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Toxic Wellness Culture: Why Over-Focusing on Health Is Keeping Us Sick

Do you feel like you’re chasing your tail with symptoms, supplements, protocols, and practitioners? Are you obsessed with health? I believe that many of us have unknowingly become part of Toxic Wellness Culture… and over-focusing on our health and symptoms is actually making us sicker.

The BEST Period Drink Ever (Pineapple Carrot Turmeric Spritzer — hormone-balancing, anti-inflammatory elixir)

With amazing, health-promoting benefits for your hormones and cycle, this is the BEST Period Drink EVER! This Pineapple Carrot Turmeric Spritzer is an anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving period elixir that’s perfect to drink when you have PMS or during the first couple of days of your cycle.

5 Reasons Why I Eat Keto Desserts… Even Though I’m Not Keto

Even though I don’t follow a low-carb or keto diet, I DO eat keto desserts. Here are my 5 reasons why I eat keto desserts even though I’m not keto or low-carb. Read why I eat keto/low-carb desserts for gut health, reducing inflammation, hormone balanace, and more!

I No Longer Sell Beautycounter (here’s why)

I no longer sell Beautycounter. Though I thought it could become a profitable part of my work-at-home business, I quickly realized that I can’t and won’t be part of the larger beauty industry — an industry that sells women the lie that they aren’t beautiful just the way we are. Here’s my why.

5 Must-Have Supplements for Basic Wellness (+ why everyone needs supplements)

With depleted soils, stressful lifestyles, and constant exposure to toxins, it’s important that we support our bodies’ best health. So, here are my top 5 Must-Have Supplements for Basic Wellness, plus why everyone needs supplements! And, you might be surprised at what supplement DIDN’T make my list.

How to Make an Ashwagandha Tincture (+ ashwagandha’s benefits for hormones, adrenals, mental health, & more!)

Reap the benefits of ashwagandha — an amazing adaptogenic herb that can improve mental health, hormone balance, adrenal fatigue, and more — by learning how to make an ashwagandha tincture! This easy herbal how-to saves money, too!

6 Nourishing Foods That Support Pelvic Floor Health (and 6 that don’t)

While nothing you can eat will cause or fix pelvic floor dysfunction, you can support your healing with nourishing foods and eliminate the foods that cause pelvic inflammation. Here are 6 nourishing foods that support pelvic floor health and 6 that don’t.

I’m Super Crunchy… But I Take Anti-Anxiety Medication (& here’s why)

Some physical health issues turned into major mental health problems, exacerbating the mental illness I already had. Despite using oils, supplements, herbs, and other natural things, I opted for allopathic, pharmaceutical help. I’m super crunchy, but I take anti-anxiety medications. Here’s why.

Non-Toxic “Red Alert” Period Emergency Kit {for teens!}

Maybe you were sitting in your 7th grade math class when it happened… You started your period and had NOTHING with you. Put together a natural, non-toxic period emergency kit with your pre-teen or teenage daughter so she always has what she needs to clean up, get natural pain relief, and move on with her day!

Conversations, Preparation, & Ideas For Celebrating Your Daughter’s First Cycle

I made up my mind years ago… My daughter was NOT going to dread her period. In this post, you’ll learn all the open conversations about menarche (the first period) that I’ve had with my daughter, plus practical, fun, and special ideas to celebrate this rite of passage in every girls’ life!