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  • The Nervous System Is the Gatekeeper

    Why healing can’t happen in fight-or-flight If you’ve ever wondered why your body won’t respond — even when you’re eating well, supporting digestion, and “doing everything right” — the answer often isn’t another protocol. It’s the nervous system. Healing doesn’t happen in a body that feels unsafe. And for many people, safety isn’t a given

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  • What the New Food Guidelines Get Right — and Why This Shift Matters

    For the first time in decades, U.S. food guidelines are moving in a direction that actually resembles how humans eat. That may sound understated, but it’s not. This update represents a meaningful and long-overdue shift away from ultra-processed, fortified foods as the foundation of “healthy eating,” and back toward real meals, food quality, and dietary

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  • Foundations First

    Why digestion, blood sugar, sleep, and stress matter more than protocols If you’ve ever done “all the right things” — cleaned up your diet, addressed your gut, supported hormones, tried supplements or protocols — and still felt stuck, this is usually why. The foundations weren’t in place. Not because you didn’t care.Not because you didn’t

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  • How to Wash Merino (Without Ruining It)

    Merino doesn’t need complicated care — but it does need gentle handling. Most merino casualties aren’t fabric failures; they’re laundry failures. Here’s what’s actually worked for us after years of daily wear, pregnancy, postpartum, kids, and real life. Detergents I trust for merino The goal is simple: gentle, unscented, no enzyme overload, no “performance” additives.

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  • Merino Base Layers for Kids & Families

    A practical guide to base layers that actually work in real family life: snow days, school mornings, sensory kids, and adults who refuse to “just get used to it.” If you’re trying to build a lower-tox wardrobe, base layers are one of the highest-return swaps you can make — not because you need a brand-new

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  • Branwyn Merino Review: Two Years In, Through Pregnancy, Postpartum, and Real Life

    I’ve been wearing Branwyn for nearly two years now — starting with the Essential Bralette during pregnancy — and I’ve lived in these pieces through pregnancy, postpartum, nursing, workouts, sleep, and daily life. This isn’t a first-impression review.It’s a wear-it-to-death, wash-it-wrong-once, size-change, body-change, life-change review. If I were rolling in cash, my entire wardrobe would

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  • Classic Beef Stew

    Classic Beef Stew is one of those meals that earns its keep. It’s forgiving, deeply nourishing, and quietly does a lot of work for you—especially when you’re feeding a family and want dinner to feel steady without being complicated. This is the kind of recipe that meets you where you are, whether you have time

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  • Why Foundations Change Outcomes

    This post is educational and reflects lived experience and nutrition-focused physiology. It is not medical advice. If something “didn’t work” for you — a supplement, a protocol, a diet, red light, a patch, a cleanse — the most common conclusion is: I must be doing it wrong. Most of the time, that’s not true. The

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  • Repairing the Gut Without Getting Stuck There

    A grounded, non-obsessive approach to gut healing that actually supports long-term recovery Gut healing has become the place so many people start — and the place many quietly get stuck. If you’ve spent months or years focused on your gut, cycling through eliminations, supplements, protocols, and food rules, you’re not alone. And you’re not failing.

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