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Detoxing Your Medicine Cabinet with Natural Remedies

Detoxing Your Medicine Cabinet with Natural Remedies

Making Your Medicine Cabinet Healthier I am sure that my medicine cabinet doesn’t look like many 67-year-olds! I have been on a health quest since my mother died early in life when I was just 17 years old. Unlike my mother, I have lived to see my children grow up and I am now a…

Questions We’ve Answered Lately…

Questions We’ve Answered Lately…

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Best Prenatal Vitamin Guide

Best Prenatal Vitamin Guide

In order to make our Best Stuff category, a vitamin brand needs to
provide third-party lab Certificate of Analysis that confirm both the absence of contaminants and a validation of the ingredients listed on the label.

Root’s Apothecary Organic Adaptive Cacao – Performance Superfood

Root’s Apothecary Organic Adaptive Cacao – Performance Superfood

This organic adaptive cacao blend has a wide range of holistic benefits with rich & powerful anti-oxidants, prebiotic fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients. authentic chaga is one of the most powerful antioxidants in the world with an orac rating of 52,000 and is known for improving immune response and balancing inflammation.

How To Avoid Drinking Toxic Tea

How To Avoid Drinking Toxic Tea

Tea has many health benefits, but it can also be a source of toxins. But there a plenty of clean tea brands out there if you know where to look!

Roots Apothecary Holy Basil Tincture

Roots Apothecary Holy Basil Tincture

Holy basil extracts are used in Ayurvedic remedies for common colds, headaches, inflammation, stomach disorders, and different forms of infection.

Carry-On Cuties – Skin Care Travel Set from Jenny Patinkin

Carry-On Cuties – Skin Care Travel Set from Jenny Patinkin

Take your tools wherever you go with this limited edition Skin Care Travel Set! These 4 essential multi-taskers fit perfectly in your carry-on bag so there’s no need to sacrifice your skincare routine when you’re away from home. They’re petite and portable, but pack a beauty punch.

Uplifting Gua Sha Heart

Uplifting Gua Sha Heart

Uplifting Gua Sha Heart is a simple way to help improve the appearance of skin laxity, promote lymphatic drainage & reduce fluid retention.

A Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Best CBD Oil

A Beginner’s Guide to Finding the Best CBD Oil

1. DiolPure / 2. Green Compass / 3. Aspen Green / 4. Nacher Apothecary(These are not listed in order of preference!) The CBD oil industry has exploded over the last several years, and many people are touting the benefits: better sleep, reduced anxiety, controlled pain, and more. In this booming market, there are too many…

The Staff

The Staff Maia, Founder & CEO Maia James has a lifetime of experience in the world of natural living, and has turned this passion into a career, now helping clients easily enjoy greener, cleaner lives, peace of mind, and better health. Formerly a Communications Director for a nonprofit organization in New York City, Maia founded…

2022 Healthy Gift Guide

2022 Healthy Gift Guide

As always, our holiday guide highlights dozens of unexpected, joyful gift ideas from conscious, healthy brands we love. Some of these items are offered in our online store, and if not we’ve included links to shop. In some cases, we may earn a commission for the referral, but the price is always the same for…

Why I’m Going to Give My Kids the Covid Vaccine

Why I’m Going to Give My Kids the Covid Vaccine

Covid is again weighing heavily on me–after months of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel! I’m sure many of you are feeling similar anxiety about what this means for the coming school year. I will be doing all the prevention measures we already know to work: Running my air filter. Taking elderberry…

Homeopathy Versus Herbal Remedies

Homeopathy Versus Herbal Remedies

In the last month, Felix and Wolfie have both had colds (thankfully, not Covid), and I’ve been giving them an herbal remedy that I rely on through typical cold and flu season, Umcka. Do you use herbal or homeopathic remedies to treat illness in your house? Or maybe you wonder what the difference is between…

2020 Non-Toxic Gift Guide

2020 Non-Toxic Gift Guide

This year’s natural gift guide has been a true labor of love, and below you’ll discover a whopping 137 creative, toxin-free gift ideas for everyone you love. This year, we tried to find gifts that were good for the planet in addition to being good for the person receiving them. We also have highlighted products…

2019 Natural Gift Guide

2019 Natural Gift Guide

It’s that time of year again! We are proud of this natural gift guide, which was months in the making. We’ve beaten prior records and this year have 99 gifts to recommend at a variety of price points. A few of these gifts area available in our online store, where we will cover shipping if you…

Four Tips from an Eczema Mom

Four Tips from an Eczema Mom

Before I had children, I thought the whole fuss over kids with allergies and eczema had to be exaggerated. So perhaps it was my karma, then, to have a child who struggled with skin conditions and sensitivities from day one. A bit of cradle cap turned into food sensitivities that morphed into bad eczema with…

Umcka Cold Care Children’s Cherry Syrup

Umcka Cold Care Children’s Cherry Syrup

So many of you asked about Umcka for kids and here it is! Why Umcka Cold Care Children’s Cherry Syrup? Shortens duration of common colds For congestion, cough and sore throat Safe for ages 6 and up It is clinically proven children’s natural medicine that shortens duration & reduces severity of cough, sore throat, nasal/chest congestion…

Holidays 2018 Natural Gift Guide

Holidays 2018 Natural Gift Guide

You can find the 2020 Gift Guide here. If you’re looking to give only Good Stuff this holiday season, here are some of our favorite natural gift ideas for everyone on your list. Some of these you’ll find in our online store, where we will cover shipping if you spend $50. Otherwise, we’ve linked to where you…

August: 7 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Health

August: 7 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Health

In January of  2018, instead of making the usual resolutions that we’ve given up on by the end of the month, we decided to break it up by dividing some big goals into manageable chunks. Each month, we invite you to overhaul one aspect of your life to reduce toxins, improve health, and increase your peace…

Switch to the Best Natural Skincare Products

Switch to the Best Natural Skincare Products

In January of  2018, instead of making the usual resolutions that we’ve given up on by the end of the month, we decided to break it up by dividing some big goals into manageable chunks. Each month, we invite you to overhaul one aspect of your life to reduce toxins, improve health, and increase your peace…

Five Ways to Clean Up Your Cleaning Products

Five Ways to Clean Up Your Cleaning Products

This January, instead of making the usual resolutions that we’ve given up on by the end of the month, we decided to break it up by dividing some big goals into manageable chunks. Each month, we invite you to overhaul one aspect of your life to reduce toxins, improve health, and increase your peace of mind. Our…