Everywhere I turn, someone is telling me how to live.
What to eat. What to drink. What to buy.
The wellness world is loud. Gurus appear with a “new secret,” a product line launches promising transformation, a diet trend takes over — and then, just as quickly, it is replaced by another. Six months later, the same voices announce a newer, better way, and the cycle begins again.
For a long time, I believed them.
For a while, I was that woman chasing the latest superfood, stacking supplements in my pantry, switching from one “miracle” snack to another. I wanted health, but what I was buying was still ultra-processed — powders, bars, and bottled fixes that looked shiny but didn’t deliver substance. Somehow, I was convinced that this was health.
But real health doesn’t come from a marketing calendar.
And the deeper I returned to my roots, the clearer that became.
Why Unmarketed Matters
This season, I’m choosing something different. Something timeless. Something that doesn’t need marketing because it has always been with us: real food and drinks, family tables, harvest traditions, fermentation as preservation, living in rhythm with the seasons.
I call this the Unmarketed Life.
The Unmarketed Life is about remembering that God’s design for food was already enough. Real nourishment doesn’t require buzzwords or barcodes. It asks for patience, gratitude, and wisdom — the kind that is passed down through generations.
Trends vs. Traditions
Here’s the contrast I see so clearly now:
Trend-driven living gives us seasonal drinks designed in boardrooms, synthetic pumpkin-spice syrups, and wellness hacks meant to expire just in time for the next product launch.
Rooted living gives us the scent of apples in a bowl, cinnamon sticks on the table, jars of fermenting vegetables and wines in the pantry, and a kombucha bottle alive with culture.
One leaves us chasing; the other leaves us grounded. Humans.
The Solution We’ve Always Had
Here’s the truth I’ve come to see: there is a solution to the endless chase. Directions for how to eat, how to live, and how to care for our bodies and souls were written thousands of years ago. And they remain the best way to live today.
Are you curious what this is?
That’s what we’ll be exploring together this season — from the way our ancestors fermented and preserved their harvest to the way scripture guides us back to balance, gratitude, and simplicity.