Still room in Mondo Beyondo*

Mati Rose, her Mondo Beyondo dream is about abundance, Oregon, Canon Digital Rebel XSi

A bunch of folks have been emailing me today asking if there is still time to register for the current Mondo Beyondo course. There is! We started this week with "Week Zero" to have a gentle introduction to the mindset and concepts behind Mondo Beyondo. We will start in earnest next Tuesday (after Labor Day)!

We would love to have you!!

You Will Always Look Pretty

on the bathroom mirror, Portland, Oregon, Canon Digital Rebel XSi

Dream lab for Fall

Jen and I had no plans for Dream Lab Fall 2010, but over the last few weeks we’ve noticed that our conversations are drifting more and more towards the power of courage, gratitude and community.

Courage. What if you knew you could be brave, right here, right now?
Gratitude. What if you believed deep down you already have everything you need?
Tribe. What if you didn’t have to do it alone?

We’re wondering if you would be interested in a Dream Lab course for Fall that focused on these three themes. Some elements of the Lab would be the same–how can we do Dream Lab without our Love Letters, for example? But we’d introduce some new features–like weekly dares, a special day for rituals as well as a shared space for community conversation and connection.

Please send us a big YES! in the subject line to hello@mondobeyondo.org or comment below if you would be interested in a lab like this this Fall.

belly polaroids*

belly polaroids, Manzanita, Oregon, photos by Andrea Jenkins (Hula Seventy) Canon Digital Rebel XSi

Delighted to see these polaroids of my belly that Hula Seventy took when we were in Oregon last month. She is a master with that SX-70!

In other news, really excited about all the people enrolling in the August 30th Mondo Beyondo course! We are going to have some fabulous new interviews interviews this time around with Danielle La Porte, Gluten Free Girl, Kelly Rae Roberts, Cami Walker and more... !

goin' granola*

granola, berkeley, CA, Canon Digital Rebel XSi

I suppose it's official. I'm a card-carrying member of Berkeley now. Just made my first batch of homemade granola! (Thanks for inspiring me Rachel Cole! She made me the best granola of my life)

Update: Since so many of you asked, here is the recipe! (Thanks again Rachel!) It's sketchy and imprecise, because well, that's the fun of it. You can put almost anything you like into it beyond the oats. Just check out the bin food section of your grocery store and see what looks good.

This is what I put in mine:
oats
sunflower seeds
pumpkin seeds
raw almonds
coconut shavings (big pieces, not the shredded kind)
(other options could be walnuts, dried fruit, flax seeds, etc.)

Preheat the oven to 350 or 375 degrees and when it's hot, start toasting each item separately in the oven. That's the real trick. Since they all have different cooking times, it's helpful to toast each thing on a cookie sheet one at a time and keep adding them to a big bowl. (For example, the coconut took no time at all to get golden brown while the oats took the longest)

For the oats, I put several pats of butter in there and a a few sprinkles of sea salt.

Just keep checking on your cookie sheet and shuffling them around with a spatula to get them to toast evenly.

*My big complaint about store-bought granola and muesli is that they are WAY too sweet. And in the case of granola, too crunchy as well. This brew has no sugar, so for a bit of sweetness, I like to eat mine with some vanilla soy (or almond milk) or yogurt with some honey. (You can also put a bit of honey on the almonds as you toast them for extra yumminess)

Bon Appetit!