As many of you know I was super proud that Meal Planning Your Way was a sponsor of the event “An Evening with Peter Walsh” featuring Oprah’s Organising Guru. Joining Peter Walsh for this evening was Barry DuBois, Master Builder/ design aficionado from Channel 10’s The Living Room and Robin Bailey from 97.3fm as MC. WOW – what a privilege to meet and work with Peter, Barry and Robin!
What I loved most about Peter and Barry’s down to earth approach was their ability to truly listen to what was going on for people in the Q&A component. They offered real and amazing solutions that supported what people were facing in that moment.
I enjoyed hearing both Peter and Barry talk about how our spaces need to support our life – for today. To live our best life we have to get clear on the vision we have. Peter spoke about this at length – simple things like having the dining room and kitchen clear were paramount to eating well and living well.
If we know our vision is “a healthy and happy family” we HAVE to do things that support this. If not we WON’T achieve it!
Peter challenged us to ask ourselves what do you want FROM the space? So for example what do you want FROM your kitchen? What do you want FROM your dining room? You need to dig deep for your answers. What is it you truly want – is it connected family time, conversations, happy and healthy family? Whatever it is you have to ask – does what I have in this space support our vision? How healthy can you make those meals if you have sporting gear and school notes in an already cluttered kitchen?
Peter Walsh encouraged us to focus on making small changes.
Doing little things at a time – like setting a timer for 10 minutes then ‘hunting’ with the family for Trash (using one garbage bag) and Donations (using another). Get everyone involved and by the end of the week you have at least 5 or 25 bags of things GONE!
The simplicity of doing one thing on a regular basis really spoke to me as that is what I encourage through our food additive talks (click here for dates)
If you’re trying to do everything in one hit – like decluttering your pantry for additives all in one hit it is HARD! If you’re making the change you can easily do it bit by bit. This is something I really go into detail about in our online program. The focus is getting you organised for meal planning and low additive eating in a sustainable way (click here for more info).
And if it wasn’t enough to see Peter again and meet Barry – it was so fantastic to see so many Meal Planning Your Way fans there and organising bloggers at the event too – including the wonderful Kat from The Organised Housewife. She really is so lovely and I can’t wait to catch up with her again!
What was even better? We supported a great charity – Dress for Success (Brisbane) who help women get back into the workforce who have been out of work for a host of reasons.
Now it’s over to you! What little things can you do to achieve the vision you have for you and your families health? I’d love to hear it in the comments box below?
If you’re stuck – be sure to get along to a food additives talk and check out our online Meal Planning Program.
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