Mornings can be sloooow going. Well, until the kids turn on ALL the lights before your eyes have a chance to adjust, crank up the music and dance on top of you as you lie in bed hoping for 15 minutes of silence before easing into the day. There’s one ritual, however, that gets me…
A Simple Practice to Balance Oral Bacteria
There are two morning rituals that are a must in my world: my nut, seed + bone broth smoothie (what?! I know, I eat a plant-based diet, but there’s something to be said about this mineral packed potion), and oil pulling. Yes, swishing coconut oil in my mouth for 20 minutes does wonders. There are…
Make A Natural All-Purpose Cleaner in Minutes
Chronically empty grocery store shelves resulting from the coronavirus pandemic may have depleted your cleaning supplies stash. There’s an easy fix! Making your own cleaning products is super easy—think 2 minutes and a handful of ingredients and you can create a multi-purpose cleaner. Plus, you get to avoid the unnecessary and sometimes questionable chemicals that…
A Simple, Tasty Soup with Zoodles of Health Benefits
Coronavirus changed our world overnight and it’s also changing the way I cook. Fortunately for this plant-based eater, the produce section at the grocery store is bountiful. I’ve shifted from time intensive one-off dinners to simpler meals that provide leftovers for days or are freezer friendly. As a result, curries and soups are becoming a…
4 Practices to Survive + Thrive COVID-19
First, and most importantly, I hope you find this post in good health. It’s surreal how life is “typical” one day and anything but the next. My and my kids’ last memory prior to the shutdown to slow the spread of COVID-19 was at a place we frequent every Wednesday. Except it happened to be…
The Healing Seed That Too Few Even Know Exists
What if there was a pill to help the body overcome a myriad of health issues, such as MRSA, chemical weapons injury, even dying beta cells within a diabetic’s pancreas among others? What if i told you it already exists… in nature? Prized for its healing properties, black seed oil, sometimes referred to as Roman…