Inside: The benefits of homemade bath salts for stress, growing pains and more, plus how to make them for yourself or to share as a beautiful, handcrafted gift. Relaxation in a jar <-- That's how I'm labeling some of the homemade bath salts I'll be giving away this year. Not only are they an invitation to take a moment for yourself, they [...] Continue Reading
Archives for August 2017
Homemade Natural Dishwasher Rinse Aid
Inside: How to make a natural dishwasher rinse aid that works synergistically with homemade dishwasher detergent. New dishwashers. Old dishwashers. Purple dishwashers. Dishwashers with lima beans stenciled on the front. In 2010 it didn’t matter what kind of dishwasher you had – they all seemed to break overnight. As it turns out, the [...] Continue Reading
Easy Apple Sandwiches
Me on Monday: Look, I baked you this hot, fresh loaf of paleo bread!Me on Friday: Here’s a sandwich, yes I know that’s an apple. It’s just like bread basically. I don’t know what kind of bread. Somewhere there is bread like this. Sound familiar? If you love real food but you don't always love how much time it takes to pull together meals, I [...] Continue Reading
Natural Morning Sickness Remedies
"Tried that, didn't work" is a common phrase we hear about morning sickness remedies. Why is that, and are there evidence-based ways to ease pregnancy nausea? Those are the questions we're going to dive into today. If you haven't read it yet, earlier this week we talked about the causes of morning sickness, and how I managed to avoid it with [...] Continue Reading
How To Whiten Teeth Naturally With Activated Charcoal
So, you've heard before that activated charcoal whitens teeth naturally, but at the time your "to do" list was full of more pressing things, like finding coffee and everyone else's shoes . . . 367 days in a row. I get it, and I also know that those coffee stains catch up with us after awhile. That's why today I'm going to share with you the [...] Continue Reading