Category: Cycling Bodies

  • Stinging Nettle as Food

    Stinging Nettle as Food

    Discover how stinging nettle can become a nourishing addition to your kitchen. From fresh and sautéed greens to soups, dried leaves, and powdered preparations, this guide explores practical ways to prepare, preserve, and enjoy one of nature’s most nutrient-dense wild foods while respecting safe harvesting and handling practices.

  • How to Use Nettle Daily

    How to Use Nettle Daily

    Learn simple, practical ways to make stinging nettle part of your everyday routine. From tea and soups to smoothies, sautéed greens, powders, and capsules, this guide shares approachable ideas for enjoying one of nature’s most versatile wild foods while building sustainable habits that fit everyday life.

  • NETTLE • FOOD & FOUNDATION

    NETTLE • FOOD & FOUNDATION

    Discover why stinging nettle has earned a place in kitchens for generations. This foundational guide explores nettle as food first—covering harvesting, preparation, preservation, and everyday use. Learn how simple, nourishing habits can make

  • Stinging Nettle Seeds as Food

    Stinging Nettle Seeds as Food

    Discover how stinging nettle seeds can be enjoyed as a seasonal whole food. Learn when to harvest them, simple ways to prepare and use them in everyday meals, and how they fit within a food-first approach that values nourishment, stewardship, and thoughtful seasonal rhythms over quick fixes.

  • Foraged vs. Farmed Stinging Nettle

    Foraged vs. Farmed Stinging Nettle

    Discover the differences between foraged and farmed stinging nettle through a food-first, capacity-aware lens. Learn the benefits, considerations, safety practices, and best uses for each, so you can choose the option that fits your season of life, supports sustainable nourishment, and makes everyday wellness both practical and attainable.

  • The “Build, Regulate and Shield” Herbal Framework

    The “Build, Regulate and Shield” Herbal Framework

    Understand herbs with confidence using the Build, Regulate, and Shield framework. This beginner-friendly guide explains how different herbs nourish, balance, or support the body’s natural defenses, helping you choose herbal combinations with greater clarity while keeping food, sustainable habits, and everyday wellness at the foundation of your approach.

  • The Quiet Art of Setting Things Down

    The Quiet Art of Setting Things Down

    Learn the quiet art of discerning what truly belongs in your hands. This reflection explores stewardship, capacity, and the freedom that comes from releasing unnecessary burdens. Discover how carrying only what is yours creates space for steadiness, presence, and a sustainable life rooted in clarity—not obligation, performance, or perfection.

  • Becoming Someone Who Can Stay

    Becoming Someone Who Can Stay

    If there’s one thing this lifestyle has taught me, it’s this: Health has to withstand real life. Not the curated version. Not the “after things calm down” version. The one with grief, caregiving, diagnosis, marriage repair, nervous system overload, and days where progress looks nothing like transformation

  • A Lifestyle I Can Grow Old With

    A Lifestyle I Can Grow Old With

    Before I ever touched a Trim Healthy plan, I believed health had a very specific look. A certain body shape. A certain number on the scale. A result that mattered more than how I got there

  • Why Regulation Matters More Than Control

    Why Regulation Matters More Than Control

    My body hasn’t always signaled overwhelm the same way. What’s changed just as much as the signals themselves is my awareness of them. Early in my life as a wife and mother, I mostly ignored what my body was trying to say—not because I was resilient, but because I didn’t know how to listen.