15 Healthy-living guru Cassandra Bodzak wants to help everyone have their cake and still look good too. Bodzak, 26, is currently a happy, healthy living guru and an Institute for Integrative Nutrition health coach who runs GoSweetandSkinny.com, a website filled with healthy and yummy recipes, helpful tips and information. The Long Island City resident, originally from New Jersey, thrives on teaching others that everyone can be happy and healthy withiout adhering to strict or extreme diets or being a size zero. Her interest in healthy and happy living began when she attended the University of Connecticut, as an acting major. Bodzak said during the program she was met with a lot of pressure to be thin and have a good body, and saw a lot of friends doing unhealthy things to achieve that goal. After suffering from bad random stomach pains and being put on an elimination diet to determine the cause, Bodzak felt healthier and decided to go vegan and taught herself healthy cooking. During this time, she began creating vegan and lowfat baked goods that made mouths water. “I found out I was able to be thin and I wasn’t sacrificing myself,” she said. Bodzak’s friends then began encouraging her to start blogging her recipes and tips, and spread the word that you don’t have to have an eating disorder or be on a restrictive diet, just to be healthy. What began as a rescue blog has now become her life. Bodzak currently works with clients from around the country, either via Skype, email or face to face, to help them lead a healthier life, and most importantly – be happy. The big emphasis in her recipes, tips and diets is the use of local, organic and GMO-free foods that you can purchase at a farmers’ market. “My mission in life and of the website is to show everyone that being healthy and happy can be attainable,” she said. “You don’t have to do anything that is crazy.” Bodzak offers a free 30-minute breakthrough session which serves
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