Karen Knowler * The Raw Food Coach

Media Cutting: Karen in Grazia Magazine

This piece finally materialised on 18th November while I was in the US (I had actually coached Charlotte way back in the summer for this and had almost given up hope of it ever appearing!). It came out great although, half of what I "said" I didn't! I'm also called "The Raw Food Doctor" - ahem! But other than that, we did get great results and although I never doubted otherwise, I was never entirely sure how Charlotte would fare as she was literally eating everything out of a box or packet BUT what she did eat was on the whole very healthy. The girl did good!Download Grazia_24_November_2008

Katie's Looking Radiant in Red Magazine!

I'm so proud and excited to announce that Katie Foster, my PA, is currently looking radiant and gorgeous inside the current issue of Red magazine (December 2008).

Red magazine is a best-selling monthly women's magazine here in the UK and of all the glossies is by far one of the most highly respected. So when they called our offices recently looking for "a woman in her 30's who will be a eating raw food for Christmas" I only had to walk across the hallway to find the perfect candidate!

Katie blogged recently about her day on the photo shoot, and although she came back with a beautiful Polaroid, she was still very nervous about the eventual outcome.

Well, I think she looks amazing, don't you? In fact, I know I'm not alone as of all the women interviewed for this piece on Christmas eating habits she was the first one to appear and the only one to get a double page spread (plus she comes across as completely sane (which she is!) - even better :)

Find out what Katie had to share by clicking on the link below (this will open a PDF document), or if you're this side of the pond hop along to your nearest newsagents to see the fabulous results in its full glossy glory.

Download Katie_Foster_Red_Magazine_Dec_2008.pdf

Three cheers for Katie!

   

Interview with Steve Prussack on Raw Vegan Radio

Last week I spoke to Steve Prussack of Raw Vegan Radio fame for the first time in over 2 years.

A lot has happened since we first spoke... and when you listen to this call (completely free to listen to, by the way) you will hear me speak about:

* How my diet has changed and why

* The philosophy behind Living Magically and why raw food supports this

* The three most common raw food challenges brought to me in coaching calls

This interview lasts about an hour and there's a lot of real juice in there - in fact I just saw this review of it today on Melissa's blog (thank you Melissa!):

"Every so often you read or listen to something that profoundly influences you. Recently I listened to an interview with Karen Knowler on RawVeganRadio (interview 58) that really resonated with me. Are you scared to reach your true potential? Be it your dream job, the best relationships you can have, your best level of health or success in another area of your life, sometimes no matter how much you want something, the fear of what might happen if you truly reach your goals can be terrifying. Change is scary.

"Rather than go into my opinions and thoughts, I'll just leave you with my favorite quote and some resources to look into if you are interested in learning more. I think it is about time that all of us beautiful blog girls started living our dreams lives, simple and divine, and magical ones at that.

"Sometimes it can really scare people to get what they want [She then references a book called "How Much Joy Can You Stand] People don't like feeling not good, but they are scared of feeling great." KK

Listen in here and get your dose of raw inspiration today!

Woman Diet Special (Magazine) Summer 2008

It's an issue later than expected but out in the shops today comes Woman Diet Special magazine. Published four times per year, this is the Summer issue and features a double page spread on raw food with a beginner's menu plan provided by me. A basic piece but essentially good. (Click on the link below the pics to read the info in full as a PDf file)

Download Woman_Diet_Special_Summer_2008.pdf

Coaching Gala Darling Part 1 of 2

These days I actually do very little 1:1 phone coaching compared to one year ago as I am now focussing on many other projects. However, the networking fairies have been at play (well, one in particular who perhaps would not like being referred to as a fairy, hehe, but is perhaps more like an angel! You'll find out who he is as you go...) and so it was that two days ago I coached famous Australian fashion writer Gala Darling of www.galadarling.com and had a really great call with her.

Before you listen to the call (it's on her site and mine for the world to hear and is one hour long) you'd definitely benefit from reading one of her earlier blog posts just to set the context for this call.

Gala is a lot of fun as you will see/hear, her web site/ blog is simply beautiful and what's more she thoroughly loved the call.

From Gala, as per her blog entry about our call:

"I expected her to be useful but not THIS useful! The phone-call was a revelation — it was absolutely amazing. Sometimes when you’re having trouble with something, having someone else there to ask the right questions is all you need, & all of a sudden your problem starts to unravel & you realise the root cause of it. Well, Karen asked me some totally brilliant questions — & I came away from the phone-call with all of my problems solved!

"It was one of the most interesting phone-calls I’ve ever had, for sure. I just love getting to the bottom of a problem & gaining a deeper understanding of why I do what I do! I think anyone interested in going raw (or who is currently making alterations to their diet) will find this a really useful thing to listen to, because many of the questions she asks me you will be able to ask yourself."

You can read more at Gala's site and/or listen to the recording below. I hope you find something useful in there for you also!

BBC Radio Essex Interview - Thurs at 11:10am

Just a quickie: I'm being interviewed by BBC Radio Essex tomorrow at 11:10am UK time -  a general raw food interview with presenter Dave Monk.

You can listen live online here or log in up to 24 hours later to listen to the recording. The piece is due to last about 10 minutes.

I'm looking forward to it especially as I am an Essex Girl by birth (sssh!).

[For those of you outside the UK, being described as an Essex Girl is generally not a compliment ; )]

Catch Me On Market Kitchen!

It snuck up on me but apparently I am on Market Kitchen on UKTV Food today between 12:30pm and 1:30pm and on UKTV+1 between 1:30pm and 2:30pm. You can see more and learn more here.

This was the piece I filmed in December with Tom Parker Bowles (yes, Camilla's boy) and Matt Tebbutt. It was good fun and I made three smoothies - Maca Milk, Liquid Toffee and Green Smoothie (all of the recipes are on their web site). I think it went well - I have yet to see it and don't have Sky so won't for a while - they did like the recipes, we got along really well and it was a joy to do. I would love to do some more again soon as I just love doing the TV stuff (did you hear that, Universe?!).

Here's some stills from the filming which an assistant kindly took for me... Just click on any picture to see it larger size

   

I Am Healthy Radio - Special Internet Event This Sunday

Hot on the heels of Raw Summit 2, comes yet another fascinating series of interviews and raw food education on the Internet.

Some of you may already have heard of I Am Healthy Radio or perhaps "Recipes For Life" which is a show within the station and is the brainchild of Dorit, one of the raw food communities most pro-active members and founder of the Raw Foods Film Festival and Serenity Spaces web site.

Having met Dorit (left) at Raw Spirit in October and for the first time, we had an instant great connection and she kindly invited me to be part of an exciting panel discussion program which includes some of the leaders in the wellness and healing world including: Cherie Soria, Christina Pirello, Diana Store, Dr. Brian Clement, David and Katrina Rainoshek, Dr. David Wong, Dr. Doug Graham, Elyse Nuff, Irisha Pomerantzeff, Jill Swyers, Jim Carey, Justin Schmidt, Mark (Dr. Tea) Ukra, Mark Perlmutter (Co-creator of Raw Summit), Michael Saiber (E3 Live), Mike Anderson, Niedra Gabriel, Nomi Shannon, Rhio, Ricardo Riskalla, Roman Devivo, Selina Delangre, Shauna Verkade, Tamera Campbell and Victoria Boutenko. Phew! What a great bunch :)

The program I took part in was really high energy with some truly amazing info being shared. It was a very powerful meeting of minds and I hope you will tune in to hear it!

All shows which form this great event have already been recorded and they will be broadcast internationally this Sunday, December 2, to usher in the Holiday celebration for conscious nutrition and for our health, in general. Mike Adams of NewsTarget.com will be a special guest.

The topics that will be covered in this program range from nutrition for healing and optimal health to herbal remedies, addressing emotions and eating, raw vegan or not. As well as the use of salt, issues and complications with dehydration, a wellness approach to cancer and diabetes and many other pertinent issues that we face as we search for vibrant health.

This event (which is actually a combination of three panel discussions) will be available as a one-time only marathon broadcast of a new show called "Recipes For Life" with Dorit, and I highly recommend that you take full advantage of this special one time listening opportunity and listen to these incredible panelists.

From what I had personally experienced by being in the panel, there is a tremendous wealth of information shared by these leaders from the conscious nutrition community.

This exciting show starts Sunday, so I recommend you check it out now before you forget, as it really is going to be something else!

Find out all about it here

Sunday Telegraph | Stella Magazine ~ Sunday 18 November 2007

So the 4-page "Food Diaries" feature was published in Stella magazine today. (Stella magazine is a free full-colour glossy magazine supplement that comes shrinkwrapped with the Sunday Telegraph. The readership for the ST is estimated to be 1,880,000 - Yes, nearly 2 million readers!)

You may recall that I had the interview and photo shoot done for this some weeks ago, and it was a lot of fun. However, I was semi-dreading the nutritionist's "analysis" as I know that all nutritionists are not created equal, and some are more raw-friendly than others. So it was with some trepidation that I logged on to their web site this morning to see her interpretation of what I eat...

Pear Magazine

Have you heard of Pear magazine?

It's an online monthly production (all-online) courtesy of Jinjee Talifero of www.thegardendiet.com and her Team - and it's now 2 years old!

This issue, September 2007, there's a fairly extensive interview with myself, part 2 of an interview with fellow Brit and the very lovely Angela Stokes and also another full-length interview with the wonderful Heidi and Justin Ohlander of Raw Food Right Now.

And that's not to mention a TON of other stuff!

Here's the blurb about what I am talking about in my interview...

Also in this issue we chat with dynamo Karen Knowler, The Raw Food Coach, and founder of Successfully Raw eZine in the UK. Karen talks about taking a balanced approach to diet for her child, her pregnancy and childbirthing. My favorite part of the interview was learning the questions Karen asks herself on paper when she sits down to start her work day, and how to do a mid-day check-in with yourself giving thanks for all the great things that have happened so far in your day.

There's SO much more to read, but it's really best if I simply send you off in the right direction, so click here to take a look!