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Simple Doesn't Mean Easy

Michelle Visser

Are you longing to simplify things just a little, amidst the crazy, loud, distracting clutter of life? That's where I was just 5 years ago, when my family started on this crazy ride toward simplifying things. Since "simple" is almost never…

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237. What my dog taught me about gratitude 2026-09-07 · 15m
236. A Wheat Farmer Reveals What’s Really Happening in Your Flour 2026-08-31 · 52m
235. Is Your Coffee Actually Clean? What You Need to Know About Organic, Mold & Pesticides 2026-08-24 · 48m
234. What the FDA’s New Food Chemical Proposal REALLY Means 2026-08-17 · 33m
233. The 5 Habits That Actually Matter 2026-08-10 · 32m
232. Wheat Berry Advice I Disagree With 2026-08-03 · 29m
231. The Hidden Cost of AI: What We're Losing Without Real Experts 2026-07-27 · 31m
230. The Truth About Ultra-Processed Foods (And Why Consumers Are Fighting Back) 2026-07-20 · 35m
229. 15 ways to do things differently this summer 2026-06-29 · 42m
228. The Truth About Backyard Chickens (What No One Tells Beginners) 2026-06-22 · 47m
227. The Truth About Grief, Gratitude, & Healing 2026-06-15 · 46m
226. The Hidden Danger of Chronic Stress No One Talks About 2026-06-08 · 49m
225. Why Doing It All Is Breaking Women (And How to Build a Life That Matters) 2026-06-01 · 40m
224. Why Your “Clean” Skincare May Not Be Clean 2026-05-25 · 52m
223. Why Your Fresh Flour Bread Fails & the Fix That Changes Everything 2026-05-18 · 20m
222. The Secret to Nutritious Breakfasts (that you never knew!) 2026-05-11 · 34m
221. 99% of Cereals Have This… And It’s Still Legal 2026-05-04 · 45m
220. The Truth About Seed Oils + How to Make Your Own Healthy Cooking Fat 2026-04-27 · 33m
219. The Truth About Ancient Grains, Gluten & Modern Wheat 2026-04-20 · 45m
218. How to Break Junk Food Addictions: The 30-Day Reset That Works 2026-04-13 · 28m
217. Why ‘Daily Bread’ Matters: Faith, Food Security & Letting Go of Control 2026-04-06 · 19m
216. She Reversed ‘Chronic Illness’—Doctors Missed This Root Cause 2026-03-30 · 56m
215. How Food Is Secretly Affecting Your Child’s Behavior (What Moms Need to Know) 2026-03-23 · 39m
214. Big Food Is Engineering Your Cravings (Former Insider Reveals How) 2026-03-16 · 23m
213. 7 things no one tells you about the ingredients in commerical bread. 2026-03-09 · 28m
212. Fresh Flour Isn’t Perfect (Here’s What No One Tells You) 2026-03-02 · 22m
211. Another Thing the New Food Pyramid Got Wrong 2026-02-23 · 37m
210. The Truth About the Food Pyramid + How I Preserved $6,000 in Real Food 2026-02-16 · 33m
209. The FDA Got Gluten Wrong — Why Gluten-Free Foods May Be Making You Sicker 2026-02-09 · 43m
208. This 1 Ingredient Is Wrecking Your Health (It’s in Almost Everything) 2026-02-02 · 41m
207. 3 Big Problems With the New Food Pyramid No One Is Talking About 2026-01-26 · 36m
206. The Truth About Wood Heat (It’s Not What You’ve Been Told) 2026-01-19 · 55m
205. How to eat better NOW & save money too, with Ruthann Zimmerman 2026-01-12 · 67m
204. The Crazy Things You Need to Know About Maple Syrup 2026-01-05 · 23m
203. Yes, they're putting human hair & duck feathers in our bread 2025-12-29 · 54m
202. Overcoming Fear in Food Choices 2025-12-22 · 36m
201. 3 Christmas Breakfasts they'll love & stress-free holiday cooking tips 2025-12-15 · 17m
200. Navigating mental health & finding hope in the midst of depression, with Nate Pickowicz 2025-12-08 · 46m
199. How to Simplify Christmas This Year & Treasure it More 2025-12-01 · 34m
198. 5 Easy Steps for a Simple Holiday 2025-11-24 · 34m
197. Ditch Store Oats: Mill Your Own for Max Nutrition 2025-11-17 · 22m
196. The 1 thing you really need to improve your family table 2025-11-10 · 18m
195. The Ultimate Guide to Sugars (& which ones are killing us), with David Stelzer of Azure Standard 2025-11-03 · 74m
194. These 12 Appliances Will Uplevel Your Kitchen 2025-10-27 · 42m
193. 8 things you can make better yourself 2025-10-20 · 39m
192. Ignore these garden mistakes at your own risk 2025-10-13 · 25m
191. Crazy things I grew in my garden this summer that I won't even eat 2025-10-06 · 34m
190. How to win blue ribbons at your county fair & why you should get your kids in on it too 2025-09-29 · 43m
189. 3 kitchen tools I'm using on repeat (& a bonus one too) 2025-09-22 · 34m
188. How 90% of our cheese was developed by Pfizer, a discussion with Robyn Jackson of Cheese From Scratch 2025-09-15 · 40m
187. The truth about cover crops that no one talks about 2025-09-08 · 23m
186. Add herbs to your everyday (how & why), with Rachelle Robinett 2025-09-01 · 34m
185. Fermenting (& adding nutrients to your foods) with Kirsten Shocke 2025-08-25 · 56m
184. Why we were in the ER last weekend & how it changed our lives 2025-08-18 · 46m
183. Cheese Making: A Beginner's Guide, Robyn Jackson, Cheese From Scratch 2025-08-11 · 46m
182. Stop Wasting Your Food, with Amy Cross 2025-08-04 · 54m
181. Is your dental floss toxic? 2025-07-30 · 5m
180. Hormones, Natural Plant Remedies & An Herbal Medicine Cabinet, with Sam Coffman 2025-07-28 · 46m
179. Plant medicine–anecdotal or scientific? with Sam Coffman 2025-07-21 · 63m
REPLAY: 8 Things You Should Be Making Yourself (S4 E9) 2025-07-14 · 28m
REPLAY: One Drink You Seriously Need to Ditch (s3 e11) 2025-07-07 · 39m
178. 2 inspiring stories you've never heard, in honor of Independence Day 2025-06-30 · 24m
177. My Current Favorite Drink to Start the Day 2025-06-25 · 5m
176. The Truth About Healthy Fats 2025-06-23 · 35m
175. Eleven ways to use my favorite cooking fat 2025-06-19 · 8m
174. The NEW Dirty Dozen List & how to grow 5 at home 2025-06-16 · 31m
173. The best popcorn seasoning EVER 2025-06-11 · 6m
172. Ten things you need to know BEFORE you get chickens 2025-06-09 · 28m
171. A healthy twist on a childhood favorite treat 2025-06-06 · 5m
170. Seven ways to ditch plastic (& an alarming reason you should) 2025-06-02 · 50m
169. The real reason soil testing is so important 2025-05-30 · 5m
168. 4 Game-Changing Tips for Grilling Meat (that you’ll wish you knew years ago) 2025-05-26 · 41m
167. The best way to make the best kombucha (One Simple Thing) 2025-05-23 · 4m
166. 5 Pantry Must-Haves you should be buying in bulk 2025-05-19 · 36m
165. The Dirt on Growing Food (a Friday Favorite) 2025-05-16 · 4m
164. When He's Team Cheetos & You're Team Kale 2025-05-12 · 39m
163. Do Small Changes Really Matter? with Mel Matthews 2025-05-05 · 39m
162. Food dyes, the FDA & what it all really means 2025-04-28 · 39m
161. Unpacking the truth about fresh flour 2025-04-07 · 23m
160. Reclaiming the art of fresh flour 2025-03-31 · 30m
159. Loneliness is the true epidemic & social media is not the cure 2025-03-24 · 36m
158. Why cheap meat should scare you 2025-03-17 · 49m
157. Ancient grains, modern milling & why they put duck feathers in our bread 2025-03-10 · 63m
156. Make Money While Growing Food 2025-03-03 · 34m
155. Two Free Gardening Tips You Need to Know 2025-02-17 · 24m
154. 3 Things to Know Before Planning Your Garden 2025-02-10 · 30m
153. Revolutionizing Ag, 1 box of meat at a time, with Christian Ebersol of 99 Counties 2025-02-03 · 54m
152. The truth about strength training I wish I had known sooner, with Cai Hepner 2025-01-27 · 63m
151. Red Dye No. 3 ban & what it REALLY means 2025-01-20 · 38m
150. The 3 Phases of Making a New Habit 2025-01-13 · 24m
149. Can you form a habit in just 21 days? 2025-01-06 · 27m
148. Why I'm NOT feeling self-sufficient this holiday season 2024-12-16 · 43m
147. 6 simple ways to fight seasonal depression 2024-12-09 · 20m
146. Shopping Small Businesses, 4 benefits & a warning 2024-12-02 · 45m
145. The Truth About Cofactors & Heavy Metals in Real Food 2024-11-25 · 28m
144. Understanding heavy metals in real food 2024-11-18 · 38m
143. Three questions to ask about your food 2024-11-11 · 40m
142. Are heavy metals in salt killing us? | Debunking 3 Myths with Darryl Bosshardt 2024-11-04 · 57m
141. Cover crops & all the things I never understood (part 2 of 2) 2024-10-28 · 29m
140. Cover crops & all the things I didn't know... 2024-10-21 · 34m
139. Why I will never can tomatoes again 2024-10-14 · 36m
138. Five botanicals you need this flu season, with Shannon Mayernik 2024-10-07 · 35m
137. Being content--the hardest and yet the easiest thing of all 2024-09-30 · 28m
136. Six ways to be a homesteader without a farm 2024-09-23 · 37m
135. Four things you need to know about your dog's food 2024-09-16 · 26m
134. Honey Bees: the gateway bugs, with Hilary Kearney 2024-09-09 · 43m
133. Preserving Food (the BEST way) 2024-09-02 · 25m
132. Is antifreeze in ice cream? 2024-08-26 · 40m
131. Why we can't trust ingredients that are "generally recognized as safe" 2024-08-19 · 25m
130. You CAN overcome your addiction to junk food & soda 2024-08-12 · 37m
129. 4 simple things that have upleveled my garden 2024-08-05 · 28m
128. Moisturizers shouldn't harm your immune system or cause birth defects 2024-08-02 · 9m
127. Make These 11 Small Changes to Uplevel Your Life 2024-07-29 · 32m
126. Something you need to know about your hair products 2024-07-26 · 7m
125. Turning 55 & admitting I’m still a conundrum 2024-07-22 · 23m
124. Finding Non-Toxic Hair Products (& money-saving tips) 2024-07-19 · 7m
123. How to Choose Your Teas & how to make tea blends 2024-07-15 · 56m
122. Think you're ready to be a homesteader? 2024-07-12 · 7m
121. One tiny flower gives Big Pharma a run for its money | with Brigitte Mars 2024-07-08 · 23m
120. The founding father you never knew about & his chestnut tree 2024-07-06 · 5m
119. Unmasking Big Food's deceptions & learning to conquer our cravings 2024-07-01 · 34m
118. 15 ways to make money on a small homestead 2024-06-29 · 6m
117. Facing challenges, setting goals, and making the best product | Bee Rooted Candle Co 2024-06-24 · 36m
116. 12 Things You Don't Know About an Iris 2024-06-21 · 6m
115. Navigating Real Food for Kids and Families, with Haley Scheich 2024-06-17 · 54m
114. The wrong flower that was perfect 2024-06-14 · 4m
113. Appreciating the Everyday Blessings 2024-06-10 · 30m
112. Making the right decision (when logical negatives haunt you) 2024-05-27 · 27m
111. Let's redefine "luxury,"... grandmom had it right 2024-05-10 · 7m
110. Six things I've learned as an accidental homesteader 2024-05-06 · 25m
109. A lavender farmer answers your questions 2024-05-03 · 5m
108. You need this medicinal herb in your life 2024-04-29 · 61m
107. 13 ways to use a dandelion 2024-04-05 · 6m
106. 5 Foods You Should Know More About 2024-04-01 · 15m
105. Good Friday Reading 2024-03-30 · 7m
104. How to Choose a Grain Mill (& why this crazy lady has 3) 2024-03-25 · 43m
103. A gardener looks at weeds 2024-03-22 · 6m
102. Fresh Milled Flour Tips with Lisa Bass 2024-03-18 · 36m
101. Love Language of the Family Table with Stacy Lyn Harris 2024-03-11 · 37m
100. Finding "good" in the middle of "hard" with Nate Pickowicz 2024-03-05 · 35m
Does a sugarmaker buy processed, refined, white sugar? e99 2024-03-01 · 8m
What no one told you about fresh flour (episode 98) 2024-02-26 · 26m
My favorite of Grandmom's recipes (e97) 2024-02-23 · 4m
This will change the way you look at organ meat ("offal") forever, ep. 96 with James Barry 2024-02-19 · 73m
Snow boot choices and winter in New England (e95) 2024-02-16 · 6m
Kombucha & how to sip your way to a healthy gut (S7 E6) 2024-02-05 · 52m
The best cup of black tea (episode 93) 2024-02-02 · 8m
Five causes of poor gut health & 1 amazing way to improve (S7, E5) 2024-01-29 · 30m
Family Holiday Traditions S7 2023-12-18 · 27m
Holiday Bonus Episode (Advent Readings) S7 2023-12-11 · 33m
Good Fats (comparing Lard & Tallow) with RuthAnn Zimmerman (S7, E4) 2023-12-04 · 54m
Just show up, with author Drew Dyck (bonus episode) 2023-11-20 · 32m
The Best Sugars to Use (and what sugars to avoid), with David Stelzer of Azure (S7, E3) 2023-11-13 · 75m
How everyone can grow veggies, anywhere, with Doug Evans (S7, E2) 2023-11-06 · 50m
The Ultimate Guide to Salt & 3 questions you need to ask (S7, E1) 2023-10-30 · 72m
3 Things I Wish I Knew About an Empty Nest 2023-10-23 · 44m
Menopause & What They Didn't Tell You (S6, E4) 2023-10-16 · 49m
What Our Grandparents Knew That We've Forgotten (S6, E3) 2023-10-09 · 34m
Doing it Scared (S6, E2) 2023-10-02 · 54m
When Life is Hard (S6, E1) 2023-09-25 · 43m
4 Ways to Improve your Gut Health (& why it matters) (S5, E20) 2023-08-28 · 41m
6 simple ways to detox your home & improve your health (S5, E19) 2023-08-21 · 43m
3 Ingredients You Should Rethink, with the CXO of Azure Standard (S5, E18) 2023-08-14 · 46m
Quality Time With our Kids Improves our Health, with Sarah Roof (S5, E17) 2023-08-07 · 39m
5 Things You Need in Your Natural Health Medicine Cabinet (S5, E16) 2023-07-31 · 36m
Tips for Better Sleep, with Dr. Aric Prather (S5, E15) 2023-07-17 · 50m
How joy fuels our brains & improves our health, with Chris Coursey (S5, E14) 2023-07-10 · 41m
Garden Soil Lessons from an unconventional Ag guy, Karson Rippstein (S5, E13) 2023-07-03 · 41m
Why You Should Take Elderberry Syrup (S5, E12) 2023-06-26 · 45m
Social Media's Impact on Your Health, with Chris Martin (S5, E11) 2023-06-19 · 55m
Battling chronic illness, with Amber Benge (S5, E10) 2023-06-12 · 39m
Lessons from an unconventional dentist, with Dr Michelle Jorgensen (S5, E9) 2023-06-05 · 46m
Lessons from an unconventional nutritionist, Dr. Jaime Schehr (S5, E8) 2023-05-30 · 39m
A Healthy Attitude Towards Food, with Amber Benge (S5, E7) 2023-05-22 · 40m
Are old-fashioned foods actually healthy? w/Jill Winger (S5, E6) 2023-05-15 · 24m
Surprising Ways to Relieve Stress, with Jill Winger (S5, E5) 2023-05-08 · 26m
4 Modern Health Problems & What to do About Them (S5, E4) 2023-05-01 · 23m
6 Things to do Because we Live in an Obese Society (S5, E3) 2023-04-24 · 48m
The #1 Thing I Did to Improve My Health (S5, E2) 2023-04-17 · 18m
4 Tips for Improving Your Health, at any age (S5 E1) 2023-04-10 · 49m
How I Lost 20 Pounds--6 tips (& 3 mistakes I made) (S4, E13) 2023-03-20 · 38m
The Biggest Lie They Sell Us About Our Food (S4, E12) 2023-03-13 · 41m
5 Healthy Things You Should be Drinking (S4, E11) 2023-03-06 · 42m
8 MORE Things You Can Make (Better) Yourself (S4, E10) 2022-10-26 · 52m
7 Things You Can Make (Better) Yourself (S4, E9) 2022-10-06 · 34m
7 Things You Can Make (Better) Yourself (S4, E9) 2022-10-05 · 5m
Motivating the Family to Help in the Kitchen (part 2) S4, E8 2022-09-29 · 27m
Motivating the Family to Help in the Kitchen (part 1) S4, E7 2022-06-18 · 27m
2 More Questions You Should Be Asking Yourself (S4, E6) 2022-06-05 · 20m
Avoiding overwhelm—4 questions to ask yourself (S4, E5) 2022-05-21 · 28m
Practical Ways to Make Real-Food Meals More Convenient (S4, E4) 2022-05-05 · 42m
12 Appliances that Make Real Food Convenient (S4, E3) 2022-04-24 · 45m
How a freezer ups your game & why I have 4 (S4, E2) 2022-04-10 · 38m
The most important thing to making real food convenient (S4, E1) 2022-04-03 · 23m
Is Tea a Healthy Choice?... The answer's not as easy as you might think (Season 3, Episode 13) 2022-02-28 · 61m
3 Things You Need to Ask About the Tea You Drink (Season 3, Episode 12) 2022-02-18 · 27m
One Drink We Need to Ditch--why & how (Season 3, Episode 11) 2022-02-02 · 39m
Two things we should be eating TWICE as much of (Season 3, Episode 10) 2022-01-16 · 24m
If you only do one thing to improve your family’s nutrition, this is it (Season 3, Episode 9) 2022-01-03 · 39m
5 Reasons I Don't Buy Meat at the Grocery Store (Season 3, Episode 8) 2021-12-16 · 41m
Lies the Pet Food Industry is Feeding Us (Season 3, Episode 7) 2021-12-04 · 53m
6 Swaps You Need to Know About (Season 3, Episode 6) 2021-11-29 · 38m
One Small Step that Makes All the Difference (Season 3, Episode 5) 2021-11-20 · 31m
How the Lies About Food Impact Our Health (Season 3, Episode 4) 2021-11-05 · 24m
Comfort Food & the Mennonite Culture with RuthAnn Zimmerman (Season 3, Episode 3) 2021-10-23 · 46m
Why We've Bought Into the Lie (Season 3, Episode 2) 2021-10-06 · 30m
Why I'm Glad that Simple Doesn't Mean Easy (Season 3, Episode 1) 2021-10-01 · 25m
4 Tools You Want to Know About for Online Content Creation 2021-07-17 · 17m
3 Things We Learned as Small Business Owners in 2020 2021-06-05 · 20m
3 Tips About Growing a Brand that You Never Saw Coming 2021-05-16 · 20m
5 tips for building your brand's online presence 2021-05-08 · 38m
6 Tips for Growing Your Reach on Instagram, with Vea Carpi 2021-04-17 · 48m
Six Tips for New Online Content Creators 2021-04-10 · 26m
Entrepreneurship in 2021 with Liz Marie Galvan 2021-03-27 · 24m
10 Tips to Building a Brand (While You're Still Working FT) 2021-03-21 · 30m
Behind the Scenes of Content Creation with Lisa Bass 2021-03-13 · 28m
9 Tips from Kate Schat for Kickin' Content Creation 2021-03-07 · 40m
Myth Busting Things You Think You Know About Podcasting 2021-02-26 · 30m
20. Twenty Tips for Sugarmakers 2021-02-20 · 33m
19. Tappable trees & other ways to make syrup 2021-02-14 · 26m
18. Six Tips for a Simple Christmas 2020-12-18 · 34m
17. Raising Teens (& why I insisted on THIS...) 2020-11-16 · 18m
16: Canning with maple syrup (you'll never guess the best part!) 2020-10-31 · 23m
episode 15: 8 Things You Need to Know About Garden Pests 2020-08-08 · 23m
episode 14: DIY Staples in the Kitchen... is it worth the effort? 2020-08-01 · 31m
episode 13. The 6 Herbs I'm Growing (for us & the chickens) 2020-07-11 · 21m
12. An Open Letter to my FIL on Father's Day 2020-06-14 · 12m
11. Four Questions Parents Should Ask 2020-06-07 · 29m
10. How to Start an Apiary (& why we're beekeepers) 2020-05-31 · 19m
9. An Open Letter to Hard-working, Under-appreciated Moms everywhere 2020-05-03 · 14m
8. Harvard & Homeschooling 2020-04-27 · 53m
7. Don't Waste Your Isolation 2020-04-09 · 28m
6. My "be attitudes" toward Covid-19 & why they're important 2020-04-05 · 32m
5. Inspiration when you're stuck at home 2020-03-28 · 47m
4. The 8 Steps from Sap to Syrup 2020-03-22 · 33m
3. Why I Drink Tree Sap (Seriously.) 2020-03-20 · 22m
2. The Science Behind Syrup 2020-03-15 · 23m
6 Things About Me You Don't Know (Premier Episode!) 2020-03-08 · 15m
TRAILER 2020-03-05 · 4m
TRAILER 2020-03-03 · 4m
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