May 3 • General discussion
🌾 A Sunday Gratitude Post
Because every table has a first meal.
This community is about three weeks old. The walls are still going up. And somehow, the table already has people sitting at it who are milling their own wheat, healing mold toxicity, tracking blood sugar in Rome, doing kettlebells between baguette rises.
I'm grateful for every single one of you. Here's why.
The woman who's working on baguettes and kettlebells on a Saturday.
showed up from Tennessee with three years of fresh milling under her belt and one of the most honest introductions this community has seen. She's feeding four kids real food, troubleshooting sourdough hydration ratios, and this week she did kettlebells while her baguettes were rising — which is the most on-brand thing anyone has done here so far. She also mentioned that her kids stopped being hungry all the time once she switched to fresh milled bread, which is the kind of result that doesn't show up in a study but every mama in this room understands.
The woman starting over in Rome.
found this community by chance, which is the best way to find anything. She's a Brit living in Rome, 44, starting over, leading a slower life. She wore a CGM and learned that stress spiked her blood sugar more than food did — and that a pear was somehow the culprit nobody expected. Interesting!
The woman who brought the depth.
came in with Cuban coffee memories from childhood neighbors, four home births, a mold toxicity diagnosis, and a recipe for sourdough discard English muffins that made me say "I literally said yesterday that's the next thing I want to master." She also introduced the community to an organ protein powder with full mold and heavy metal testing reports. Love that.
The women who showed up first.
came in through both the bread class and the coaching, which means she already knows what this community is trying to hold together. called me "a gift and a light" - thanks girl!
put her finger right on the real tension — tracking macros while also making whole, nourishing food for your family is genuinely hard, and she said so. is still finding her footing in fresh milled baking and is working on getting her protein in, and she belongs here exactly as she is.
The one who shared about the light.
walked in talking about quantum biology and light nourishment, and made me genuinely curious to dig deeper into the topic of light.
The one still building her kitchen.
is buying a house by the lake in Italy right now. Her current kitchen is small and, in her words, "not pretty at all." She's promised photos of her salads. We're waiting.
What this community is already doing.
In three weeks you've asked the real questions — what's the puzzle in your health right now, does traditional food and clinically proven strategy actually belong together, what do you want more of here. You voted in a poll. You left encouragement on each other's posts.
n left a full English muffin recipe in the thread. I got a kefir starter from and is apparently fermenting kefir now too.
Grateful doesn't cover it. But it's a start.
The table is set. Pull up a chair. 🌾
If someone in this post made you smile or feel seen, go tell them. That's what this place is for. And if you haven't introduced yourself yet — today's a good day. We save seats here.
One thing I love about Skool is that it's built for real conversation, not just scrolling. The more you show up and engage, the more this place becomes yours. So don't read and disappear — leave a thought, ask a question, encourage someone. This community gets richer every time you do. 🌾
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🌾 A Sunday Gratitude Post
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