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Dear Mindful Organics Loyal Blog Followers:

To streamline our social media efforts as we continue to grow- I hope you please check out our my new blog and follow me there, if you haven't already!


I so appreciate and value your ears and eyes. Thank you for lending them to my thoughts, opinions, struggles and successes and advice- over the past year and half. Time has flown!


www.ginnyblogs.com.

xo ginny

Life is a Beautiful Journey

I am sitting here in NC as my mom is healing from back surgery. The boys, my husband and the lovely Miss Bear have come to keep her company. 

We come in and out heading for exercising, retreating back in to sit around the table, gathering around to talk and eat.

My parents -I should include are suffering a bit at meals, they don't know what to make of all these vegetables, strange grains and lots of fish. My mother has announced she needs real food. She wants a piece of meat attached to a bone to gnaw on. Me- I just don't get how they have made no move towards eating well and exercising. It is hard to watch their bodies deteriorate, knowing it is not the way it needs to be. I have learned though to say little, it is not going to change.

I just am so grateful my sons are so into their health. At the moment they are watching the cross fit competitions while eating bowls of quinoa my son Michael cooked up. Yesterday my son Kevin and I were running and he is asking me whether Caesar salad dressing is too high in fat, and what I thought about steal cut vs rolled oat oatmeal. I am so in awe of how well they get it.

I am on the porch of my folks house reading the NY Times, there is an article on the restaurant Delancey, which is opening in Seattle. The owner Molly Wizenberg is under contract to write about her experiences in opening the restaurant. It gave me an idea to start telling my ginnybakes story. Who knows where it will lead, but it has been quite the ride so far. 

I want to tell my experiences and write them as they go, so I never forget. 

ginnybakes began as a journey, a continuation on a path of proving to myself I can stay a course while following a passion. Have I had my moments where I have felt so lost-absolutely. Have I giggled with such joy and pride in others, absolutely. I have lost 7 pounds from stress, gained another 10 from stress and having to taste test ginnybakes products all the time. I have  had great bouts of acne like those I had as a kid. I now have a permanent Wednesday 4 pm appointment with Dr Dan Nevel, ( my acupuncturist) who has been a saving grace to my physical and mental well being. He straightened out the digestion issues, has me sleeping again, and in balance.

Am I happier than I was before this all began. Sometimes...depends whether my yoga practice, acupuncture, and exercise are in place. I know the minute that goes stress comes tearing back in, and my world as I know it, is not running the way it should. If my life is in balance I am so filled with gratitude at the journey I am following.

I have so much to share with you.   

xo ginny

My New Client

You know how some people you just feel you are connected to. I had this feeling with a new client of mine. She has just started 3 weeks ago. I opened the door to a warm, beautiful smile, but a face that also looked weary and drawn. The glow I always check for was absent. The whites in the eyes which is also part of my preliminary check were not a crisp, sharp, clear white. And yet I recognized so the look of a mom who is giving too much of her physical and soul over to her kids and husband.

This is just so common in mothers who believe that motherhood means giving up the person they were before. I try and teach my clients that selfishness is when you lose yourself. When the sparkle and sensuality are gone, when we become lost in routine, no one around us is better for it. When we as moms are taking time to exercise, take care of ourselves and just have our moments to breath and reflect  the world around us seems so enthralling. When we take care of ourselves, we are so better equipped to care, and better yet hug tight and laugh deeply with our families and friends.

My client had done like many of us have before her, she stayed home nibbled on food all day, gained weight, stopped exercising and lost her way. She felt trapped and couldn't see her way out.

It is week 3, she has changed every aspect of her eating, lost 7 pounds and we set up a great exercise routine that she can manage while still working and caring for her two young daughters. She showed up this week in her exercise clothes, entering into the community I wanted her to feel a part of- the health conscious. She is happy, the glow is there and the whites are crisp. She is on her path and I am so grateful to be a part of the transformation. Makes a mom feel good to be helping another.
xo ginny

Life

 I think a lot of you know so much about me by now. I have never hidden my life and use this blog as my personal space.  I truly hope my blogs enhance, enriches, and possibly at times even teaches life lessons, sometimes through recipes as well. Who knows...I just keep blogging and hopefully you keep reading.

This blog is about life lessons,  perceptions,  opinions etc. so I wanted to tell you about a few different opinions I have received lately and how I found it so incredible.

ginnybakes started plodding forward, until all of a sudden it went from a tiny company, and jumped one step forward and actually needed lots of attention and a core group of dedicated employees. Baker, baker consultant, packers and someone to help me oversee it  as well as a bookkeeper.

This was becoming a real business which is not my fortay. I like people, baking and creativity. Numbers, papers, invoices...foreign, scary and something you run from!!! So for awhile there it was getting pretty stressful, couldn't seem to find the right core group, felt really alone and out there, no partner to bounce ideas off of. Trying to work crazy hours, be a wife and mom, and do this with no yoga, as there quickly became no time for the luxury of a class for 1 1/2 hrs at 9 am. That only made the stress greater!

I did work out though however,  and my trainer Jeff Shepard, and my best friend Jane were with me in the gym early one morning when another employee called and  quit. If I wasn't so stressed it was almost comical-just couldn't seem to get out from under. Jeff who just worked through opening his gorgeous new gym Symbio, understood about working through hardships and struggles to bring a dream forward. I watched him work in a dust bowl keeping his head up as the struggles with the city to open to me seemed insurmountable. He survived, and is now mentoring me in how to be a business woman. Jane and Jeff were both encouraging me and telling me just pull it together and push through. I left the gym teary eyed, but ready to fight another battle.

I saw my yoga teacher on the street at that moment and he asked why I wasn't going to yoga. I explained what was going on. His advice- Walk away,  simplicity is the only way to live. I asked him about working through struggles, and feeling empowered when you strive and work hard to make a dream a reality.  He answered I will do it only long enough until it no longer feels right. It was a very enlightening conversation, as I knew I could not walk away from my ginnybakes baby. Goes back to the theory I truly believe in, hard times, make the sweet moments even sweeter.  The next day  my first Fresh Market came calling, and I grinned so wide at the joy of the timing.

Simplicity is a beautiful thing and at moments when I don't feel it, I am so glad I achieve it in Paul's yoga class. For now though think I will stick with advise on fighting through. Yesterday I was giggling so much my husband thought I was the biggest goof ball. Oh the laughter and goofiness, felt so right, so perfect. I was relaxed, I am beginning to understand, with business there are always ups and downs and I cannot take it personally.

Thanks to my husband, my friend and trainer Jeff, my yoga teacher Paul for all their wisdom and opinions, and thanks to my best friend Jane who is always there asking ok what's next? She is my Ethel and I am her Lucy-what a team.
xo ginny