This week’s Spectacular guest is my mate Amber.
I am always blown away by her down to earth approach to health. At 23, Amber is already moving towards her goal of inspiring the population to give a damn. She has 2 years of Naturopathy under her belt, written an online program called ‘Simply Eat’ and just recently graduated from Kim Morrison’s HLE programme. On top of these merits, she is one of the kindest, and most generous humans I know!
Meet Amber …
Its almost hard to believe that they are utterly nourishing.
Okay, you got me. Maybe it’s not that hard.
After all, real food is delicious. Especially when prepared in snazzy, pancake-like ways.
In the book Gut and Psychology Syndrome by Dr Natasha Campbell McBride, there is no specific pancake recipe. She just says to make them out of vegetables (pumpkin, zucchini, marrow or squash), eggs and nut butter and to cook them in plenty of fat. I simply used my intuition with quantities and came up with a batter that works uber-well. Synchronicity at it’s finest.
This recipe doesn’t include nut butter because I was curious if you could leave it out and still get a ridgy dodge pancake dream. You can.
Your welcome to all my nut-sensitive friends, this one is for you.
But enough chatter. I know you only stopped by for the recipe.
And there you go; orgasmic, crispy, buttery pancakes that taste like cinnamon donuts if you really use your imagination.
Happy flipping everyone. Pancakes, not the bird. Unless your dinner guests are rude and in need of sign language.
Does anyone ever get that ‘too good to be true’ feeling? You know, that sensation where everything feels utterly dreamy. You only see happy outcomes ahead, that is, until you begin to question and second guess.
I’ve definitely had these whispers before. In fact, the better my life gets, the more I seem tempted to question why.
Until now that it!
I didn’t quite wet myself (but I did come close) when I accompanied my friend Amber to her Chiropractic appointment last Saturday and as we entered the reception area I caught my first (in-the-flesh) glimpse of poo-revearing rockstar, Damian Kristof.
Damo is co-founder of the Wellness Couch with Marcus Pearce, co-host of podcast The Wellness Guys and co-host of podcast 100 not out (again with Marcus Pearce – get a room you two, honestly .. what’s that, it’s called your recording studio. My bad, as you were).
He is also a dedicated naturopath and chiropracter based in Melbourne. He even has his own cereal line called Forage which is putting mainstream cereal companies to absolute shame.
Meet Damo …
Are you guilty of being a bit intense, full-on and irritatingly passionate about wellness?
Rather like I assume this child is!
Marcus Pearce is co-founder of podcast channel The Wellness Couch, creator of The Exceptional Life Blueprint, co-host of the whimsical weekly podcast 100 not out, (with Damian Kristoff), has a profound enthusiasm for life and an infectiously happy attitude.
Meet Marcus …
This is the first of a new blog series: Spectacular Soul Saturday. Each week I’ll ask ‘everyday heroes’ for wise tidbits on how to live a glorious life. I doubt I’ll keep this up forever, but for the next little while I’ve got some groovy spud muffins to share with y’all.
I myself am a sucker for Q & A’s, so to kick-start things I’ve interviewed myself*. I’m humble and private like that.
Keep it real Sonny Jims, and have a fan-bloody-tabulous Saturday!
*Update 2018: I have re-jigged my responses to reflect the person I’ve grown into. I needed a bucket when I read my 18-year-old self’s answers. Cute, but cliched and NOT fun. The humour and candid bowel-health promotion was missing, so I rectified things a little.
Yes, the title of this blog post does have some questionable connotations, and whilst my tartish mind can’t help but wander to visualising tight lycra and sexy aerobic moves as I read it, I can assure you that all we are talking about today is functional movement. Come to think of it, that sounds suggestive too. Maybe I should just get to the main point before things get too exciting.
Today I really want to write about exercise, specifically why it is NOT something to be dreaded!
Happiness,
For me happiness is a massive belly laugh with my dear amigos or Mamma Bear. It’s a refreshing dip in the ocean. It’s when my morning smoothie is particularly on point. It’s straight after a large and completely satisfying morning dump.
Like many of my more philosophical articles, this post isn’t based on research or anyone else’s truth but my own, but I think I’ve got a pretty relatable insight so please stay with me.
