I can’t believe it has been months since I posted here. Life has been busy and warm and beautiful. I have been working with clients, making a lot of art and the Herb Bar has been humming along too. On a most exciting note - in a few days I will be 2 years sober. Lately I’ve been feeling more and more like who I thought I would grow up to be… and feeling a little bit like the kid I didn’t really allow myself to be because I was too busy trying to grow up at break neck speed. That is to say I feel as much at peace as I do at play. It is a balance I couldn’t have thought to shoot for.
With the big, beautiful accomplishment of 2 years sober on the horizon I have been thinking about what else is ahead. What do I want to contribute to this world? All I really feel called to do is help others who want to find peace in their own lives, bodies and minds AND make more art. These are the things that make me feel like I am fully showing up here on planet earth.
I’ve spent the past month (or more) clearing the path for these things to become the focus in my life. I built a website for my coaching practice and I started shifting this blog into a portfolio for my art. As I was moving things around on here I began scrolling back over all the meals I posted there and decided that it is time for me to write a cookbook!
The idea is Recipes for Recovery, complete with nutritional factoids, philosophical stylings and a pinch of spiritual salt, if you will. It is already in the works and I am really very excited about it! I started a Patreon page for the project. I am posting weekly, seasonal recipes that support ones physical and mental health in sobriety and beyond. Some posts are written blog style with photographs. Others come with how to videos, which has given me a chance to brush up on my camera skills and even implement the animation skills I’ve been teaching myself.
I would be so touched and honored if you would take a moment and support me in what’s next and there are a few different ways you could go about doing that.
For starters - sharing savoringsobriety.com and/or the Patreon page with anyone you know who is in recovery and could benefit from knowing more about the role nutrition plays in the process would be so incredibly helpful. Becoming a Patron yourself would thrill me to no end. OR you could support my next moves by purchasing a piece of my art or commissioning me to illustrate or animate something for you, your band, your company, etc.
It would legit mean the world to me.
I will return to posting here again on a more personal note. Less about food and more about life, human nature, creativity, spirituality & a there will probably be some pop music in there too.
For old times sake..
Breakfast: cashew yogurt with bloobs, strawberries, walnuts & hemp hearts.