Inside The Polished Apple

We at Elan Family Wellness would like to thank all that came out to our patient appreciation day party this past month, we raised over $800 for Carya! Dr. Josephene is our new chili champion taking the win over from McKenzie. The party was jammed packed of awesome energy even with the rainstorm earlier that day.  Thank you to everyone that braved the weather to join us!! Thank you to all of you that donated door prizes as well,   Extreme Restaurant and Catering ,  The Dell Cafe ,  The Place Restaurant ,  Bowness Community Assocation ,  Bowness Library , Merric Morrison,  ALCLA  Native Plants and Wildflowers - Pat Fedkenheuer ~ Elan Family Wellness Team

"We experience our involvement with humanity and recognize that wholeness comes from bringing our individual gifts into community. This occurs in our internal and external communities. We receive gifts from within ourselves and from others. We recognize that all our choices are spiritual ones and affect all beings. Eventually we recognize that our limits stem from our own lack of wholeness. Consequently, we seek to re-experience the rhythm of stage one." ~Dr Donald Epstein, 12 Stages of Healing From the perspective of the 12 Stages of Healing and The Sacred Seasons, Community is the 12th Stage and part of Awaken-receiving our gifts and sharing our gifts with community. Ideally, we are able to move fluidly from Discover to Transform to Awaken as needed and to bring elements of the different seasons together. From our office perspective, what opportunities we have to spend time in community! Our recent June Appreciation Day is a great example-we had many members of the...

Mckenzie's recipe was the winning child recipe from our Appreciation Day in June. Here's how to duplicate it!  1/2 pound ground beef 2 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes 2 tsp cayenne pepper 2 tbsp chili powder 2 tbsp cocoa powder 3 tsp garlic & ginger paste with chilis 1 can corn, not drained 1 can pineapple chunks, not drained 2 cans diced tomatoes, not drained 1 can black beans, half of liquid drained 1 can kidney beans, half of liquid drained 1 can tomato paste 1 red bell pepper, chopped Cook the ground beef in a frying pan with the crushed red pepper flakes, cayenne, chili powder, cocoa powder and garlic & ginger paste. Add meat mixture and all remaining ingredients to slow cooker. Mix well and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours. ENJOY!

Thank you to everyone who came out to see us for our Appreciation Party on Saturday June 10th. We raised  over $800  for  Carya  and their amazing organization and programs! We couldn't have done it without YOUR help and support. We'd like to specifically thank the  Light Cellar ,  Pin Ups Hair Shoppe ,  Grasby Art Studio ,  Extreme Restaurant & Catering ,  Yoga in Bowness ,  Bowga ,  Bowness Health Food , Ehren & Beverly Rebmann,  Fiona Fulton-Bowles , and Yvette Falconer for their generous donations and participation in our celebration! Work by Carefully Crafted Henna