Every reset has a beginning. For me, it starts with a bowl of vegetables, seeds, and beans tossed together with a creamy garlic dressing.

On its own, this salad is colorful, filling, and full of flavor. But it also carries a purpose, it’s the way I prepare myself before stepping into the 10-Day Green Juice Challenge. Eating something clean and grounding makes the shift into juicing smoother, both physically and mentally.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about creating a foundation that feels supportive. For some, that first step might look different. For me, it’s this salad.
So if you’re thinking about joining the challenge, or even if you’re just looking for one simple meal to help you reset, this might be a good place to start.
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Because sometimes the path to change begins with a single plate of food.
If you’ve ever felt stuck, tired, or stretched thin, maybe your next step is as simple as choosing foods that lift you up instead of weighing you down.
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Ingredients (recipe style):

• 2 ½ cups spring mix or salad greens
• 1 cup shredded red cabbage
• ½ cup shredded carrots
• ½ cup red onion, thinly sliced
• ½ cup black beans
• ½ cup corn
• ½ cup lima beans
• ½ cup chickpeas
• ¼ cup alfalfa sprouts
• 2 tablespoons pumpkin seeds
• 2 tablespoons hemp seeds

Creamy Garlic Dressing:

• ½ cup cashews (soaked at least 2 hours)
• ½ clove fresh garlic
• ¼ cup water
• Juice of ½ lemon
• 1 pinch sea salt, or to taste

We met in a quiet studio, but the story did not arrive quietly. Malaysia described nights of unanswered pain, the fluorescent stillness of a hospital room, and the slow work of finding language when language fails. She did not offer a formula. She offered presence. There is a difference.

What stayed with me was not a list of steps. It was the moment she decided to speak up. She shifted from being a compliant patient to an informed partner in her own care. The tone of her story changed there. She was still afraid. She was still exhausted. But she asked better questions, invited second opinions, and built a circle that could hold her when the room felt small.

Recovery, for her, did not look like a straight line. It looked like learning to rest, testing small routines, and giving herself permission to release expectations that no longer fit. It looked like faith. It looked like choosing to become useful to others again, not by pretending nothing happened, but by allowing what happened to shape how she serves.

If there is one takeaway, it is this: advocacy begins before the appointment. Bring your questions. Bring someone who knows you. Bring the courage to pause and ask for clarity. That pause can change the room.
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When Harold Leffall talks about green juice, he’s not just talking about what’s in your cup. He’s talking about what you’re ready to let go of.
For ten days, you’re invited to take your hands off processed food, sugar, and noise, and return to something simple: nature in a glass.

This isn’t about weight loss. It’s not even about juicing, really. It’s about finally doing something for yourself that feels good, clean, and doable. In the episode, Harold walks through every step, from shopping smart to cleaning your produce to listening to your body when it speaks back.
He tells the story of a woman who swapped medication time for beet and celery juice. Whether or not you follow her exact path, the point is clear: small shifts matter.

And when it comes to juicing, one shift can lead to another.

If you’ve been looking for a sign to reset your relationship with food, your energy, or your health, this is it. Ten days. One green juice at a time.
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Cooking has a way of teaching us things beyond the kitchen. In this week’s episode, Harold Leffall stepped behind the stove to test a vegan pancake recipe that promised fluffiness without eggs or dairy. At first, it seemed like a simple mix of flour, almond milk, and a few pantry staples. But as Harold admits, improvisation played a big role, especially when he couldn’t find his whisk.

There was laughter, a few uncertain moments, and finally the golden sizzle of batter hitting a hot pan. That’s when the experiment turned into a story about showing up and enjoying the process. The pancakes came out fluffy, topped with fresh berries and maple syrup, but the real takeaway wasn’t about the recipe.

It was about trying. About finding joy in small wins, even when the process feels messy. Cooking, like life, rarely goes exactly as planned. And yet, if you keep going, you often end up with something better than expected.

That’s the heart of this podcast, not perfect recipes, but honest moments that remind us of what’s possible.
If you’ve ever doubted whether vegan pancakes could taste good, this story might change your mind.

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Yvette didn’t start with a goal of 100 days. She started with a crisis. Her blood sugar was so out of control that she passed out and woke up in the hospital. Doctors prescribed more medications, but something in her spirit told her there had to be another way.

That whisper became a decision. And that decision turned into a discipline that lasted over three months.

In this powerful episode, Yvette opens up about the surprising lessons she learned while juicing, like how cravings reveal more than hunger, and how discipline isn’t about willpower but trust. Trusting that your body can repair. Trusting that your future doesn’t have to look like your past.

She talks about what she drank, how she kept going, and what it felt like to break her fast at midnight with a slice of yellow watermelon. She also shares what she wishes more people knew: that giving your body grace takes just as much strength as any workout.

This isn’t a highlight reel, it’s a real one.

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