Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
What if our fear of parasites, and the cleanses it drives us to, is doing more harm than good? I believe it is. I believe the war we wage on the organisms inside us is stripping away the very microbes that protect us, and keeping our bodies in a state …
Good Fats, Bad Fats: Why Warmth Matters When I talk to clients about seed oils, I sometimes see a look come over their face that says it doesn’t really matter, but it matters a great deal, and far more than most people realise. (Yes, we’re talking about fat again, because …
It is raining tonight, a gentle, real rain. It isn’t the quick passing kind, but the kind that settles in and stays, and I think it is making me reflective. I love the rain. I love the sound of it trickling and pattering on the roof and the leaves, and …
What Urine and Live Blood Might Tell Us About How the Body Cleans Itself There is a place where the textbooks go quiet, and I have always been drawn to it. Medicine is very good at telling us what can be measured, yet traditions have been noticing things in the …
What bacteria, plants and immune cells make me wonder about memory Science just sorta proved that bacteria can learn. A single cell with no brain, no nervous system and no one explaining the rules can carry a memory of previous conditions and respond differently when those conditions return. Meanwhile, I …
Fat is an organ! Surprise! Working with people has a wonderful way of sending me back into research. Someone comes along with an interesting health question, we start looking at what is happening inside their body, and I find myself learning something new. Our bodies are quite remarkable in the …
New research reveals another remarkable way microbes communicate and survive. But it also raises a question about what happens when we repeatedly disturb the microbial communities that keep us healthy. I came across a fascinating piece of research this week. Scientists have discovered that bacteria can actually share working proteins …
September 23, 2026 | Living Ground Project, Ecuador Whew! What a marathon. My Plant & Kitchen Alchemy book is finally finished, uploaded to Amazon and waiting to be published. After months of writing, experimenting, editing, illustrating and wrestling with page numbers, indexes, formatting and Amazon’s publishing requirements, I can hardly …
I am finishing Plant & Kitchen Alchemy, a book that has grown to more than 550 pages of personal experience, practical knowledge and over 80 kitchen alchemy recipes centered on food as medicine. As I moved through the final edits, I realized I had spent a great deal of time …
I use collagen-rich broth regularly when I am working with microbiome-healing protocols because the gut microbes are only part of the picture. They live against a mucus-covered intestinal lining that has to be hydrated, nourished and continually rebuilt. A good gelatinous broth brings water, minerals and the amino acids from …