When it comes to health, people often feel discouraged. Individuals struggle with “getting healthy” more than anything else. The reason is because our society literally feeds unhealthy habits–physically, mentally, and even spiritually. Everyone struggles at one point to reach a point of happiness with their health, and some may never even feel uplifted physically. Because I want everyone to feel the healthful joy that I feel, I have created a new video this week focused on “Overcoming Struggles Going Raw.” I am dedicated to not only bring healthy happiness to our community, but also to inspire you to take your health to a new level to be as FullyRaw as possible. I want you to feel Fully Confident in your body and to thrive eating as many gorgeous and living colorful foods as possible!
Everyone always sees the absolutely amazing benefits of adapting a raw foods lifestyle; however, few address the initial transition and the detox that takes place. This scary transition is often what causes individuals to give up quickly. You CAN make it through to achieve better health! This video outlines 3 things that you must remember on any health journey! Everyone knows someone who needs to hear this message. I request that you please forward this email to them. Imagine if everyone heard this message! Imagine the societal impact!
Our boxes this week are filled with fresh ingredients to create masterpieces for your families! Order your box from ROC, or see what’s in the shares! I posted tons of new recipes in honor of Valentine’s Day last week, and you can see those recipes in our Rawfully Organic Recipe Archive. You can also watch the Valentine’s Day Beeting Heart Date Recipe Video! This week’s new Carrot Apple Beet Salad is shown below!
For those who haven’t heard, my new website FullyRaw is dedicated to inspire and motivate you to be as healthy as you can be! Please visit it, follow it on facebook for daily inspirations, check for classes, and even watch for new videos! I’m here to show you raw-self-love!
As for Rawfully Organic, you can always check out our recipes, videos page, events page, and “like” our facebook page to keep up to date on co-op news! I also invite you to friend me (Kristina)! For more inspiration, please see my blog!
I hope that you all see how inspired I am to inspire YOU. I want nothing more than to “feed” you knowledge, love, and support to be as healthy as possible. When you feel good, the world feels uplifted! Hope to see you all this week at co-op!
Hugs!
Kristina
I am always dancing in my kitchen and preparing gorgeous rawness! A friend and I thought it would be hilarious if I made an ethnic salad celebrating my Lebanese & Ecuadorian culture while dancing! Everyone loves music, and everyone WANTS to dance whether they admit it or not! Therefore, I have just uploaded a new YouTube called 
The world is changing for the better, and everyone is trying to be GREEN and follow through with their New Year’s resolutions. Now is the time where you begin to see everyone “fall off the healthy wagon.” Are you one of those people, or can you keep motivated to truly achieve the place of health satisfaction that you want to reach? We as a co-op community this week want to focus on keeping motivated to make our resolutions integrate into our lifestyle so that being healthy is as easy as breathing, laughing, and hugging! We will be posting 
Before you grab that pastry, coffee, or fast food, ask yourself: why did I resolute to be healthy? Why did I want to make the choice to FEEL BETTER? The answer is most likely that you want to not only feel confident and alive in your skin, but also that you did not feel good after eating so much “junk” over the holidays. Were you eating food or product? Were you consuming “food” or were you stuffing emotions? Where is the root of your motivation? Before you can move forward, you must find this source of inspiration, and you must hold onto that feeling. This yearning in your gut combined with the vision of where you see yourself moves you forward! Time to manifest!
There are a few things to remember before you defeat yourself. Firstly, change takes time. Your body will not magically mystify itself overnight. Make a plan and take this stride one day at a time. Secondly, be patient and compassionate with yourself. You will not do everything perfectly, so come up with some “pick me up” phrases to tell yourself when you feel like you have done something wrong. Ironically enough, there is no wrong on the journey of health as long as you use each experience as a growth opportunity! Thirdly, find a team to support you through this if not partake in the adventure with you! This should be easy seeing that you have a co-op community of over 4700 people who are trying to do the same thing as you! When you pick up your box this week, make a goal to meet 2 new people! This is about the journey and not the destination. Who knows who or what is in store?!
You CAN do this, and there are steps that you can take to keep yourself motivated! Hopefully, this newsletter motivated YOU to keep with your New Year’s resolutions so that you can fly through the year with light, love, confidence, and happiness! Lettuce change this world one happy smile at a time. We only feel vibrant when we feel uplifted and at our healthy best! We have SO many local items coming in, I can’t even name them here, so check our list below! Keep it up everyone! You can order your box by seeing the link below or by 
We all have ONE thing in common this New Year, and I see that EVERYONE wants positive change not only in their lives, but also in the world. More than before, I have seen individuals put forth an effort to do GOOD for others and spread positive thoughts, emails, recommendations, businesses, support, and hugs. In particular, more have made the connection between happiness, eating well, and better health, and we are ALL wishing to share this gift with others! We FEEL the difference in how being healthier makes us feel, and we WANT this joy for everyone who we love. When one has better nutrition and self-confidence, his or her life is more satisfied.
The beginning of the New Year is ALWAYS a great start to begin fresh and create new positive affirmations and habits. Why not? This is the time to envision ALL that you want this year to become and to make it happen. It has been proven that when one actually sets a goal and makes notes of its execution, it is 75% more likely to happen! Last year, I wrote that I wanted to inspire more people to go Raw and to spread this message. I also wrote that I wanted to see more than 300 families coming to co-op each week. Goal GRANTED!
New Year’s goals are overrated because no one ever wants to follow through with them after January. I disagree. I love execution! Discipline is a matter of envisioning proper planning and taking steps. I believe that some goals never happen because people make goals that are too “self-oriented” or not realistic. Ironically, we tend to follow through with goals that are directed towards helping others more than ourselves. So why not HELP OTHERS and in return, help ourselves?
Everyone has heard that in order to change the world, one must first start with himself. “Lettuce” put a spin on this. I have a proposition for ALL of you. This year, make goals to HELP OTHERS. You will find that you reap more from this endeavor than making a million far-fetched goals for yourself. Ironically, helping others to create change motivates us to do even more for ourselves! This is where inspiration begins, and this is where heart happens. In turn, we develop ourselves and we change the world!
People have always said that I inspire. What people do not know about me is that I aim to give. In this, I find inspiration, and this soul purpose touches others. This ripple effect cannot be stopped, and I only wish to spread our message of eating raw fruits and vegetables with the world! One box at a time we can touch not only our physical beings, our mentalities, and our spirits, but also we influence those who surround us and who are enlightened by merely our presence.
If you have no other goals for yourself this year, then make one: to help others find better health. This can be as easy as handing a co-op flyer to a friend or even planting a tree. Find significance in making change for our world. This year, I pledge to help inspire raw health. Who is with me?!
I’ve entitled this week’s email newsletter “Give Life Back in a Box” for the sole purpose that I believe our boxes distribute life. Three times a week, I get to see over 350 families pick up their boxes, overjoyed to get home and bless their bodies and families with colorful goodness. I’ve been so humbled this week to see SO many ask to buy shares for their friends for Christmas because I cannot think of a greater gift to give: LIFE.
As the volunteers prep the boxes at co-op, I consider it to be a very peaceful and exciting time, because it is almost as if we are blessing the boxes to go out to everyone. We are filling them with the blessings of life, and these nutrients will fuel you to function at your highest physical, mental, and possibly spiritual performance. Unlike other foods, these foods “love you back,” essentially and metaphorically. They bring us better physical appeal, make us glow, and even bring us more self confidence. Eating colorful foods brings about a shift in confidence, mental clarity, and happiness. Yes, eating fruits and vegetables makes you feel happier! They are a gift, and the gift they reap is LIFE.
Love yourself this holiday season by giving your body the gift of life. Eat your box, eat your fruits and veggies, and eat them raw. When you love yourself, you love others and everyone around you. I truly do love you all from the fruitiness of my heart, and for this reason, I run this co-op as a labor of love. Thank you for making it the most loving, accepting, safe, and special place for so many. I cannot wait to share this holiday season with you! Besides the food, you all are my gifts! 
Some exciting news about this week is that we were featured on ABC Channel 13 LiveWell Network Deals this past Saturday morning! How cool! A special thanks goes to Kat Cosley and ABC 13 for airing us on their show! I will be blasting this video tomorrow!!
I am keeping this newsletter rather short since we are featuring two new exciting videos! Next week, I am already excited to talk about “Giving Life Back in a Box” as a gift of love this season. I have been opening my heart up more and more lately while running and while doing yoga, and it has been on my heart for weeks to write this newsletter. I hope that you look forward to reading it!
I hope to see you ALL at co-op this week! Everyone was back from Thanksgiving vacations this week, and the energy at co-op is SO amazing when everyone is there interacting and sharing a piece of their passions and hearts. My heart opens up more and more with each box that goes out. I love spending time with each of you! Thank you for making the time and effort to be a part of this co-op, and thank you for loving it as much as I do.