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8 Ways to Keep Kids Healthy This Winter
Cold and flu season. It’s a parent’s worst nightmare. The media is already having a field day with the new respiratory virus hitting several states in the US. The image of a young girl with an oxygen mask over her face is enough to send a shiver down any mom’s...
Natural Remedies for the FLU!
Well, school is officially IN session and you know what that means, right? Cold and flu season is about to begin. Our family suffered through our first cold virus of the season last weekend and thankfully I had my natural remedies for the common cold on hand to help...
Fall Detox Giveaway!
It's that time of year again, the beginning of school, the air is turning crisp with hints of fall and it's time to start thinking about..... a fall detox. I know, I know...DETOX? Do we really have to let go of summer margaritas already? You all know how much I love...
Natural Remedies for Stomach Flu
Is there anything worse than the stomach flu? In my opinion…ummm…NO. Nothing is worse than the stomach flu—it’s terrible! Like it or not, this virus goes around a few times a year so it’s best to be prepared as our kids go back to school this month. Today I’ve put...
How to Create a Holistic Medicine Kit
As most of you know, we just returned from a year and a half living in South America. Before I left, I spent quite a bit of time putting together an EPIC holistic medicine kit. I had no idea what I would face in our expat journey and I wanted to be prepared for...
How to Choose a Safer Sunscreen
Do you dutifully apply sunscreen on all of your exposed skin every time you go out in the sun? There are a few reasons why this widely circulated advice is counter to reason, one of which is the sunscreen itself. Every year the Environmental Working Group (EWG)...
How to Make Bone Broth with EXTRA Minerals
My grandma called it stock. Some people call it broth. No matter what you call it, homemade bone broth is a nutritional powerhouse and to date I haven’t found any condition it won’t help. Homemade broth, made with bones in particular, is the first thing I make when...
Superwoman Detox June GIVEAWAY!
June must be my lucky month. A few days ago I shared a very personal story about how I transformed my body eating real food and shared my tip for a 2x yearly detox. Well, yesterday Kristen from MIX | wellness solutions for a balanced life read my post and offered...
5 Surprising Things I Learned Living in Argentina with Children
A year and a half ago we packed up our belongings and headed way down south, to our new home in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I really didn’t know what to expect from the “Paris of South America” as I’d read it referred to in many guidebooks. One thing I did know--- I...
Natural Remedies for Fever
This week I'm continuing on with my natural remedies series. If you missed out on my earlier posts you can read all about natural remedies for ear infections, constipation, eczema, leaky gut and candida. Next up...FEVER! Caring for a sick child is a tough job. As...
How I’m Healing my Cavity Naturally
By now, if you’ve been reading this website for more than 5 minutes, you know I’m usually one to try the natural route when it comes to health and healing and my teeth are no exception. The other night, while brushing my teeth, one of my back molars gave me a lot of...
How I’m Healing My Daughter’s Eczema Naturally
Planting the Seeds for Eczema: My Story My daughter (2.5) has always been a sensitive little one. She arrived 10 days early and from the start we worked very hard to soothe her sensitive body. With both of my children I developed a mastitis infection as soon as my...
How to do Oil Pulling with an Extra DETOX Boost!
By now you may have heard of oil pulling, an old Ayurvedic method used to detoxify and clean the teeth and gums with the added benefit of whitening teeth and strengthening the immune system too. But does oil pulling work? I know it seems unusual that swishing oil...
Herbicides, Autism and Breastfeeding: How to Clean Up Your Toxic Milk
The first ever study was just published testing herbicide levels in human breast milk. Funded by Moms Across America and Sustainable Pulse, the study found high levels of glyphosate in 3 out of 10 samples tested. These high levels are 1600 times higher than allowed in...
4 Tips That Will Change EVERYTHING When Traveling With KIDS.
Traveling with kids isn’t always easy. Long gone are the days that I used to board a plane with my trashy magazine (s) in one hand and my coffee in the other. I chuckle when I remember how I used to view solo travel days as difficult because those plane rides were so...
Allergies, Asthma, Eczema and Ear Infections: 10 Ways to Heal a Leaky Gut
Last week I wrote about why elimination diets are not a cure for food allergies and sensitivities. The information might have been a huge disappointment for those who felt living gluten-free was going to be the cure for all ailments. I hate being the bearer of bad...
Detox Baths for Kids: How and Why!
Why Detox Baths are Important for KIDS No matter how “green” we try to make our home space, our kids are exposed to hundreds of contaminants in air, water, food and personal care products on a DAILY basis. The body can detoxify itself of these chemicals, however,...
4 Healthy Tips for Traveling with Kids
My family has spent the last year traveling around South America with our two children (5 and 2). We are living in Argentina for a year and a half while my husband works and because our time here is finite; we travel whenever we can. At first the idea of traveling...
