The Sacred Art of Fasting
Miia Kuronen
March 17, 2021
I’ve been doing regular fasting since a few years now. This means, no solid foods for a number of days, and in some instances, no liquids either. I have never…
Feeding the Monster: my biggest lesson from Raw Veganism
Miia Kuronen
December 8, 2020
For about two years I was eating pretty much fully raw vegan. I was disciplined and committed. If I ever succumbed to eating roasted nuts or hummus, I’d get myself…
Veganism & Spirituality: is there a link?
Miia Kuronen
October 8, 2020
As we evolve, we start choosing our thoughts, words and actions more carefully. We start taking responsibility for what we create in the world. Similarly, we start choosing more carefully…
The Ultimate Quest to Owning our Free Will
Miia Kuronen
July 30, 2020
As we progress on the spiritual path, we become increasingly aware of our free will, meaning, our own role and responsibility in creating our lives. We start to become aware…
How to Deal with Social Pressure on the Raw Vegan Diet
Miia Kuronen
June 23, 2020
Food is one of those things that brings people together. It’s a reason to gather and a way to share love. Making food for others is a love language for…
The #1 Biggest Challenge on the Raw Vegan Diet
Miia Kuronen
June 3, 2020
This article is the first one of a series where I dive into different areas of Raw Veganism that I have personally struggled with the most, and where I’ve witnessed…
Ancestral Trauma – breaking free from the invisible chains
Miia Kuronen
May 27, 2020
Two days ago I decided to explore the part of me that resists receiving appreciation in the form of money. I’ve been observing how easily I give from myself without…
What controls the world? (A spiritual perspective)
Miia Kuronen
April 22, 2020
What we see happening in the world right now with so much fear and desire for control, is a result of a specific type of consciousness dominating the collective consciousness…
The Shadow of Raw Veganism
Miia Kuronen
April 1, 2020
I’ve been following the international raw vegan community for several years now, and although I am infinitely grateful for everything I have learned from a host of knowledgeable and dedicated…
The epidemic of suppressed anger (perspectives from Finland)
Miia Kuronen
January 28, 2020
In this article I will be discussing the wide spread epidemic of suppressed anger, which is especially prevailing in the Nordic countries in Europe. I share with you the tragic…
The Swing Effect: Why we jump between extremes
Miia Kuronen
November 27, 2019
There is a plan. The plan is to juice fast for a week and then go raw vegan over night. The result shall be a beautiful body, good self-esteem, increased…
Joy of eating or joy of living?
Miia Kuronen
September 17, 2019
We find joy in foods. For many people life without their favorite treats and dishes would be a life without joy. We steal moments at work to daydream about what…
Food: the greatest coping mechanism of our time.
Miia Kuronen
August 19, 2019
Eating is by far the most common coping mechanism that exists in our modern society, undoubtedly for the easy access that we have to different foods and the effectiveness of…
The Health Paradox
Miia Kuronen
June 27, 2019
Have you ever wondered why many people who eat crap all their lives seem to be doing just fine, until suddenly at the age of 40, 50 or 60 they get a…
Orthorexia: when did eating healthy become a disease?
Miia Kuronen
May 6, 2019
As a counter balance to the epidemic of obesity ravaging the western world, there is now another food-related “disease” incited by the social media culture: orthorexia. It is to be…
Is sugar bad for you and is fruit evil?
Miia Kuronen
March 10, 2019
When people see what I eat, namely, the quantity of fruit that I consume, they often question whether I am getting too much sugar in my diet. For many this…
Why lasting lifestyle changes are so damn hard.
Miia Kuronen
February 19, 2019
“There is this guy that looks 20 years younger than his age, with white teeth, an enviable tan and a body of a Greek sculpture. He tells me exactly what…
11 reasons to ditch dairy. NOW.
Miia Kuronen
January 12, 2019
Dairy is one of those things that causes division between people. As a society we have a strong emotional attachment to it and you find many of its devoted supporters defending…
No medicine or diet can ever heal you.
Miia Kuronen
December 27, 2018
We human beings are masters of outsourcing responsibility. We do it with many things (such as our feelings), but especially when it comes to our health. We blame the genes…
Why the raw vegan diet works.
Miia Kuronen
November 17, 2018
The most common question I face, right after “How can you live without hummus?” is “Why raw?”. So what is it about raw food that makes it so fantastic for…
How our parents ruined our relationship to food.
Miia Kuronen
October 9, 2018
You might think that eating unhealthy is simply a matter of habit, reasoning that you probably learned it from your parents, and hence you were just unlucky that your parents…
9 ways the raw vegan diet changed my eating habits
Miia Kuronen
September 5, 2018
Going raw vegan is in itself a pretty massive lifestyle change, even for someone like me coming from a whole foods vegan diet. Besides all the amazing health benefits that…
Standing in your raw truth
Miia Kuronen
August 12, 2018
I have always been somewhat shy to speak up when it makes me stand out of the crowd or if I feel it disrupts the group dynamic. When I first…
The never ending detox
Miia Kuronen
June 27, 2018
It’s quite common nowadays to hear people talk about “doing a detox”, which usually means doing some protocol for a predefined number of days, for example taking a smoothie formula…
Food & Emotions: How we use food to sedate ourselves
Miia Kuronen
June 14, 2018
Changing my diet form a standard western diet to a raw vegan has been quite a journey for me. At any given time there has been a specific challenge that…
The detox nightmare that led me to raw veganism
Miia Kuronen
June 6, 2018
My name is Miia and I‘m relatively new to the world of blogging. I’m here because I feel that sharing my journey to raw veganism, health and emotional healing could…