Wellness

  • How to Relieve Dry Skin
    If your skin is regularly dry, my first recommendation is to look at your water, and filter if necessary. Even if you have softened water, city water can still be drying for our skin, hair and scalp. In a perfect world, a whole house filter will resolve all your water issues for drinking, cooking, and bathing.  I don’t have recommendations for whole house systems, as I recommend testing your water and seeing exactly what needs to be removed and going from there.
  • My Zero Waste Shower
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  • Hidden Sugar
    Everybody knows sweets like cookies & cakes have sugar, but did you know it’s likely in your everyday staples too? You’ll find sugar in just about everything in your pantry unless you have been actively looking to avoid it. Pasta sauce, nut butters, packaged fruit, crackers, snack bars, and condiments all frequently have some sugar… Read more: Hidden Sugar
  • What is Clean Living?
    Clean living has become a trendy phrase that can vary a bit depending who you talk to. I use ‘clean living’ and ‘toxin free living’ interchangeably as something is only clean if it is completely without toxins. Many times I hear something is “clean” and after checking the ingredients, I find it is only marginally… Read more: What is Clean Living?
  • Happy New Year!
    Do you make resolutions or pick a word of the year? I don’t remember the last time I really made a New Year’s Resolution. Since last summer I’ve done a lot of evaluating and trying to figure out what works and what hasn’t for me, my family,and our lives as a whole. So maybe that’s… Read more: Happy New Year!