🗞️ —'s Monday Journal: Fun (and food) IS medicine.

We're choosing in-person, play, and a little relief.

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May 18, 2026 11:31am EDT

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the monday journal

Welcome to your weekly dose of nourishment. A thoughtful corner of the internet for hormone-friendly foods, nourishing ideas, and simple ways to support your health while taking one thing off your plate. Pour something warm - let’s start the week a little calmer, lighter, and more supported.

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Last week, we kicked off something we've wanted to do for years. Four Mom's Off Duty events in four cities. Old friends, new faces, a lot of laughing. The kind of room that makes you exhale and remember you're not alone in this.

We've been sitting with this month's theme for a while now — Off Duty: Sit With Us — and honestly, it felt more needed than ever. The internet is loud, polarizing, and often unkind. It can be hard to know where to look for something that doesn't leave you more depleted than when you started.

So we decided to build it. In person, together.
The words guiding us this month: relief, connection, joy, permission.

What I keep coming back to is this: you can care deeply about your family and about what's happening in the world and make sure you're filling your own cup. These are not in conflict.

Rest is not quitting. Play is not selfish. Lightness, sometimes, really is the medicine. And to make space for it more often, we need to build infrastructure. A village. A plan. A fridge that's already handled. The nourishment running quietly in the background so you can actually show up — for yourself, for the people you love, for the long game.

That's what Chiyo is here to be.

We're just getting started with this month's events. Our NYC event this week is sold out (you can still join the waitlist!) — but there are still spots open in Boston and Seattle. If you know someone who needs a room full of real humans and zero judgment, send this their way.

RSVP with code OFFDUTY_CHIYO

Healthy food doesn't have to be beige. This one's proof.

Kelp noodles are one of our favorites — silky, light, and made from seaweed. They pick up whatever you cook them in, which means in a miso glaze with steak and eggplant? Genuinely, unexpectedly delicious. And as it turns out, kelp is one of the best natural sources of iodine, which your thyroid needs to regulate energy and mood. A well-supported thyroid is a quieter, steadier body — something we could all use more of right now.

Miso adds that deep, savory richness that makes you wonder why you ever thought healthy food was boring. It's fermented, which means it's actively feeding your gut microbiome — and your gut is where a significant chunk of your serotonin is made. Good food, good mood. Not a coincidence.

The Steak brings heme iron and zinc, two nutrients women are chronically low in, especially when life is full and rest is rare. Iron keeps your energy from tanking. Zinc supports hormonal balance and immune resilience.

Give yourself something worth sitting down for.