“Financial security is self-care” says Mandy Grossman and I find it so empowering for us sisters. This is the interview where I heard it: “Capitalize On You | Ep. 1 with Mindy Grossman”.
Grated butternut squash and cucumbers with a dressing made of peaches, celery leaves, tahini, turmeric, garlic, onion, curry powder, black pepper, lime, nutritional yeast, mint leaves
1 cup of soaked almonds, about 1/2 cup of water, 1 spoon of raw chocolate powder, 1 spoon of maca powder (I buy them on Raw Living) and 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon make a delicious cream my friend my sister.
Today’s step by step recipe was grated zucchinis and cucumber with a dressing made of tahini, figs, garlic, turmeric, ginger, red onion, paprika, lemon and tamari.
I am binge watching the content by the amazing Isabel Palacios. I love her video entitled How to be a HIGH VALUE Woman | Isabel Palacios because the idea of not giving away our sexual energy (because this is power) totally resonates with me. I don’t save myself for religious reasons but because sex is sacred and powerful. I never did one night stands for that reason. But no judgement! Many of my friends have one night stands and they love it. Everybody’s different. This idea that sexual energy is a very potent thing is very real for me though. It is said that it can be harnessed into creation if you don’t have a partner my friend my sister.
After a breakup
I have another video that I recommend to you my love. It’s called How to Get Over a Breakup & Heartbreak and it should be mandatory for all women starting their adult life. I never feel that a relationship was a waste of time, either it was a great time, either it was a great lesson learned. However, I find that the time I personally took to get over a break-up (2 years) is far too long. And a waste of time.
The raw salad is made of grated zucchini and cucumber with a dressing of walnuts, lime, tamari, turmeric, garlic, onion, rosemary. With dried Italian tomatoes as a topping 😉
The reason I love Gary Vee so much is his message about putting happiness first, before external signs of wealth, before pleasing people including our parents and before what society says is a fulfilled life my friend my sister.
Sweet and savoury summer raw salad
I mixed grated zucchini and diced red peppers with a gorgeous dressing made of 1 tablespoon of tahini, 1 nectarine, fresh ginger, garlic, turmeric, onion, half a lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of tamari. Watching the video How to ALWAYS Make the PERFECT Salad Dressing | Sweet, Savory, & Oil-free Recipe by Fully Raw Kristina gives you the basics of making a delicious raw dressing by yourself so easily.
We meet for the second time with Késoued to talk about a very intimate subject: the fear of being alone. The goal is to prove that it is possible to be alone, like Késoued and me, and even to raise your children alone if you have to. This is her website.
The fear of leaving a relationship
This interview is dedicated to women who write to tell me that they are in a difficult situation or even worse than difficult, but that they cannot leave because they are afraid of being alone.
The fear of being alone
I don’t idealize loneliness and I don’t see it as a goal. However, my intention today with my friend Késoued is to prove to you that you can manage a life as a woman by yourself. In addition, Késoued and I have also been raising our children alone for a very long time.
How do I do it on a pragmatic level?
First you can enroll into hobbies and all kinds of activities my friend my sister. I also think of volunteering which is a great way to meet other people. If you don’t trust yourself, know that trust can be built, slowly but surely. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Késoued also shared her daily practice of positive affirmations.
There are many charities whose goal is to help women, for example to find a job, to manage legal proceedings or a bank account and to manage their life in general.
The main thing is to keep in mind that things are done step by step: step by step sister! You don’t master everything overnight and that’s okay.
Is finding a partner a priority?
Késoued and I are really on the same page about this. We would love to have a man in our life, but it’s not a priority. If it happens then good, otherwise all is well too. Késoued says: “I am not alone, I am well”. When you go with the flow of life, everything is more fluid. I am aware that you may have family pressure and the weight of other people’s opinion my friend my sister, but know that things change all the time anyway and you have the right to have your own life the way you want to live it. Nobody is in your shoes living your life. Don’t let others dictate how you should live my love.
If, like Késoued and me, you fell in love a few times but it didn’t really work out, these stories are just experiences. They are positive in the sense that they allow us to get to know ourselves better.
Finally, being lonely for a period of time do make us evolve and grow.
The souvenir of the relationship that abruptly ended and left me so very sad is now positive.
I kept in my heart a souvenir of love, like a new strength I have.
Honestly my friend my sister, I never thought I could say such a thing in a relaxed way one day!
I guess I have now overcome the post-breakup sadness and the anger.
When his image pops into my mind, or rather the feeling of him, all I want to do now is to take exquisite care of myself as a way of honoring him and the good times we shared.
What remains is my love for him, my love for me and the possibility of a new love story with a great man.
More about relationships, the toxic ones and the magnificent ones in my book The Knot in the Spiral my friend my sister.
