Every wise woman needs an herbal apothecary
Download the free PDF guide, 12 Essential Ingredients to Start Your Herbal Apothecary, for the top herbs, essential oils and raw ingredients you need for your tiny apothecary. It also includes:
- Natural remedy cheat sheet
- Quick tutorials
- Tips on the best places to find said ingredients
How to use essential oils safely with kids
You want to keep your family healthy naturally. You know, based on your research, that plant-based remedies are a good move. They're safe. They're effective. They can save you a lot of money. And you like that essential oils are a super easy way to use herbs in your...
DIY Massage Oil for Couples
I'm big on connection. When it comes to my marriage, though, I know all to well how easy it is to drift apart as a couple. Between my business and my husband's role as a paramedic captain, things get busy. Add in our four children and it’s a miracle we have a chance...
Essential oils for self-care (or how I avoid having meltdowns in public)
A couple years ago, I was sitting in church with my husband and I was ... pissed. My body was rigid, I was pitched forward in my seat and I was barely breathing, save for some very irritated sighs. It was clear that I was not in the same cheery mood I'd been in when...
Homemade Natural Mouthwash
I was making out the grocery list recently and noticed that my oversized bottle of store-bought mouthwash (begins with Sc…) was nearly empty. Now, I buy this particular brand because I know for sure it is gluten-free. Photo credit: Meagan of Growing Up Herbal (please...
Multi-Purpose Ingredients for Natural DIY Recipes
Simplify is one of my favorite words. And there's no area of my life that hasn't been affected by my desire to make things simpler. One area is my drawer of ingredients for all of my natural DIY recipes. Over the years, I've picked up a lot of ingredients. Like,...
Homemade Shampoo with Essential Oils
If you would have told me 10 years ago that I would one day whip up recipes for homemade shampoo, I would have laughed at you and said, "No way." But a funny thing happens when you become interested in living more naturally. First, you start reading ... a lot. (After...
Bus Sweet Bus: a Special Announcement & the Latest Bus Tour
Holy cow, we've been living in our bus for a year now. Where did the time go? I've been thinking lately about why I thought it would be great to move into a bus. I thought about travel ... which we have yet to do. I thought about our dream to buy some land and build a...
7 Simple Ways to Improve Sleep
At the end of my ideal day, I take my super-relaxed self back to my bed, pull back the covers, crawl between a set of smooth, clean sheets and lay my head on a lavender-scented pillow. With a smile on my face, I ease into a great night's sleep. Does this always...
3 Reasons to DIY Personal Care Products
Word on the street is that I'm crunchy. Or, as my mom likes to call me, a hippie. While I'm still not sure if that's how I'd describe myself, I know it all started when I decided I was going to DIY my personal care products. It started out innocently enough - I was...