Empowerment through Cooking
Apr 11, 2011 10:26PM
● By
Harriet Graylin
In recent times many of us have had to deal with colossal disappointments in the form of personal, political, economic, and even ecological disasters. This has caused many of us to feel a loss of control and a feeling of absolute powerlessness in our personal lives. Who could possibly imagine that cooking – slaving over a hot stove – could be a source of empowerment? How absurd! Yet, given some thought, it really is a true expression of freedom of choice, which in itself is power. Imagine having the freedom to choose health over illness; to choose nutritious whole foods over the addictive processed foods. The freedom to feel a sense of accomplishment when making a healthy meal, and the inevitable power of being able to choose what you put in your body as well as that of your family. Imagine the freedom of choosing to look years younger instead of prematurely older.
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