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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…

Healthiest Olive Oil Guide

Healthiest Olive Oil Guide

How to Pick the Healthiest Olive Oil For decades we’ve known about the benefits of the “Mediterranean diet” (fresh fruits and veggies, fish, whole grains, red wine, and olive oil). Modern science tells us that of those foods, olive oil appears to have perhaps the biggest impact on our health–but not just any olive oil!…

5 Strategies for Staying Healthy During the School Year

5 Strategies for Staying Healthy During the School Year

Every year when school starts, the runny noses and illnesses begin, too. I used to be a classroom teacher, and I saw it every year. Are you already fed up with the endless runny noses, coughs, and (worst of all) stomah bugs? Do you feel like you’re just bracing yourself for the next illness to…

Natural Eczema Treatment for Babies & Kids

Natural Eczema Treatment for Babies & Kids

I hear from a lot of desperate parents whose babies and kids suffer from eczema. An estimated 10-20% of infants and kids have eczema nowadays. Maybe there is more awareness about it now (when I was a kid, we probably often passed it off as a bad case of “dry skin”), or maybe it is…

My #1 Tip for a Healthy New Year

My #1 Tip for a Healthy New Year

There is so much information out there about how to eat for weight loss or for improving your health. It can be overwhelming. When I work with health coaching clients, I start with one simple idea: Instead of focusing on what not to eat, I tell them to add in more Good Stuff so that you begin…

Scary Stuff: Oxybenzone

Scary Stuff: Oxybenzone

In this installment of Scary Stuff, guest blogger Rebecca Stern shines a spotlight on a chemical called oxybenzone, examines why it’s scary, and provides easy tips on how to avoid it. What is Oxybenzone? Oxybenzone is a chemical that is able to absorb ultraviolet (UV) light. It is the active ingredient in many sunscreens, and…

What’s Wrong With Neosporin?

What’s Wrong With Neosporin?

Antibiotic cream for run-of-the-mill scrapes, cuts, and stings should be avoided because:
1. It’s often not needed. Cuts heal on their own, and recent evidence even suggests that dirt contains beneficial bacteria that may help them heal.

Green Goo Organic Bugs Be Gone Spray

Green Goo Organic Bugs Be Gone Spray

An organic bug spray that is entirely free of chemicals but is also truly effective.  Bugs Be Gone herbal insect repellent from Green Goo is safe for children and pets.

Kale with Chocolate Sauce (Slash Kale Salad)

Kale with Chocolate Sauce (Slash Kale Salad)

I have always had an interest in health, nutrition, and healing, and enjoy sharing this knowledge with my friends and family (and learning from them as well!). The kitchen has always been my medicine cabinet. Not only do I prepare food for health but I have also been known to use cabbage leaves for cuts, baked…