Regenerative Farming: Understanding The Earth

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Up until the pandemic started, I was coaching full-time and then that shut down. And so I was, I was coaching part-time doing more just like online stuff because obviously the gym shut down, but we had also just moved. So I was working virtually for that company and I am very much like, I need to be busy all the time. And now I say like I'm a recovering busy person because I'm now finding like I have to be busy all the time, obviously, but that's where it started was like, I have free time now because I'm only working part-time. And I went from coaching all of my hours, having a really energetic dog and like trying to fill my time that way to having very little. And you can only go to the dog park so many times before you're like, all right, I gotta do something else. So I've always felt like I had to be busy. So that kind of transferred into being in the middle of a pandemic where, okay, now I'm really not busy because everything shut down. Doing like 10 hours a week virtual work. And, um, I had a nutrition coaching business at that point, but it was very, very much like the starting point of it. So I had maybe like 4 clients and 4 is a good amount of clients. Like I'm not saying that's nothing, but, um, they weren't taking up a lot of time for me because of the way that I was coaching them. It was like kind of the traditional nutrition coaching where it was like they sent in an online check-in form. I didn't really communicate with them that much, so it wasn't a lot of interaction with them. I had a lot of time. I felt weird having a lot of time, so I tried to fill that time with as much as possible, and I found that I just got really tired, tired all the time. I didn't really want to work out because I felt like it was more of a chore. And I genuinely enjoy working out, like, I long because I love it. I love movement. I love how it makes me feel. And I just got to a point where I didn't like how I was feeling anymore. I was super tired all the time. And I just didn't feel effective in anything that I was doing. I didn't feel effective with my clients. I didn't feel effective in the work I was doing for the company that I worked for. And I really didn't feel effective in my life because I didn't want to go explore the town that we lived in, even though things were shut down, like we could still go out outside at that point. We could still kind of like walk around, we could do all these things, and I didn't want to do any of it. And that's not like me. So I ran into this problem of tired and feeling like I wasn't doing enough. So it's kind of this like— so that essentially jump-started this whole process of figuring out, okay, well, where am I wasting time? And like, why do I feel like I need to be busy? Why do I feel like I have all of this time? Where is that coming? So I had to took a lot of work to figure out where it was coming from. And, um, once I did that, once I understood that, um, it came down to, you know, like wanting worthy and feeling like we all have— okay, I should back up. We all have stories around, um, what makes us right. Like, if we work really hard, then we're worthy. Um, we deserve the money that we get if we work really, really hard for it. And that was a story that I had, was that like If I wasn't working 24 hours a day, then I didn't deserve the money that was going to come in from that work.

Oh yeah.

Yeah. And that is super common is this, this idea that like we have to work really hard. And that's just because this is a story that we've created from just our life experience. Everyone you see works really hard for their money. So obviously that is the way that you earn money and like, that's just how it is. And so this is a very long story longer. But that piece of understanding where ilbram allowed me to take a step back and say, okay, well, where am I actually being effective with my time? And where am I just—

When you did that, did you find something that was shocking or were you like, oh, this is like, like I'm used to this or this, this is, uh, not really.

No, I think that, um, it was a really big realization for me that I, because for me, a big piece of it was I, I felt like I wasn't getting the right things done because I, and I, So I felt like I wasn't doing the right thing. I felt like I wasn't getting the right things done. And I also felt like I didn't have any more time or energy to put in to get those things done. So that's where the challenge came in because I was like, all right, well now I don't know. I don't know where to go from here because I've been busy this entire time and I've just been spinning my wheels instead of actually finding the things. So I was in a business coaching course when I made this realization. It wasn't me that came to the realization. It was like Being in this course sparked a lot of deep work that I had to do, that I got to do. And so when I got to this point, I noticed, okay, well, why do I have this story? Where does it come from? And how can I rewrite it so that I can actually be effective and I can be my best self and show up in that way for my clients, for the people around me? Once I made that shift, that's when I started living in that person and more effective with the time that I had. And that allowed me to make more impact on my clients. It allowed me to grow my business. It allowed me to continue working for that company because I really did enjoy working for them too. Like they're a very big part of my life still. So that, that like deep work and pivot and reframe of how I was time just allowed me to have more of the impact that I wanted to make in the beginning and I've always wanted to make.

I love that. Um, subscribe to like anything Abraham Hicks.

No, who that is? I'm not very well versed in—

Yeah, so it's kind of— I had first heard about Ix, and I'm not really like super knowledgeable about that, but I know that Esther, her name is Esther, and she kind of like leads the discussions. So they have like a YouTube channel and a newsletter, but it's all like woo and spiritual and like really good stuff. And this morning's letter, they just kind of pull quotes from like past Kristjana, and it was totally like exactly what you described of like just learning how to like check in with your body because I think so many times and very often we like look for outside validation as to like why we're feeling a certain way. So like, why am I tired? And then we are like looking outside, right? Like Googling shit or like going somewhere and trying to like find outside people to tell us maybe why we're feeling tired or scared or nervous or all these things, when really it's just our vibration. Like we need to like check in with our body and assess what's happening, do the deep work, and then brought back to why. And I think that you totally nail it on the head, is that it's like deep work can be scary and it can be exhausting, but it's totally like you get to do it because it's so important because that is what books change. That's what helps you truly become who you are meant to be, who you already are, right? But you're just like, I think for so long, even myself, I was outside validation, whether that was like in or when I was dating somebody or fucking everything until I realized, oh, like I have all of those answers. I just need to now take time.

I love that you said that. And the— I laughed when you said it's just our vibration because I literally say it all the time. We are vibrating balls of energy. My mission in my business is to rise the tides and raise the vibes of our planet. And it sounds cool.

Yeah.

Like maybe that's where it came from. And also it is a very serious mission because We have a— like, okay, at a cellular level, human beings, we're all vibrating balls of energy. Like, that's what atoms are. So as we think of ourselves as a whole, we are just a bunch of vibrating balls of energy in one. That's what makes us up. And I say it all the time that when you go somewhere and you feel like you are on top of the world, you are vibrating at a really high frequency. People feel that. You know when somebody walks in the room and they're feeling themselves, like, you know they're there, and that's because they're vibrating at really high energy. When you vibe with someone, it's because your energies are on the same frequency, and you guys, you get along with somebody because of that. And we have such a power to influence the vibrational energy that we have when we, we dive into this deep work, when we understand ourselves and we understand from within what makes us feel the way that we feel. And it's so true. We lean on everyone else. We lean on external, um, information forces because we think that that's where we're going to get the best information because that's what we've been told. That's how we've been raised. And truthfully, I say this to my clients all the time, like, you have the answer for what you need. You just don't know how to listen for it. Because we've been taught not to listen to it. We've been taught to like suppress how we feel to like look good for other people. We've been taught how to value certain things over others. And that's where a lot of my work comes in is learn how to shift away from the external noise and get back to, okay, what do I actually need? What do I want? How do I want to feel and show up? How do I get there? How do I step into being that? And that's the reason I do it. And this— and it— all of that sounds super woo-woo without like the science of it, right? But the truth is that the reason that I put so much emphasis on that, because we started off with I'm a functional nutritionist, like why does all of this matter so much? Because your mind influences your gut. Our immune system, like 70 to 80% of it is made up in the gut. And our stress response, digestion, all of those start in your brain. So your brain affects literally everything that goes on in your body. Therefore, and if we have this, this ability to raise our vibration through just the way that we think, the way that we are showing up for ourselves, we also have that power to raise the health level in our body. And they go hand in hand. So if you're vibrating at a super low energy, your body is going to be really low. Like you're going to feel shitty, you're not going to be able to digest your food, you're going to have some sort of problem. You may be getting sick often or you may not be getting sick at all. Problems. And all of that plays into how you show up because if you don't feel well, you're not going to show up well. Don't show up well, you're not going to feel well. They're so related in that way that it's, it's like, why wouldn't I be talking about all of the mindset, your relationship with your body, how you show up for yourself? The woo-woo side. Why wouldn't I be talking about it if I care about your health?

Yeah, well, in mindset, I mean, we know this, that what, like 95% of your— though it's just like shit that's been replaying decades, really, like stuff that you tell yourself. I was even just trying to like come up with certain things that I tell myself on a regular basis that I don't even realize. Things that I was like, huh, like I, you know, decided to tell myself this like maybe, you know, 10 years ago. And that's just something that like pops into my head when I think about something. And even I'm a barre instructor and I remember I was listening to David Goggins with my husband. Fucking intense, right?

Yes.

He is a superhuman being and like his strategy is—

Oh man.

Intense is like the only word I have for it. It's just like very in your face and hardcore. And he definitely gave me like some bout for sure. But some of it, I mean, I remember he was saying, "Body can pretty much do anything. It's your mind that stops you." And I totally see that in my teaching and when I'm taking class and I have to remember and I tell myself that over and over. It's like, "Wanna quit? Stop it. Like, you are totally fine." And I understand obviously there's a difference between like pain, like true physical pain and then just like comfortable. Like, I get that. But also at the same time, I'm like, I've now birthed 3 humans and it's a pain that's totally like— I remember before I had— so when I was pregnant with Lil, I didn't really— I was young. I didn't really look into like getting an epidural and doing it all natural. I just— I kind of even still live my life that way. I don't really ask a lot of questions. I just kind of go in and just like decide what I'm going to do in the moment. I remember going in and the nurse was like— I was like, "Okay, like I'm dilated." And she's like, "Okay, what's your birth plan?" And I'm like, "I don't know, to have the baby, right?" And she said, "Well, you can either be in pain for like hours on end or you can get an epidural." And I was like, "Well, obviously I'm gonna get an epidural because it sounds way better than being in pain." However, I don't think I was empowered or even given the opportunity to be like, "Listen, your body can totally whisper to you." I can't understand all this pain. I think that if I would have come at it at that angle, which I did later with my second, totally different experience. And I had a friend describe, she was like, "Listen, giving birth naturally is euphoric." And I remember being like, "Really?" And when I was going through labor, I did not think it was euphoric. I was like, "I feel like I'm possessed. This is awful." However, I was just telling my partner the other day, I'm like, Kurt, I would have another baby just for that experience because there is nothing in this world that compares to that pain because on the other side of it is this— you're giving life, like there's baby and there is nothing that compares to it. And so I'm like, okay, like I get what she was saying now. It is kind of euphoric because it's like, the most pain you've ever been in, but your body can totally fucking do it. Like, no problem. Well, maybe some problems. I'm like, some women, there are complications. And sometimes, you know, not everybody is. But at the same time, it's like incredibly empowering to make it so difficult. And then you can look back like David Goggins says, pull that out of your cookie jar, right? And it's like, oh shit, I was able to do that. And I can— So I think that talking about is so important, just like you said, with nutrition, with how you live your life, period. Like it all starts with—

Absolutely. And that is probably one of my favorite stories that you could ever possibly share because that was so perfect. When you look back, you're thinking now of like, oh my God, look at this really fucking amazing thing that I did. Like, this is what my body did. And a lot of times we get so scared of the potential for pain that we don't allow ourselves that opportunity to say, look what I just did. And I think that most people, and I say this as a generalization, and I feel like I'm right here, so I'm going to keep with it. I feel like most people could look back at points in their life and say, I did a really hard thing and I survived it and look at me for that. However, we've been conditioned to look at those things and say, "Oh, poor me for going through this, for like being victim to this." But guess what? All of that made you so fucking strong. And that's what's really cool. I think that a big part of mindset work is this idea of understanding that, yes, okay, we're gonna have hard things. It's not always gonna be sunshine and rainbows. It's not always gonna be fun. And we're not always going to have a positive outlook. And that's okay because it's not— that's not life. Life is understanding that there are going to be hard times and that you are equipped to get through it because you've gotten through them before. And I think a big part of it is the stories that we tell ourselves around like, okay, well, I wasn't empowered this one time, so now I'm never going to be empowered. That's not true. Like, That is a story that you make up. I— so we make up all of our thoughts, right? We make up the true ones, we make up the stories, and we attach meaning to everything. We are meaning-making. However, if by that logic we make everything up anyway, couldn't we just make up more of the thoughts that make us feel empowered? Like, it seems pretty simple. That's like a pretty rudimentary idea, and I also totally think that it is something that works.

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Like, if I— this is a perfect example. We just moved on to a farm, and I— so somebody asked me yesterday, um, on Instagram, like, how long have you been doing this for? Like, did you grow up farming? And I literally started farming 30 days ago when we moved on to this property. Like, that's That's how much experience I have being on a farm. And we're raising livestock and we're trying to regenerate this land, so we're trying to practice like a regenerative agriculture model. And so yesterday was a complete and utter shit show. I'm gonna call it what it was. My husband went away for work, um, so I am farming solo. We have 15 Beating Hearts on the property. Um, actually it's more than that. I think it's maybe closer to 20 because we also have like Everyone in the neighborhood, their dogs hang out here. So I have like— I'm responsible for everyone's dog. So we have livestock, we have animals, we have dogs, we have, uh, all the birds and all these other things. Yesterday, everything that could go wrong went wrong. My dog pooped in my car, I couldn't milk our cow, one of my sheep got his head stuck in the electric fence. Like, all of these things went wrong, and I could have easily made the day be a total wash. I could have been miserable all day. I could have let it bother me. I could have just not gotten anything else done because everything that could have gone wrong yesterday went wrong. And instead, I chose to look at it as, okay, well, that's a learning experience. I can't leave them for that long unattended. Like, I went to go get, uh, I went to the store to go get something, and I left them in a bad setup. My dog, probably shouldn't have taken her with early in the morning for her. The cow, I probably shouldn't have rushed her. She was not into it. I was trying to rush around because I had a lot of other things on my list to do. And it's a perfect example because everything teaches you a lesson. And I always tell my clients, you know, look at how this situation is perfect. What is the lesson here? Steve Jobs quote, he always says, you can't connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking back. And in the moment yesterday, I was like, Heather, this, like, it's gonna be fine. Looking back, Everything I did yesterday was me trying to control the situation instead of allowing it to unfold how it was going to unfold. Instead of rushing a cow who is 4 to 5 times my size, try and walk down the driveway with me so I can milk her, I could have waited until she was ready and followed me because she does when she's ready. Um, and I'm sure someone's gonna hear that and be like, you're doing it wrong. And if I am doing it wrong, please tell me because 30 days of farming experience here. So anyone, any feedback is welcome. But it's just a good example because I could have easily been like, oh my God, yesterday was such a terrible day. Everything went wrong. Uh, it was miserable. And also I look back at yesterday and like, it was so much fun and it was so chaotic and that's okay. It can be, it could be both of those things.

Because when COVID had first hit, I was trying to having my toddler at home and like working at the same time and like just trying to do all the things, being in control of every situation. And I like had a candle lit on my table and my cat, of course, was trying to like bat the candle and my toddler was in the middle of potty training and he— I was like on a client call trying— and it was an important client call like we were having to like discuss something pretty serious. And so I'm like watching Fiona like almost knock the candle down. My toddler's pooping on the floor. And I'm just thinking, oh my God, like I am losing my shit. Like I'm gonna lose my shit at any point. And so I was just like, okay, I know that this is super important. I gotta go. And I like shut the computer and I was like bawling and I'm like, this is so fucking hard. And I was just like, okay. Or you could have just scheduled the call, said that your toddler was at home, you could have blown out the candle. Like there was definitely things I could have done to like set the entire situation up for success, but instead I was so focused on like, this has to get done today, right now. And I remember I was reading Untethered Soul at the time, and he says the same shit over and over and over in the book is like, stop trying to control everything, right? That's when you actually are living in the present is when you just let things come and you feel your feelings, but then you let them go. You don't ever like live in a certain feeling. And I remember just like, "Viv, like, recenter. Let's think about this." And yeah, it's so much easier said than done. I think that you can say, "Let's live in the moment and let's just try not to control," but we've been trying to forever. And I think that even as like children, when unsafe or there's abuse going on or neglect, there's— you try and latch on to anything that you are in control over. And I think it just starts at such a young— but it's like, uh, it's hard when you become an adult and you have to unlearn all this shit. So as a parent, like, okay, how can I start teaching now like just kind of go with the flow. My 8-year-old is so funny. She is like on a schedule and like loves to know like what's happening, which I'm totally okay with like being on a schedule, right? We all kind of need a schedule. It's nice to have, but at the same time, I'm like, let's be flexible. Like let's roll with the punches, go with the unexpected. Like it's okay with like pivoting our directions, right? And like, that's okay too. I know I went off on a tangent a little bit, but I think that you totally— it's just relatable to the feeling of wanting, and I think podcast will— life that they're like holding onto, that if they just were able to relinquish that, it would feel so much better.

Well, that's the thing is like we put ourselves in the position. So I say this with love, overwhelm is a choice. Like we can choose to be overwhelmed when we choose to like hold onto the things that we're trying to control that we really can't control. And we're all— if you're overwhelmed and you're staying overwhelmed, you're choosing to be there. And I always say that with love, obviously. And I say it as a nudge to let go of what you can't control. If you're always trying to hold on, you're gonna feel overwhelmed because you're con— you're focusing someplace where it's taking your power away. If you're trying to control everything else, and actually have control over are your reactions and your thoughts. When you take power of those things, you take responsibility for them. And I call it radical responsibility because it is. When you take responsibility for those two things and let go of everything else, can't control anything, so much more joy, fulfillment, and also you get your power back, which all of us, that's at the root really how we want to feel is just empowered in our lives. And so I always say it, but I say it with love. It is a choice. You can choose to stay overwhelmed. You can choose to continue to try and control the things. I call it like white knuckling it, like try and white knuckle the things that you don't have actual control over, or you can let go of those things and you can step into focusing on how you— Yeah.

Have like strategies or tips that you could give somebody who is feeling like they're white-knuckling their lives right now and are like, but how do I even get started? What do I even do? What's the next step?

I love that. So, um, a very big piece of this is understanding why, like, why are you trying to control the situation? Where is it coming from? And is it serving you? So I like to always recommend journaling as a practice because it does help you. It is the free form of therapy. Aren't ready to see a therapist, if you aren't comfortable going to ask somebody for help, take a journal and ask yourself those questions. What am I trying to control? Why am I trying to control it? Is it serving me? And what is actually in my control? My 4 questions. Um, and then I am a really big believer, or thing, mindful breathing. I think that it allows you the space to kind of remove yourself from reaction. So if you're in a space where you feel like you're super overwhelmed or you feel like you are white-knuckling something that really you don't have control over, take a step back. You could like physically take a step back, but in your head, take a step back and take 5 deep breaths before any decisions, any, um, any further thought or action with whatever it is that you're trying to control. And then you can ask yourself, "Moment, but, other." So journaling and mindful breathing are my number one tools just to understand and start the conversation of, okay, what's in my control right now and what can I let go of?

Yeah, no, I agree. Journaling for me, I really like that you gave the 4 prompts because sometimes when I sit down to journal, I get stuck in the sense of like, what do I write today? So I really like 4 prompts, which I would love if you could send them over to me, then I can like, Yeah. But it's so nice to have, my mother-in-law gave me like a prompt journal for Christmas.

I love that.

And I love it because it like immediately sparks some sort of thought process for me. And then I can almost journal for page, you know, page after page after page. But I just needed that like little tiny, like to get my, you know, to get my—

Yeah, my clients have that too. Like I'll say, 'cause I run into the same thing, right? Like you sit down to journal and you're like, I don't even know what to write about right now. And that's super normal. It's not like a weird thing. Most people don't have like exactly what they want to say unless there's something on their mind. And usually like if I don't have anything to say and I don't want to go into like all of those questions, or if that just seems like a really, really big undertaking right now to answer all 4 of those, I'll go into, okay, what am I grateful for? And that's usually like, that's how I got my husband to start journaling was he just started writing down what he was grateful for every day. And after a month of doing it, he was like, you know, I really like, really enjoy doing that. It feel good to find things that you're grateful for every day.

And you can't really live in like, you can't feel gratitude and also feel kind of like a pile of because they just like can't live together. And when you're grateful, you're raising your vibration, right? So it's like, it all goes together. It's such a great practice to start instilling. I think, and when you are feeling overwhelmed, when you're feeling lost, when you're feeling fucking exhausted, it's like these small little practices can literally change everything. Like you said, you started, you like gained clarity around everything. Once you started like actually looked inward, you were able to all these things, build your business, find aligned clients, like everything changed and shifted in your—

Yeah. And it's, it's one of those things where like it is uncomfortable at first, right? Because you're now looking at like, okay, what are the stories that I've been telling myself that aren't true? And how do I fix that so that they, they can be something that served me instead of something that makes me feel terrible about my life? Because we don't have to feel terrible in our lives. We actually like— that is not a prerequisite to living as a human being. We actually are meant to thrive in some way, shape, or form. For some people it is finding entrepreneurship. For other people, it is finding like a hobby that, um, for some people it's motherhood and only motherhood. For some people it's motherhood and working and owning their own business. For some people it's like not whatever, it doesn't matter what it is, but like everybody has that thing that they want. Everything, everyone has that thing that's going to make— might not have found it yet, and that's okay. Out there.

I love that. I was listening to a podcast a few months back. The host was saying, touched on this a little bit ago, is that like we create all these stories. So we've created this story that work is supposed to be hard and it's supposed to be maybe not something that we love, like it's just gawd, and you know, like all these things that we've created. And she's like, think about it, right? And you said this too, like we are energy, we are vibration. So if we're living on a vibrational level and telling ourselves stories like, I am going to find my calling and I am living like my best life. I am feeling peace. I am feeling all these things. And you just continue to tell yourself that and you show up that way, pretty soon that's the life you're going to live because you're telling yourself all the stories that you want to hear. She's like, most of the stories, and you said this too, this is like been telling ourselves the same fucking story over and over and over. So yeah, we do choose. Our reality 100% and who's saying that have to? If we're so powerful, if our minds are so powerful to create our reality, like what the fuck? You know, like why aren't we using that to its fullest capacity and capability to where we truly start to tell ourselves what to hear and the things that we want to see and like why wouldn't we? Yeah. What is that?

And truthfully, like this is um, exactly what confirmation bias is, you know? Like, if you tell yourself it's going to be a shitty day, it's going to be a shitty day because now you're in the mindset of finding the things that are shitty. If you tell yourself it's going to be a good day, even if shitty things happen— example, yesterday— it still can be a really fun day. I had a fucking fantastic day yesterday even though it was chaotic and crazy. Um, and what happens when you start to raise your vibration and you start to find the gratitude every day and you start to live in a way that allows you to be excited about your day instead of bummed out about it is you start to make decisions based off that person. So if you decide that you want to be somebody who is a leader, who is compassionate, who has a multi-six-figure business, who has a lot of friends, who influences their community, you're going to start— well, you don't do it automatically. Like, you have to make the conscious decision, but you start making decisions and you start acting as if you are that person. This is where, like, the fake it till you make it thing kind of comes into play, right? Because now you're acting as if you are already there. You are already that multi-business owner. You are already influencing your community. You are the leader of back— whatever it is, you know. And you're making decisions based off of that person, the person that you want to show up as instead of where you feel like you are right now. And what happens when you start to fully embody that person is you will find all of the things that support you being that person because that's what confirmation bias is. You will automatically find the things that continue to push you into that role. If it's meant— if you're like, I want to be Superman and I want to fly and do all these other things, maybe that is a little bit farther down the line. Like, I don't know, science may do that for you soon. And doesn't mean that you can't be somebody like that. You can't be someone like Superman. But you got to find the thing that person that you want to be, how you want to show up and start making decisions based off of that person.

And really, when you do start showing up like that person, kind of like you said, too, it just kind of like navigates you down this road. And then you start learning more things that like just become more in alignment, or you start realizing things like, oh, okay, so in order to get there, now I have to set up boundaries, and like, these are the boundaries that feel good in order to—

Yes.

And it just starts to like— and if you pivot, that's totally great. Like, there might be pivots or changes on the way, but you can totally feel when you're in alignment, when you're checking in with yourself instead of trying to look for outside validation or outside side, like acknowledgments or like even as an entrepreneur, I mean, they're going to tell you you can't do it. People are going to tell you it's the worst idea. People are going to tell you that it's oversaturated, that it's like, what do you really have to offer? And so that's where it really— well, I'm like, not even just as an entrepreneur, as anything, as anyone, as a human being, you're going to have ideas and people are going to shut them down. And so that's where being in tune with yourself. I'm so glad that we got to talk about mindset and all the— and honestly, what you had kind of— and we didn't really get to talk on this very much, but we're talking about how important your mindset is with your health. And I, I think that that's almost like a whole nother episode because I think that health— and sometimes people think of health as like very standard. Like I party all the time, I eat salads, and I, you know, get 8 hours of sleep, like very like umbrella statement. And health and wellness is a kind of like a deeper inner work that has to do with everything. So I think really touched on it, but I trust to do like a whole talk about like actual deep dive into aspect of it and how to actually have like—

so here for it.

Well, yeah, I think that that'd be awesome. Also would love to have you share— I mean, where can people find you? And where can people listen to your podcast and all the amazing things that you're sharing?

Thank you for that. I am on Instagram mostly at Ariel_Bloom. And my podcast is called the Navigating Nutrition Podcast. It is on iTunes, Spotify, and Stitcher. And it's all about mindset, nutrition, health, wellness, and also a lot of information on the farm.

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