Posts by Molly Patrick
Announcing Recipe Vault Access in Clean Food Dirty Girl
No matter its size or shape, the human body is a beautiful, miraculous, stunning, complex, highly intelligent organism made up of trillions of cells. TRILLIONS of cells. ???? My brain doesn’t know what to do with that information. It’s like when I visited the Musée de Cluny, the medieval museum in Paris, and saw a…
Read MoreMy Plant Based France Adventure: Part One
I’ve been to Europe several times and France has always seemed like the kind of place I would have stopped and explored at some point. But surprisingly, I’ve never been before. This all changed in March of this year when I decided to do a plant based tour of Paris. My girlfriend is Parisian and…
Read MoreSix Things That Helped Me Get and Stay Sober
I knew I was finally ready to get and stay sober when I felt an exhaustion so deep that it was beyond physical. It was an emotional and spiritual depletion that left me feeling so weak that it was hard to make it through a normal day. If an average day was hard to get…
Read More21-Day Dry Challenge Guided Meditation
Getting Through a Craving Without Acting on It Meditation
A Simple Method to Quit Sugar
We all know processed sugar isn’t great for our bodies, but many struggle to go without it. This isn’t surprising, considering it’s addictive, expected in social gatherings, and widely available. Whether your sweet fix is ice cream, candy, or soda, refined sugar can be beeeeee-yatch to quit. I’m not saying you should quit sugar because that…
Read MoreAmanda’s Story of Cancer Remission and a Plant Based Diet
Is a plant-based diet good for cancer patients? I sat down with Clean Food Dirty Girl member Amanda Meuleners to hear her story of cancer remission and a plant-based diet. Amanda was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in 2017 at the age of 34. The diagnosis was a huge surprise, as was the news that…
Read MoreHow My 79-Year-Old Mom Became Our Gardener
Well, it’s happened. My 79-year-old mom is our new gardener. She lives in a condo without much garden space, and she’s been wanting to get her hands in the dirt. We have some outside areas at our house that need some love, so we offered to pay her to help. She said, “Yes! I will…
Read MoreWhen We Let Our Wants Guide Our Food Choices
I used to drink way more than is healthy for one human. When I was finally ready to make a change, I decided to never put alcohol in my mouth again. I’ve done this for over seven years, and it’s worked beautifully. I don’t have to think about whether to drink or how much. That…
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