Many of the women I counsel in my culinary nutrition world appear to suffer various degrees of culinary shame. They feel like a failure when their families don’t enjoy the meals they prepare. They feel lonely in the kitchen. Or, they simply haven’t yet experienced the joy of cooking. Notice I say, “yet.” I’m the eternal optimist. I love this interview because Tania expresses some of these struggles and then she shows us how her “trade for sanity” and her willingness to “receive,” transformed her experience around food. I was struck by the win-win nature ...
Luscious Legacy Project
When YOU thrive, your family flourishes
Welcome to the Luscious Legacy Project: inspiring women to take back their plates, one luscious bite at a time. . .
so that our children grow up knowing the pleasure and delight in sharing a sumptuous meal with friends and family, and young girls grow up embracing both food and their bodies.
Tania Elfersy is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
Tags: children in the kitchen, feeding fussy eaters, feeding your family, motherhood, sanity in the kitchen, support for young mothers
Carrie Contey is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
Interacting with conscious human beings doing delicious things in the world is one of the greatest joys and pleasures in being a solopreneur. Interviewing these men and women gives me an opportunity to bring YOU beautiful insights to ponder. It gives ME an opportunity to learn from, and grow with, people who are leaving a luscious legacy both at their tables and in their work. Carrie Contey is a prenatal, perinatal psychologist. Not your typical parenting expert. Her background offers a unique perspective on children, parenting, family life and what it means to be a ...
Tags: body image, body image and our kids, conscious parenting, food and body image, nourishment, nutrition tips for parents, parenting
Nisreen Diab-Hawley is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
I meet a lot of amazing women, both in my work as a culinary nutritionist and in my online foodie world. Where else can you discuss what you’re having for dinner with forty two friends? Of course, I’m drawn to the women who love food and share my foodie sensibility. I’m also drawn to their stories—their food history, how they nourish themselves and their families in the midst of a busy and passionate life, what they eat. Be sure to read the entire interview. There is always a delicious chocolate recipe at the bottom. If ...
Tags: Green Cuisine, green living, growing vegetables with your children, nourishing our children, raising children on organic food
Stephanie Holguin is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
Stephanie Holguin, the founder of foodie-isms, is obsessively interested in all things culinary. Her passion for discovering great food has fueled her wanderlust for traveling the world. From formal cooking classes in France to a day in Busara’s kitchen and herb garden in Thailand, Stephanie has learned from the locals while eating her way through forty-two countries. Stephanie created Foodie-isms to share both her passion and her craft. Foodie-isms is a one-stop-shop for luscious recipes gleaned from her travels, must-have kitchen tools, foodie finds, blog posts, healthy eating tips, restaurant reviews and more. When not ...
Tags: children and food, chocolate balsamic reduction, creative in the kitchen, foodie-isms founder, luscious legacy
Justine Fontinell is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
Justine Fontinell is a Holistic Health Coach who is passionate about women’s health and wellness. She is dedicated to helping women, particularly moms, live happier, healthier, more fulfilling lives. Justine is based in New York but works with clients nationwide in-person and via telephone sessions. Justine is also a freelance journalist. She writes health articles, with a special focus on pregnancy and breastfeeding nutrition. Additionally, she is mom to a toddler with a big appetite and a lot of energy! I met Justine through facebook and was absolutely enamored with her full belly sisters fan ...
Tags: chocolate almond butter cups, full belly sisters, healthy eating for infants and toddlers, pregnancy and breastfeeding coach
Bari Tessler Linden is Leaving a Luscious Legacy
Bari Tessler Linden is a financial therapist, coach, and mommypreneur. Founder of the Conscious Bookkeeping Method, Bari teaches people how to build their own bridges between money, body, mind and spirit. Along the way, they eat chocolate. Needless to say, I fell in love with Bari when she told me her son, Noah, called himself a chocolate expert at age three. But even more than her extraordinary skills at guiding people gently and consciously to greater clarity and power around money, I was drawn to Bari because she is a living example of what it ...
Tags: conscious bookkeeping, gluten-free chocolate zucchini bread, healthy chocolate recipes, luscious legacy, mommypreneur

Sue Ann Gleason
Sue Ann Gleason is a culinary nutritionist, radiant life expert, and writer living in the Washington, DC area with her husband John. When not working with clients, she can be found sampling exotic chocolates or building broccoli forests in her mashed potatoes.

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