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STARTING FROM ZERO
A 28-day guided reset designed to help you rebuild your health through nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and strategic supplementation.
If you feel like you’ve consumed endless health information but still don’t have a clear, sustainable system for applying it, this program was built for you.
Starting From Zero is a self-guided digital program that teaches you how four foundational systems — nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation — work together to shape human physiology. Rather than chasing isolated tactics, you’ll learn how to build a stronger baseline by understanding the fundamentals of how the body functions and what it actually needs to regulate well.
What’s Included
4 educational pillars covering the foundations of health
4 resource banks with practical tools, examples, and implementation support
28-day implementation calendar to help you apply the material in real life
Self-guided + instant access so you can move through it at your own pace
Start your 28-day journey today.
Introductory Price: $99 CAD
This program is for you if…
You’ve tried to “eat better,” work out more consistently, or take supplements, but everything still feels fragmented or hard to sustain.
You feel like you’ve consumed a lot of health information without ever being shown how to organize it into a coherent system.
You tend to move between extremes — highly disciplined for a period of time, then completely off track when life gets busy, stressful, or overwhelming.
You want to understand what your body actually needs from food, movement, recovery, and supplementation rather than relying on vague wellness advice or disconnected health trends.
You’re looking for a more structured starting point — one that helps you build a strong physiological foundation before chasing more advanced protocols.
You want a model of health that supports both physical outcomes and nervous system stability, rather than treating them as separate conversations.
Starting From Zero was built to give you a practical baseline: a way to organize the fundamentals of health into a system you can actually understand, implement, and return to over time.
Build the foundation you'll use for life.
Introductory Price: $99 CAD
What Starting From Zero actually is
Starting From Zero is a structured digital program designed to help you rebuild the foundations of health through a more integrated lens. Rather than focusing on one isolated area at a time, the program teaches you how four core regulatory systems — nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation — work together to influence energy, stress resilience, recovery, metabolic health, and long-term physiological stability.
Inside, you’ll learn the principles behind each pillar, understand why these systems matter, and use the included resource banks and 28-day implementation calendar to begin applying the work in a practical, sustainable way.
Three supporting blocks
Education
Understand the physiology behind food, stress, movement, and supplementation so your choices become more informed and less reactive.
Implementation
Use structured tools, examples, and a 28-day calendar to put the material into practice in a way that fits real life.
Integration
Learn how the pillars work together so your health stops feeling like a collection of disconnected habits and starts functioning like a coherent system.
What’s Included
4 Educational Pillars
In-depth teaching modules covering the foundational systems that regulate human physiology:
Nutrition
Nervous System Regulation
Movement
Supplementation
4 Resource Banks
Practical tools, examples, and reference materials to help you apply each pillar with more ease and consistency.
28-Day Implementation Calendar
A guided framework to help you start integrating the material into daily life instead of leaving it as theory.
Instant, self-guided access
Move through the program at your own pace and revisit the material whenever you need to recalibrate.
WHATS INSIDE
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The Nutrition Pillar teaches you how to nourish your body by understanding what food is actually doing for you—not just how many calories it contains. It’s built around the idea that your body runs on raw materials, and that nutrition influences everything from energy, blood sugar, hormones, muscle maintenance, recovery, gut health, and long-term metabolic function.
Inside this pillar, you’ll learn the framework of Protein, Fat, and Fiber, how each one supports physiology in a distinct way, and how to build balanced meals around them using whole foods. You’ll also develop caloric literacy without obsession, so you can better understand portions, food quality, and your body’s needs without becoming dependent on tracking.
The goal is not to hand you a meal plan, but to give you a way of eating that feels structured, flexible, and sustainable.
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The Nervous System Pillar explores how your brain and nervous system shape the way you think, respond, behave, and move through the world—and how those patterns can begin to change through neuroplasticity.
You’ll learn how the brain builds and reinforces neural pathways, how thoughts, beliefs, assumptions, and repeated experiences become wired into both perception and physiology, and why the patterns you live from are often the result of what your brain has learned to repeat over time.
This pillar is designed to help you understand how real change happens by creating new neural patterns, reinforcing new ways of thinking and responding, and gradually reshaping the internal patterns and identity-level beliefs that influence your health, habits, and behavior.
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The Movement Pillar teaches you how to use exercise as a biological stimulus to improve strength, metabolic health, cardiovascular fitness, recovery, and long-term physical function—not as a way to punish your body or simply burn calories. It’s built around the idea that movement is a biological requirement your body needs to maintain muscle mass, bone density, insulin sensitivity, mitochondrial function, resilience, and overall capacity.
Inside this pillar, you’ll learn why strength training is the foundation of the movement practice, how Zone 2 cardio supports cardiovascular and metabolic health without adding excessive stress, and why recovery is the phase where adaptation actually happens. You’ll learn how to structure strength sessions, apply progressive overload, incorporate daily movement and rest days, and train in a way that builds capacity rather than drives burnout.
The goal is to make movement simple, sustainable, and accessible while helping you build a body that is stronger, more capable, more resilient, and better supported for the long term.
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The Supplementation Pillar teaches you how to use supplements as strategic support—not as a replacement for real food or a solution to everything. You’ll learn how supplementation can help fill nutritional gaps, support the systems already being addressed through the other pillars, and fit into a strong physiological foundation without relying on long, overwhelming supplement stacks.
Inside this pillar, you’ll learn what to look for in a supplement, including quality, dosage, bioavailability, and ingredient form, along with how to introduce supplements strategically, assess your response, and understand the difference between foundational support and optional add-ons. The goal is to help you use supplementation in a way that actually supports the foundation you’re building, rather than making it the center of your health strategy.
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Once you’ve moved through the educational pillars, the program shifts into implementation through four dedicated resource banks—one for each pillar. These banks are designed to act as practical reference guides you can return to throughout the 28 days, giving you flexible options within nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation rather than a rigid set of instructions.
Each bank outlines tools, practices, and ways to apply the material in real life—whether that’s meal-building support, nervous system practices, movement options, or supplementation guidance. The goal is to give you a flexible menu of options you can draw from depending on your schedule, capacity, and what feels most supportive that day.
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The 28-Day Calendar is designed to help you organize the program into daily life once you’ve moved through the educational content. It gives you a suggested outline for how the different pieces of the program can be structured across the 28 days, so you have a clear starting point for implementation.
That said, it is not meant to function as a rigid prescription. You’re encouraged to use the resource banks as your primary reference point and think of the calendar more as a format or framework to follow, rather than something you need to execute exactly as written.
The goal is to provide structure without rigidity—so you can use the banks to choose what feels most supportive, while still having a general outline for how to organize the work across the reset.
Start your 28-day journey today.
Introductory Price: $99 CAD
Why this approach is different
Most health advice addresses the body in fragments. Nutrition is treated separately from movement. Exercise is separated from stress physiology. Supplements are layered on top without a clear rationale. Mental health, body image, and nervous system state are often discussed in entirely different rooms.
The problem is that human physiology does not work in isolated compartments. How you nourish your body, how you move, how you regulate stress, how safe your system feels, and how you supplement all influence one another. When those pieces are addressed in isolation, progress often becomes inconsistent, confusing, or difficult to sustain.
Starting From Zero introduces a more integrated model. It teaches you how to understand the foundational systems that regulate health, and how to begin supporting them in a coordinated way rather than chasing isolated fixes.
What you’ll walk away with
By the end of this program, you won’t just have more information — you’ll have a clearer framework for how to care for your body in a way that is structured, physiologically grounded, and easier to sustain.
You’ll leave with:
a clearer understanding of what your body actually needs from food, movement, recovery, and supplementation
a practical framework for building meals around protein, fat, and fiber
a better understanding of how nervous system state influences habits, stress tolerance, and consistency
a more grounded approach to exercise that supports health rather than adding to overwhelm
a simpler, more strategic lens on supplementation
a repeatable baseline you can return to whenever life becomes busy, stressful, or dysregulated
Course Feedback
"Before this program, I felt like I was constantly swinging between two extremes. I was either on a diet or eating whatever I wanted because I didn't really understand nutrition. I'd lose weight when I dieted, but I was always hungry, tired, and counting down until it was over. I tried tracking calories too, but it just became another thing to obsess over.
What made this program different was that I finally understood how food actually works in my body. For the first time, I realized nutrition is so much bigger than calories. I was eating more food than I ever had before, felt more satisfied, had more energy, and actually enjoyed eating again.
The biggest surprise, though, was the nervous system work. I had always thought of myself as someone who struggled with my weight. Through the neuroplasticity exercises, I started to realize that wasn't who I was—it was a story I'd been repeating for years. Once that shifted, my habits started to shift too.
I feel like I finally understand my body and know how to take care of it."
— Sarah, 42"My wife had worked with Mimi before I did, and watching the changes she made was what convinced me to give the program a try. At the time, I was working a demanding corporate job. I'd gradually gained weight over the previous few years, my energy was low, and I just didn't feel like myself anymore.
We worked through the program together over 28 days with weekly sessions. At first, Mimi guided me through the fundamentals and helped me build the habits. By the third week, our conversations had shifted. We weren't talking about what to eat anymore. We were talking about the science behind why these changes were working. The neuroplasticity section ended up being my favourite part of the entire program.
I went into it thinking I'd need someone to keep me accountable. What I realized was that accountability comes naturally when you actually understand why you're doing something. Once everything made sense, staying consistent didn't feel like willpower anymore. It just became the obvious choice."
— David, 56"I struggled with disordered eating for years, and after college I gained weight that I just couldn't seem to lose. Every diet felt like it was telling me I needed to eat less and be smaller. This program felt completely different.
Instead of focusing on restriction, it taught me what my body actually needs from food and why. There was structure, but it never felt restrictive. Honestly, I was eating a lot more than I expected to, and I felt so much better because of it.
The other thing that always held me back was the gym. I found it intimidating, and every time I signed up, I'd go for a few weeks before talking myself out of going back.
What I loved about this program was how simple the movement plan was. Everything could be done at home with minimal equipment, so there was never a barrier to getting started. I wasn't sure I'd get the same results without a gym, but I was surprised by how much progress I made simply because I was finally consistent.
I'm much more comfortable going to the gym now, but I still come back to the framework I learned in this program whenever life gets busy or I feel myself falling out of routine. I know I can return to the basics without feeling like I have to start over.
That's what made this program different for me. It wasn't about doing more. It was about understanding what actually matters and having a framework I know I can stick with for the long term."
— Maya, 25-
Starting From Zero | A 28-Day Integrated Reset is a self-guided digital program designed to help you rebuild your health from the foundation up. It walks you through four core pillars—nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation—and shows you how to work with your physiology instead of constantly fighting against it.
Rather than giving you another short-term plan, the program is built to teach you why your body needs what it needs, how different systems interact, and how to create a more stable baseline you can actually sustain.
The program is taught through education first. You’ll move through the four pillars to understand the foundational principles behind each system, then use the resource banks and 28-day calendar to put the material into practice. The calendar is there to provide structure, not rigidity, so you can adapt the work to your own schedule, capacity, and needs.
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This program is for people who feel like they’ve been trying to “get healthy” without ever being given a clear framework for how the body actually works.
It may be a good fit if:
you feel overwhelmed by conflicting health information
you’ve been stuck in all-or-nothing habits with food, exercise, or supplements
you want more structure, but don’t want to follow another rigid protocol
you’re dealing with chronic stress, burnout, dysregulated eating patterns, low energy, or a body that no longer feels like it’s responding well
you feel like your health patterns are tied not just to knowledge, but to deeper nervous system patterns, identity, and the habits your brain and body have learned to repeat
you want to understand health through a more integrated lens rather than chasing isolated symptoms
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Starting From Zero includes four educational pillars—nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation—designed to teach you the core framework behind how to support your body.
You’ll move through the educational content first, reading through each pillar to understand the foundational principles behind the work. From there, the program shifts into implementation through a separate set of resource banks and a 28-day calendar.
The resource banks are designed to act as reference guides you can return to throughout the reset. They outline different tools, practices, and options within each pillar, while the calendar helps show you how those pieces can be structured across the 28 days. The goal is to give you both the understanding and the practical framework to begin applying the work in daily life.
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No. Starting From Zero is not a traditional meal plan, workout challenge, or rigid protocol. It’s designed to teach you the framework behind how to support your body so you understand what you’re doing and why.
Rather than being handed a strict meal plan or exact workout schedule, you’re given a structure for how to build meals, approach strength training and Zone 2 cardio, support recovery, and use foundational supplements in a way that can be applied to your own life.
The goal is not strict compliance. It’s to give you enough understanding that you leave with more autonomy over your health rather than dependence on another plan.
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This program goes beyond simply giving you tools to calm down in the moment. The nervous system pillar is designed to help you understand how chronic stress patterns become wired into the way you think, respond, and move through daily life—and how those patterns can begin to change through neuroplasticity.
Alongside practical regulation tools, the program introduces neuroplasticity-based practices that help you start reinforcing new patterns, assumptions, and behaviors so your nervous system is not just being soothed temporarily, but gradually retrained over time.
The goal is to support a shift in the underlying patterns driving dysregulation—not just manage the symptoms once they show up.
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Yes. The movement pillar is designed to be approachable and can be done at home with minimal equipment, so you do not need to feel comfortable in a gym to follow it. The structure includes strength training, Zone 2 cardio, and rest days, with flexibility in how you implement each piece based on your current capacity and what feels realistic for you.
The goal is to help you build strength, cardiovascular capacity, and consistency in a way that feels manageable—not throw you into an overwhelming fitness routine.
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No. This is not a supplement-heavy program.
Starting From Zero focuses on a small number of foundational supplements that can be useful for many people when used appropriately. The emphasis is on understanding what actually moves the needle first: food quality, nutrient sufficiency, regulation, recovery, and daily habits.
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Most wellness programs give you isolated advice—what to eat, what supplements to take, or what workout to follow—without helping you understand how those pieces actually fit together. Starting From Zero is different because it treats health as an integrated system.
The program is built around four core pillars—nutrition, nervous system regulation, movement, and supplementation—and teaches you how each one influences the others. It looks at how food, stress physiology, recovery, exercise, and foundational nutrients work together to shape energy, metabolism, resilience, body composition, and long-term health.
It’s also designed to be education first, implementation second. Rather than simply handing you a plan to follow, it teaches you the underlying principles so you understand why the work matters and how to apply it. The goal is to help you leave with more clarity, autonomy, and a framework you can continue using long after the program ends.
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That’s exactly why this program exists.
A lot of people have tried multiple diets, wellness trends, supplements, and workout plans without ever being taught the underlying physiology connecting them. Starting From Zero is meant to help you step out of that cycle and build a more coherent foundation—one that actually makes your efforts make sense.
Frequently Asked Questions
Mimi Boutte is an Integrative Healthcare Practitioner, certified Personal Trainer, and Nervous System Regulation Practitioner, and the founder of MICA Health. She developed The MICA Method, a proprietary framework that decodes and aligns human physiology by working with the body's natural regulation pathways.
With a decade in the integrative healthcare space, Mimi works intensively with individuals navigating complex chronic conditions and high-performing professionals seeking cognitive endurance and stress resilience. Her approach bridges physical regulation and emotional recovery, anchoring mental wellness in nervous system stability.
The MICA Method breaks clients out of rigid wellness paradigms and initiates healing rooted in natural physiology, shifting the body out of chronic defense and into a state of ease and flow.