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Kathy Freston
Kathy Freston, a health and wellness expert, is a New York Times best-selling author. Maybe you’ve heard of her book Quantum Wellness: A Practical and Spiritual Guide to Health and Happiness. In O Magazine, Oprah Winfrey wrote, “Kathy Freston struck a nerve for me by speaking of a higher level of awareness, what she calls ‘spiritual integrity’…Kathy cautions that the way to full consciousness isn’t to give up every poor choice at once. She says, ‘Lean into it. Don’t try to break a lifetime of bad habits overnight.’ I’m leaning.”
Kathy promotes a body/mind/spirit approach to health and happiness that includes a concentration on healthy diet, emotional introspection, spiritual practice, and loving relationships, among other tenets. Her work is focused on providing guidance for conscious and healthy living in our increasingly busy world. Kathy continually cites the proven value of “leaning into” change and the benefits of “progress, not perfection.”
Kathy focuses most of her work on the personal and far ranging positive effects of eating vegetarian. She was raised outside of Atlanta, GA and loved nothing more than chicken fried steak and collards with ham hocks. Now she touts leaning into a diet of whole grains, lentils, beans, veggie proteins, fruits and vegetables. She labels herself a "veganist" - someone who eats veggies for health, the environment, and for a sense of values or ethics. When she has down time Kathy curls up on the coach reading a favorite book and eating a bowl of Larry's Coconut Bliss Ice Crème, its soy, dairy and gluten free.) Right now she’s reading the galley of Jonathan Safran Foer's new book Eating Animals – and says “it's superbly written!”
You are you so lucky because you can sign up to see Kathy in person!! Los Angeles Times Magazine will host Conversations on Health and Wellness, a day devoted to mental and physical fitness, on Saturday, Oct. 10 at the Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes. Sheryl Crow will give the keynote. There are other amazing speakers on the list!! Activities such as meditation, yoga, massage, beauty treatments and a sampling of products are included. Breakfast, lunch and a gift bag ($200 value) are included with ticket purchase. Tickets are $125. For complete details and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.latimesmagazine.com/events. Amazing, I am so there!!
