How to Make Your Self Care Sacred
Self care is sacred. Your body is sacred. Caring for it is a sacred and spiritual practice! I’m yelling these words to myself as I type them. Generally, I’m really good at self care. Last...
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How to Meal Plan if You Hate to Cook
Any one who knows me knows I highly dislike cooking. This poses several problems in my life. My body is very sensitive to things and if I eat something that isn’t good for me, I...
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November’s Seasonal Eating in the South East
When I started this monthly seasonal eating thing I was expecting there not to be much change between food from month to month. It’s looking though that nature gives us lots of variety! This month’s...
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I Went “No Poo” Overnight and Here’s What Happened
I’ve decided to go “No Poo”. If you don’t know what this is, it’s where you stop using commercial shampoos when washing your hair. I’ve wanted to do it for a while, but I was...
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How to Pump More Milk
Both of my kids were breastfed. Breastfeeding is simultaneously the most convenient and the most challenging thing in the new mom world. It’s great to not have to get out of bed to mix a...
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Plant Based Foods for Grounding Your Energy
As the crisp autumn air turns to the biting cold of winter, a sense of disconnection can creep in. The vibrant colors of nature fade, replaced by a stark landscape, and the shorter days can...
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16 Ways to Naturally Help Pregnancy Hip Pain
Hip pain was always my first and last symptom of pregnancy. With my son, my hips didn’t stop bothering me until I was several months postpartum and only then because I started going to the...
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How to Make a Simple 4 Ingredient DIY Natural Wild Orange Lip Balm
Ever since I had PUPPPs, my skin is stupid sensitive. Even the most gentle of things breaks me out in itchy hives even though I’m 4 months postpartum (There are still patches of PUPPPs rash...
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My PUPPPS Journey
All Rainbows & Unicorns With my daughter, I had the easiest pregnancy (and birth) ever. It didn’t even seem real until I started showing. Each day I would wake up in a surreal daze, wondering...
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The Correct Way to Take Castor Oil to Kickstart Labor With No Ill Effects
“Due” Time It’s important to know that a due date means a whole lot of nothing. Although 40 weeks is the standard full term, anywhere from 38 to 42 weeks is ideally where you should...
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