We often think of energy as a willpower issue.
If I just pushed harder…
If I was more disciplined…
If I had more motivation…
But what if your lack of energy isn’t a personal failure — what if it’s a cellular signal?
Your energy comes from your cells.
Literally.
Inside every cell in your body, you have these tiny structures called mitochondria — often called the “powerhouses” of the cell. These are what generate energy for everything your body does: thinking, breathing, healing, hormone balancing, digestion, sleep, mood… all of it.
When your mitochondria are functioning well, you function well.
When they aren’t, you may feel:
- Brain fog
- Low energy or motivation
- Anxiety, mood swings, or trouble sleeping
- Sluggish metabolism or weight gain
- Chronic symptoms that don’t go away
- Blood sugar crashes
- Hormonal imbalances
- And more…
Metabolic health isn’t just about weight.
It’s about how well your cells can create and use energy.
That’s why I believe so strongly in taking a root-cause approach — supporting our cellular health rather than chasing symptom after symptom.
One of the best books I’ve read recently is Good Energy by Dr. Casey Means. It connects the dots between how modern life — with its stress, processed food, poor sleep, light exposure, and chemicals — disrupts your mitochondria and creates the chronic symptoms we normalize.
Healing doesn’t mean adding more.
It often means subtracting what’s making us sick in the first place.
✨ A Few Daily Shifts That Can Improve Energy at the Root:
- Start your day with natural light. Go outside within 30 minutes of waking. This helps your circadian rhythm, hormones, and sleep quality.
- Eat protein + fiber first. Then carbs. This keeps your blood sugar stable, reducing crashes and cravings.
- Walk for 10 minutes after meals. Movement helps your body use glucose properly and supports mitochondrial health.
- Use low-toxin products. The air in your home and what you put on your skin affects your hormones and energy.
- Sleep in a cool, dark room. Your mitochondria restore during rest. Poor sleep = poor energy.
- Pause stress, even for 5 minutes. Your cells need space to repair — not just go, go, go.
🌱 Want to Start Making Changes?
Here’s what I use:
🧼 For cleaning products:
I use this home kit from Young Living — simple swaps that make a big difference. Or try making your own with natural ingredients. Our skin is the largest organ and absorbs those toxic chemicals from cleaning products!
I use this home kit from Young Living — simple swaps that make a big difference. Or try making your own with natural ingredients. Our skin is the largest organ and absorbs those toxic chemicals from cleaning products!
🧬 For metabolic support:
This protocol is what helped me regulate blood sugar, reduce symptoms, and get my energy back — naturally.
This protocol is what helped me regulate blood sugar, reduce symptoms, and get my energy back — naturally.
Small Shifts → Big Energy
You don’t have to do everything at once.
But starting somewhere matters.
But starting somewhere matters.
Your symptoms aren’t random. They’re signals.
Your energy isn’t broken. It’s speaking.
Your energy isn’t broken. It’s speaking.
And your mitochondria?
They just might be the key to the vitality you've been missing.
They just might be the key to the vitality you've been missing.
Want a daily rhythm to follow or help building your plan?
📥 Hit reply — I’d be happy to share what worked for me.
Rooting for your healing,
Rachel xo
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If you’re a woman in midlife and your body suddenly feels like a stranger… you’re not alone.
You’re not crazy. And you’re definitely not broken.
You may just be insulin resistant — and not even know it.
In today’s Rooted Reset, let’s talk about something many women aren’t told in their annual check-ups:
Hormonal shifts in perimenopause and menopause can dramatically increase insulin resistance.
And it affects more than just your blood sugar.
💥 What Does That Actually Mean?
Insulin resistance happens when your cells stop responding effectively to insulin — the hormone that helps your body use glucose for energy.
When that happens, your body produces more insulin just to keep things stable. Over time, that can lead to:
- Fatigue
- Brain fog
- Belly weight gain
- Mood swings
- Cravings (especially for carbs or sugar)
- Skin tags or dark patches of skin
- Trouble sleeping
- Irregular or heavy cycles (in perimenopause)
- And yes… worsened menopause symptoms
😣 Why Midlife Women Are So Vulnerable
During perimenopause and menopause, three major hormonal shifts make insulin resistance more likely:
- Estrogen drops — and estrogen protects insulin sensitivity.
- Cortisol spikes — stress makes your body hold onto fat and crave glucose.
- Sleep quality declines — disrupted sleep messes with blood sugar and appetite hormones.
The result? Your body feels like it’s working against you, even if you haven’t changed anything.
🔄 What Happens When You Reverse Insulin Resistance?
This part is important. When your cells can use insulin again, everything starts to shift:
- You sleep better
- Cravings settle down
- Weight stabilizes
- Energy improves
- Inflammation decreases
- Hormonal symptoms ease (yes — even hot flashes and mood swings)
✨ Personally, I no longer have perimenopause symptoms — and it’s not because of magic.
I started supporting my body with a protocol focused on fiber, mate' and gentle fasting.
My “Mate + Fiber” routine helps my cells function better — and now, so do I.
🚦 What Can You Do?
Start by noticing your own signs. Are you:
- Struggling with stubborn belly weight?
- Waking up tired or wired?
- Feeling foggy or low in motivation?
- Craving carbs or sugar after meals?
- Holding tension in your shoulders or jaw?
Those are signs your body is asking for help — not discipline.
🧠 This Isn’t About Perfection — It’s About Clarity
You don’t need to overhaul your life overnight. But you deserve to understand what’s happening inside your body.
Your symptoms aren’t random. They’re messages.
And the good news is: when you support your body’s biology, everything gets easier.
💛 One Last Thing...
Please don’t ignore how you’re feeling. You are not lazy, dramatic, or “just getting older.”
You’re wise, intuitive — and ready to feel better.
You’re wise, intuitive — and ready to feel better.
If you want to know what helped me finally feel like me again, I’d love to share.
Just hit reply or come join the conversation in our community.
You’re not in this alone.
Rooting for you,
Rachel xo
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We spend so much of our lives focused on what people see —
The weight.
The wrinkles.
The way our clothes fit.
The way we’re perceived.
The weight.
The wrinkles.
The way our clothes fit.
The way we’re perceived.
But what about the things no one can see?
The fatigue.
The inflammation.
The chronic pain.
The diagnosis you didn’t see coming.
The medications you now depend on.
The inflammation.
The chronic pain.
The diagnosis you didn’t see coming.
The medications you now depend on.
The truth?
You can “look fine” on the outside — and still feel like you’re barely holding it together on the inside.
You can “look fine” on the outside — and still feel like you’re barely holding it together on the inside.
And most people won’t know the difference.
💊 We Treat the Symptom — But We Ignore the Signal
It’s become so normal to take a pill for the problem…
…and go right back to living the same way.
…and go right back to living the same way.
We’ve been taught to cover, suppress, or ignore the symptoms — instead of asking why they’re happening in the first place.
We don’t question the migraines, the bloating, the hot flashes, the weight gain, the anxiety, the blood sugar spikes.
We just power through.
Because change feels inconvenient.
And honestly? We’re tired.
And honestly? We’re tired.
💔 Why Is It So Hard to Love Ourselves from the Inside?
Because healing isn’t flashy.
It’s slow. Quiet.
And most of the work?
No one else sees.
It’s slow. Quiet.
And most of the work?
No one else sees.
There’s no applause for eating a meal that nourishes your hormones.
No standing ovation for skipping sugar or choosing rest.
No viral post about drinking water and going for a walk instead of spiraling into guilt and self-criticism.
No standing ovation for skipping sugar or choosing rest.
No viral post about drinking water and going for a walk instead of spiraling into guilt and self-criticism.
But that inner work is the difference between just surviving…
…and actually feeling alive.
…and actually feeling alive.
✨ Real Self-Care Starts from Within
If you’ve been:
- Trying to “look” healthy but still feel like something’s off
- Avoiding lifestyle changes because they feel too hard, too slow, or too lonely
- Taking medications but never seeing lasting relief
- Feeling disconnected from your body and not sure where to begin…
This is your reminder:
You are worth healing.
From the inside out.
You are worth healing.
From the inside out.
And when you start making choices that support your internal well-being?
The outside will reflect it — in ways you never expected.
The outside will reflect it — in ways you never expected.
💡 This Week’s Rooted Reset Reflection:
Take 5 minutes and ask yourself:
- What part of me am I ignoring because it’s easier to focus on how I look?
- What would it look like to show love to my body from the inside this week?
- What small change can I make that nourishes the real me — not just the one people see?
📥 Want support as you reconnect with your body, energy, and health — from the inside out?
I’d love to show you what helped me feel better than I have in years — naturally, and without perfection.
Or just reply and say: “I’m ready” — and I’ll share what worked for me.
You don’t have to do this alone.
Rooting for you,
Rachel xo
Rachel xo
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At some point, many of us quietly wonder:
“Shouldn’t this be easier by now?”
Whether it’s health, relationships, work, family, or simply making it through the week — there’s often a subtle belief that life should feel smoother than it does.
But here’s something I’ve learned over the years:
I’ve never met a single person who’s had an easy life.
🎢 We All Have Our Seasons
Sure, some people seem to glide through with fewer storms — less loss, less grief, less chaos.
But when you really sit with someone, ask the deeper questions, and listen without judgment… you quickly learn:
Everyone has walked through something hard.
Some just hide it better. Others carry it quietly. But it’s there.
So maybe life isn’t meant to be easy.
Maybe it’s meant to grow us, shape us, stretch us — even when we didn’t ask for it.
💭 How Do You Handle the Hard Seasons?
The real difference I’ve noticed isn’t in how many hard things people face.
It’s in how they respond to those seasons.
It’s in how they respond to those seasons.
Do we let the grief, the change, the setbacks define us?
Or do we allow them to refine us?
It doesn’t mean ignoring pain or pushing past it.
You’re absolutely entitled to feel the weight of it all — fully, deeply, and honestly.
But there’s also power in asking:
What is this season teaching me?
Who am I becoming through this?
Sometimes the shift is subtle — but it can change everything.
👁 A Change in Perspective
What if we stopped expecting life to be easy?
Not in a negative or defeated way — but in a way that releases the pressure of perfection and “shoulds.”
What if we could meet life as it is — with all its hills and valleys, and find meaning in the mess?
When we stop chasing ease and start embracing growth, we become more resilient, more grounded, and more compassionate.
💡 This Week’s Rooted Reset
Take 5 minutes today and ask yourself:
- What’s one hard season I’ve been through — and what did it teach me?
- What part of life do I keep wishing was “easier,” and how might that belief be holding me back?
- What would it look like to grow through this instead of just survive it?
You are not weak for struggling.
You are human for feeling.
And you are strong for choosing to grow through what life throws your way.
📩 If you’re walking through something hard right now — I see you.
You’re not alone. And you don’t have to navigate it without support.
If you’re ready to take small steps toward healing, clarity, or just feeling better in your body — I’d love to talk.
Just reply or reach out. I’m here.
Rachel xo
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“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
– Mary Oliver
It’s one of those quotes that stops you in your tracks.
Big, beautiful. A little intimidating.
It makes you think about dreams, purpose, passion, and legacy.
Big, beautiful. A little intimidating.
It makes you think about dreams, purpose, passion, and legacy.
But today, I want to bring it back to something more basic.
Your body. Your health.
Your body. Your health.
Because what you do with your one precious life… depends on the health of your one precious body.
🩺 “How Did I End Up Here?”
During my time working in hospice, there was one question I heard more than any other:
“How did I end up here?”
“How did I end up here?”
And it wasn’t about location.
It was about regret.
A quiet, aching question rooted in surprise… and sometimes helplessness.
It was about regret.
A quiet, aching question rooted in surprise… and sometimes helplessness.
No one ever expects their health to decline.
No one sees it coming until it’s already here.
And often, the decline starts long before we notice — slow, invisible, and unspoken.
No one sees it coming until it’s already here.
And often, the decline starts long before we notice — slow, invisible, and unspoken.
🧠 Why Don’t We Act Sooner?
Here’s what I’ve learned from both personal experience and years of supporting others:
We delay taking care of ourselves because we think we have time.
Because we’re busy.
Because we feel fine — for now.
Or because deep down… we don’t feel worthy of prioritizing our health until it’s urgent.
We delay taking care of ourselves because we think we have time.
Because we’re busy.
Because we feel fine — for now.
Or because deep down… we don’t feel worthy of prioritizing our health until it’s urgent.
But your body?
It’s not waiting for a crisis to start showing signs.
Fatigue. Brain fog. Cravings. Inflammation. Mood swings. Restless sleep.
Fatigue. Brain fog. Cravings. Inflammation. Mood swings. Restless sleep.
These aren’t nuisances. They’re whispers. Warnings. Invitations.
🛑 The Truth That Changed Everything for Me
If you don’t take care of your body — the only one you get —
it will eventually take control of your life.
it will eventually take control of your life.
Your energy, your choices, your freedom, your joy…
They all depend on your health.
This isn’t about fear.
It’s about empowerment.
It’s about empowerment.
Because here’s what I believe — and why I advocate for people the way I do:
✨ You are worth living a vibrant, joyful, fully present life.
✨ You are allowed to feel good in your body.
✨ You can start now — without waiting for a diagnosis or a breakdown.
✨ You are allowed to feel good in your body.
✨ You can start now — without waiting for a diagnosis or a breakdown.
💡 This Week’s Rooted Reset
Take 5 minutes today and ask yourself:
- What would “taking care of my precious body” look like today?
- Is there one area I’ve been ignoring — that I can gently begin to support?
Start small.
Start with love.
But start.
Start with love.
But start.
Because you only get one body. And one wild and precious life.
📩 If you're ready to take better care of your body — naturally, gently, and sustainably — I’d love to walk with you.
No pressure. No programs. Just real support and tools that helped me feel better than I have in years.
Just reply or message me. I’m here for you.
Rachel xo
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