Karen Knowler * The Raw Food Coach

Kitchen Magic: Labelling Jars, Boxes and More

One of the bugbears of having a snazzy looking raw food kitchen (that works) can often be "how do I store all my nuts, seeds, beans, grains etc. attractively AND know what exactly is in the container and when to eat them by?"

I tried many different approaches over the years... handwriting labels (ugly), printing them off (one bit of moisture and the ink smudges or runs), sticking the best-before labels underneath the jars (they come off too easily and not every packet comes with separate stickers), putting the bag itself inside the jar (ugly AND clumsy)... you get the picture.

Thanks to my organising fairy godmother friend, Debbye Cannon, the big mystery was elegantly and efficiently solved. And the solution came in none other than my new best friend the hand-held labelling machine, which you can see me demonstrate here on my video below.

I hope you find this useful because small things can make a BIG difference!

 

Check out the hand labeller I'm using in the video on Amazon.co.uk - it's only £23.28 - complete bargain, and of course you can use it for a million different things around the home, not just the kitchen.

 

If you shop at Amazon.com, find it here >>> for $18.75!

Exciting Times

I'm back!

It's definitely been a case of "fits and starts" these past few months - not on purpose I hasten to add, it's just that most of what I've been doing is BIG STUFF - my biggest ever, and it's taken time... and lots of it!

I want to share what's going on with me right now because a) it's time and b) you'll see some things changing over the next few months and I know you love to know what's going on!

The first thing to report is that the new web site is looking FAB and although it's a big job (complete redesign and much re-writing) I'm looking to launch around mid-end September. I wish I could share it with you right now but I really need for it to be complete first, then you can ooh and aah!

What makes me so excited about this is not the fact that it will look great and all the rest of it, but what it will facilitate - every day we receive emails here at The Raw Food Coach HQ saying how much my existing site/ YouTube clips etc. have helped people, and yet for a long time I have known that what I have shared publicly is but a fraction of what I have to share, so the new web site will be the showcase for all my latest and greatest information so that people can really get what I have to offer, and of course I love to give a lot of stuff away for FREE! This site will be even more generous than the last and really, I just love to put it out there and make the world a better, happier and healthier place. It feels like the least I can do with all that life has given to me.

Talking of FREE, a quick but nonetheless IMPORTANT heads-up that my next FREE teleclass is happening a week from today on Wednesday 5th August. This is the next step in the "Magic and Mastery" themed calls. The first one in March attracted a grand total of 1947 sign ups - THAT'S huge for a teleclass, and it really was an amazing call. I shared about my own personal journey to raw food and living magically, and after the call we had around 50 emails from people sharing how much the call had helped them and/or literally changed their life. Well, this time we're going deeper/wider/taller. A few months have passed and my own growth has been breathtaking. Every week my understanding of the raw food journey gets more profound and exhilarating and I want to share all this and more with YOU.

And then last week finally something new "popped" for me (a.k.a. a divine download) and I was given the 7 Steps that we all must take to live magically on raw food. Totally riveting (and we all can do it, no rocket-science degree required).

As I know so many people are ready to take their raw journey to a much more exciting place and level, I really have no choice but to share these 7 steps, and this is what I'll be doing (and so much more) next Wednesday.

If you'd like to learn what these 7 steps are (and honestly you'd be crazy not to!) then bag your spot on this call (and a free copy of the recording of it) here....

This call has so much energy and magic around it right now that I just know it's going to be better than even I can comprehend at this point. Can't wait to share this stuff as it's all about where I'm going and, I believe what the future of raw food is really all about. Learn this info now so you don't go round in circles like I did for years and years!

As for me and my life, well last night I stayed here:

This is one of the penthouse suites at the Cambridge Belfry hotel, where my live event happening only FOUR weeks from now is taking place. It's a gorgeous hotel located just a few miles from Cambridge and just one month from now some serious magic will be happening for those who are ready for a really amazing leap into a whole new way of living and being as part of their raw food journey. Want to know more about it? There's a whole page waiting for you at www.TheRawTransformationExperience.com - this event really is going to be beyond magical and I want YOU to be there! (Even if you have to hop on a plane. Seriously. I currently fly to the US up to 6 times a year to learn from the best in whatever it is that I wish to do and distance should absolutely NOT be a barrier to you pursuing and living your dreams!) Even one of our talented guest presenters, John Schott, is flying all the way in from Miami to be with us for the long weekend.

What else?

Hmmm.. Right now I am rejigging a lot in my personal and professional life. There is some serious magic afoot and I know I am being divinely guided to create space for some amazing stuff to happen - next week's call is definitely part of that.

Last weekend I created two new vision boards - one personal and one professional, and they are both stunning and compelling. Talk about clarity!

I also nigh-on completed my book proposal. This book is "the big one", unlike any other raw food book on the market and the one that I hope will really work some magic in the world. Everything right now feels divinely in flow, and I'm going to be sharing a ton about this on next week's call because this is IT guys, I am living it!

So, if you are feeling stuck in your life now, whether it be in your life or with your diet (and chances are if it's in one, it's in both) then honestly, you need to be on this call. Sometimes a big fat dose of inspiration is all that's needed.

There is an energy in someone speaking their deepest and most profound truth that has the ability to catapult others to a whole new realm. This is what's going to happen next Wednesday as I share some serious magic (and some of it may be hard to hear but it will make complete sense anyway) with what I hope will be over 2000 callers. My call in March attracted 1947 and this call deserves even more!

So that's all for now. There will be much more to come, but right now I have to do all I can to let people know about this call because it's going to be the biggest freebie I put out all year and people need to know about it. (If you'd like to help spread the word I'd really appreciate that, and you can either send people to this link http://tinyurl.com/ToStarsAndBeyond OR you can join my affiliate program and earn commission : )

See you there I hope?

Join Me on My New Facebook Fan Page - for Goodies Galore!

Times they are a' changing.

If you've been connecting with me recently through my newsletter, facebook page or programs you'll know something's afoot...

And what is it? You may ask...

Hmm... almost too early to say, but let's just say that it's all tying in perfectly with the way things are showing up in my work - Let's Get Rawganized, The Raw Transformation Experience Workshop and the things I've been doing in my private world (getting organised, streamlining, dancing more, dating...). I know this likely sounds even more confusing, but it's really not. I can't say more yet because it is all gently percolating, but I know it's going to be GOOD, really good.

In the meantime, I'm setting the scene for these big evolutions. My new web site is looking lovely, but won't be coming for a while yet (a lot of new content to create), my August event is going to be my biggest work of all this year because there's such a lot involved (it will be available as a home study as well but the live event will of course be so much richer), and then finally, and here's where I'd love to direct you, I've created a Facebook Fan Page which will be the hub of all activity from today onwards, and especially as I transititon between web sites because updating the current one is not as useful (or easy) as it once was.

Here's what you can expect when you join me on my Fan Page site:

1) All my latest news and updates of any kind (these are many and diverse but things such as media appearances, what I'm up to in my personal and professional life, blog posts, advertisements for assistance or help, letting you know about awesome raw professionals I am coaching or products on the market that I love, and much more...)

2) Be the first to know about new events and teleclasses as they are announced

3) Be the first ones to know about discounts, special offers and anything where you get to gain the good stuff!

4) Ask me questions and interact with myself and other raw foodies in the group.

5) Basically get to know EVERYTHING that's going on all in one juicy place!

Yes, this is going to be a whole bunch of things all rolled into one, and you're going to be seeing a lot of really cool stuff coming through over the next few months, including some nice little freebies emailed to you that others won't get!

So, in a nutshell Facebook Fan Page is the place to be. It's going to be personal and professional and you'll get to see a side of me that you may not have done before...

So come and join me at KarenKnowlerFanPage.com and don't miss out on all the good stuff!

Karen Knowler on Facebook

The Raw Transformation Experience 2009

Things are hotting up for my first ever live 3-day event happening at the end of August (Thursday 27th - Saturday 29th August, 2009).

Some of you will know that in years gone by I created and organised the UK's "Fresh Festival" which was the first raw food festival in the UK, comprising of 15 or so different international raw food speakers, chefs and educators. These festivals were fabulous, and really helped unite raw foodies from around Europe as well as providing a great long weekend of world-class education and entertainment. I have many happy and precious memories from those events! (Above is a picture of myself with Pete Vincent, Chad Sarno and Woody Harrelson at our second Fresh Festival, in Somerset, October 2005).

Since I sold The Fresh Network, the host company of the Festivals, sadly the Festivals have not continued. In fact the UK has become fairly lacking in terms of "big" raw food events overall, which is a real shame.

The idea for "The Raw Transformation Experience: 3 Days to Dream BIG, Chart Your Map and Step into Your Most Sparkling Raw Self - and Life!" came about because I felt it was time to create an event that was more than "an event". Inspired by the 3-day non-food workshops I have attended in the US, I realised that I could bring the very best of what I have, combine it with some awesome raw chefing (we have two amazing raw food chefs featuring at this event, Russell James and John Schott) add in some powerful "experiences" (secret for now!) and create an event so unique and so life-changing that it would be a very different affair to the Festivals, giving people the opportunity to immerse themselves in a complete "curriculum" for 3 days, and literally walk out with THE most inspiring and compelling blueprint for their diet, self and life EVER.

Yes, this is the event I wish I had had all those years ago, because it's about so much more than the food... it's about LIVING...and living to the max! (That's why we choose high-octane fuel for ourselves, right?!)

Why this, why now?

This year I have moved to a completely new level, or depth, with the work I've been doing.

Those of you who have worked with me or are working with me, especially in Raw Magic and Mastery and the Let's Get Rawganized! program, have seen that the kind of things I've been talking about are way beyond what I've talked about before and are also taking on a new and more evolved and well-rounded approach. Gone are the days where it is all about how raw you are (or aren't), now are the days for being fluid and finding peace, joy and a way of being with raw foods that supports who you are in a way that you LOVE and also who you are becoming... and that's just perfect! It is about consciously choosing your path with unparalelled enthusiasm rather than feeling as if you are having to walk down one because that's the way everyone else does it. It's about owning your truth and acknowledging your unique lifestyle, personality and way of being in the world and finding a way of eating raw that fits in with that while working towards a new, higher way of living and being on ALL LEVELS.

This is just a hint at what's going on with my work and this event.

What particularly excites me about the event is the whole theme that's running through it: It's all about the Journey. At this event there will literally be maps, backpacks, vision work, tools, worksheets and you'll be plotting your path... it's actually an interactive food and life vision workshop. My promise is that by the end of the event each person will have a complete and what I call "squealicious" gameplan for the next chapter of their raw food life and lifestyle, something so awesome and so compelling that they fall in love with raw food, their Self and life again, plus everything they need to evolve their journey at any time in any way they need to in the future. It's the ultimate in raw food coaching and raw life coaching combined.

Not only that, but there will be:

• Masses of inspiring teaching and coaching from me - including my newest and best material and live coaching on the stage

• Raw food demos from Russell James and John Schott (Many of you have heard of Russell, he and I have been working together for years and he is, as far as I'm aware, the UK's best raw chef talent. John, on the other hand is a very well-kept secret from the US. Hardly anyone knows about him but he is awesome! He has a raw food restaurant in Miami and has been training with David Jubb for a number of years, he is really looking forward to coming to the UK for the first time to share with you)

• Evening activities and entertainment - all three nights there will fun and exciting things for you to do

• Raw food catering - all three meals for all three days are included in the admission price - yes, and you can bet it's going to be good!

• Stalls and therapies - browse or buy, treat yourself to some raw goodies or other raw lifestyle products for that great new life you're creating!

• Plenty of time to make new friends and socialise - we'll be talking a lot about the importance of support, so this is your time to start making new like-minded friends for yourself to make your new life even rosier!

This is just a very quick overview of what's going on. Right now the event page is being completed on my web site with ALL of the information about what you'll be getting. As I've said on that page, this event is not "just an event", I only do things that I believe to be world-class, outstanding and life-changing and I consider The Raw Transformation Experience to be my greatest, most inspiring and most comprehensive offering so far.

The page will be going online very soon. I've just put out the word to my eZine subscribers about how they can bag the opportunity to book at the early bird price. I'd like to offer you the same. Please know that there is no other way to get the Early Bird price and the "4 for 3" offer than to receive the special discount codes via email. To get those you need to be on the VIP Priority List!

So...

Sign up here if you want to:

* Take advantage of the Early Bird Discounts
* Be in with a chance to bag one of the FREE 10 Home Study Courses (first 10 sign ups)
* Learn about how you could come for FREE or reduced ticket price

Just enter your information below and you'll be automatically registered on my VIP Priority List and be the first to know as soon as the event page goes LIVE!

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After you hit "Submit" you will be forwarded to a page that will let you know you're on the list; you will also receive a confirmation email direct to your inbox - you may be asked to confirm your email first, *it's important that you click on the link in the email if asked to do so, otherwise you won't receive any emails* so look out for an email entitled: "Please confirm your subscription" - simply follow those instructions and the second email will follow!If you *don't* receive the call dial-in information, simply email hello@therawfoodcoach.com and we will take good care of you!

Rest assured I never rent, share, or give out your information to anyone. You have my word on it! I can't wait to tell you more about this AMAZING event, and look forward to writing to you directly very soon!

Karen x