5 Books to Read for Weight Loss With Real Food A few years ago, I lost 47 pounds with a real food diet. If you’ve been reading my blog since the beginning, you’ll remember that’s when I started posting a...
How to Have an Easter Without Candy Several years ago when our family first began our real food journey, we decided to skip giving our kids candy at Easter. We were just a month or so into our new way...
Easy Homemade Toothpaste Recipe Since I switched to a simpler, more natural lifestyle, I’ve replaced many personal hygiene products with natural and/or homemade alternatives. Homemade toothpaste was one of the first and the easiest natural hygiene products to replace. (See...
Is Salt Healthy? Healthy salt? Isn’t that an oxymoron? We’ve all heard the conventional dietary rule that tells us to avoid salt in our diets because it’s unhealthy. In fact, several years ago – before I began my real food...
Natural Remedies for Cold and Flu Oh, ’tis the season, folks! As we head into the depths of winter, our bodies face the task of fighting off cold and flu germs. The good news is, while our bodies are fighting...
How I Stopped my IBS Naturally My IBS began suddenly after the birth of my first child when I was 22 years old. At my six-week postnatal check up, I talked with the doctor about my constant stomach upset. She...
How to Prevent the Stomach Flu Naturally I don’t know about you, but I’d much rather have a respiratory virus (cold) than a stomach virus. When I have a cold, I still function pretty well during the day. As long...
Five Must-Have Essential Oils for Fall I’ve been using essential oils daily to support my family’s physical and emotional wellness since the spring of 2014. I am amazed all the time at what a difference they have made for us....
How to Get Relief From PMS Did you know that almost 85% of women experience at least some symptoms of PMS? I’m one of those women and I bet you are, too. While some of us experience more severe symptoms...
Five Dietary Changes for Better Health this Year Each year, at the end of December, I post my top five recommendations for how to achieve better health (and weight loss and happiness) through a better diet. This year, the recommendations...
Blossom Cup Review Recently I was given the opportunity to try a Blossom Cup. I was hesitant at first because, well, I’ve never used a menstrual cup before and frankly, I thought of them as something used by my friends who...
How to Prevent Hearing Loss I am excited to be working with EPIC Hearing Healthcare to talk about a subject that I don’t see covered often on parenting and natural wellness websites. Did you know that in 1998 the Third...
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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Holmes Products for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. It’s that time of year again. Holidays and family and warmth. Gratitude and food and winter dryness. As much as...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? It’s been over 6 weeks since I started my oil-pulling experiment. If you haven’t been reading along, I’ll give you some background. I started oil-pulling just to see...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? I’m 21 days into my oil-pulling experiment and all is well. I seem to consistently miss two days per week for one reason or another. I’m still using...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? I’m two weeks in to my oil pulling experiment and it’s going well. And by going well, I actually mean that there’s been no more gagging. I’m pretty...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? I’ve officially been oil pulling for over a week now and I think it’s going well. I’m getting used to the mouth feel of the coconut oil, although...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? I’m five days into my oil pulling experiment. If you haven’t read the first post, check it out here. While this is technically day 5, I forgot to...
Day 1 | Day 5 | Day 9 | Day 14 | Day 21 | Week 6 Does Oil Pulling Work? Have you tried oil pulling? Does oil pulling work? I have read a lot about this practice but haven’t...