preventive medicine, it becomes obvious that getting sick [due to poor nutrition and a weak immune system] is a lot more expensive.


How did you come up with the concept for your health snack, Blisscuits? My mother had cancer when I was a child, and I was her


primary caregiver, so I saw what chemotherapy and radiation did to her. When my ex-husband was diagnosed with can- cer, I created the cookies as part of a healthy, holistic lifestyle that could help heal him. They are gluten- and sugar-free and healthful. He is now 11 years in remission and well because he made many good choices. Another reason I developed Bliss- cuits was to feed my daughters as they were growing up in a world of unhealthy snacks.


How has food influenced your life?


My mother went to Le Cordon Bleu in Paris to learn how to cook. My family was crazy about food; growing up, I was obsessive about food and used it to fill a hole and replace love. I fasted and tried all kinds of diets, which eventually shut down my thyroid. I wound up needing to go to such extremes in order to find my center; now I’m privileged to be able to help other people find theirs. What I have realized is that instead of serving as a substitute for love, food should come from love as an expression of sharing and giving.


You juggle many responsibilities and roles in your personal and professional life. What advice can you offer readers for achieving balance in their lives?


You must make time for what’s most important to you.


Ask yourself questions so that you can find places where you can pull back and reset your priorities. How much television do you watch? Are you taking time to exercise? Do you take five minutes to close your eyes, breathe and listen to internal whispers? It’s often the everyday places, people and things of value that work to keep you connected and balanced.


What projects are you working on that you’d like to share?


I’m currently producing a film based on my grandfather’s book [referring to Ernest Hemingway], A Moveable Feast, and an environment-focused television show with my boyfriend and business partner, Bobby Williams, shot in amazingly beau- tiful places. It will start filming in the United States, but we plan to shoot internationally, starting with Costa Rica. Bobby and I are also writing a book, Be You Now.


Connect on the Internet by visiting MarielHemingway.com


and Twitter.com/MarielHemingway. Giovanna Aguilar is a freelance writer based in New York


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