The Modern Motherhood Podcast #126: Lindsey Crouch – Superseed Life

At only three years old, Lindsey lost her beloved mother, Beverly, to ovarian and colon cancer. She has dedicated her life to creating solutions for the crises that devastate women and families’ health in mind, body and spirit. As a personal chef, certified life coach, author, corporate health + wellness consultant, and TV host, Lindsey is a pioneer in grain-free baking and the mother of the world’s first seed blend flour—the most nutrient dense flour on the market today. She recently launched the SuperSeed Your Soul System to tap into Christ’s fullest potential for your life. She loves to help women sow the right seeds into good fertile, soil so they can bloom and live happier, healthier, more simple and fulfilled lives!

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Transcript:

Julie: [00:00:00] Hi I’m Julie Lyles Carr. You’re listening to the Modern Motherhood Podcast from AllMomDoes. Today we get to talk with Lindsey Crouch. She is just one of the most bubbly, effervescent people you would never know when you chatted with her. Just how much depth and challenge she has seen and overcome in her life.

I can’t wait for you to get to meet this innovator, entrepreneur, mom, wife to Daniel, my friend, Lindsey Crouch. Lindsey, thanks so much for being on the podcast.

Lindsey: [00:00:37] Hi Julie. Thank you so much for having me. This is so much fun just chatting with you and I’m just so delighted to be here. I’m so glad you’re here.

Julie: [00:00:45] So I’ve referenced that you’re married to Daniel and you’ve got the three boys. Let’s back up just a little bit. How did you and Daniel meet? I don’t think I’ve ever heard this story. I want to know how the two of you met.

Lindsey: [00:00:57] Oh, yay. I love that. Daniel and I met in 2003 we were both in college. He was going to UT and I was going to Texas Tech, so we weren’t even living in the same city, but some girlfriends and I drove from tech to Austin for what’s called the roundup weekend in fraternity language here at UT. And so it was roundup weekend, which is kind of like a big frat party weekend. And so Daniel happened to be at one of the frat houses that I was at that night. And lo and behold, she grew up and went to church with one of my sorority sisters, Haley Curry.

And so Haley and Daniel were talking and catching up, and I noticed him and I was like, well, who was that that Haley’s talking to him? And he’s really cute. And so I kind of went over there and Daniel says that he kind of felt the entire energy of the room just changed. Like he looked at me and he was like.

Well there you are. And it was funny because we were both in college. We were young and naive and still kind of needing to grow up and become the people that God intended for us to be. And so that first time when we dated, it didn’t work out. We only dated for about six months and he wasn’t really treating me the way that I knew I needed to be treated and so I told him to lose my number. I said, I deserve more than this. And some kind of kicked him to the curb. And then he came back, uh, the Lord just kept putting him on, putting me on his heart and he couldn’t shake it. And so he literally took three trips to Lubbock, to come back, hoping to run into me because he didn’t have the guts to call me and tell me this.

So he would just show up in Lubbock and hope to run into me. And on the third trip, his friends kicked him out of the car and they said, you at least have to go ring our doorbell and teller. So he rings my doorbell one night. Randomly, I had moved on. He was not in my mind, and he’s like, you’re the one. And it was just sweet. He continued to pursue me for about four or five years after that. I really made him kind of prove to me that he had grown up and I needed to move to New York City and experience life, you know, a little bit in a different culture and have a different type of career and environment. And it was kind of after doing New York for a few years and him proving to me that he had grown up, that the Lord allowed us to reconnect.

And on that first time trying to give it a second chance. That was it. And we knew it. So

Julie: [00:03:13] That is wild, because to know y’all as a couple, you just seem so perfectly suited. And so I just assumed maybe you guys had just said it was love at first sight and you were just college sweethearts, and that was just, I mean, that’s amazing.

I think that’s a really great encouragement for people out there who their love story and their path to marriage was a little more complicated. Mike and I had a broken engagement for a period of time, and people are sometimes surprised to hear that. So that’s really, well, I didn’t know that. And now you are mom boy, you’ve got three little boys. What are their ages again?

Lindsey: [00:03:45] So Shepard, our oldest is six and a half and he’s in kinder and then our middle Henry is five, and the baby Asher is three.

Yeah, they, I knew that he came really fast. I remember you’d have one, and then I’d see again, I’d be like, Oh, there you are again.

Another baby. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. You were just going on at the same time.

I know

Julie: [00:04:10] that your childhood had some really difficult circumstances, so talk about the way you grew up and, and how that’s been a little bit different than a lot of people.

Lindsey: [00:04:22] Yes. You know, it was definitely a different childhood.

It was definitely different childhood. Um, by the time I was one year old, my mom got diagnosed with cancer. When her baby turns one, she gets diagnosed with ovarian cancer and then at three she passed away and the first time they were able to beat it, they went in and you know, did radiation and she did chemo and they beat it and she thought everything was looking good and everyone had a lot of hope that she was going to beat this thing and then back in an exploratory surgery, going to make sure that it was still looking good they found that it had metastasized. And so it was just about six months later that, you know, she lost her life to ovarian and then colon cancer. And, um, it was super tragic. It was really, really hard on our family. Um, for obvious reasons, you know, losing a loved one or a parent, a parent is, you know obviously a very hard, you know, road to go down. But what was even kind of more of the story was, you know, my parents tried to conceive for years, dealt with infertility, adopted my brother, and so I’ve got an older brother. He’s five years older than me, so when they got pregnant with me five years after they adopted my brother, my brother was five at the time, it was kind of a surprise. It was a miracle child. It was, you know, this longing fulfilled and all of their friends and family who had been cheerleading them and supporting them all these years by their sides, through this journey of infertility and adoption, and now there’s a pregnancy.

It was this huge. You know, joy, boy, everyone was so excited and just thrilled that our parents’ prayers had been answered and so many others who were praying for them. And then to get a diagnosis a year later after that was just really shaking. And, um, I don’t talk about this part of the story that frequently because I think that I’m still coming, um, at a peaceful place with how much I share because it’s about my dad.

So after my mom passed away, my dad wasn’t really ready to be a single dad. You know? And so he turned to alcohol and, you know, he was self-medicating. And I understand that now. And I’ve put myself in his shoes and I have a lot of empathy for what he went through. But during my childhood, it was really hard.

You know, I had lost one mom. I’ve lost one parent, and then I’ve got a dad who’s self-medicating. And so that kind of, you know, made for some turbulent, you know, days. And so the childhood was real tough. It was real tough. But, um, you know, by God’s grace, he’d given my mother. best friends who were Christian women who continue to pour into me and show me the way, show me the light, speak life into me.

Um, there was a church that was across the street from me, so I just, the Lord directed me there and I was just there all the time, you know, on, on the chairs, singing worship songs, my hands in the air, because after all that turbulent time, I would cry out to God and just say, why or how or how are we going to use this?

Or, you know, what’s going on? And he would always say, just cling to me, Lindsey, just stay with me in, I’ve got this, I’ve got you. And I promised that I’m going to give you a great life. This isn’t it for you. There’s, there’s better days to come. And so that’s when my dependence on the Lord started from a really young age

Julie: [00:07:37] Being three when your mom passed, do you think you understood at the time? Because I do think there are children who, regardless of their chronological age, have a sense of certain things. But boy, three is really young. So did you really comprehend at the time, what her passing meant and what that impact would have? I mean, were you keenly aware of other children that had their moms, or what was that like since you were so young?

Lindsey: [00:08:02] Yeah. You know, I don’t think that I did in that moment. I think that I, I felt empty and I felt alone and a lot of sadness. I remember, and I remember my grandmother telling me that I would ask frequently, like, you know, why can’t mom, you know, come play with me, you know, while she was sick in bed and things along those lines until I remember feeling lonely and isolated and different, you know, I think that as I started to go through elementary school and being around other kids and families, the comparison really started to sink in. And a lot of that like, gosh, you know, my life looks so different than all these people and all, all these other kids, and all I want is my mommy here.

And um, and that was a really tough time too. And then I was hiding, you know, what was going on at home because I was so embarrassed and insecure about it all. And so I didn’t understand the full picture of what losing her look like. And it’s so funny because we were just talking about how one thing can happen in your life, and it continues to be a journey that unfolds.

And I feel like I’m still learning things, you know? And so the, the massive loss and the lessons that the Lord would teach me, but his soothing my soul, you know, I got a taste of that early on, but it still continues to this day to show me new, beautiful things.

Julie: [00:09:21] Right. Yeah. So I would wonder if when these big events come along where you have the boys, you start birthing the boys, was there kind of a fresh grief that came at that time, like your wedding with Dan, you know, with Danielle and then having the boys, I mean, was that kind of a new thing in a sense, to miss her in a different way?

Lindsey: [00:09:39] Yes. Oh my gosh. Yes. Our wedding was so much so of that, that I wore her wedding dress. I wore my mother’s wedding dress. I wanted her to be part of it. I wanted to honor her, um, and just feel like she was with me, you know, literally so close that it would be, you know, on my skin and, and part of, you know, my physical body walking down that aisle.

So yes. Our wedding was tough and that the babies were really hard. The babies were really hard. I started to look for more new things of her. I would reach out to friends and say, what chance do you have any journals, you know, that she had or did she ever write you any letters that you could give to me?

There was a whole new nesting mode that came into about wanting to know what she was experiencing when she was pregnant with me. Now that I’m experiencing carrying a baby for the first time and just wanting to connect with her and find out how she felt in the season, wondering if it was the same thing I was feeling in the season.

So every brand new life event or season, I do look for more things from her, you know? How did she feel when she went through this and how can I incorporate her into what I’m going through now?

Julie: [00:10:43] Right. Yeah. What I think is really beautiful too, though, is I think sometimes as moms, we wonder. Well, man, you know, if I went away, would anybody notice except that maybe the school lunches wouldn’t be packed?

You know? You know what I hear you saying is even as young as you were. There’s still this beautiful way to have her with you. There’s still this legacy that’s carried that just speaks to the power of a mom, don’t you think?

Lindsey: [00:11:09] Oh, Julie, it speaks to the power of the mom, and I was telling Daniel, I was like, I think that like God is calling me to love on other women now because I was just so prayed for and prayed over before I was even born. Right. So in all those years when everyone was praying for their fertility journey and for them to be able to conceive, I was being prayed for. And then as she gets sick and her, you know, her people are seeing that she’s going to be going to Jesus and she’s leaving behind this baby little girl. And then again, prayers were poured into my life, you know? And so I think that, yes, that the power of, you know, her continuing to live on, like I know that those prayers that she was praying for me are being fulfilled today. There is still so much, you know, just, um. Peace, I find. And her being physically like inside of me and in our home as guardian angels for our children.

And you know, there’s pictures of her everywhere. And just literally last week when it, her best friend sent me a couple pictures of she and I, and I’m gonna share them on my Instagram. So I say, cause I haven’t done it yet. Still, she’s, she’s, she’s around and there’s new pictures of her that come after, you know, 35 years.

And so it is this living legacy. It’s, it’s a well that continues to bubble up and, yes. Wow. The legacy of a mother. You’re so exactly right. I feel like it’s just endless. It’s infinite.

Julie: [00:12:32] It’s so beautiful.

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Julie: [00:13:37] You referenced that you went to New York after you graduated from college and you started a career. What was that career in and what were you pursuing at the time?

Lindsey: [00:13:46] It was so fun. It says that career was in fashion jewelry. It was in jewelry. My company would develop and manufacture in private labeled costume jewelry. You know, like my earrings I’ve got on. And you know, all the fun things that you find that you know, um. White house, black market or Bloomingdale’s or, um, you know, any of those fun retail stores we would manufacture and sell for them.

And so the company that I worked for, we had showrooms off of Fifth Avenue. And so we invite the buyers in for all these fashion jewelry, retail brands, and we’d show them this beautiful line that we had created based off of their color swatches for the next season and all this stuff. So it was this big presentation and it was so fun.

I got to be the assistant to the VP of sales. And it was really neat because in getting the buyers, you know, to purchase art, jewelry, competitors, my boss would wine and dine them a lot, you know, really like schmooze them. And so I got to go out to all the best restaurants in New York on a starting salary. I wouldn’t have been able to afford for myself I got to go with the company that I worked for, and so I really got to experience New York City and a really fun way at Ryan Parker fashion shows and all that stuff. It was really, really fun and it was a job I just landed in, you know, to be honest, when I went to New York after college, it was because of girlfriend invited me to come.

I didn’t know it was next for my job out of college, I had studied broadcasting. I had a broadcast journalism degree from Texas tech, and I got a job offer with one of the local news stations, but it basically was for peanuts. You know, I probably went in there and so it was either stay in Lubbock with you know, with that job, move home to Albuquerque, which I really wasn’t excited about doing. And then I had this friend say, well come to New York, cause she was one of my best friends from childhood. She had gone to college in D C and found her way in New York after college. And it just so happened that she had an extra room in her apartment and she said, come on.

And so I just went without a job. Just knowing that opportunity, you know, I could make up whatever, you know, I could land on my own to be, to make something happen. It’s, so I started working retail at Saks Fifth Avenue, and I was just selling belts and scarves and, and that stuff. And I got recruited while I was on the floor one day.

This lady came in and bought a belt for me, and she was like, what’s your story? And I was like, well, you know, I’m looking to grow and I want a real job, you know? And so she’s like, well, come on in. And so I interviewed him with your job, and that was what I did for the rest of the time I was there and I loved it.

Julie: [00:16:14] That’s amazing. So, so transition for me because now I know kind of some of the rest of the story. So you’re living the life in New York, girl. I mean that sounds pretty, pretty sweet and sounds like it had some real momentum that you could have continued to grow in that arena. And of course I know you as, and I need my listeners to go and check out your Instagram feed and all that kind of stuff.

We’ll have that in the show notes because you always look amazing. You are always on point with all the cutest stuff. You’ve always got it going on. And so if you were to tell me today, if I were to meet you for the first time that you were still somehow in the fashion line, I’d be like, well, obviously duh.

And yet you made a very dramatic turn into something completely different. So I guess Daniel kept pursuing you and finally talked to you into a life with him. At that point, did y’all decide you were going to move back to Texas or what was that like.

Lindsey: [00:17:03] So. Okay. He was working for a jeweler, he would find, so he was a personal trainer.

He had all these health issues and his adolescents, so he gets into personal training to figure out his own health, and he’s helping other people do that. Well, he is training this very wealthy jeweler out of Dallas because he had moved from Austin to Dallas to do modeling and acting. I don’t know if you know, but he’s in two episodes of the Friday Night Show so not that be totally making that up. I’m going to find him. Okay. We’re going to have to talk more about that. Absolutely. I’m going to get to Dallas and he’s kind of acting and modeling and he finds this very wealthy jeweler who hires him on to be his personal trainer, but his traveling personal trainer, because he travels to go show his, his, his loot, you know, he’s goods.

And so Daniel’s on the road with him and that allows him to keep coming to New York a lot while I’m there to see me and, um, we’re talking about, okay, now we’re reunited. Where do we want to set up roots? Is it New York city or is it Dallas? And this jeweler in his life says, and we’re thinking New York, because I had that great job.

We did see a lot of room for growth, but the jeweler says, you know, I don’t know guys like I’m older than you. I’m wiser. I’ve had a lot of experience.And it’s hard to set up roots and grow as a young couple in New York city compared to Dallas, which is where Daniel was living. And so we thought that over and we prayed about it and we were like, you know, Dallas really does feel like a city where we could get established and get our own two feet without it being so overwhelming.

Like, you know, New York can be so expensive. And so we decided on New York or on Dallas, and it was interesting because. You know, a lot of my girlfriends from Texas tech made their way to Dallas after college. And so I had friends there, you know, had visited a lot, all of that. So Dallas made sense. And it was in that time for moving to New York to Dallas that I prayed and asked God for my life’s work.

Um, I, when I studied broadcasting, the reason I went into broadcasting was because I prayed and asked, I really tried to pray and involve God in all my decisions from an early age. And so I prayed and he asked what should I study and what direction are you going to lead me into in a career? And he told me, I’m going to give you a message to spread.

And so I just knew that he was going to give me a message and that I would kind of be using my own two hands, my own two feet, kind of this kind of a thing. And it would mean a lot to my heart. And so when I left New York, I thought this is the time to transition. And so I started praying. I said, okay, God, what is my life’s work?

Will you bring me my life’s work? And in that discovery zone, you know, I was praying and journaling and meditating and writing down what I’m good at, what I’m not good at. You know, what brings me joy and what does it, and through, you know, a couple months of doing that real deep discovery, I was led to food, right?

And I hated the idea of it because I had been a waitress. Before you know, I had been a bartender. I, my first job ever was bagging groceries at the grocery store, so I’d always been in food related jobs, you know, in high school and college and stuff. And I thought, come on. No. Like I just studied broadcasting and went to New York and I’m going to be the next.

Oprah. you know, how am I going to change the world as a waitress or, you know, not really seeing what possibilities there were going to be. But I said, okay, I’ll surrender. And I just went anyway. And so God, you know, that journal had back out again and said, what can food careers look like and how can I get creative with this?

And one of us, one of our family friends was a personal chef and I thought, well, Hey, that’s cool and different. I might be able to help people put healthy meals in their fridge and freezer. And so that’s what I did. I reached out to her. She kind of, you know, was a mentor to me and in becoming personal chef.

I went to the culinary business Academy and learned how to run a personal chef and catering company. And, um, and that’s what I did. I started making healthy foods that were grain-free, dairy free, eliminating a lot of the ingredients that I know can be harmful to the body, cause inflammation. And so that became my way of then.

You know, using my own two hands to help people. Um, like God kind of told me from early on that he was going to have me do so. Yeah. So that’s kinda how I got into health and fitness. Then it was from there, Julie, that Daniel and I were just helping clients one on one. I could only cook for one family at a time.

And so we said, how can we scale ourselves, right? How can we help more people? And Dina was like, well, we need a product. Let’s just get a product on the shelves and then we can help hundreds of thousands of people at one time. And so that’s where the idea came from. Taking it from a personal chef and catering company to then creating the product.

Julie: [00:21:35] And that product is very beloved, and I know that you’re in tons of markets now, Superseed has become this really beautiful way to be able to enjoy great food without some of the things that we know are a real challenge for a lot of people when it comes to their dietary needs. And so you’re now in a plethora of grocery stores and health food stores.

I know across Texas, I’m assuming, have you gone. Are you bigger now or are you going beyond the Texas borders? What’s going on?

Lindsey: [00:22:01] We are outside Texas. We are in kind of the Southwest region, Alabama. I don’t even know if that Southwest Alabama, some Kansas. Um, what else is down here? So Louisiana and then out to California.

Julie: [00:22:16] So that’s kind of our majority of distribution. Right now. I know that this journey of entrepreneurship with Superseed has not always been the most, even has not been the easiest. I know you’ve been very open about the fact that, you know, even within the last couple of years, it was like, are we going to make it financially doing this. So, so talk to my listeners about that because there’s a lot out there, Lindsey, on entrepreneurial-ism and you know, I’m a fan. I mean, I love, I have entrepreneurial aspects of my life, but I don’t think we often talk about how tough it can be, how sometimes you have to really dig in. So talk about what that’s been like for you at times.

Lindsey: [00:22:55] Wow. It has been one of the most challenging situations in my life, being an entrepreneur, even after you know, the things that I had been through. It has been really hard, and I think that one of the reasons it’s been the most challenging is because I didn’t study business. You know, I didn’t go into owning a business knowing a lot of the basic business principles.

And so I’ve really had to learn as I go. And I think that that is doable for, you know, people who can take that much on or have that much desire and willingness and passion to learn as they go or to create the education like while they’re actually growing the business. But it has been so hard and I have learned so much through this experience. Um, you know, we went into the food manufacturing industry without really knowing all it entailed. And one of the things is that it’s really capital intensive upfront. And so that means purchasing all of our ingredients, paying for all of the labor to make it, all of the marketing, getting it to the distributor, getting it to the store before it even sells.

Right.

Julie: [00:24:02] You got to see if it sells.

Lindsey: [00:24:05] And so we may not see the receivables of that purchase order that we sent out for 60 90 days, you know? And so you’re just saying the cash flow becomes really hard to manage unless you’re sitting on a nest egg, you know, unless you’ve got a good amount of time sitting in the bank account that you can just cash while yourself, it becomes really hard to do.

And so, you know, yeah, I have goodness. I have learned and I have grown and Daniel and I have learned and grown so much. Um, I don’t think that being an entrepreneur is for everyone. I’m even sometimes like, you know, looking at people I know who are doing it now and going. Would I bet better off at a 9-5, were you made for this. And it’s not that people aren’t passionate enough to figure it out or smart enough because they are wired differently. You know, just like enneagram shows us, some people are meant to do different types of things. And not everyone’s an accountant and not everyone’s a marketer and not everyone’s a sales person.

And so sometimes I just feel like if you’re not really wired for it, it may not be the best thing for you, but I still think that you can use your giftings in other ways. You know?

Julie: [00:25:16] I think that’s a really important thing for people to note because I love that we live in the side hustle world we do, and you know all the things.

I think it’s great, but I am concerned at times that we have women who are feeling an undue pressure. That they’ve got to start their thing or open their Etsy shop or do whatever, and, and you know, if you’re called to do that, fantastic. But if you’re not called to do that, there shouldn’t be any guilt associated with that.

Just because we do have these different things that come down the pipe. What do you wish now, or you’re speaking now to a young woman who’s saying, okay, I’m home with some little kids. I’ve got this passion, this idea. There’s been this really interesting journey, but I feel like this is a thing God’s calling you to do.

What are some of the, just like give us two early steps that you think would be really helpful to young women who are getting ready to make a similar journey to what yours has been.

Lindsey: [00:26:04] You know, from experience now, kind of looking back, I think that putting God first is first and foremost. You know, we kind of took our eyes off of Jesus a little bit when we started getting in the throws of the company, and I think that we started looking for success, growth and even prosperity, right? Like make good money now because then maybe you can retire a little bit early and then enjoy your life, you know? So we got our priorities wrong. You know, like our family was suffering time with our kids was suffering our own personal finances, were suffering because we were putting it back into the company and we were putting ourselves last.

So I would say, you know, put Jesus first. Keep your priorities straight, and then decide if that longing is still there. And if that idea that you can’t shake and you know that it’s from God is still there once you’ve got your priorities straight, then I think that that could be something to pursue but it’s funny because he has had to really shift my mind and almost kind of like kind of quiet things down on the food side of things for a minute so he could get my focus again.

So focus on Jesus first. Make sure your priorities are still straight, your marriage is being taken care of, your kids are taken care of, your, you know, your church life. And then if it’s still there, I think pursue that. And then the other one would be kind of to get your following first and then come out with the product, because I feel like a lot of the time when you come out with the product first and then you’re trying to play catch up, getting your customer base, that clock is ticking sometimes, you know?

And so get your following first, build your brand first and then come out with your product maybe, you know, at least 90 days later.

Julie: [00:27:47] Right. And I know with Superseed, I mean you guys are at the place now that there are donuts, they’re like sweet treats, that kind of thing. All of it. Based on this idea of using seeds instead of gluten flours, gluten proteins, that kind of thing, how did that come to you?

I know that you were doing some personal chef stuff, but where did you go, wow, this would be an amazing substitute. Or to be able to create something that now it feels like there’s a treat available within some of these dietary plans that do have a lot of limitations.

Lindsey: [00:28:17] Yeah. So it really came from, um, you know, the personal journey of wanting to make sure that other women didn’t lose their lives at 37 years old.

Right. Like I was like, okay, I can use my pain for good. And so I’m gonna make sure that one other moms don’t have to leave their families like my mom. And did. And to that I’m healthy enough to live, to raise my children and to live a long life with my husband. So those were two of my driving forces of like, how do I create a solution?

What’s the solution? What’s the problem? Health and health epidemics, right? People are losing their lives to, you know, lifestyle and food and all the things. And so what can I do about that? And then to also, like I mentioned before, Daniel grew up with a litany of health issues. And that was because of the foods he was eating.

He didn’t know he was allergic to grain and gluten and whatever. So we’re both on this journey of like, how can we help people and how can we create something different? Daniel is a scientist. He is so innately and intuitively, he’s like Daniel from the Bible. He is truly the one who is, you know, fasting and on the Daniel diet like he is Daniel the Bible.

And so God gives him so much revelation before gluten-free was a thing. Daniel’s like, I know gluten is a problem. Before Dan was like, I know grains are a problem, and so we started eliminating those things from our lives and from our cooking, and so then everything was bread less. Everything I was making there was no bread, there was no crust, there was no flour. Really. If I had to use almond flour, coconut, I would, but we were mad that there wasn’t an alternative that was nutrient dense, not just kind of like a lesser evil, you know, we wanted something to actually provide nutrition, and so I was making all these meals without any flour, without any grains and gluten without any bread at all.

And part of our health and wellness entrepreneurship. And he was a personal trainer. He would take people on wellness retreats. And so we took this man out to Colorado, Crestview, Colorado, and he had Crohn’s and diabetes and all these issues that he was dealing with in his life. And we were, you know, had a week long trip with them to try to help get him healthy, and just kind of give him some resets and retool some new tools.

And, um. So I’m there and I’m cooking for him and I give him my pizza quiche. And it’s a quiche because it’s eggs, which are high in protein, you know, obviously no grain, gluten, whatever. Um, and then I had made a pizza one because I thought, well, if I can create a healthy pizza, then I’ll have hit the jackpot. And so he’s eating my pizza quiche, and he’s like, Hey, thanks for this pizza quiche. but he was like, I would really actually just like a piece of pizza. And he says, if you could create flour or like a bread or like a pizza dough that’s healthy for you, you’ll nail it. And I was like, oh, that’s good. And so I stirred on that for a couple of days and I prayed about it and prayed about it, prayed about it.

And I woke up in the middle of the night one night and I was like, Daniel, God told me to use seeds. And he was like, no, you know, like, that’s crazy. No way. It’s not gonna work. And I was like, Oh, you know, and God says so, you know, we’re going to figure it out. And so that was it, Julie. Like it just came from wanting to find a solution for the health epidemics that my family had faced, that Daniel had faced.

Not wanting to go down that same route myself. Find an alternative and then a whole lot of soul searching and prayer to say, God lead us, you know, um, you’ve brought us as far our family stories and histories have been made this way for a reason. We want to use it to help people. And, and how do you intend for us to do that?

He provided the answer for us. He told us, do you see this flower?

Julie: [00:31:47] That’s so cool. And it is such a unique approach because you’re right, there are a lot of substitutes out there, but y’all have such a unique approach and that you use seeds. And I love, you now have a coaching group you’re doing for women that is based on the spiritual concept of seeds, which I just love how you can take something that has a very practical application in our physical, and then it can be expanded into ways that have applications to the spiritual as well. So how can my listeners find out about where to find you on all the socials and they also about this new group that you have going where you’re doing some coaching on these things that are both for health and fitness, not just for the physical body, but also the spiritual.

Lindsey: [00:32:25] Yes. Oh my gosh.

It’s so much more than the physical, you know? It really is the mind, body, and spirit. Just like you know that the Holy trifecta that we’ve got, you know selves, mind, body, spirit, health. You really have to be healthy in all three to really bloom, you know, to get that optimal life that God called you, to have the energy to do all the good things that he needs us to do.

And so, yeah, I’m taking the concept of the seed and now I’m sowing seeds into women’s hearts. I’m sure one day I might include men too. And, and I love and support the husbands and the men as well. But for right now, um, I’m just focusing on helping women plant the good seeds in good soil of their hearts.

And then we go in and we water them with a bunch of good actions and healthy living. And good mindset and you know, living at peace with one another and living by the fruits of the spirit. And it has been so fun and really so rewarding. It’s been amazing to like really dive into people’s lives, you know, to like really get down deep and say like, just here, you know, where the struggles are and to kind of, you know, provide biblically based tools to help them take care of those things.

And so that’s called the Superseed your soul system.

Julie: [00:33:32] Beautiful. Well, I’m excited that my listeners have gotten to meet you. They’ll be able to go to the show notes and find all these great resources and a lot of the things that you guys have done that are really powerful when you look into the nutrient basis of seeds and all kinds of things that you can do to really increase those health properties in your life.

So Lindsey, thank you so much for all the work that you and Daniel do. It is awesome to get to have you here on the show. Thanks so much for being with us.

Lindsey: [00:33:55] Thank you so much.

Julie: [00:33:56] Thank you for all the work you do, Julie, you’re not hearing inspiration. Thanks, love. You can find out more about Lindsey and all the exciting things she’s doing in our show notes.

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