES <a href="http://amzn.to/T8YOYO">I WROTE A BOOK</a>.</em></p>
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<p>I&#8217;m generally a woman of many words and few pictures. <strong>That might have something to do with the fact that I&#8217;m a crappy photographer but GREAT at running my mouth.</strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m also a pretty bad cook&#8230;which all just makes me wonder <em>howwww did I become a food(ish-type) blogger? (</em>Ha! Joke&#8217;s on you!)</p>
<p>On a related note, <strong>I am feeling pretty dang blessed these days. </strong>I realized that I&#8217;ve made up for my own shortcomings by forcing very awesome people &#8211; who are both great at pictures <em>and</em> great at cooking &#8211; to be my friends. In the last month of nonstop travel (NJ to PA to KS to AZ to CA to CO to KS), I&#8217;ve been able to spend time with <a href="http://beta.primal-palate.com/category/blog/">The Food Lovers</a> (Hayley and Bill), <a href="http://balancedbites.com">Diane &#8220;D-Sizzle&#8221; Sanfilippo</a> (my <a href="http://balancedbites.com/podcast">Balanced Bites Podcast</a> PIC), Michelle (and Henry, and O-squared) of <a href="http://nomnompaleo.com/post/35765575769/wise-traditions-conference-2012">Nom Nom Paleo</a>, and Juli of <a href="http://paleomg.com">PaleOMG</a>, among others. (My time with Juli was in Colorado, where I delivered a nutrition chat at the Air Force Academy. <strong>Yep, they let me do that. On purpose</strong>. More on that in the next post.)</p>
<p>Here are some things I think about those people:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://beta.primal-palate.com/category/blog/">Hayley and Bill</a> are the <strong>most attractive couple</strong> on the planet.</li>
<li><a href="http://balancedbites.com">Diane</a> has the <strong>best bangs</strong> of any person on the planet. (Hold on. I&#8217;ll show you in a sec.)</li>
<li>The <a href="http://nomnompaleo.com/post/35765575769/wise-traditions-conference-2012">Nom Noms</a> are the <strong>most kick-ass family</strong> on the planet.</li>
<li><a href="http://paleomg.com">JuliOMG</a> is the <strong>winner of every prize</strong> on the planet. (I&#8217;m serious. Coolest lunch date, most hilarious blogger, and best obscure 80&#8242;s movie reference rememberer.) And yes, I said &#8220;JuliOMG&#8221; on purpose.</li>
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<p>These aren&#8217;t the only people I reaffirmed my <del>creepy obsession with</del> love for over the last few weeks. I was so excited to have dinner with three tables-full (tablefulls?) of Real Food trailblazers at the WAP Conference. My third year attending this shindig and it was the most Paleo-heavy yet. Here is a <a href="http://www.ancestralizeme.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lunch-Collage.jpg">photo mash-up from Laura</a>. Diane&#8217;s bangs are in there too. <strong>I&#8217;m the one in the pink shirt pretending to NOT be an idiot.</strong> Except for the top-left corner. That one I&#8217;m actually being myself.</p>
<p>And instead of making conversation with these extraordinary humans, I stared with my mouth agape (agape, I tell you!) and tested the panoramic setting on my iPhone 4.</p>
<p><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/dinnertable-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-4129"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-4129" title="DinnerTable" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/DinnerTable1.png" alt="" width="600" height="150" /></a></p>
<h5><span style="color: #999999;"><em>Here are a few of the people I agape-d at: Laura of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.ancestralizeme.com/2012/11/12/another-year-of-wise-traditions/#lightbox/3/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Ancestralize Me</span></a></span>. Stefani Ruper of Paleo for Women. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Chris Masterjohn, PhD</span></a></span> (aka Dr. J or Jam MasterJ). <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://chriskresser.com"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Chris Kresser</span></a></span>. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://balancedbites.com"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Diane</span></a></span>. Steve of <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://scdlifestyle.com/steve/"><span style="color: #0000ff;">SCDLifestyle</span></a></span>. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://beta.primal-palate.com"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Hayley. Bill</span></a></span>. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="https://twitter.com/BadAssPaleo"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Ben</span></a></span>. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="http://grassfedjerkychews.com/story.html"><span style="color: #0000ff;">Sophia</span></a></span>. <span style="color: #0000ff;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheLazyCaveman"><span style="color: #0000ff;">The Lazy Caveman</span></a></span>. It&#8217;s midnight (5 hours past bedtime) so I&#8217;m going to quit there. Holla and I&#8217;ll add you.</em></span></h5>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>And then, Siri and I got in a fight. I miss my flip phone.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/shutupsiri/" rel="attachment wp-att-4131"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4131" title="ShutUpSiri" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/ShutUpSiri.png" alt="" width="286" height="430" /></a></p>
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<p>Next: I want everyone to know that <strong>I swept the &#8220;Most Awkward&#8221; prize category</strong> (sorry, Juli) when I stared at <a href="http://nomnompaleo.com/post/35765575769/wise-traditions-conference-2012">Nom Nom</a> for five minutes and then said &#8220;<em>I liiike you</em>.&#8221; If you&#8217;ve seen A Christmas Story, think of the kid Ralphie has to stand in line with to see Santa. Not Randy, but the kid with the gizmo hat on who says &#8220;<em>I liiike Santa Claus</em>.&#8221; That was how it came out.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qS9L8wjXBEk?t=9s" frameborder="0" width="420" height="315"></iframe></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: #999999;">Can&#8217;t see the video? Try</span> <a href="http://youtu.be/qS9L8wjXBEk?t=9s">here</a>. </em></p>
<p>Yet Michelle (<em>Nom Nom:Michelle::Superman:Clark Kent</em>) treated me as if I was a totally normal person. She is one of my heroes. And this weekend was full of those. I learned, ate, and awkward-ed my face off alongside some people I&#8217;m grateful to know. I ate <a href="http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=330&amp;idaffiliate=3061">fish eggs</a> with my friends. All things I like doing.</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/friendsfisheggs/" rel="attachment wp-att-4133"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4133" title="FriendsFishEggs" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/FriendsFishEggs.png" alt="" width="431" height="321" /></a></p>
<p>The Weston A. Price conference is phenomenal. If you&#8217;ve listened to the <a href="http://balancedbites.com/podcast">Balanced Bites Podcast</a> or been around me for awhile, you know I dig their dirt. I dig traditional foods, organ meats, cod liver oil and <a href="http://www.cholesterol-and-health.com">PhDs</a>. And learning from said PhDs. And having one of said PhDs pose with the Polyface pig picture I won at the silent auction.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/11/21/price-people-pigs/pigphd/" rel="attachment wp-att-4124"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4124" title="PigPhD" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/PigPhD.png" alt="" width="259" height="401" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>How cool is that? I wanna eat them. (The pigs, not the PhDs.)</p>
<p>The one thing I didn&#8217;t get the chance to do during the conference was work on the &#8220;soundbite&#8221; for my book, <a href="http://amzn.to/T8YOYO">Modern Cave Girl</a>. <strong>I still can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m really going to be </strong><em><strong>published</strong>. </em>(&#8220;<em>My name in PRINT! &#8230;things are going to start happening to me NOW.</em>&#8220;)*<em> </em>Here&#8217;s my elevator pitch so far:</p>
<p><em>&#8220;This book proves that every word of Skinny Bitch was off-the-farm, out-of-your-gourd bonkers. Don&#8217;t read that book. It will make you dumber. Read <a href="http://amzn.to/T8YOYO">this book</a>. It will make you eat pork belly.&#8221; </em></p>
<p>Thoughts? Too subtle?</p>
<h2 style="text-align: center;">* * *</h2>
<p>*first one to name that quote, gets an advance copy of my book when it comes out!</p>
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		<title>Fall PaleoKits &amp; Krunch GIVEAWAY!</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/25/fall-paleo-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I am OVERWHELMED by the support you all gave this post and Steve&#8217;s Club National Program! Thank you so much &#8211; it means the world. Winner has been chosen (Amy R.) and giveaway is now closed! I&#8217;m sitting in my  home office with the window slightly open, and the most delightfully chilly fall breeze is ushering [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/25/fall-paleo-giveaway/">Fall PaleoKits &#038; Krunch GIVEAWAY!</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">I am OVERWHELMED by the support you all gave this post and Steve&#8217;s Club National Program! Thank you so much &#8211; it means the world. Winner has been chosen (Amy R.) and giveaway is now closed!</span></p>
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<p>I&#8217;m sitting in my  home office with the window slightly open, and the most delightfully chilly fall breeze is ushering that perfect autumn smell of burning leaves (yes, I LOVE that smell) into the room. I&#8217;ve got fresh apples from <a href="http://www.terhuneorchards.com">Terhune Orchards</a> ready to sauté with butter and cinnamon for a treat tonight. I haven&#8217;t taken my Mountain Hardware &#8220;Monkey&#8221; fleece off for days.</p>
<p>(I haven&#8217;t washed my hair for days either, but that&#8217;s not just &#8217;cause I&#8217;m a lazy married gave girl &#8211; it&#8217;s &#8217;cause I&#8217;m <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2011/01/20/no-poo-results/">No Poo</a>!)</p>
<p>Fall is my absolute favorite season. The beautiful change of seasons, the crisp, cool air, and smooching duck-shaped ornamental gourds makes me happier than a Paul Rudd movie marathon.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/25/fall-paleo-giveaway/gourds-2-2/" rel="attachment wp-att-4080"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4080" title="gourds 2" alt="" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/gourds-21.png" width="335" height="394" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align: left;">But the best thing about fall is most definitely the fall noms from<a href="http://www.stevespaleogoods.com/Default.asp"> Steve&#8217;s Original PaleoGoods</a>. I love Steve&#8217;s Original, not only because their products are super-clean, portable, and ridiculously delicious, but because sales support a cause I&#8217;m involved with &#8211; <a href="http://www.stevesclub.org">Steve&#8217;s Club National Program</a>. Steve&#8217;s Club provides fitness training, mentorship and nutritional guidance (my role) to at-risk youth.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The program began in Camden, NJ &#8211; ranked as one of the FBI&#8217;s most dangerous cities in the nation many years runnning. These youth live in very difficult environments, and Steve&#8217;s Club gives them a place to succeed.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">Watch this video from our <a href="http://www.stevesclub.org/blog/post/beat_the_streets_2012_recap">annual fundraiser</a> to see what Steve&#8217;s Club is all about. It&#8217;s truly amazing.</p>
<p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/GzYEdquB1C0" height="315" width="560" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>
<p>In support of<a href="http://www.stevesclub.org"> Steve&#8217;s Club</a>, I&#8217;m hosting a fall giveaway of some of my favorite offerings from Steve&#8217;s PaleoGoods!</p>
<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">All you have to do is WATCH THE VIDEO (on your honor) and LEAVE A COMMENT (on this post) TELLING ME YOU DID before 11:59 PM ET TOMORROW (Friday, Oct 26)!</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">An extra THANK YOU if you&#8217;re able to take a moment to share this post on your own blog, twitter or facebook page to spread the word about Steve&#8217;s Club. </span></h3>
<p>One commenter will be selected to win a gift pack of one Apple Pie PaleoKit, one Grass-fed PaleoStix, one Grass-fed Just Jerky, one Cinnamon Krunch, one Pumpkin Spice PaleoKrunch bar, and one Apple Pie PaleoKrunch! All are totally gluten, grain, soy and dairy free and incredibly delicious!</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/25/fall-paleo-giveaway/fallgiveaway/" rel="attachment wp-att-4081"><img class="aligncenter  wp-image-4081" title="Fallgiveaway" alt="" src="http://cavegirleats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Fallgiveaway.png" width="357" height="399" /></a></p>
<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">Again, all you have to do is WATCH THE VIDEO (on your honor) and LEAVE A COMMENT (on this post) TELLING ME YOU DID before 11:59 PM ET TOMORROW (Friday, Oct 26)!</span></h3>
<h3><span style="color: #ff0000;">An extra THANK YOU if you&#8217;re able to take a moment to share this post on your own blog, twitter or facebook page to spread the word about Steve&#8217;s Club. </span></h3>
<p>Thanks for reading, and for your support!</p>
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		<title>4 habits of Most Triumphant clients. (And people.)</title>
		<link>http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/12/4-habits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2012 19:44:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz (@CaveGirlEats)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>This post is a cross-over from my Nutritional Therapy practice. As you can see from my Bill-and-Ted-esque verbiage, I have few concerns about maintaining a regal air of professionalism (that went out the window with my Balanced Bites Podcast shenanigans). It&#8217;s important to note that I use the phrase &#8220;most triumphant&#8221; as Bill uses it [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/12/4-habits/">4 habits of Most Triumphant clients. (And people.)</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is a cross-over from my <a href="http://www.lizwolfentp.com">Nutritional Therapy practice</a>. As you can see from my Bill-and-Ted-esque verbiage, I have few concerns about maintaining a regal air of professionalism (that went out the window with my <a href="http://balancedbites.com/podcast">Balanced Bites Podcast</a> shenanigans).</p>
<p>It&#8217;s important to note that I use the phrase &#8220;<em>most triumphant</em>&#8221; as Bill uses it in the following video:</p>
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<p>I mean it as <em>highly</em> triumphant, or <em>fully</em> triumphant. I mean that these habits, for all intents and purposes &#8211; and no, it&#8217;s not <em>intensive </em>purposes &#8211; will guarantee amazing progress. These habits are to success what Eddie Van Halen is to Wyld Stallions&#8217; triumphant-ness. (Triumphance?)</p>
<p>I&#8217;m speaking from my experiences with helping people &#8211; and helping myself &#8211; choose better foods, make healing lifestyle choices, and become healthier physically and mentally. I learned very quickly that the journey is not only about habits pertaining to food.</p>
<p>And by <em>habits</em>, I mean <em>things that are done repetitively until they become second nature</em>. (Listen to me, Rufus &#8211; I know what I&#8217;m talking about.)</p>
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<h3>Habit #1: Looking beyond food.</h3>
<p>As we learn more about food, we also learn that there is far more to the equation of health-and-wellness than what we put in the cake-hole. While food is a critical input, healing <em>really</em> starts when we address the <em>life</em> landscape. As we begin (or continue) to seek nourishing, healing foods, we&#8217;ve got to simultaneously look at improving stress levels (if you&#8217;re a hyperactive stress case, even the best food won&#8217;t solve your woes &#8211; trust me, I know), re-evaluating toxic relationships, reducing the toxin load from the personal environment, getting better sleep, and maybe &#8211; just maybe &#8211; getting a pet whose sweet presence and goofy ears could break even the worst day&#8217;s tension.</p>
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<h3>Habit #2: Doing the hokey stuff.</h3>
<p>Nourishing, healing moments are, quite literally, healing to the body as well as the mind.</p>
<p>This is a continuation of habit number one, but involves spending time &#8211; sometimes, as much time as we might spend cooking, food blogging, or exercising &#8211; doing things like conscious meditation, deep breathing, and relaxing. This may mean finding a place for relaxation on a daily basis; seeking peace and calm; keeping a gratitude notebook; or making a point to hug your spouse, kids, or even <em>yourself </em>every day<em> </em>(trust me &#8211; to start the day with a smile, just give yourself a hug).</p>
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<p>Important note: too often the suggestion to <em>relax and meditate </em>is taken as &#8220;buy a yoga mat,&#8221; or even  &#8221;join a hot Vinyasa flow class that meets for 90 minutes five days a week.&#8221; While I absolutely <em>adore </em>a good hot Vinyasa flow class, and while it can certainly help calm and center a person mentally, this is <em>not </em>the point I want to make. Often, spending money on something that <em>represents</em> relaxation comes to serve as a substitute for actually <em>relaxing. </em>By &#8220;hokey stuff,&#8221; I mean stuff we <em>don&#8217;</em>t have to pay for; stuff for which we don&#8217;t need special equipment or a bank account deeper than the genius of <a href="http://realfoodryangosling.tumblr.com">Real Food Ryan Gosling</a>.</p>
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<h3>Habit #3: Being patient and persistent.</h3>
<p>None of us got to a state of ill health or unhappiness overnight; and it takes <em>time</em> to achieve health goals. Sometimes it takes time, re-evaluation, further learning, renewing of commitment, and <em>more </em>time. Giving up or giving in to frustration is <em>Diet</em> behavior. Patience and persistence is <em>lifestyle </em>behavior.</p>
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<p>This also means not just &#8220;following directions&#8221; &#8211; ie, creating obsessions rather than habits, or blindly following a &#8220;program&#8221; without understanding <em>why </em>or<em> how it works</em>. It means learning who we are, what food does in our bodies, what stress does to our health, and how modern diet and lifestyle myths have completely screwed us over (That&#8217;s what <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Cave-Girl-Living-Concrete/dp/1936608510/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1350067423&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=modern+cave+girl">my book is about</a>). One major modern myth: that &#8220;weight loss&#8221; by any means necessary will make us as healthy as bringing the body into balance, patiently and persistently, using real, nourishing foods and dedicated lifestyle change (see #1 and 2).</p>
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<h3>Habit #4: <del>Watching Harrison Ford movies</del> Listening to Yoda.</h3>
<p>If this post wasn&#8217;t fully saturated with nerdy movie references, it surely is now. Most of us know the famous Yoda line &#8220;Do, or do not. There is no try.&#8221; The fact is, when a person tells me &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ll try,</em>&#8221; I can almost always predict they&#8217;ll also, at some point, tell me &#8220;<em>I fell off the wagon</em>;&#8221; &#8220;<em>It&#8217;s too hard</em>&#8221; or &#8220;<em>I tripped and fell into a plate of Tasty Kakes</em>.&#8221; It&#8217;s almost as if they&#8217;re pre-acknowledging the possibility for failure &#8211; by whatever measure they gauge it.</p>
<p>Whether you think &#8220;failing&#8221; means a bite of a coconut macaroon, a night of pizza and beer, or a slip-up from a list of arbitrary &#8220;rules&#8221; is irrelevant &#8211; it&#8217;s the mind-set with which you dedicate yourself to a lifestyle change that truly matters.</p>
<p>Although we all, of course, need to have a try-hard attitude; and while we all need to commit to doing our best, moment-by-moment, while refusing to judge ourselves for the so-called slip-ups, we also must realize that our <em>words </em>are incredibly important determinants of the way we go about tackling a lifestyle change. The words &#8220;<em>I&#8217;ll try</em>&#8221; often belie an unsure, waffling mind-set that exists only to cushion failure with half-commitments. When you make a choice, make it fully. Make that moment a decisive one. Say you&#8217;ll <em>do it </em>and you will.</p>
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<p>And last, but not least, remember&#8230;<a href="http://youtu.be/J7532GXPnO8?t=8s">Be excellent to each other</a>. And tell me YOUR ideas.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Update: Trina, founder of Primal Life Organics, is &#8220;Guest Expert&#8221; for my Skintervention Guide! click here. For ALL my (FREE) body care posts, click here.   I’m THRILLED and honored to introduce a NEW Primal Life Organics product in support of the Navy Seal Foundation! Thanks, Primal Life Organics!Be sure to read through for a discount code, [...]</p><p>The post <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/2012/10/02/fall-giveaway/">Fall GIVEAWAY and Navy Seal Foundation Support</a> appeared first on <a href="http://cavegirleats.com">Cave Girl Eats</a>.</p>]]></description>
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<h4><span style="color: #888888;">Update: Trina, founder of Primal Life Organics, is &#8220;Guest Expert&#8221; for my </span><em><span style="color: #888888;">Skintervention Guide!</span> </em><a href="http://skinterventionguide.com">click here<em>.</em></a></h4>
<h4><span style="color: #888888;">For ALL my (FREE) body care posts,</span> <strong><a href="http://cavegirleats.com/category/body-care/">click here</a>.</strong></h4>
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<address><em>I’m THRILLED and honored to introduce a NEW Primal Life Organics product in support of the</em> <a href="http://www.navysealfoundation.org/">Navy Seal Foundation</a>! Thanks, Primal Life Organics!Be sure to read through for a discount code, a giveaway opportunity, and a chance to support the <a href="http://www.navysealfoundation.org/">Navy Seal Foundation</a>.</address>
<p>Giveaway includes Primal Life Organics’ <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/fallen-2012">Fallen Serum</a>, <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/banished-primal-blemish-serum-0-5-oz">Banished Serum</a> (AMAZING anti-acne product infused with cayenne pepper and menthol), Dirty Mouth <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/dirty-mouth-primal-toohpowder">Primal Toothpowder</a>, and <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/body/products/deodorant">Primal Pit Stick</a>!</p>
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<p>I’m absolutely in love with fall. Everything about it is perfection to me – football season, fleece weather, crisp air, apple picking, <a href="http://www.nextbarnover.com/photos/2010/crazyornamentalgourds.html">ornamental gourds</a>, and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060550/">The Great Pumpkin</a>.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><em>&#8220;The fury of a woman scorned&#8230;nothing compared to the fury of a woman who has been cheated out of tricks or treats.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>But fall also means the beginning of drier air (more dry air? Air dry?) and the ramping up of my diligent body care routine. I love being educated on new ways to heal, fortify, and protect my skin without a litany of junky ingredients and unnecessary chemicals (more about this on my <a href="http://cavegirleats.com/bodycare/">body care page</a>), and I know there’s an amazing world of nourishing oils out there that help do the job.</p>
<p>I’m fortunate to know Trina of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimalLifeOrganics?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts">Primal Life Organics</a>, who is the Skin Care equivalent of the Apple Genius Bar; a veritable Vivaldi of skin-nourishing compositions. Yes, Trina is a prodigy when it comes to feeding the skin. Her goodies are liquid gold. They’re an investment in my epidermal future. Like <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">my cavehusband</span> the season 2 VHS box-set of the Vampire Diaries, Trina’s products make my life complete.</p>
<p><strong>Better yet, Trina gives back. Her new line, Primal Seasons, will offer a unique product that benefits a NEW charitable Foundation every season! This season, a portion of proceeds support the <a href="http://www.navysealfoundation.org/">Navy Seal Foundation</a>.</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/fallen-2012">Fallen</a>, the Primal Life Organics Fall 2012 Primal Seasons offering, is stacked with Trina’s hand-picked Skin Food (<a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/fallen-2012">read more here</a>). As the skin’s needs change with the seasons, so do the nourishing, skin-loving, reparative oils Trina uses.</p>
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<p>Sales of <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/fallen-2012">Fallen</a> benefit the <a href="http://www.navysealfoundation.org/">Navy Seal Foundation</a>, which supports both military personnel and their families. As a military wife, I owe a debt of gratitude to everyone who shows this kind of support to our troops and their loved ones. This type of generosity truly renders me speechless. THANK YOU, Trina.</p>
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<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Enter the Primal Life Organics Fall Giveaway by following the instructions below!</strong></h3>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><em>Remember – even if you enter the giveaway, <strong>you can STILL USE THE 10% DISCOUNT CODE</strong> (fallen12) for anything else you see on her site!<strong> Code is fallen12.</strong></em></span></p>
<h3 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Giveaway Instructions:</strong></h3>
<p>To win four of my Primal Life Organic favorites &#8211; <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/fallen-2012">Fallen Serum</a>, <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/banished-primal-blemish-serum-0-5-oz">Banished Serum</a>, Dirty Mouth <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/facial-products/products/dirty-mouth-primal-toohpowder">Primal Toothpowder</a>, and <a href="http://www.primallifeorganics.com/collections/body/products/deodorant">Primal Pit Stick</a> – follow the instructions below!</p>
<p><strong>STEP ONE</strong>: simply click <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimalLifeOrganics?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts">THIS LINK</a> to “like” <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimalLifeOrganics?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts">Primal Life Organics on facebook</a>.</p>
<p><strong>STEP TWO</strong>: LEAVE ME A COMMENT BELOW (<strong>ON THIS BLOG</strong>) letting me know you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PrimalLifeOrganics?ref=ts&amp;fref=ts">“liked” PLO on facebook</a>! Contest closes on Wednesday, October 3 11:59 PM ET &#8211; Winner will be notified via email!</p>
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