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04/10/2026

I wasn’t planning on getting excited at the grocery store today… and then all my real‑food favorites were on sale!! 🎉

Jovial’s beans and lentils in glass jars (soaked + pressure‑cooked for better digestibility) , Harmless Harvest’s plain coconut yogurt (my go‑to dairy‑free probiotic source) , and Pacha’s sprouted buckwheat English muffins (clean, gluten‑free, and freezer‑friendly) … all lined up like a Nutritional Therapy case study.

Convenience doesn’t have to mean compromise …especially when the preparation methods and ingredients actually support digestion, minerals, and whole‑body function. 🤩

04/03/2026

A few weeks ago, as winter was taking its final breath, I cooked this Three Sisters Stew for one of my early Nutritional Therapy assignments. I did not share it then because I was still sitting with what it taught me.

For this assignment, we were asked to choose a traditional dish or food preparation method and prepare it with intention. I wanted to honor the land I live on, not only the traditions I grew up with. That is how I found myself cooking the Three Sisters Stew, a dish rooted in Indigenous foodways and the wisdom of corn, beans, and squash growing in harmony. 🥘

What surprised me was not the recipe itself (although it was delicious and my family requested we do make it again 😋). It was the experience of slowing down and listening.. Letting the ingredients guide me toward a deeper understanding of nourishment, interdependence, and the steadiness I want to bring into my Nutritional Therapy journey.

This program keeps reminding me that healing is not only about nutrients or protocols. It is about RELATIONSHIP. To land. To season. To the stories carried in our food. To communities where we work together and enjoy the food we make together. To the pace our bodies are asking for. 💛

This was more than a pot of stew. It was a moment of coherence within myself. A reminder that the work of becoming well often begins with paying attention.

More reflections from this journey soon.

03/29/2026

Was lucky to have these homemade vegan coconut mango desserts from on my trip to NJ! Thank you, Sandy! 😋

03/27/2026

So much of our struggle with food today comes from how rushed and disconnected eating has become. In my NTP training , I’m learning how modern processing hasn’t just changed our food, it’s changed our relationship with nourishment itself. Our ancestors fermented, soaked, and slow‑cooked because it made their meals more nutrient‑dense, but it also kept them in real connection with what they were preparing.

Choose one whole food this week and make it with intention. Slow your pace. Bring some gratitude into the process. Notice how different it feels to eat something you’ve touched and tended to, compared to something you grabbed without thinking.

And here’s the part that still amazes me. Our bodies actually register that difference! A well‑known Yale study gave people the exact same milkshake but labeled it two different ways. Their hunger hormones shifted based on what they believed they were drinking! Same ingredients. Different physiological response. Truly incredible.

How we think about our food shapes how our body receives it. Mindset is part of the meal. 🥘🥗☕️🥤

03/24/2026

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03/24/2026

Thank you for this feature, Ashley! ♥️ Read it here: https://bossmamaceo.com/turning-trials-into-triumphs/

03/24/2026

So excited to be part of this community and pre-launch fun!

03/20/2026

The body is always speaking. Most of us just learned to tune it out in favor of diet trends and rules.

In my nutritional therapy studies, I’m reminded daily that bioindividuality matters. Your ancestry, environment, stress load, mindset, and even your home microbes shape what nourishment looks like for YOU.

Instead of asking what diet to follow, ask what your body is saying .. Notice your energy, digestion, mood, and clarity after you eat. That’s your built‑in feedback system. And the calmer your mind is, the easier it is to hear.

Your most powerful nutrition tool is the inner wisdom your body has carried for thousands of years. It’s still there. It’s still speaking.

03/13/2026

I had to have the BIG salad today 🥗😀 Spotlight ingredient: the highest polyphenol olive oil straight from the source — ZOI by . I’ve had the pleasure of knowing the owners and farmers at Laconiko since 2015, and I’ve attended an awesome deep dive into session on their olive oil farming and harvesting practices … so I can say with full certainty that the ZOI is the best of the best you can get. Get 10% using my code HEBA on their website Laconiko.com 😋

03/11/2026

How to choose the best high-phenolic extra virgin olive oil, high polyphenol olive oil

02/20/2026

This February, I took a big step toward my dream of helping others build their best health — I enrolled in the Nutritional Therapy Association’s Nutritional Therapy Practitioner Program, a step that aligns everything I’ve done and everything I’m building. 🤩 I’m excited to deepen my knowledge and share what I learn along the way!