April showers bring May flowers. Spring has arrived and I love it! I hope your Spring has been lovely so far! It’s been a couple months since I have written. Life has been very, very busy and I have been struggling to find life-work balance. While I have been wanting to write this post for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Health & Wellness
6 Facts About Digestion and What You Can Do To ‘Heal Your Gut’
FACT: True health begins in the gut. Hippocrates told us this over 2,000 years ago. FACT: Digestion is not given enough credit in its role in our overall health. FACT: You are what you absorb. Are you absorbing vital nutrients? FACT: Without high-quality fermented and cultured foods, you will find it difficult to truly heal… Continue Reading
Miraculous Magnesium and DIY Magnesium Oil
Learn how to make your own magnesium oil at home for a fraction of what it costs to buy already made. It really is super simple. Directions at the end of this post, but first, let’s take a look at why magnesium is so important in the first place! This is just the very basics… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: Does Anyone REALLY Get It?
Image credit Welcome to this month’s health journey update! I’m not going to lie — this post was hard to write, for many reasons. The last month and a half have been a real struggle for me. It is really hard for me to talk about this stuff in public, but here it goes. And… Continue Reading
Coconut Oil Offers Hope For Those Suffering From ALS, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s
Coconut oil continues to amaze me in the hope it offers for a wide variety of illnesses and for improved overall health. We live in such a toxic world with such poor quality food. Add on the fact that most people have been led to believe that fat is bad, and saturated fat is downright… Continue Reading
Kicking the ‘Poo to the Curb: How to Go No ‘Poo
So, I am finally doing it. I am finally jumping onto the “no ‘poo” bandwagon. Over the last year, I have greatly reduced my chemical exposure. Because I am working on healing my autoimmune diseases, I am trying really hard to eliminate toxins. I have never really used a lot of toxic things in my home, but over… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: The Importance of Getting a Second Opinion
Image credit Hello! It’s been about a month since my last update on my health journey. Things are still moving along, though December was a rough month. I dealt with some depression and overall funky-ness. I fell completely out of my routine, which I think contributed to the overall bummed feeling. We all go through… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: Health is Not a Destination. It’s a Journey.
I have been doing a lot of reflection over the past year and wanted to share some of that here. It’s been awhile since I’ve done an update on my health journey, so I decided this was an appropriate time to sit down and take a look back on the year. Whenever I get nostalgic I… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: How Coconut Oil Has Been Helping Me
UPDATE 12/28/12: Since I published this post in October, I have received countless emails, comments, and messages about coconut oil and weight loss and how it is or is not working for them. I LOVE hearing from you, however, I do want to stress the importance of this. Please, please, please do not think that this… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: An Update on My Healing Journey so Far
Image credit Hi all! It’s fall and it’s my favorite time of the year. The weather turns cool and crisp. The leaves start changing colors. The gorgeous Rocky Mountains start getting some snow on them. Love, love, love Fall in Colorado! This is the time of year that makes me feel re-energized. I try to take advantage of… Continue Reading