I really enjoyed seeing many of you on Saturday for our Shorewood, WI Shop, Stop, and Restore.  Our massage therapist, Kristie, was busy all day providing chair massages and Pamela, with Nevaeh Medispa gave microderm abrasion demos to numerous delighted women.  Our gluten-free cookies that Jean lovingly prepared were a hit!  And one lucky winner received a free acupuncture treatment.

Personally, though, after a year of stress and occasional (am I being honest?) bad eating, my liver and gallbladder were crying out for a break.  I chose this week to do a juice fast (apple, grapefruit and the occasional carrot, beet, celery) followed by a full-on liver/gallbladder cleanse.  You know, the one that has one drinking 8 oz of olive oil mixed with lemon or grapefruit juice.  After years of doing this cleanse twice a year, I now had (I thought) successfully avoided it for a few years.  I mean, I’m a naturopath.  I know what to eat, what supplements to take.  I’m an herbalist and I take all the right Chinese herbs for whatever condition I might be having.  Right.  Not so much.

My fears were unfounded.  I sailed through the week of just juicing and pretty much sailed through the night of olive oil (well, there was a bit of discomfort)…and I now feel better than I have in at least a year or three.  My energy is good.  My sleep is great (it was NOT good).  And I lost 7 pounds.  Bonus.  Holiday celebrating.  Bring it on!  (all in moderation).  I feel like a new person.  And I am.  With a newly cleaned out liver and gall bladder.

I’ll be ready to do another liver cleanse in the spring.  Anyone in the greater Milwaukee area with me?