Up at the very top of the tallest tower in Brain Headquarters sits the CEO, Ms. Hypothalamus. She is calm, calculating, and always watching the monitors: temperature, blood sugar, salt levels, mood swings, even who’s been crying in HR (that’s the limbic system). She runs on feedback reports. It is her job to keep the Read More
Author: Bianca Church
The Great Cortisol Spike of 2025 – Bianca’s BodyCo Story #2
A true story from inside Brain Headquarters of BodyCo. It started on a Monday morning — of course it did. Ms. Hypothalamus, the CEO of BodyCo., had just sat down with her herbal tea (chamomile, not coffee, she knows better) when the red light flashed on her Stress Dashboard. ALERT: perceived threat detected. The source? Read More
The Glucose Crisis of 2025 – Bianca’s BodyCo Story #3
A true story from inside Brain Headquarters of Bianca’s BodyCo. It was supposed to be a quiet week. After the Great Cortisol Spike, Ms. Hypothalamus had implemented calm yoga breaks and a “no adrenaline after 6 p.m.” policy. But peace at BodyCo never lasts long. Monday Morning: The Energy Committee Meeting “Alright, team,” said Ms. Read More
The Fat Adaptation Rebellion of 2025 – Bianca’s BodyCo Story #4
A true story from inside Brain Headquarters of BodyCo. Things at BodyCo had finally settled. The Great Cortisol Spike was a fading memory, and the Glucose Crisis had ended with a tentative truce between Insulin and Glucagon. But deep in the warehouses of Adipose Alley, trouble was brewing. Scene 1: The Whisper in the White Read More
Triglyceride Traffic Jam 2025 – Bianca’s BodyCo Story #5
A tale from the Lipid Logistics Division at Bianca’s BodyCo. It was a typical Tuesday in the Transport Wing of BodyCo Headquarters. The morning shift was humming, literally, because mitochondria in the Energy Department had the radio on again. But things were about to get slippery. Scene 1: The Intestinal Port Authority After a particularly Read More
An Exhilarating Journey – Moving to our French Stone Cottage “Le Petit Bijou”
No more excuses; our French stone cottage was livable and it was time to move to the French Countryside. Continue reading our final story about moving to France and to see the before and after video of “Le Petit Bijou”, my 2024 venue for Learn, Eat, and Be Well – Southwest France (2 minute read). Read More
An Exhilarating Journey – French Cottage Renovations à la Pandémie
After leaving our French stone cottage in the fall of 2019, with a plan to return in the spring of 2020, we never imagined a pandemic would hold us back for a year. There was still so much renovating to do just to make it livable. But the spring of 2020 came and went, and Read More
An Exhilarating Journey – A Stone Wreck in France to “Le Petit Bijou“
If you have been following my story, you already know that we bought a French stone cottage/wreck in 2018 for my Learn, Eat, & Be Well – SW France, a program that I started in 2015 to offer holistic nutritionists and wellness professionals a continuing education vacation. You also know that we had serious Read More
An Exhilarating Journey – A French Country Cottage
My stone cottage in France, La Petite Bijoux, was not always “The Little Jewel”. In April of 2018 it was a stone wreck built in 1790 that had been neglected for a long time. It was only two windows wide and one room deep with an attached barn now used as living space but it Read More
An Exhilarating Journey – Canada to France
Its been an exhilarating journey these past few years but we are finally settled in a stone cottage in Southwest France. After parting with my beloved students and fellow faculty at the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition in 2017, we encountered many obstacles; both Tom and I experienced a dark night of the soul including Read More