Ready to Flourish • Return to Joy • Elevate Your Everyday
What if the life you’ve been longing for isn’t somewhere far away, but built into the beautiful rhythms of your meals, your home, your habits, and your heart?
Back to Basics is a gentle, faith-rooted journey for women ready to slow down, return to joy, and create a home and life filled with beauty, meaning, and sacred rhythm.
Over 10 light-hearted weeks, you’ll explore hands-on kitchen and homemaking skills, cultivate meaningful daily routines, and connect with a supportive, faith-centered community of women who are embracing the same journey.
For anyone who wants to elevate their every day with joy and beauty
Have you ever wondered if your daily life could feel lighter, more intentional, and truly nourishing—for you and the people you love?
You’re not alone.
Maybe you’ve wished for slower mornings, nourishing meals, and a home that feels like a true haven—not just a checklist of to-dos.
Many of us crave a life that’s more rooted and creative, where everyday moments are savored rather than rushed through.
You might have tried planners, meal apps, or new routines, hoping things would finally click. If it still feels like something’s missing, that’s okay.
It’s not because you’re doing it wrong, or not doing enough.
It’s simply that our natural rhythm has been quietly overshadowed by a world that moves too fast.
Maybe what’s missing isn’t effort or more productivity, but a softer, steadier pace:
a grounding thread that connects your heart, your home, and your hands.
YOU DON'T NEED TO OVERHAUL YOUR LIFE OR HUSTLE HARDER.
Instead, you're invited to rediscover the simple rhythms and routines that make home—and life—feel whole again.
Back to Basics is a 10-week, resource-packed online experience that guides you to slow down, return to joy, and flourish in everyday life—transforming meals, routines, home, and habits into moments of beauty and intention.
With warmth, encouragement, and community, you’ll learn how to:
𑁍 Elevate meals with intentional, joyful cooking and intuitive kitchen confidence
𑁍 Nurture mindset & daily rhythms that support peace and flourishing
𑁍 Cultivate new hobbies and creative outlets
𑁍 Bring beauty into your home — not through perfection, but through purpose
𑁍 Grow habits & routines that inspire connection, creativity, and delight
𑁍 Celebrate meals, moments, & relationships as expressions of love and joy
There’s no pressure to perfect your routine or keep up with anyone else. Instead, you’ll find space to reflect, try new things, and enjoy the encouragement of a supportive community that shares your heart for simplicity, beauty, and faith-filled living.
Designed for intentional women, creative homemakers, and soulful stewards of home and health, Back to Basics offers gentle, practical ways to enrich your home and life.
Your Journey of Rediscovery — Weekly Themes
Each week is designed to gently transform how you look at everyday life
WEEK 1
Know Thyself
Start your journey by discovering what truly matters to you. This week, you’ll reflect on your values, mindsets, and rhythms—setting a gentle foundation for lasting change and more joy in daily life.
WEEK 2
How We View Food
See food in a whole new light. Learn how meals can nourish not just your body, but your soul and relationships. We’ll explore how to bring intention, creativity, and even worship into the way you eat.
WEEK 3
The Creative Beauty of Bread
Experience the calming art of sourdough and bread-making. You’ll get hands-on with starters, doughs, and baking. You’ll learn to create delicious, wholesome breads that fill your home with comfort and delight.
WEEK 4
Reuniting With Our Food Heritage
Reconnect with where your food comes from. Whether you have a garden or a windowsill, you’ll discover practical ways to grow, source, and appreciate fresh, seasonal foods, bringing a sense of heritage and resourcefulness to your kitchen.
WEEK 5
Discovering the Joy of Cooking & Celebrating the Art of Eating
Rediscover the fun in cooking and the beauty in sharing meals. This week is all about building confidence in the kitchen, learning intuitive cooking skills, and making mealtimes a joyful, creative experience.
WEEK 6
The Rhythm of Food Preservation
Learn simple, practical ways to make the most of every season’s harvest. From canning to fermenting to freezing, you’ll gain tools to reduce waste, save money, and enjoy nourishing foods all year long.
WEEK 7
A Beginner’s Guide to Medicinal Herbs
Step into the world of herbal remedies. You’ll learn how to identify, prepare, and use medicinal herbs for everyday wellness, building a natural, faith-rooted toolkit for your home.
WEEK 8
Natural Remedies for Your Most Common Health Concerns
Explore holistic approaches for body, mind, and soul. This week, we’ll cover gentle, effective remedies for common issues, helping you care for yourself and your family with confidence and calm.
WEEK 9
Creating a Healthy, Wholesome Home
Make your home a true haven. Discover creative homemaking arts, from candle-making to flower arranging, and learn simple ways to create a space that feels peaceful, nourishing, and uniquely yours.
WEEK 10
Sharing the Harvest
Bring it all together by learning the art of hospitality and sharing your gifts. This final week is about blessing others, celebrating your journey, and carrying these new rhythms forward with joy and gratitude.
Here's Everything You'll Get Inside The Course
✓ Welcome Packet
For all new participants, a welcome packet with tea samples, Olympia’s San Francisco sourdough starter, encouragement and more.
✓ “Tea Time” Chats & Challenges every week
Casual, fun, and inspiring video conversations and simple practices with Olympia, Cynthia & Molly, delivered straight to your email.
✓Kick-off Emails every Sunday
Gentle guidance and inspiration right to your inbox
✓ Weekly Community Calls on Tuesdays at 12pm Central
Meaningful connection, conversation, and encouragement (recorded if you can’t attend live). Plus, two Saturday community calls to kick off and to close our time together.
✓ Weekly Instructional Videos
Clear, practical, and easy to follow at your own pace, offering hours of thoughtful, in-depth guidance each week.
✓ Private WhatsApp Community
Daily connection, ongoing support, and heartfelt friendships—a place to share, learn from each other, and grow along the way.
✓ Lifetime Access to an organized online portal
All lessons, materials, and new content in one easy-to-navigate space—yours to revisit whenever you need. Plus, with lifetime access, you can join the community calls and private WhatsApp group every year to reconnect, engage, and grow with new content and fellow members.
✓ Weekly Encouragements & Reflections
Inspiring prompts and gentle accountability designed to help you reflect and guide your progress.
✓ 170+ Page Back to Basics E-book
Filled with practical recipes, helpful tips, and inspiring insights, yours FREE with course enrollment
✓ Half-Price Discount for our Filled With Less Live Event at Saint Basil Farm
Enjoy an evening of feasting and friendship at the farm, including a guided farm tour and dinner in the grove. Meet Cynthia, Molly, and Olympia in person, receive a discount, plus a special gift.
🎁 Olympia’s Own San Francisco Sourdough Starter
A special gift for the first 100 people who sign up, bringing warmth and tradition right into your kitchen
A Journey Shared:
WHAT OUR COMMUNITY IS SAYING
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I am so thankful for the Back to Basics course.
As a young mother, I feel the content, skill acquisition, and inspiration I gained this summer will shape the home I am building into one that is simple yet abundant and beautiful.
Do yourself a favor and go back to basics!
Megan
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This course taught me so many wonderful principles about going "back to basics."
Most of all, it was inspiring and life-giving, and I've come away excited to continue the learning journey.
I would highly recommend this course ~ it has something for everyone!
Anna
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There is so much depth to this course, yet it embodies simplicity at the same time!
Olympia, Cynthia, Molly and Martha were wonderful teachers that I feel like have now become friends.
Very grateful to have been a part of this and love all the new things I have learned!
Laurie
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I very much enjoyed participating in the course.
The e-book and videos were excellent and I am confident that I will be revisiting all the materials in the future.
Emily
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I like that it is a great starting point, to jump start living a more simple but fulfilling rhythmic life.
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I enjoyed the community calls (even if I had to listen to recordings later) where everyone shared their ideas.
The chat was also inspiring. And the videos were always a treat to watch, a highlight of my day.
Together Is How We Thrive
One of the most beautiful parts of Back to Basics is the community you’ll step into: women who are also slowing down, trying new things, and learning how to make home feel whole again.
Whether you’re baking your first sourdough, experimenting with herbal remedies, or simply seeking more peace in your day, you’ll be surrounded by others who understand your hopes for a more intentional life.
Here, your journey is valued, your questions are welcomed, and your progress, no matter how small, is celebrated.
The community calls, group chats, and ongoing support mean you always have a place to turn for ideas, inspiration, and heartfelt connection.
Meet Your Guides on This Journey
Back to Basics was created by women who live what they teach—homemakers, teachers, writers, and wellness guides who have chosen a more intentional, wholehearted path.
They know what it means to slow down and create beauty at home and in life, and now they’re here to share that journey with you.
Olympia Rusu
Orthodox Christian • Certified Holistic Nutritionist • Homesteader
Olympia and her husband Ephraim left California to cultivate a 7.5-acre farm in North Carolina, creating a life rooted in intention, beauty, and joy. Together, they run a tea company, host guests at their farm’s Airbnb cottage, and share their sourdough, teas, and produce at over 15 locations locally and around the country.
As a holistic nutritionist with an integrative approach to wellness, Olympia focuses on the whole person—body, mind, and spirit—because she knows that what we believe, what we eat, and how we live are deeply interconnected. Her guidance helps others slow down, elevate their everyday routines, and cultivate homes and lives that flourish with joy and beauty.
You can explore her farm shop, classes, events, and blog at www.saintbasilfarmnc.com
Molly Sabourin
Writer • Speaker • Co-Founder, Filled With Less
Molly is a freelance writer and mother of four whose work focuses on family, faith, and community. Her first book, Close to Home, has comforted and inspired countless women on the journey toward simplicity and spiritual depth.
She co-hosts the Filled With Less podcast and speaks at Ancient Faith conferences, declutter all areas of life, thereby reducing stress, and increasing peace, joy, and productivity so that they can pursue a more simple and calm existence.
You can find her blog at www.filledwithless.com
Cynthia Damaskos
Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach • Author • Co-Founder, Filled With Less
Cynthia is a Functional Medicine Health Coach and the author of The Holistic Christian Woman. Through her podcast and platform, she encourages women to become good stewards of their two greatest gifts: their lives and their bodies.
She brings decades of experience in wellness, lifestyle coaching, and faith-based living—guiding women toward simple, nourishing, and intentional rhythms.
Learn more at www.holisticchristianlife.com and www.filledwithless.com
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Thank you for this beautiful course, which has provided a practical, forgiving learning environment (taught by professional Orthodox Christian women) for like-minded women to learn the “forgotten skills,” like making sourdough bread, herbal medicinal tinctures and so much more!
- Anastasia
Skills You’ll Carry Forward
By the end of this journey, you’ll have practical, nourishing skills you can use and share for years to come.
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A new mindset on how to joyfully view food
See meals as moments of connection, gratitude, and creativity, not just something to check off your list.
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Discovering the joy of cooking and celebrating the act of eating
Build confidence with intuitive cooking, knife skills, and simple techniques that make every meal feel special.
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The creative beauty of sourdough bread-making
Learn to nurture and bake your own sourdough, filling your kitchen with the aroma of fresh bread.
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Resourceful kitchen know-how
Master the 7 steps to intuitive cooking, quick and nutrient-rich meals, and practical ways to make the most of what you have.
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The rhythm of food preservation
Explore canning, fermenting, and freezing so you can enjoy seasonal abundance all year long.
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Cultivating a life of love and hospitality
Create a welcoming, peaceful home and learn the gentle art of blessing others through simple acts of care.
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Natural remedies for your most common health concerns
Build your own herbal medicine kit and discover gentle, effective ways to support your family’s well-being.
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Creating a healthy, wholesome home
Learn simple, nourishing ways to reduce toxins, support your family’s wellness, and bring peace to your space, so your home becomes a true place of rest, refuge, and renewal.
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A beginner’s guide to medicinal herbs
Grow, identify, and use herbs for teas, tinctures, and salves, connecting with God’s creation in a hands-on way.
These timeless skills are yours to enjoy, nurture, and pass on, ready to gently enrich your everyday rhythms.
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This course has really helped me grow and find joy.
I learned skills that have not only changed the way I eat and feed my family, but the way I think about food, and food as medicine. It is amazing to see all the things God and provided for us, and how we can use it to heal and serve our families and others.
Cynthia, Molly, and Olympia were kind, informative, and so supportive throughout this journey. It was a beautiful way to spend 10 weeks learning skills that I can continue to cultivate and pass down to my children and one day my grandchildren.
- Jasmine
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Is Back to Basics Right for You?
This experience is perfect for you if you:
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Want to elevate everyday meals, mindset, routines, and interactions with joy
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Value beauty, meaning, and intentional living
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Are ready to flourish and return to joy
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Desire community and encouragement as you build new rhythms
No perfection. No hustle. Just joy, purpose, and flourishing everyday life.
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