L.O.V.E
It’s all about Love.
And, don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.
I am often asked how I develop new ideas, why I help people get better health, and what drives me to keep doing new things.
It’s simple.
It’s Love.
Or at least, it is my expression of Love. I think we all have a different meaning to this word-LOVE. Some think love is dedication or responsibility, others feel Love is taking care of others, or hopefully even themselves. Love is adoration or desire, love is even compassion. Love expresses itself in unique and magical ways, and for me, it’s in Creativity.
Ever since I was a little girl, I made wonderful and yummy things, from Mud Pies as a toddler, to fresh fruit tartlets that I baked and sold in high school. I then began my work as a chocolatier and made chocolate truffle sculptures, and then as a professional baker, creating artistic and amazing cakes that had hand painted murals dusted with sugar crystals. I even started a giant cookie business at one point, with flavors so daring and expansive, I couldn’t keep up with my orders.
You see, I love the creation- not the business.
Sounds familiar I bet. So many people have talents and just want to play. That was me.
When I became too sick to eat ‘regular’ foods, like the rest of the world, did, you know the so-called SAD (Standard American Diet) diet. All my creative energy went towards healing myself. And I did. It was unbelievable how I trained my mind to think differently.
I began looking at yummy things as healthy yummy things. I learned I grew, and I could see the food functionality in everyone’s bodies.
Kind of like a doctor, but without the medical part. I studied anatomy, the blood systems, endocrine, digestion, hormone, and how nutrition affected each part of us. I was always a bit of a scientist, so, putting my head down into the human form and how to make it work better, was just another form of art for me.
So, here I was, a food lover, and a health lover. How do I make this work? Because no matter how many pills you ask me to take, or how many yucky foods you force me to eat to get healthy- I won’t continue to care for myself if I don’t enjoy life. For people to truly get better and feel fantastic, the foods we eat must taste good.
Well, that’s my specialty, making healthy taste good. I write recipes that mimic comfort foods, the stuff that makes you feel loved. The foods that get into your belly and say “yes!!!” that feels good.
The Truth Bar is a pinnacle moment in my life, a culmination of all that I do and love. It is a creation that has the lifeline of longevity. When I made the bar, I remember saying to my partners, no matter how many bars are out in the marketplace, the one that will get eaten the most, is the one that tastes like a candy bar. I also wanted to make a bar imbued with functional ingredients that promote health, something I have become so passionate about. So, that’s what I made- the healthiest candy bar on the planet.
It’s my way of sharing my love through what I do best. When we say that Truth Bars are ‘Made With Love’, this is my pure expression of it.
