Zuzu’s Raw Journey

20/06/2025

What is the most scary thing you have ever done, and are you glad you did not bail out? Let me know in the comments ❤️.

23/05/2025

After losing two very important people in my life within 5 weeks, people who shaped me into who I am at my core, I find myself unable to share something uplifting and something that would be of value, yet all the pain that I have been through left so much transformation and change in my soul and body that I do want to share about it. I am sick and tired of sharing just how great everything is. How when you think positively, you will experience only positive things. I don't know about it. It is like believing that sunshine is the only thing our earth needs to flourish. It is simply not true. We need negative and positive experiences to grow, evolve, transform, and sometimes be reborn.

Grief has taught me to be more vulnerable, compassionate, and self-validating. Last but not least, it has shown me again that I am capable of much more than I think of myself.

Grieving and taking care of four children who do not always realize what this all means to me has been hard, yet reassuring that everything is possible when I take it one step at a time and when I keep on checking with myself.

The most important lessons I learned during the last months are:

▫️Grief is like the ocean: calm, wild, and unpredictable
◻️Validating feelings is the key; pushing feelings away is the recipe for long-lasting misery
◻️Wanting to be strong is what makes me weaker
◻️Being vulnerable and weak is what gives me strength
◻️Feelings do not need to be conceptualized or understood. Feelings must be felt.
◻️Sticking with 100% healthy food choices in challenging times is stressful and exhausting.
◻️Eating only easy-to-get food results in me feeling poorly
◻️Seeking balance and ease is the key
◻️Sleep and crying are underrated healing modalities
◻️Grieving requires a lot of energy
◻️Each loss opens the door to receiving something valuable - more understanding, new connections, and more compassion towards others and oneself

Many people wished me strength, yet my experience taught me differently. My biggest strength is being able to admit that I am weak and need to be held and supported.

One can not conquer grief with willpower. Grief has to be felt.

07/05/2025

Ultimate Raw Vegan Bundle 2025 is an excellent resource for those looking for raw vegan recipes. It is only available from May 1 to May 11, 2025. My brand new recipe ebook, “Fall in love with veggies,” is part of this year's bundle. It features raw vegan savory recipes, each with a sauce or a dressing. Grab it via the link in my Instagram bio before it is gone.

03/05/2025

Are you ready to dive into multiple raw vegan recipe ebooks and online courses and discover new ways to prepare raw food? If so then the Ultimate Raw Vegan Bundle 2025 is the right resource for you. The offer is limited to May 1 to May 11, 2025. Grab yours from the link in my Instagram bio

31/12/2024

30/10/2024

Do you want to increase the nutrient density of your diet but don't know where to start? Check my FREE preview class from my online mini course “GREEN SMOOTHIES FOR EVERYONE”. Link to the full course can be found in my featured posts.

This video is part of my online minicourse, which addresses the whys and hows of green smoothie preparation. This course contains one hour of educational vid...

28/10/2024

What is your favourite way to eat nice cream? RECIPE BELLOW 👇🏻

I love to eat nice cream in many ways but currently this is my favorite. I love to make the ice-cream and eat it with fresh fruits. In this case heavenly ripe mangoes. This is what I used for this recipe:

3 huge frozen bananas
1 tbsp carob powder
Pinch of vanilla bean seeds
1Tbsp walnut butter

TOPPINGS
2 fresh ripe mangoes

What is your favorite ice-cream recipe? Please let me know in the comments 😊

23/10/2024

I did a 10k run today with my teammate 🐶, who never lets me down. The girls bailed out today. Even though the weather was good, they decided to go out with their friends. This is entirely understandable. It is incredible how much has changed since I started this page. In December 2018, when I made my first post, Matilda was two years old, Dominika was four, Kristina was six, and Elizabeth was seven. My days and many nights were filled with kids' care. Despite being exhausted and at the edge daily, they all needed me so much, and I gave them all I could. Raw food helped me so much to push through this physically and mentally demanding phase. I am grateful for that. However, at the same time, living day in and day out with high demands from 4 tiny human beings, I now realize that I was in the fight or flight most of the time, and this state also influenced the decisions I was making about my day-to-day life. I was not as connected with my needs and desires as I am now. My kids always came first. This is a natural reproduction instinct.

Anyway, what I am saying today is that your unique life situation and daily stress levels influence your food decisions. It is essential to be aware that stressful situations often require extreme measures to survive, but usually, extreme measures do not deliver long-term success. Stress response should be short-lived. Please be aware of it. So, for example, if you feel that eating only fruit gives you extra boosts, please realize that these boosts will only last for a while if you do not start to look into your stressors. In addition, a fruit-only diet is not advisable in the long term. It is essential to always strive for a balance when it comes to diet but also when it comes to other areas of our lives.

Do you feel in tune with your needs right now?

19/10/2024

I am honored to be a guest on the Raw Intuition Health show on Sunday, October 20, at 6:00 pm CET. Matt and I are going to talk about the exciting topic: “6 Boundaries You Must Set on Your Health Journey”. Join us for a live Q&A session at Matt’s Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/live/h2dbm_9I2rc?si=nOFVkHRC4ZnYFxez

13/10/2024

Team 8k, my two youngest girls, Austin and me, went through strong winds, cold weather, and rain, and I am so proud of us. I started running about two years ago. Two years ago marks my return to myself after a decade of being pregnant, breastfeeding, cosleeping, and giving my whole self to my four children. I felt ready to do something for myself two years ago, so I started running in August 2022. It was hard. I had zero physical condition. Yes, I have been doing household marathons for years, but my body could not keep up with cardio training. I was starting from scratch. Although I was always into sports before I had kids, I always thought running was not for me because I was not good at it. I needed to be faster. But then I saw my friends running, and I thought, if they can run, I can run, too. So I started with short runs consistently, and now, two years later, I am still in love with this fantastic sport.

After starting with running, I also decided to pursue my lifelong passion for horseback riding. As a little girl, I dreamed about having my own ranch. I always loved animals, but my dream of spending much time with these fantastic animals seemed unattainable. But then, in 2022, my two girls I infected with horse affection started their lessons. I was exposed to horses a few times a week and could not resist. It felt like home but I had to overcome my fears of being 39 years old and starting from scratch.

I showed up every week. It was scary at first. It was hard. Mostly mentally because of my fear from falling off the horse, but I kept on going. Quickly after I started my horseback riding lessons, I realized that my body was too stiff, and to improve my riding, I needed to commit to yoga. So, within four months, I started consistently running, doing yoga and horseback riding, and I did not look back. The more I do these, the more I love them and the more I learn about myself. For five years, my page was exclusively about food and some of my psychological research, but from now on, I will also share parts of my journey that were not concerned with food preparation because they all matter 🙏. That does not mean I am quitting raw food and veganism 😉.

27/06/2024

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27/06/2024

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