Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day: Spicy zucchini, garlic & raw parmesan cheese soup recipe
When we were recently asked to get involved in Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution Day, we just knew we couldn’t say no! We adore Jamie and the message he brings to the world through his light-hearted approach to food, his constant encouragement to enjoy spending more time in the kitchen (and even grow our own ingredients) [...]
The reasons I’m not a size 6, despite my squeaky clean diet
For many years, I struggled with my weight. If I wasn’t starving and depriving myself on one of the many strict diets I forced upon myself so I could be a size 8; then I was overindulging, eating everything in sight and battling to squeeze into my size 14 jeans. I yoyo’d for years, I [...]
Raw chewy choc-mint brownies recipe + 5 herbal teas to start drinking now
How are you on this fine Friday? Fabulous I hope! We are quite busy….. whoah!!! Actually – back it up, back it up. I’m not overly fond of the response “I’m busy”, so what I am going to say instead is – wowzers… lots going on over here in our corner of the world. All [...]
How to Heal Your Teeth Naturally
By Curtis Aiken. March marked a very special two year anniversary for me, one in which you may well be interested in. I have had relatively healthy teeth all of my life, without having received a single filling in my adult teeth until about 7 years ago, back when my diet and lifestyle left a [...]
5 ways you can go from crappy to happy
I am usually quite a happy person and it’s something I’m asked often… how it is that I am so happy and smiley so often. To be honest with you, I am not happy and smiley ALL of the time. I am human after all… and I, much like everyone else have ‘those days’ every [...]
Three onion quinoa risotto + a FREE guide to healthy living in Perth
My journey to abundant health began when I was living in Perth, Western Australia. I found that when I first started out and exploring the world of healthy living, I spent a large portion of my time googling “where to find organic food” and “healthy raw/vegetarian restaurants”. Google is fabulous, but if you’re anything like [...]
When life feels worse than Chinese water torture… + A FREE MEDITATION
Do you ever feel like you are all alone with your challenges, as though even if God is listening He isn’t responding? Robbie Williams has a great line in his song ‘Feel’ that sums this up nicely: “I sit and talk to God, and he just laughs at my plans” When life feels worse than [...]
Feel the fear and do it anyway – our skydiving adventure video
April 26 2013 marked 5 years of being happily married and to celebrate in a typical Aiken way, we decided to do something romantic… yeah right! We wanted to get outside of our comfort zone and do something a little crazy, so we held a mini poll on our Facebook page asking you – our [...]
Raw layered carrot n goji cake recipe + 10 ways to eat more raw
I’m going to let you in on a bit of a secret… I don’t condone consuming a diet of only raw food. EEEK… crazy right? No way, not at all. Depending on where you live in the world, the season you are currently in, and your body type, it may not actually be right for [...]
Why I gave up $100k for a life of uncertainty
I will never forget the declaration I made in 2006 just 6 months before we left our tiny CBD apartment in Melbourne that we adored so much… “I will never live in my hometown ever again… not for anything!”. There may have even been a foot stomping in there – I was pretty damn serious. [...]
Food, smoking, alcohol, drugs? How to overcome your addictions
By Curtis Aiken. If you have experienced amazing health and energy you will know that these feelings are a far more enjoyable way to live than feeling crappy. Yet for some reason, when you saw the title of this article you thought to yourself, “what’s this geezer got to say, then? I’ve got a habit [...]
Almond Butter Banana Smoothie Recipe + 5 reasons to drink smoothies
You may know by now (and especially if you follow me on instagram) that I am a HUGE fan of smoothies. Back when I was working full time and attempting to fit my life in and around my job/travelling to and from the CBD, smoothies were my saviour, they were my lifeline… I relied on [...]
