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the little farm by the sea Kim Bergen - inspiring healthy living

09/06/2026

Zinnias barely try, and they still show up bright, bold, and unbothered. There’s a lesson in that.

The rest of this little corner isn’t fancy… a few potted flowers, a rusty old watering can, a barrel that’s seen better days.

I love things that look like they’ve lived a few lives already. The rust, the wear, the stories you can almost read in them. It doesn’t need to be fancy to be beautiful.

Some people chase perfect. I’ll take real. 🤠

09/05/2026

Water should be simple. Clean, hydrating, life-giving. But what’s actually in the water most of us drink every day tells a more complicated story, across North America.

In the US, the Environmental Working Group tested nearly 50,000 water systems and found 324 different contaminants coming out of American taps. Arsenic has been detected in all 50 states, affecting over 130 million people. More than 250 million Americans have hexavalent chromium (chromium-6) in their water, and over 140 million have PFAS, the “forever chemicals” that don’t break down in the environment or the body.

Canada isn’t exempt. Health Canada’s own 2025 State of PFAS Report confirmed these chemicals are harmful to human health and found them in surface water across every province tested. PFAS have shown up in tap water in Ontario, Quebec, and BC, with some communities, including areas near past industrial or military activity, exceeding Health Canada’s guideline.

Bottled water isn’t the safe swap it seems, either. A 2024 Columbia University study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, found close to a quarter million plastic particles in a single liter of bottled water, most of them nanoplastics small enough to cross into human cells.

Knowing what’s in your water, wherever you are in North America, is where change starts.

09/04/2026

If you’re a woman in your midlife, you already know… it’s not that the ambition faded. It’s that the old way of chasing it stopped fitting.

You’re not looking to slow down. You’re looking to live differently. More aligned with what actually matters. Less hustle for hustle’s sake.

That means designing your days around the life you want, not the other way around. Working where you want, when you want, how you want. Freedom on your terms - and purpose behind every bit of it.

This isn’t a midlife crisis. It’s a midlife awakening. 🥰

Are you waking up to this too?

09/02/2026

This one took me a few days to be able to share. 😢

Last week, a mink got into our world… first going after one of our ducks in broad daylight, then a few days later, finding its way into the duck house overnight. We lost ten ducklings and Rachel, one of the best mammas we have on this farm.

It happened on the same night Lucky and Dotty had finally been accepted into the duck family, after days of trying to belong. 🦆

Farming isn’t only sunrises and baby animals. Some weeks it’s grief, and loss that doesn’t come with a lesson attached. I needed time before I could put words to this, and I’m still not sure I have the right ones.

We’re still here, still tending to the ones who made it through. That’s what this life asks of you… to keep showing up, even on the hard days.

🕊️ Rest easy, Rachel and the little ones. Thank you for the short wonderful time we had with you.

09/01/2026

You know the drill. Organic groceries, the personal trainer, yoga a few times a week, the sauna sessions, the supplement shelf that rivals a pharmacy. Health has become a priority, not an afterthought… and that shift shows up in everything you choose.

But there’s often one piece that gets overlooked, even by women who’ve optimized almost everything else. The water carrying all those good choices through your body.

If this list felt like reading your own habits back to you, you’re exactly who this is for.

What’s the one health investment that changed everything for you? Drop it below 👇🏼

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