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Kalee Tilli - Table Root Farm is one of those people with a magical ability to make everyone around her feel as if it’s okay to come as they are. She doesn’t have to tell you to relax and be yourself. You just feel it.
As we talked, I realized that this is the gift of hospitality: the ability to make those around you feel at ease. That gift spills into everything Kalee does. You can see it in her small Georgia farm and the cozy cottage she rents to people who need to get away for a while. You can feel it in her Substack newsletter, where she writes about living a healthier life that’s more connected to the natural world.
Kalee has a wealth of practical ideas to help us feel more at home in our bodies and in the world, wherever we may be. I enjoyed this conversation so much, and I know you will too.
About Kalee
Kalee is a holistic nutritionist who lives in Atlanta with her husband and two teenage sons. Kalee says that her “heart lives in the mountains of Colorado,” which caught the attention of this Colorado-born girl the first time I read it.
Having had the privilege of getting to know Kalee over the past several months, I can tell you that she is every bit as real and down-to-earth as you might expect from reading her newsletter. This is one of my favorite passages from her About page because it says so much about her approach to writing, cooking, and teaching:
“I teach cooking classes focusing on local, seasonal produce, while trying to remind myself and my clients that guilt has no place at the table. There are many seasons of our lives and most will not include eating a diet of exclusively home-prepared, seasonal and local foods.”
Kalee’s newsletter is packed to overflowing with practical advice for living an attainably healthy life. It’s inspiration you can actually implement. And don’t we all need more of that?
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