When it comes to healthy cooking, what you cook your food on is as important as the food you're eating. If you're cooking healthy foods, but the cookware you're using leeches harmful chemicals into the food, you could be partially negating the positive effects of the food. The good news is that ...
Natural Living Resources
If you're trying to transition into a greener living, eliminate environmental toxins, find safer personal care products, and create a safer and more eco-conscious home for your family, this is the place for natural living inspiration.
You can learn how to transition to a paperless kitchen, how to reduce indoor air pollution, how to reduce your use of plastics in your home, how to get clear skin naturally, and so much more!
27 Ways to Detox Your Home
For the longest time, I considered the food I put into my body important for good health, but didn't really think about my environment as much. It didn't occur to me that not only can eating the wrong foods make us sick, but so can a toxic home. Do you need to detox your home? The fact is, our ...
I F**king Hate Cancer and it Fuels Me
I can't have a healthy living blog and not write about cancer. So much of what I do here is fueled by my hatred, my absolute hatred, of this disease. Does it fuel you, too? Does it motivate you to keep the course in your healthy lifestyle? Look around your family and your friends, the people you ...
The Oil Cleansing Method for Clear and Younger Skin
If you are a part of the natural living world long enough, you're sure to come across the facial cleansing method known as the oil cleansing method (OCM). I first started reading about it years ago and was immediately intrigued. I read many testimonials of how it left skin glowing and even cleared ...
The Natural Pain Relief Method You Are Probably Forgetting About
Sometimes I don't realize my 38 year-old body can't do the same things it could when I was 18 or even 28. When it does try to do the same things, there are consequences. I'm talking about PAIN. Sometimes, I try to do more than my body can handle and need some natural pain relief. This weekend I ...
Top 5 Dangerous Chemicals to Avoid in Baby Products & The Natural Baby Products I Recommend
After you read about the Top 5 Dangerous Chemicals to Avoid in Baby Products, keep scrolling to read about the #1 brand of baby products I recommend. There's also an AWESOME giveaway at the end of this post! Moms would do anything to protect their babies and keep them safe. It's an instinct we're ...
A Guide to Probiotics and the Best Probiotic Supplements
Probiotics is a buzzword these days that everyone is throwing around, but a lot of people don't know exactly what they are or why we need them. And when it comes to shopping for the best probiotic supplements, it can be overwhelming even knowing where to start. This guide to probiotics will help if ...
25 Ways to Use Less Plastic
This month's Use Less Plastic Challenge has been humbling. Plastic is everywhere. Everywhere! I don't think I truly realized the extent of it until I started focusing on it this month. At times, I found it overwhelming. I've been on a journey to reduce my family's exposure to plastics for a long ...
Easy Plastic Swaps, Part 2
How are you doing on the Use Less Plastic Challenge? I hope you've at least thought about making some swaps to reduce the plastic in your life. I'm still working on some challenging areas in my life; I'll have the full update for you at the end of the month. Today I have more ideas for you to help ...
Easy Plastic Swaps, Part 1
May is Use Less Plastic Month as part of the Happy Healthy Mama Healthy Year Challenge. The point of this challenge is to reduce the amount of plastic exposure we and our families have by eliminating as much of it as possible from our lives. Are you ready to reduce the amount of plastic in your ...
Natural Products I’m STILL Loving Now
For a long time I ran a series, Natural Products I'm Loving Now, where I showed you the natural products I tried and loved. I tried many natural products that I didn't like or didn't work, so I wanted to take some of the guess work out of it for you. I started out sharing every month, then quickly ...
DIY Body Spray with Essential Oils
DIY Body Spray with essential oils is super easy to customize with your favorite scents. Back in college, my roommate and I would slather ourselves with Victoria's Secret body lotion and body sprays every day. You must have been able to smell us coming a mile away. Now I cringe thinking about ...
