2026 Issue #19 Your Body Needs to Feel Safe Before It Lets Go Hi Reader, One thing I’ve learned about nutrition over the years… 👉 companies are really good at making things confusing. Because when you’re confused, they can make you think they have the answer, which makes you buy their stuff. And honestly? It makes sense when you start thinking about weight loss. We’ve all been told: 👉 “Just be in a calorie deficit.” Simple. Clean. Easy to sell when you're offering dieters something they...
11 days ago • 3 min read
2026 Issue #18 What actually helps your metabolism (from an NTP) Hi Reader, Early on in my weight loss journey, I was stuck in the yo-yo cycle. I’d eat “perfectly” all week…hit the gym…drink a ridiculous amount of water… and the scale would go down. 🥳 But then the weekend would hit and I’d give myself a little “break”… have some wine… relax a bit… …and by Monday? I had gained it all back. Rinse. Repeat. For the longest time, I blamed: my lack of discipline my body for “working against me” and...
18 days ago • 3 min read
2026 Issue #17 Natural Doesn't Mean Safe Hi Reader, When I was looking for a bodybuilding coach, I was very clear about one thing: 👉 I was all natural. That mattered to me because while I love the challenge of competing — and yes, winning a tiara is still on my list — I’m not willing to give up a kidney in the process. So when I got on a call with a coach and he started asking me about taking hormones... I paused. “Um… I’m all natural and will not take that. Is that going to be a problem?” 😅...
25 days ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #16 Why “I Don’t Have Time” Might Not Be the Real Problem from a Farmer Hi Reader, My goat had her babies! (Yes, I know they’re called kids… but there is seriously nothing cuter than baby goats 🐐). And with that new addition to the farm, I can officially add “milking” to my list of daily chores. Now I’ll be honest…I used to say I was busy before. But somehow — somehow — I now have time to go out to the barn and milk Sugar twice a day. Which got me thinking…Is it really that I...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #15 What I Learned from an Olive Farmer in Greece Hi Reader, One big shift I found when moving from the suburbs to the farm, is that grocery shopping is not a quick errand. It’s a time commitment. A 45-minute drive there, a full cart (or two), maybe a couple extra stops because I'm finally in town… and before you know it, you’ve been gone 2–3 hours. And last week when I rushed out of the house to get groceries, I made a rookie mistake. I didn’t eat before I left. So, by the time I...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
2026 Issue #14 What Your Minerals Reveal About Your Personality Hi Reader, A few years before my dad passed away…he wasn’t really himself. He was very sick and needed dialysis for his failing kidneys. His diet restrictions, water limits, medications, and treatments… they all took a toll on his body. At the time, I had no knowledge of nutrition or minerals. But I wish I had. Because when his personality shifted from the funny, positive caretaker I grew up with to someone who saw the glass half...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #13 Why Potassium Still Matters More Than You Think Hi Reader, When I was running cross country in high school, our coach used to tell us to eat two bananas a day to avoid shin splints. And honestly… at 16 years old, that advice was pretty sound. I loved bananas, so I followed it religiously. And my coach was right — potassium matters. (And ha ha… there are actually a few foods that pack even more of it — like spinach, avocado, potatoes with the skin, and coconut water.) But here’s...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #12 How Toxic Metals Are Stored in Your Body (And How to Detect Them) Hi Reader, Imagine an old friend calls you out of the blue and says they’re in town… and on their way over. If you’re anything like me, you suddenly have about 10 minutes to “clean” your house. 😱 And let’s be honest… that version of cleaning isn’t exactly deep cleaning. It’s more like: 🧺moving the laundry pile from the couch to the back bedroom 📑stacking papers into one “organized” pile 🍽️cramming dirty dishes...
2 months ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #11 3 Things I’m Doing to Fix My Energy as a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Hi Reader, If you’re anything like me, your to-do list is probably longer than a CVS receipt. I get it. Between work, family, projects, and trying to keep everything running smoothly… being “busy” almost feels like a personality trait. And if I’m being honest, I’ve always been this way. In high school I worked part-time while ensuring straight A's in school. I still managed to spend time with friends,...
2 months ago • 2 min read