I am familiar with making Body Butter, but I never took the extra time to whip it, but boy is it worth it! This recipe is as fluffy and delightful as it looks. And while there is a waiting period in the middle while the melted ingredient chill, it isn’t any more difficult […]
The more I learn about harmful chemicals and how they affect our health… and how they are EVERYWHERE, the more I knew I needed to share what I was learning. Detoxing my home of nasty chemicals has been a slow steady process for me over the last 7 years. I definitely did NOT do everything […]
When teaching people how to remove toxic chemicals from their home and cleaning products I always directing them to the environmental working group website and their healthy living app, since labeling and reading ingredients can be tricky and lots of companies use “greenwashing” to make them seem safer and more natural than they really are. I […]
When you are paying attention, pets will communicate complex emotions and feelings. They love deeply and can feel overwhelmed, fearful, confronted, angry, aggressive, trauma, grief, tired, alert and stressed… just like you. And just like you, their emotions can affect their health and well being in a real way. Fortunutely, you don’t have to be […]
I will admit to having bought chocolate covered blueberries (and chocolate covered everything else) in the past, but this recipe brings it to a whole new level, because the fruit is fresh, not dried and it has no refined sugars and coconut oil is a very healthy fat. It’s just good on every level. […]
Belly Butter is essential to my happiness when pregnant. Anything to help that skin stretch gently without leaving marks and to keep it supple and smooth! Fortunately it’s easy to make a lovely, non-toxic belly butter with a few simple ingredients. What you need for Belly Butter ½ cup shea butter ½ cup coconut oil […]
These Paleo Mint Chocolate Truffles are pretty much the flavor of my summer. They are super easy and quick to make and they are refreshing and free of any processed sugars. Plus. Delicious. 1/2 cup extra virgin coconut oil* 1/8 cup of honey (or more to taste) 1/4 cup raw cacao 3 drops peppermint Essential […]
Guest post by: Tanya LeBlanc When I first started traveling many years ago, I thought the definition of travel was….. sacrifice. Sacrifice healthy routines, sacrifice my normal products, and. . . . sacrifice that high-speed-high-powered blow dryer I used to tame this big ‘ole Texas hair I was blessed cursed blessed with. After years […]
Protecting our skin from the sun is really important, but have you checked the ingredients in your sunscreen lately??? According to the environmental working group, many conventional sunscreens contain toxins, carcinogens, hormone disruptors and allergens! And yet we feel we have no choice but to slather ourselves and our children with these ingredients as the […]
Cherry Orange Einkorn Quickbread Have you heard of Einkorn Flour? In addition to being an ancient grain, low in gluten and low on the glycemic index, it is incredibly tasty and easy to cook with!!! 1/2 Butter softened 2 cups Einkorn Flower (I get mine from Young Living since they started growing it on the […]
