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What to expect from the Crunchy Coach Blog

by emily on August 23, 2009

Welcome to The Crunchy Coach!

Why “Crunchy”? I am a health nut into eating salads – not to mention growing the ingredients thereof.

Why “Coach”? This blog is dedicated to encouraging and inspiring – in other words, coaching – you to be healthier, while learning to live a more sustainable lifestyle. And since sustainable also has to do with frugality and financial freedom, I coach along those lines as well.

If you’re really interested in being as healthy as you can be, be sure to check out the Weird Is Great podcast, where my mission is to convince you that if you want to have optimum health and live as long as possible, you have to do weird things…like, oh, say, don’t eat processed food and grow a garden!

While I freely admit I don’t know everything, I do know a lot, and the teacher in me can’t wait to share it with you!

So browse around, feel free to comment and enjoy your stay at The Crunchy Coach.

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