Hi everyone,
When the two lovely girls from therawfoodsisters contacted me for an interview, I knew I just had to interview them aswell and share these two amazing and passionate women with you all!
They have such an interesting and inspiring outlook on life, that I deeply admire!
Name:
Julie and Katrin Selmer
Age:
28 and 23
Contact:
Website: www.therawfoodsisters.com
E-mail: contact@therawfoodsisters.com
Instagram: @therawfoodsisters
Facebook: The Raw Food Sisters
Twitter: @rawfoodsisters
Can you tell us a little more about yourself, your journey and how you became the raw food sisters?
We are two sisters born and raised in Sweden. We are passionate about traveling, have made that our lifestyle and more or less live in our suitcases these days. The last years we have been living in Rome, Florence, Amsterdam and Berlin. We started our health journey in January 2013, a real turning point in our lives. After some intense weeks of travelling and Christmas we had over indulged in good foods and felt completely out of balance and desperately felt a drastic need for change. We are all or nothing when we do things. After making up our minds we decided literally to become raw vegans over a night. Now we are living a highly raw vegan lifestyle – and love it!
This is also how The Raw Food Sisters were born. We did a lot of research when we first started and realized there were not many sharing their whole journey to become raw vegans (as we first started off). So we created our blog to have people follow our raw vegan journey and to give an honest picture because changing your lifestyle is not always a dance on roses. In the end it has been the best decision ever to start live healthy and more conscious lives. We have never felt better and for the first time in our lives we really understand how it is to feel good. This is also the message we want to share with others and to inspire. If we can do it, so can you.
Could you share your lifestyle and food philosophy?
We are all or nothing when we do things and this was also the result when we decided to go for a healthy way of living. We started off as raw food vegans but came to realize that we have to adjust ourselves a bit depending on where in the world we are, especially since we travel a lot. We don´t like to have any restrictions at all and instead satisfy our bodies’ needs but for the moment we would never eat any animals. Most important is to have fun. Little did we know but healthy living is loads of fun!
How has eating this way influenced and changed you and your health?
Our raw vegan lifestyle change has totally changed our lives in all aspects. Being healthy has got a complete new meaning for us. It is to develop a good and balanced relationship with your body and mind. To be in tune with yourself and to be able to listen to what your body needs. We have managed to develop a beautiful relationship with food and our bodies. We have also become more conscious and feel a whole new connectedness with everything around. We have got a completely new clarity and can see so much clearer. This has enabled us to find our life purpose and one thing after another has unfolded in the right direction for us.
Julie
You are doing incredible things in Ghana at the moment, would you mind telling us a little more about this incredible project of yours? And how the idea for this project came about?
We actually have several projects going on in Ghana. It all actually started earlier this year when we started to look for healthy food choices. At the farmer´s market in Amsterdam we found dried mango which we both fell in love with (mango being our favorite fruit). We got this crazy idea to start produce our own sundried tropical fruit snacks and got so excited about it, especially what benefits it could bring to locals in the countries of origin of the tropical fruits. We started to talk with people about this and it was like it was meant to be. One thing led to another and we were able to set up a sundried mango project in Ghana this summer. Unfortunately it didn´t work out exactly as planned but in the end for the better. Now we are working with different health food commodities where we have the possibility to create job opportunities for locals and support in their community development. We also work as consultants helping companies, organizations and private people to set up projects and business down in Ghana. This in turn is a dream come true, to be able to help others implement successful projects that will bring advantages for vulnerable people.
If you could meet anyone dead or alive, who would it be?
Eckhart Tolle would be wonderful to meet. He has taught us a lot to stay in the present moment and has changed our lives. It be great honor to be in is present and hear him speak.
If you could tell your 14 year old self one thing, what would it be?
Julie: “You are good exactly the way you are. Girl, speak up because your words count and have a meaning. Stop being so hard on yourself.”
Katrin: “Listen to your inner voice, it knows its way and be careful when listening to other people´s opinion.”
Katrin
What are your go to quick and easy snacks?
Dates with any nut butter!
You have a really interesting view on the universe, would you mind sharing?
We believe we are all born with infinitive power and deserve fulfilling lives. We are able to do this by tuning in to our inner voice that each one of us are born with and have access to. Many of us are raised to only listen and take guidance in the outside world of what one should and should not do. Instead we are completely sure every single one of us has the answers within oneself. We have to trust our ability to let our intuition/inner voice guide us. The more we practice the easier it becomes. Great tools to tune into ourselves are for example meditation, writing journal, being in the nature, simply cut off the outer world for a little while. In this way we start to feel what our hearts are aching for and what we desire. That makes it easier to make conscious decisions and create our dream lives. We share more about how to live your heart desires and create your dream lives in easy ways on our website.
What does a typical day in your life look like?
We wake up and always start off the day with lemon and warm water. While sipping on the warm lemon water we write in our gratitude journals, to let go of all resistance and set a perfect tune for the day. Thereafter, we enjoy a big green and vibrant smoothie (seriously the best way to start the day!). After breakfast we start working. We are self-employed and don´t have to walk very far to our office since we have it at home. 😉 We work for some hours until we feel the need for a little break and go outside for a walk to get some fresh air. When we come back it’s usually lunch time and we start preparing it. After lunch we continue to work with a little tea break in the afternoon. We don´t like to eat too late so we usually go for a light dinner quite early. We exercise daily and like to go for a run in the forest and love to finish the day with a good sweaty run. We also meditate at least once a day and usually do it before we are going to bed.
Top 5 tips for health, happiness and creating an amazing life?
Meditate and exercise daily, eat highly raw vegan food and as much organic as possible. Smile and laugh a lot and co-create with others
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Goals and Aspirations?
Currently we are developing a coaching program regarding personal development and how to create a heart based and successful business by following your intuition. Our goal is to have it up and running in the coming months. We want to inspire others to also follow their dreams and make them come true. We want to create awareness of everybody´s great potential, it is all within you. We want to spread and share our stories. Another future plan is also to write books about this.
What is your number one tip for someone wanting to start on this journey of health?
Don´t be too hard on yourself, it will have its up’s and down’s. Get excited about it, find yourself a community. If you feel alone on this journey, you can easily find like minded people online. There are plenty that are looking for support just like you so don´t be afraid to take the step. Create yourself an Instagram account, a great way to connect with others and to find inspiration and motivation.
If you could only eat 3 things for the rest of your life, what would they be?
Berries, bananas and life would be very boring without some raw chocolate 😉
If you would have to show someone, that’s very septic about healthy food, that healthy eating can in fact be delicious, what would you prepare for them?
Raw Vegan Pasta with a Basil and Sundried Tomato Pesto
INGREDIENTS (1 bigger portion or 2 smaller)
Raw pasta
– 1-2 zucchini
Basil & Sundried tomato pesto
– 25 g pine nuts
– 2 big handfuls of fresh basil
– 1 clove garlic
– 8 sundried tomatoes (in oil or without)
– Oil (optional – we used the one from our sundried tomatoes)
– Salt
METHOD
Put all the ingredients for the Basil & Sundried tomato pesto in your food processor. Taste your way to the perfect pesto that suits your taste buds. Remember that all fresh and living food varies in both taste and size – and it simply can´t go wrong with good ingredients! Put aside in a bowl.
Now it´s time for the raw pasta. If you have a spiralizer use that one to make your noodles. If not, it works perfectly with a cheese slicer or a potato peeler.
Massage the pesto into your noodles.
This Raw Vegan Pasta with Basil and Sundried Tomato Pesto is best enjoyed together with a big vibrant salad. Such a perfect meal! Buon appetito!
Rich and Creamy Raw Brownie
INGREDIENTS
– 1 cup dates
– 1 cup pecan nuts (soaked)
– 1 tbsp buckwheat flakes
– 2-3 tbsp raw cacao
– 1 tsp vanilla
– 1-2 tbsp coconut oil
– berries for serving
METHOD
Put your dates in a glass of water. Let it sit for at least 3-5 minutes. This helps the dates to soften up a bit. Put them in your mixer/food processor. Add 1 tbsp or 2 of the date water. Mix well until you get a sweet date paste.
Depending on your equipment you can either add your nuts in your food processor or you can chop them before in the size you prefer. Add buckwheat flakes, vanilla and raw cacao. Mix well. Once again depending on what kind of mixer/food processor you have – it can be easiest simply to mix with your hand.
Melt coconut oil. Add it to the mix. Blend well. Now place the batter in a form or oven paper. Put it in the freezer until it is set or place it in the fridge until it is time to enjoy.
It will be creamy and perfectly rich and satisfying – and not to forget good for you! We recommend to enjoy it together with berries for a fulfilling experience when the sweet meets the dark and rich.
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