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June 25, 2012
ANNOUNCING: the winner of our eco fashion correspondent contest
Last month I asked all you kind fashionistas to enter my fashion correspondent contest. The challenge was to submit a photo or collage of your favorite kind ensemble. I was impressed with your creative collages and you showed me a bunch of brands I'm definitely going to investigate.
One grand prizewinner is winning my dress and kicking off our kind fashion series. It was a very tough call with a few really great entries with eclectic styles so I've decided to invite a few of my favorites to contribute guest blogs as well. Each of our correspondents will also receive a piece of clothing from my closet that matches her style.
The correspondents I've chosen all have a different sense of style so hopefully there's something for everyone here! With that I’ll get to the winners already! Here we go:
Grand Prize Winner
Congrats kind lifer Angel! I like the earrings and necklace – they are very cute on her with that dress. The cheeky dress is cool and those boots look fun. She looks great and has a great sense of style.
Go here to see Angel’s complete winning entry.
Our New Correspondent Team
Congrats to the following four kind lifers:
Fiorella – Fiorella’s style is clean and simple but sexy too. I love the sandals and the shorts and the shirt is cute too.
Katie – Katie wrote a great description of her eco-friendly selections – her point of view is super smart . I like the shoes love the hoodie and jacket and the jeans and bangles are great too. 
Kristiina – Kristiina included a selection of summer apparel. I like the tee shirt light grey tank pink dress the wedges and the organic skinny jeans.
Greta – Greta put together a collage for the trendy urban girl. the lipstick she selected contains beeswax so beware swap out for the kissable lip color from my Juice Beauty collection!
Congrats ladies! Kind Lifers look out for future blogs from all five winners!
Thank you to everyone who entered! Now I want to know what do you kind lifers want our fashion correspondents to blog about? What are you in need of fashion-wise? What have you been on the look out for?
Share your ideas and questions in the comments below!
More Eco Ideas:
kind quickie: the urban hotel
the third annual hemp history week
kind quickies: the true cost of a leak
10 ways to help your kids go green
June 22, 2012
kind eats: naughty and flirty cookie dough truffles
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Ok these cookie dough truffles by Chef Chloe look pretty insane. I haven't made these yet but I hope to in the near future. I want one right now! Super naughty flirty treat. If you make them let me know how it goes.
Check out my recipe for Oozy Gooey Guacamole Dip!
Cookie Dough Truffles
Ingredients
1/2 cup vegan margarine
3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tabelspoon pure vanilla extract
2 tablespoons water
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
12 oz semisweet chocolate dairy free
Instructions
Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
Using a mixer beat margarine brown sugar salt vanilla and water until combined. Add flour and beat until incorporated. Fold in mini chocolate chips. Cover dough and refrigerate for 1 hour.
Roll chilled dough into 1-inch balls with the palms of your hands. Place on prepared baking sheets. Freeze for 15 minutes.
Melt the remaining 12 ounces chocolate in a double boiler or microwave. Let cool to room temperature. Remove one tray of cookie dough balls from the freezer. Dip each ball into the melted chocolate and remove using two forks. Place the coated balls back onto the baking sheet and transfer to the refrigerator. Repeat with the second tray of cookie dough balls. Chill until the chocolate is set about 20 minutes. Store in refrigerator until serving.
What's your favorite sweet treat? Share your recipes on your profile and I'll feature them in the kind recipe gallery.
More kind eats:
kind eats: my husband's "dirt dog"
kind eats: thrive direct foods by brendan brazier
the best veggie burger in LA!
kind eats: BBQ tempeh sandwiches topped with multicolor slaw
June 21, 2012
GIVEAWAY: organic cotton socks by zkano!
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I recently had a chance to try out some organic cotton socks made by Zkano. I learned about this company from my friend Alex Keeling. She lives in Alabama which is where these socks happen to be made.
Anywho I love them! I got some of the ivy thigh high and cable knit over-the-knee socks for myself pictured above and some of the strides for my husband. Bear got some organic cotton socks too!
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Zkano is giving away one of each of the three pairs of women's fashion organic cotton socks pictured at the top of this post to one lucky kind lifer!
To enter for a chance to win just tell me why you need new socks in the comments below.
More kind goodies from The Kind Life:
Cute Kids Clothes
Where Do You Get Eco Undies and Tanks?
Guest Blog: Nola Singer's Kind Jewelry
Behind the Scenes: Where My Ecotools Collection is Made
June 20, 2012
kind holidays: happy first day of summer!
Today is the official first day of summer.
My day started out just right. I ate a superhero breakfast and went to yoga class which always feels great. Yoga is my church. I feel so happy and balanced after my anusara class. The yoga instructor reminded me of how different seasons affect the body.
Summer is a season of extreme weather; it’s not the ideal time for cleanses or fasting spring and fall are better for that. Rather it’s a time to relax and enjoy your life. Get outside. And we naturally eat less during summer because it’s hot. It’s a good time for salads of all varieties grain salads and bean salads included. It’s a time for lighter cooking styles and times…a lighter flair to all you prepare.
Check out my blog from last year about the origin of the summer solstice.
This summer try to do as many of your favorite activities as possible. If you like going to the beach go as much as you can. Ride your bike as much as you can and just do what you love to do as much as possible.
What summer activities are you looking forward to most?
More kind holidays from The Kind Life:
kind holidays: my thoughts on father’s day
kind holidays: recipes to try this weekend
kind holidays: nine kinder sodas for memorial day weekend
mother's day: english breakfast in bed and more goodies for mom!
LIVE CHAT: so you wanna be a superhero?
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It’s time for another live chat! I’ve seen a lot of questions in the forum about how to go superhero so I want to chat with all of you about what the superhero diet is how to transition to it maintain it and make it a natural part of your lifestyle.
Check out our last live chat about celebrating summer kind-style!
Our superhero live chat will be on Wednesday June 27 at 5pm PST / 8pm EST. To join the chat justsign in to The Kind Life when the chat begins. Be sure to sign up for aprofile on The Kind Life if you haven’t already to ensure you receive a notification reminding you to join before the chat begins.
Start posting your superhero questions in the comments below and I’ll get to as many as I can during our live chat!
Latest from Kind Lifers:
Success Story: Erica Loses 110 Pounds
Success Story: Karly's Eye-Opening Research Paper
Success Story: Jaki Overcomes Sugar Addiction
Success Story: Mary Sheds Over 100 Pounds
Photo: travelvivi.com recipesforrice.com apersonjournal.wordpress.com yogicchai.com
June 19, 2012
action alert: help the JSPCA protect israels animals
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Kind Lifer Calla recently alerted me to Israel's stray animal problem see video here and gave me some information about how we can help:
The Jerusalem Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals JSPCA is working to reduce the number of stray animals in Israel. They provide adoption services medical attention food and shelter to as many as 350 cats and dogs at a time. Israel has a large neglected and malnourished animal population with cats in particular suffering the most. To combat this problem the JSPCA has teamed up with Spay Israel to help prevent cat overpopulation in the region.
Chinese Dogs Rescued From Becoming Dinner Meat
To find out more about the JSPCA and the ways you can help visit their website here.
What are some great animal organizations near you?
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Source: jspca.org
ANNOUNCING: the winner of mays the kind diet giveaway
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For last month’s giveaway I asked you to share what your Memorial Day plans were. Our randomly selected winner shared her plans as well as the story of her kind journey so far. Congrats kind lifer Celia!
“Oh goodness I LOVE reading everyone’s ideas!!! I am a very new baby vegan. The change for my life was really simple actually. We are expecting! So I made my appointment for the doctor and a week later was horrified to see that my iron was low and my weight was up 7lbs! I came home with a strong determination . . . to relearn what being healthy means. As I started becoming educated more and more items were evicted from our cupboards and fridge. The last thing I ever expected was to become a vegan. I was the first one to smother something incheese or make it bacon. And with all the crazy food aversions from being pregnant I never thought I could do it! But shockingly enough I can do it!! The benefits went waaay past health. I have not gained a single pound I’m only 13 weeks – no additional weight gain is great right now and my iron is perfect. What I did not expect was the changes in my home life. My husband daughter and I have so much more energy to take walks together. My daughter and I prepare meals together rather than just throwing something together. Cooking food that is nourishing my family is such a wonderful feeling. It has been really fun bringing our fresh healthy dishes to our holiday family functions. Easter the celebration of eggs lol was a challenge but we won the crowd over with our tofu frittata. So for Memorial Day we are having friends and family over for a BBQ. Instead of hotdogs and burgers we will be setting up a yummy veggie shish kabob bar. We are going to have a mass variety of skewer friendly veggies so people can build their own kabobs. I haven’t got all the side dishes figured out yet but reading these comments I am getting some awesome ideas!”
Sounds like a fun kabob party! I like that idea.
If you'd like to buy a signed copy of The Kind Diet you can at my OpenSky Store!
For June’s giveaway leave a comment below sharing a favorite dish you’d love to veganize for summer BBQ season!
More from The Kind Life:
ANNOUNCING! winners of a signed copy of the kind diet
21-day weight loss kickstart
"The Kind Diet" Paperback Edition is Here!
Kind Chocolate Cake
June 18, 2012
The Key To True Happiness & Health
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Do you sometimes feel like life is making you crazy? How do you find time for yourself with all the demands pressures expectations commitments and obligations in the chaos of your existence?
Here’s the key. Consider it your secret weapon to protect your sanity. Ready?
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Sukey Novogratz and Jackie MacLeod formed The Well Daily last year after seeking the key to true happiness and health in their own lives. They devised a formula for balance and a signature approach to mind-body-spirit practices which they launched in The Well Daily.
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So make sure to sign up because as Sukey and Jackie discovered we shouldn’t be trying to squeeze happiness and health around life’s demands we should be making happiness and health the foundation on which to build our lives.
If you sign up today you’ll receive a FREE COPY of The Well Daily Kale eCookbook!
Today’s post is proudly sponsored by
lil kind life: my q&a with parenting magazine
I was featured in a recent issue of Parenting Magazine! Check it out:
What parenting questions would you like to ask me?
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June 15, 2012
kind holidays: my thoughts on fathers day
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Bear and Christopher brought me mulberries and flowers from the Farmers Market on Mother's Day
Father’s Day is Sunday June 17! I always like to know the history of the holidays we celebrate so here’s a little backstory on Father’s Day:
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19 1910 in Spokane Washington. A woman named Sonora Smart Dodd came up with the idea to honor her father a Civil War veteran who raised his six children as a single parent. How sweet is that? Three years later a bill was introduced to make Father’s Day a national holiday but Congress didn’t want to pass it because ironically they feared it would become too commercial.
It wasn’t until 1966 that President Lyndon B. Johnson issued a presidential proclamation designating the third Sunday in June as an official day to honor fathers. In 1972 President Nixon made it a national holiday by signing President Johnson’s proclamation into law.
As with all holidays Father’s Day has become a big sales pitch…which is really really sad. Just buying presents because we’re being told to misses the point. But we get sucked in and if you decide to boycott a holiday like Father’s Day you look like a jerk!
In our family we dance in between. We are romantics and suckers for any opportunity to celebrate and mark a moment! But we are not big on exchanging gifts. Instead we just really enjoy each other like we do everyday and just try to make holidays about being a family. If you want to do something special send a nice card or make a thoughtful gesture like offering to clean your dad’s house or cook him a nice meal. If you feel you should give a gift pick something eco conscious that your dad really needs.
Here are some more ideas for how you can celebrate a kind Father’s Day plus how my family celebrated Mother’s Day:
The Earth’s precious resources provide an inspiring reason not to buy gifts. Go No Impact Man style! The less we buy the better off we are. And if we do buy let’s make those choices really Earth-friendly. A bonus is that you get to save money at the same time! Win-win. Be creative and heartfelt in what you give – it’s way more meaningful.
Check out last year’s post for some delish Father’s Day recipe ideas!
How do you plan to spend Father’s Day?
More kind holidays:
kind holidays: my father’s day gift guide
kind holidays: recipes to try this weekend
kind holidays: nine kinder sodas for memorial day weekend
mother's day: english breakfast in bed and more goodies for mom!
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