In the third installment of the LightMAYker series, I’m sharing with you a truth bomb from my favorite A Course in Miracles teacher, Marianne Williamson, on why there is no grey area when it comes to fear and love. It hit me hard last night that there is no such thing as a little fear, we are either in love, trust, Reality or we are in fear, anxiety and illusion. It’s a great reminder to be more disciplined about our thoughts and more conscious about filling ourselves with love and light so that darkness has a harder time slipping through the cracks!
Let me know if this video hit home for you! What areas of your life have you allow a little fear to creep in? How are you committed to shifting it?
In today’s LightMAYker video I talk about getting clear on your commitments and how it can shift your actions and therefore your life. SO often we go through life with out being conscious of what we are committed to on a daily basis and therefore are unconsciously committing to thing we do NOT want to create in our lives. Give it a watch and let me know what you are ready to consciously commit to in your life!
In this video, not only am I kicking off ‘video every day in May’ but I’m also letting you in on something that eludes many people. Why do certain behaviors from people in our lives literally drive us up a wall? Have you ever dated someone, had a close friend or even a family member that had a particular habit or behavioral pattern that drove you crazy? Well in this video, I let you in on something that has been triggering me for years and how I finally uncovered the truth beneath it.
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Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of working with numerous mentors, watching countless inspirational talks from some of the most successful people of our time and of course, following my own intuition — I can’t say how often the subject “saying NO” has popped up. It’s the number one productivity tip of some of the most successful people I know and I wanted to share it with you or give you a loving reminder if you have heard this before. The trick to creating the things you want to in the world, the key to being successful and quite frankly, a valuable tool for staying sane and taking care of yourself while at it, is knowing when to say no. Watch the video and let me know what you think in the comments below!
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Hey loves! I teamed up with Thrive Market to share with you some of my favorite gluten free recipes and these chocolate chip cookies certainly top the list! I loving call these healthy nutella cookies because I made them with both chocolate chips and slivers of hazelnut – two of the main flavors in the beloved nutella spread. However, these delicious cookies are actually vegan (dairy free), sugar free AND gluten free, which make them pretty darn magical on the spectrum of sweet treats! Whip them up for yourself at home and let me know what you think! Tag us on your posts @cassandrabodzak, @thrivemkt and #eatwithintention!
Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Hazelnut Heaven Cookies
Yield: 18 to 24 cookies
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
1 ½ cups gluten-free oat bran
½ cup hazelnuts, chopped
½ cup vegan chocolate chips
2 tablespoon of cashew butter
2 tablespoon of flax oil or coconut oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 flax “eggs”
1 large ripe banana
For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Combine all ingredients together into a large bowl, mixing thoroughly until batter thickens and is completely moistened. Place 1 1/2-inch balls of batter 1 inch apart on baking sheet and lightly press down on each with your palm.
Bake 7 to 10 minutes, until golden on the outside edges. Allow to cool, then enjoy with a glass of almond milk.
This guided meditation for setting intentions has been a favorite amongst my clients and friends for a while now so I thought it only fitting to share it with everyone! You can use this meditation any time you are ready for a fresh start. It’s always a great idea to do a guided meditation for setting intentions on a New Moon, New Year, or anytime you are ready for a new beginning. Give it a go and let me know about your experience below! If you would like to share some of your intentions with me in the comments below, it would be my pleasure to hold space for them to come to fruition!
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I had a blast sharing some of my favorite gluten free and vegan recipes with Thrive Market recently. These gluten free strawberry banana oatmeal cakes are a great easy vegan recipe to make on Sunday night and have for breakfast all week long. They also make a delicious addition to your weekend brunch, just place them in a bowl with some steamed nut milk and chopped strawberries for a complete upgrade from your average oatmeal!
Strawberry Gluten-Free Baked Oatmeal Cakes
Yield: 6 to 8 servings
Active Time: 15 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients
3 cups gluten-free oats
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon sea salt
2 teaspoon cinnamon
2 “flax eggs” (see below)
¼ cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
½ cup unsweetened applesauce
2 bananas, ripe
½ cup chopped strawberries
For one “flax egg”
1 tablespoon flaxseed meal
3 tablespoons water
Instructions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Make the flax eggs
In small bowl, mix together flaxseed meal and water until combined. Let sit for 5 minutes to come together.
Make the muffins
In medium bowl, stir together dry ingredients. Add wet ingredients and stir until just combined. Distribute batter evenly into muffin tin cups and bake for 10 minutes, or until set.
Serve with almond milk, nuts, fresh fruit, and/or nut butter.
Wow-ee! I just finished the first draft and sent it all in of my first book baby, “Eat with Intention”, which will be a lifestyle guide full of food, meditation and self-care recipes to help you make peace with your body so that you can listen to it’s inner wisdom! The whole book writing experience has been such an epic journey for me. It’s brought up A LOT of “stuff” I didn’t even realize I had running around in my head. One of the most surprising being perfectionism, something I was sure I was immune to.
In this video I open up about the perfectionism that came up for me while writing my recent book and share the tools that helped me overcome perfectionism and finish my book. This video will inspire you to stop getting stuck at the start and realize it’s better for it be done than perfect!
If this is really hitting home for you and you would like to schedule a one on one breakthrough session with me around your business to launch you into action, head on over to https://cassandrabodzak.com/coaching for more info.
So excited to kick off this new series of videos called #dailylight where every day I give you guys a little blast of light every day to help flip your light switch on and help you connect to your truth! Today We chat about the power of committing to kindness to ourselves, others and the planet for 2016.
In this video, I discuss the difference between having the call to RISE and step up to a new level of responsibility and expansiveness in your life and knowing when you need to take some things off your plate. I also re-cap the wonderful well + food fest event I did in NYC with chef Daphne Cheng and the importance of melding the wellness and foodie worlds.
Below are some glimpses of the amazing night that I’m so happy I said “yes!” to. Daphne Cheng and I collaborated on a fun, haute, plant-based menu and the event marked the grand opening of her gorgeous new event space in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Exhibit C. Our intention was to create an evening that celebrated good food, incredible people and the merger of both the fun and the functional side of taking care of yourself and what you put into your body.
I began the evening with a short talk about how it came about and then guided guests in a meditation to get that back in touch with their bodies, releasing any stress or tension they may have been carrying from the week before and centering them in the present and their intention for the food they were about to eat and their whole experience of the evening.
The menu went over very well, but my far away favorite was this truffled cauliflower soup with roasted apples, fresh herbs and wild mushrooms. The entire menu was seasonal and based on Daphne’s farmer market finds as well as both of our personal tastes of the fall.
This was the first event that I both cooked for, hosted and spoke at! My heart was pumping like mad all night but I couldn’t have felt more aligned, full of joy and immensely grateful to be able to share so much of myself and my gifts with everyone who attended. I really sat in this beautiful space of grace while watching the night unfold exactly as it needed to – hiccups and all!
Daphne is the only person I’ve ever collaborated with on this level of menu creation, food prep and event execution and it was such a beautiful melding of both of our passions. I could not have imagined a more cohesive or loving partnership. I feel beyond blessed to have had our paths cross and I’m so excited for what the future will bring for the both of us and more events like this!
Of course, how I could I forget the incredible goodie bags and supportive sponsors we had for the night! All the guests received this wonderful LOVE totes (that are now my go-to farmer’s market bag, BTW) from LeSportsac, cardamon (our spice of the night for dessert) from Frontier Coop, gift cards from RESERVE for dinner, a free week of smoothie delivery from Green Blender and of course my favorite — chakra essential oil roll ons from Aura Cacia!
I’m so grateful to everyone who helped make this event happen. everyone who attended and of course myself for making the choice to rise to this very important occasion. I hope the guidance in the video resonates with you and helps you navigate the opportunities in your life with more ease and grace. Please comment below and let me know what comes up for you!
Welcome to Eat with Intention TV, a show dedicated to teaching you how to fuel your your body and nourish your soul through food, meditation and self care so that you have the energy and the tools to create a life that lights you up! In this first episode, we dive right in to my five steps to begin to start eating with intention so you can become more mindful about your eating today!
I am beyond excited to share this new project with you, it has been a labor of love every inch of the way. Ever since The Taste, I have thought about having a cooking show, however, the kind of cooking show I was determined to have wasn’t something that many producers were willing to put on air. For me, the food conversation goes way beyond me showing you how to make a quick, delicious recipe on camera, it’s about your relationship with food and your body, it’s a conversation of self-love. With “Eat with Intention TV” we strive to ignite a conversation around food and offer an inspiring dialogue for you to begin a journey towards a more holistic way of living. Some episodes will have full blown recipes, others with be demystifying certain ingredients and they’ll be a few like this first one where just zero in on an important topic in the transformation around how you relate to food. I hope you’ll join us each Wednesday and let’s go on this journey together!
In this video I take you through my latest obsession – OIL PULLING!! I also share with you my favorite new coconut oil brand, Zuddha Organic! Believe me when I say that I literally felt like I stumbled upon a diamond in the desert when my girl friend introduced me to her friend Tyson Adams, the co-founder of Zuddha and I heard all about their mission and commitment to making the highest quality coconut oil possible. Check out the video and if you’re inspired to, head on over to Zuddha’s indie gogo page and show them some love! I’m so in love with the quality of coconut oil they are putting out and I can not wait for it to be available in my local health food store.
Can you guess how much I backed their campaign for? hint hint..it’s an angel number. 😉
