Simple wellness in a frantic world.
Recipes
Homemade peanut butter cups made with simple, whole ingredients are the reason why I know that goodness still exists in the world. This recipe is perfection. Can we all just agree that peanut butter and chocolate are the ultimate OTP? (That's a bit of young-people slang for you. For ...
Happy (belated) 2019, friends! (Let’s pretend like it’s a totally normal thing to publish a new year’s post on January 21, ‘kay?) If you’ve been hanging out around here for a while then you may have noticed two things in 2018. First - I barely published any new blog posts. And ...
Homemaking
I have big-puffy-heart love for all things digital. Technology enriches our lives in so many ways. (Like earning me an income. Thanks, internet!) Nonetheless - sometimes a girl just needs some real paper, fun pens, and a highlighter or two. It would be difficult to underestimate ...
Pregnancy, Birthing, & Babies
Gut bacteria is the foundation of a lifetime of good health. Here are six tips for healthy gut bacteria in pregnancy and newborns. Written by contributor Erin Long When your baby is conceived she has a totally unique genetic make up, a mashup of you and your husband's ...
Frugality
Our old budgeting system involved staying broke and feeling hopeless, but not anymore. I have never felt so empowered with my finances. Here's what I did. I say this without a shred of hyperbole: last fall two things happened that changed everything. One: I had another baby, ...
Baby-Led Weaning
After four kids, I finally discovered a happy balance for a beautiful and easy baby-led weaning experience. Here's how we do it! Baby-led weaning (BLW) is the feeding method of offering your baby soft finger foods straight from the family table as they transition to solids. Can ...
Want to start your own backyard compost for your own amazing, nutrient-rich soil? No problem! This post shares some of our best hints and tips to get your backyard compost bin started, and thriving! Coffee filters, egg shells, banana peels, cardboard! Dryer lint, apple cores, ...
Our fourth baby arrived 12 days overdue, after 47 hours of labour and a medical emergency! This is the conclusion to our crazy long labour birth story. You can read Part One of our story here, if you haven't already. Here is Part Two: We were on hour 33 of labour, and my ...
Our fourth baby arrived twelve days overdue, after 47 hours of labour and a brief medical emergency! This is his crazy long labour birth story. I love birth stories, but I don’t love mine. I’m telling it anyway, because I think it matters. How women give birth matters. Not ...
About Me
I’m a mom of four with an obsession for all things natural health, but I’m driven by wellness, not perfection. I’m an eternal optimist, a non-conformist, and a classic INFP. When I was 19, I married my total-opposite hubby, who is an ESTJ. This remains both the craziest and the best decision we’ve ever lived to tell about. I can always be bribed with sushi or tex-mex, and I love to embarrass my husband by cranking the music and dancing (badly) in the passenger seat.
Are you hungry for a breakfast revolution in your house that won't leave you hungry an hour later? Need some new breakfast recipes under your belt that are made with real-food, nutrient-dense (and gluten-free) ingredients? The Breakfast Revolution e-cookbook is your solution.
This refreshingly honest and helpful eBook will encourage and equip you to take back your family dinner hour, and transform it into an enjoyable experience once again. And you can do it within the framework of a nourishing, real-food diet. (Yes, really!)
COOK. EAT. REPEAT. But first, figure out what to put in your cart. The grocery store can be a confusing place – what’s legitimately healthy, and what’s simply masquerading as healthy in an attempt to manipulate you? Get my best advice and tricks from a decade of experience, all in this book.
