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Kayla Andrée Haverstock
Holistic Nutritionist + Herbalist

The Grounded Path 2026
6 Month Guided Program
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because life is too short to not eat or feel well

01/10/2026

Yes I eat meat, yes I eat dairy—and yes I am still triggered by this blatant, arrogant show of late stage capitalism that everyone is celebrating.

Here is your new food guide:
Winter squash, local free range chuck roast, peas, Romano beans, lentils, chicken thigh, liver, slow simmered bone broth, kimchi, kefir, sauerkraut, yogurt, chicory, mustard greens, haskap berries, wild raspberries, free range yolk eggs, pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, plums, wild sardines, grass fed butter, wild strawberries, broccolini, grapefruit, red cabbage, red potatoes, beets, buckwheat, glyphosate free oats, heirloom tomatoes, rainbow carrots, coconut, nutritive herbal infusions, sweet potato, marshmallow root, burdock root, mineral rich sea salt,…

Sorry to be that guy that has a problem with everything 😂

01/01/2026

What did I miss?

All of this written from my own personal experience and then watching my clients go through the same thing. I wish I could go back in time and do all of these things in this order but hey, I wouldn’t be the nutritionist I am today if it weren’t for those years of dismissal, chronic pain and stress.

Wishing you a 2026 full of answers, validation and a clear path forward. ♥️✨

12/28/2025

2025 Wrapped ✨💝🎠

A moment that stands out to me from this year is somewhere in the middle of our house renovation. Remy and I had spent the night in the hospital sick while Brett was away working on the house. Baby’s fever was high for 5 consecutive days and I was scared something was going to happen to him. Brett called me the next day to talk and he was walking around our yard talking to me in speakerphone.

A white-throated sparrow was singing louder than he was talking and it was the most beautiful sound I’ve ever heard, especially after spending the night listening to names being called in the emergency room and the door opening and closing for people smoking ci******es.

As soon as I heard the song I started crying, and I couldn’t stop crying because I knew for certain in that moment that we were doing the right thing, even if it wasn’t an easy thing. Soon the sparrow would become background noise to my every day. Never to be taken for granted. ✨

First pic: one of my favourite gifts I received this year was a birch bark berry picking basket 🧺😭

Next: started making dried plant jewelry and did my first couple markets. Such a fun experience that I hope to get back into soon!

Next: our first wedding anniversary spent in Canmore and Remy’s first birthday. ♥️😭✨

Next: The House Reno™️. The project/move that destroyed mine and Brett’s nervous systems for the foreseeable future. Pieces slowly coming back together one project at a time, starting with our deck railing and my dreamy 10 foot farmhouse table.

Next: Falling back in love with life again after wading through depression and stress. It started with a forest service road, some berries, then some cherries, some peaches, some friends, some birds, some lakes, some sunrises and sunsets, some foraging and some books.

Last: Well-read and well-fed. That’s how we do. 👏🏼

12/12/2025

I want to let you in on a secret of mine that I’ve kept for many years.

I spent the vast majority of my life thinking I was stupid. That feels silly to say, because you know that I am not. To explain this, I need to give you context.

In my formative years I was placed in a French catholic school. Bear in mind, we spoke mostly English at home and we were not Christian. This was all for good intentions, but when my teachers spoke, I often had no idea what they were saying. I fundamentally didn’t understand religion, and I thought Jesus was God so I genuinely didn’t understand why sometimes we called him “Jésus” and other times he was “Dieu”.

So I raised my little hand and asked my stupid question.

“Tu devrais savoir ça, Kayla.”

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘒𝘢𝘺𝘭𝘢.

After some time, I stopped asking my stupid questions. Better to be confused than ridiculed. This went on for years, as I was progressively more confused. I was asked to leave classrooms, I was suspended, I switched schools, and ultimately I wasn’t able to graduate with my friends, but rather unceremoniously by a letter in the mail later after retaking my classes. I didn’t get accepted to the university I dreamed of, and had to take a leap year. I had fallen through the cracks of the education system.

Art, music, singing, dancing, cooking, painting.
The unseen. Intuition.
Smell, laughter, taste, love, grief, rage.
These things came to me naturally.
If only the world did not revolve around facts and information, I would have had it made.

Later in life I took on a new journey, as my friend Zakiya calls it, the beginners mindset. I fumbled through my nutrition studies, fearing my own inaptitude. I read dozens, and dozens, and now hundreds of books. I learned of interests I didn’t know I had. I now knew the roses I drew during math class as medicinal plants and how to use them. I had more facts and information than I knew what to do with.

Letting myself fumble, ask dumb questions, and eventual mastery are responsible for the reclamation of my self-worth. This is why I have such a passion for helping people today.

It all starts with “That’s a great question! Let me explain…” ♥️

12/09/2025

If your herbs had a group chat, they’d be texting each other like,

Dandelion: “why isn’t she drinking water????”
Ashwagandha: “oh my god here comes this toxic friendship again, ruining all my hard work!”
Elderberry: “Imagine how I feel after spending the entire week indoors.”
Nettle: “I’m just here for the drama”

😝

12/06/2025

Bundle up, go outside. It’s better than being curled up with a cup of neocitran scrolling on your phone for the next 4 months.

12/04/2025

Is this too niche? 😂

I’ve been having grilled cheese with my lunches all week and feeling a pang of guilt around the nutrient density of such a frivolous side dish. And yet, enjoying the crap out of the middle bite sans crust. It’s a sensory experience. Crunch/stretch the cheese/bask in her glory.

12/01/2025

I feel like I am deceiving you with this title haha. There is no surprise naughty thing you’re doing that is keeping you sick, it’s actually very unglamorous. I’d love to bust down your door and slap your scrambled eggs out of your hand and tell you that it’s the one thing that’s been secretly ruining your life but I actually don’t believe any one food is bad or is a game changer.

If you see someone saying s**t like that, it’s just click bait. It’s just an influencer looking to boost engagement with shocking information. It’s just predatory marketing on vulnerable people that would do anything to feel better. It’s just wrong. :)

Here are some very *realistic* habits that inhibit livelihood.

🥘 Not eating enough/not eating organic home cooked meals

🤷🏻‍♀️ Inconsistency/Flip flopping, doing the thing and then not doing it, and then remembering for 2 days and then not

💪 Intensity. Intensity is not the medicine for a tired, overworked and overstimulated world. If it was we would have punished and forced ourselves into feeling better by now

Let’s talk real, sustainable, unglamorous, nourishing change from now on.

11/29/2025

Some fun things to try at home in the meantime. :)

Doc won’t give you a thyroid panel? Get a new doctor.

Salt water makes you feel good? Drink it.

We’re taking our health back.

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