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...
10 days 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,...
17 days ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #10 Afternoon Energy Crash in Perimenopause: Causes and Solutions Hi Reader, I completely ignored something my body was trying to tell me. Even though I’m always telling you not to do that. Sometimes, in between building a business, running a farm, homeschooling, filing taxes, and debating whether or not we truly need another animal… my perimenopause brain forgets to take its own advice. Here’s my confession. Lately, around 5:30pm, I’ve been hitting a wall. Not just “a little...
24 days ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #9 Natural Nervous System Support for Women in Perimenopause This Spring Hi Reader, I made myself a deal this winter. I wasn’t allowed to start seeds for 2026 until I finished processing the 2025 harvest. So instead of playing in potting soil, I was at my stove finishing the last eight gallons of tomatoes from last season. 🍅 And when that final jar sealed? It felt like closure. Like, okay… now we move forward. And maybe you’re feeling that too. This quiet shift. Because every year...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #8 Copper, Hormones, and Mineral Testing: What Every Woman Should Know Hi Reader, For six years, I had a Mirena IUD. At the time, I felt good about that decision. It was recommended as safe, low-maintenance, and non-hormonal. What I didn’t understand back then was that it would take me years to clean up the mess it made to my body. You see, when I tried to “get my body back” after baby #2, something felt different. I had low energy — which I blamed on motherhood.My mood felt less...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #7 Why your blood doesn't tell the whole story From: Nikki Leary I nikki@rootfornew.com Hi Reader, I was chatting with a woman at a luncheon last week and within a few minutes I thought,“Oh… I know this story.” She told me how much she loves her CrossFit gym.How intentional she is about what she eats.How she’s doing all the “right” things. And yet… the weight won’t budge. Her labs? Normal.Her thyroid numbers? Normal. (of course I asked - I'm an NTP!) So she did what so many women...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #6 What depleted soil and stubborn symptoms have in common From: Nikki Leary I nikki@rootfornew.com Hi Reader, This week I got my compost soil test back — the one I’ll use to start my seeds for the season. It was a good reminder of something farming teaches you pretty quickly: If the mineral balance in the soil is off, the plants won’t thrive.They might grow… but they’ll struggle. We get our minerals from plants. So when the soil is depleted or out of balance, the plants are too....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #5 Why Taking Care of Yourself Helps You Take Care of Everyone Else From: Nikki Leary I nikki@rootfornew.com Hi Reader, Last week, my entire family got hit with the flu. And when I say hit, I mean absolutely taken out. One by one, we went down — fevers climbing, bodies aching, brains foggy. There was a moment where the simple task of getting water to everyone felt like climbing Mount Everest… in pajamas. What surprised me most was how quickly my own brain just stopped cooperating....
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
2026 Issue #4 How Your Nervous System Reacts to Stress From: Nikki Leary I nikki@rootfornew.com Hi Reader, If you were hoping that 2026 would be the year stress finally disappeared…It’s probably not shaping up that way. And honestly? That’s okay. Because stress doesn’t really go away. What can change is how your body experiences stress — and how quickly it’s able to come back to calm. Most people recognize stress by how it feels on the surface: overwhelm, anxiety, low energy, irritability....
2 months ago • 2 min read