Changing the Recipe (and Everything Else)

Something happened in my kitchen this week that unlocked more than I expected.

After months of struggling with baking bread in a fancy bread maker that never seemed to work — flat loaves, wasted flour, frustration, feeling like a loser because I actually can bake fairly well — I finally set aside the “approved” method. I tried a totally different approach.

I bought a sourdough starter and nurtured her myself. Baked the old fashioned way.

And wouldn’t you know it… the most gorgeous, delicious loaf I’ve ever baked came out of my oven, first time!

The lesson hit me hard:
👉 Sometimes the problem isn’t that we’re failing. The problem is that we’ve been using the wrong recipe, the one that over promised and under delivered.

I realized how often I’ve done this in life. Played the expected script. Swallowed my truth. Smiled, raged, or softened in the ways others wanted, just to belong. (Sound familiar?)

But following those recipes has always cost me something — usually, pieces of myself.

So here’s where I am now: changing the recipe. In my work. In my offerings. In my whole approach.

I want things to feel more organic, more authentic, more nourishing — for me and for you.

And I’d love your thoughts.

💭 Where in your life do you feel like you’ve been following the “wrong recipe”? What might shift if you tried your own instead?

Hit reply and let me know. I’d love to hear.

With love, liberation, and fresh bread that doesn't suck,
Lori