Will Oil Pulling Fix my Sensitive Teeth…or is it Just a Hoax?
A few thoughts ran simultaneously through my head the first time I read about oil pulling: What a crackpot ideaUm, gross!This is not something I…
Natural Health
When Doc Isn’t Always Best…learn to home doctor your family with natural home remedies including essential oils, homeopathy, diet and nutrition and more. Preventive is the best, but we can share ideas to fix what ails you as well.
Natural Remedies (and Natural Products) for Postpartum Pain
Stitches in human skin are no fun. Stitches on an extremely sensitive area that move and pull every time you sit, stand, walk, talk, cough,…
Monday Mission: The Water that Gets You Clean
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to get the chlorine out of your bath and shower. If you have city water, it’s almost…
How to Naturally Fight Infections Without Antibiotics (is Oil of Oregano the Best Natural Antibiotic?)
I have quite a collection of antibiotic prescriptions that have never been filled. Over the years, I’ve gotten skilled at fighting infections withOUT antibiotics, and…
What’s Really in Children’s Medications? {GUEST POST}
This is a guest post by Erin Odom of The Humbled Homemaker. In November 2000, then 3-year-old Brianna Maya nearly died after her parents gave…
Monday Mission: Get Natural Outdoors
Let’s talk about natural alternatives to all the chemicals we parents are made to believe are necessary from insect repellent to sunscreen. Your mission, if…
Be Prepared for Natural Living: Herbal Medicine Cabinet
Quick! It’s 8:00…do you know where your herbs are? In a disaster or even just during a weird, cutting off supplies sort of emergency, it’s…
Five Real Moms Share About Trilight Health, a Natural Wellness Company {REVIEW}
Have you ever had the heart-wrenching experience of a child who just can’t stop coughing and can’t sleep? Even mainstream medicine has finally said “no…
Fighting Illness Naturally is Scary (Especially When You’re Blind)
We had a near miss with antibiotics this week. Two bottles of super-strength antibiotics stared me down from the refrigerator for 24 hours, threatening a…
Monday Mission: Build Your Apothecary
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to start gathering supplies to make your own pharmacy stuff. photo source I’m excited to have the…
Natural Remedies for Morning Sickness and Prenatal Vitamins
The first trimester of a pregnancy, for many women, is like no other time in their lives (except maybe having the flu). I have been…
Super Foods for Pregnancy {Guest Post}
This is the second in a two-part series of guest post from Donielle of Naturally Knocked Up, where you can always find great advice on…
Curious About Natural Remedies Again: An Interview with a Naturopathic Doctor
I just can’t help it. Since I didn’t get to bake a different bread recipe every week like I had planned this fall, I guess…
Green and Natural Body Products
I often find it overwhelming to “go green” in so many areas of life, especially personal care products. If you’re a green rookie, you may…
Garlic to make the sick bugs go away
We’ve been talking natural remedies this week, and you may want to revisit the Monday Mission HERE to read the good ideas for fighting the…
The Comparison: The Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), GAPS Diet (Gut & Psychology Syndrome), and The Maker’s Diet
Over the last month or so as the adults in the family went grain-free to combat some symptoms of Crohn’s Disease (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or…
Kids’ Ear Infections: A Home Remedy?
BEST Natural home remedies for an ear infection – what you can do NOW and to be prepared for next time a kid or an…
Effective Homemade Deodorant: My Baby Steps Story
I never thought I would make homemade deodorant, believe me, but as I told you when we talked about the hazards of antiperspirants, I wanted…