2025 Issue #37 3 simple ways to clean up what’s in your tap From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, This past weekend we packed up the farm and headed back to Illinois with boxes of Honeycrisp apples, tomatoes, and squash. 🍎🍅 It was wonderful seeing old neighbors, family, and friends again and delivering orders to them. But when I jumped in the shower, the chlorine smell hit me right away. And when my kids refilled their water bottles, my youngest wrinkled his nose and said, “Mom,...
14 days ago • 1 min read
2025 Issue #36 Why You Really Get a Cold (and How to Get Over It Faster) From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, Less than three weeks into our big transition to public school, and what happens? The sniffles hit. First, it’s a scratchy throat, then a cough, then the fever rolls in — suddenly you’ve got a full-blown cold. Both of my kids went down almost back-to-back, and of course, they looked at me like, “Mom, fix it.” Now, being both a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and an...
21 days ago • 1 min read
2025 Issue #35 What happened when I pushed past my comfort zone From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, This past weekend, I pushed myself out of my comfort zone and drove to Minnesota to attend a Healing Conference. I didn’t know a soul going in. But since growth always begins where our comfort zone ends—and because I love learning new ways to help my clients—I decided to spend the weekend with 300 other women, all gathered with one focus: healing. The room was filled with...
28 days ago • 2 min read
2025 Issue #34 The side effect of tea? Feeling good. From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, The other day I was at the doctor’s office with my kids for their school physicals. While we sat in the waiting room, the TV was blaring ad after ad for prescription drugs. At one point, my 10-year-old giggled out loud when the announcer listed “side effect: death.” We both laughed—but in the back of my mind, it stuck. We’ve gotten so used to the idea that every ache, pain, or problem...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
2025 Issue #33 What perfumes, soap, and even food have in common with your liver From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, I still remember going to the mall as a kid with my sister. She loved the perfume aisle—rows of shiny bottles promising elegance, confidence, or mystery. The problem? We didn’t realize you were supposed to use those little paper test strips. So, of course, my sister decided I would be her test strip. By the time we left, I smelled like flowers, fruit, and “old...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
2025 Issue #32 Fixing the Root of Seasonal Allergies From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, We're just a few short weeks away from apple season on the farm—which means one thing: pollen season is here… and so are allergies. And while I can make all the teas and tinctures to help calm the symptoms (like fixing that annoying post-nasal drip—read more about that here), the truth is this: the root of seasonal allergies usually comes down to one thing—your gut health. When your gut is...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
2025 Issue #31 The night I almost ruined my weight loss progress From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, When I was deep in my weight loss journey, the pounds were finally coming off and I felt unstoppable—until one night changed everything. I was sitting on the back deck in my quiet suburban neighborhood when I heard someone say my name. I turned, listening. It was my neighbor. She wasn’t talking to me, but her voice carried clear as day and she was talking about me. She was...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
2025 Issue #30 What if Your Heart Needs Healing Too? From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, When you come down with a cold, you probably know exactly what to do: Call in sick. Grab a box of tissues.Curl up on the couch with a bowl of chicken soup and let your body rest. Because that’s how healing works, right? You give your body what it needs, and then you get back to normal. But have you ever tried to just… push through? I have. Especially back in my corporate days when rest...
2 months ago • 2 min read
2025 Issue #29 Benefits of Red Clover From: Nikki Leary I [email protected] Hi Reader, Hands down, summer is my favorite season. Sure, it’s a little stressful—planting, then constant weeding, fighting off pests while sweating through my shirt—but honestly? I live for it. One thing I don’t love, though? My husband’s seasonal allergies. It’s like we’re all outside having a great time…and then his post-nasal drip shows up like an uninvited guest. You know the sound. The constant throat...
2 months ago • 1 min read