I am so pleased to be able to speak with Chelsea Connor on the podcast - The queen of nuance, @houseofnourishment on Instagram, deep thinking woman here for joy, for nourishment, for self reflection and exploration. We talk about all the forms and flavors of nourishment; food, connection, nature, and so much more.

And while good food is only a part of the story, it is absolutely vital. Food is so much more than just like a tool for shaping our body. It is the basis of everything - our brain cannot function, our nervous system cannot be grounded, at ease, and out of that survival state without the proper nutrients that we need in our diet.

Not only are we trying to nourish ourselves in this new world where there’s so much technology, toxins, EMFs, and general bad news bears, acting against our nourishment, we’re also kind of dealing with a whole childhood of Lunchables, purple ketchup flavored with who knows what a microwave waffles made enriched with iron shavings - a real lack of real food nourishment. There’s so many layers to our symptoms, our bodies and what’s going on with our health and our culture, and I am so happy to have talked to Chelsea about it.

We Discuss:

* The push-pull of posting, sharing about your life and potentially even “health advice” on the crazy interwebs. The balance of sharing valuable content on line in your wheel house, and showing up as an imperfect, multidimensional human

* How Chelsea did a radical thing and *gasp* decided to go for a walk during the first few days of her bleed instead of just resting and her journey with intense menstrual pain.

* The overall personal development movement from creating rules for yourself to scaffolding of nourishment. And how we can build foundations before we can move on to the building blocks. We need to nourish before we can fine tune, start eating 3 meals a day before lifting weights every day.

* What self care from a grounded, resourced place looks like. When your body feels the inspiration and spark to begin to change things instead of knowing what you need to do because that’s what you’ve been told

* Chelsea’s transition from crazy fast city life to her nervous system allowing for more space, quiet, and slow. It’s not all easy and smooth!

* Her engagement!!! And how her difficulty, her resistance to imagining a beautiful engagement ring turned into an analogy for receiving goodness in life. How can we open to receive more than we believe is possible for us, more than we believe we deserve.

💐 Subscriber Content

* Chelsea’s SIMPLE NOURISHMENT Fall/Winter PDF cookbook.

* I can’t believe I didn’t know I could make epic hashbrowns at home for breakfast until this cookbook. I also love the teriyaki drumsticks, dandelion root chai, so many good ones. And I can’t believe I haven’t tried the caramelized onion roast beef sandwich recipe yet. There’s also a list of seasonal produce, budgeting tips, and meal and snack building resources.

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🍯 Connect with us:

* Find Chelsea on Instagram

* I’m on Instagram - @nurtured.grove

* Website - nurturedgrove.com

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