Kris Carr Quotes
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There's a great metaphor that one of my doctors uses: If a fish is swimming in a dirty tank and it gets sick, do you take it to the vet and amputate the fin? No, you clean the water. So, I cleaned up my system. By eating organic raw greens, nuts and healthy fats, I am flooding my body with enzymes, vitamins and oxygen.
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Change your plate. Change your fate.
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Don't shrink to meet the expectations of others, grow to become the person you want to be.
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Above all, cancer is a spiritual practice that teaches me about faith and resilience.
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Learn how to cope, sweet friend. There will always be dark days ahead.
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Although Grandma's passion had led me to the power of food, not all of her recipes were healthy. I kept her gusto and the love that she put into her cuisine but ditched the ingredients that bought her a one-way ticket to arthritis, diverticulitis and a host of other inflammatory conditions. I also ditched my own addictions and compulsions around food, especially sugar.
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When we truly embrace acceptance, that's when our body exhales and can begin healing.
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Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?
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I am so frickin' cool and delicious and pretty and witty and sharp! I love every inch of me! Who wouldn't?
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Dinner is where the magic happens in the kitchen.
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While I may never be in remission from cancer, I am currently in remission from an unhealthy relationship to food.
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Whether you're reaching for one of your favorite cookbooks or just winging it, do your best to keep a well-stocked arsenal of healthy ingredients at your disposal. At the very least, you'll always be ready to whip up a green juice or smoothie.
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At one of my lowest points, sugar had a painful grip on me. I'd buy/binge and then beat myself up over my behavior.
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Processed foods cause inflammation, a source of most chronic illnesses as well as stress.
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I'm a leftover junkie.
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I cherish my work and all of my readers.
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Quite literally, your gut is the epicenter of your mental and physical health. If you want better immunity, efficient digestion, improved clarity and balance, focus on rebuilding your gut health
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How can you begin to uncover whether gluten sensitivity is causing some of your health issues? Symptoms occur shortly after eating gluten and improve or disappear within hours or days after gluten is withdrawn. Symptoms return again if gluten is reintroduced.
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My mom always said I liked to stir the pot with a glittering spoon.
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If I had my dream, we'd all be eating more plants and less garbage.
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Love is healing. Love is comforting. Love is holy. Food can be all those things, too.
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If I let a blue mood run rampant, before I know it I'm obsessing about the color of the satin lining in my coffin - will it match my dress? That's when I feel like Alice in Cancerland falling down the rabbit hole and just have to stop.
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Cancer' is such a frightening word.
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Make peace with guilt. Guilt is a poisonous illusion. Many languages don't even have a word for guilt.
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The fact is, we need help, and we need each other.
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The only time you can change someone is when they are in diapers.
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When we accept ourselves exactly as we are, in exactly this moment, we shift from living for tomorrow to appreciating today.
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Find your bliss and your joy, know that you are a white light disco ball with no ceilings and no limitations.
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Direct your mind where you want it to travel instead of always going for the ride.
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There's no need to wait for the bad things and bullshit to be over. Change now. Love now. Live now. Don't wait for people to give you permission to live, because they won't.
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