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Why I transitioned to nontoxic products

Transitioning to nontoxic products was an important move for me... While in the process of looking for alternative treatment options for my oldest son who is diagnosed with Autism, I came across articles talking about removing toxins from the body. At the time of that search, I was coming across the terms “clean beauty”, "safer beauty", "nontoxic beauty" etc. This sparked curiosity because I always assumed that our personal care items were safe because they’re on the market. Girl was I wrong!!! There’s basically no regulation when it comes to our p[...]

Lifestyle, Nontoxic

Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen: The Safest Fruits & Vegetables

I took a poll in my Instagram stories, and was shocked to learn how many people don’t know about the Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen. I used this method to help in buying fruits and vegetables before transitioning to a more natural and non-toxic lifestyle. Unfortunately, buying ALL organic was too expensive for our budget at that time. We have switched to mostly organic now. So, I like to tell people to put the Dirty Dozen/Clean Fifteen into practice if they're not ready yet either. So what is the Dirty Dozen & Clean Fifteen? This is an annual li[...]

Lifestyle

5 Ways to Practice Self Care

5 Ways I Practice Better Self Care Last post I talked about why self care is important. This is something I'm trying to work on continuously, because life constantly throws curve balls our way and it's easy to become stressed and anxious. This post I’ll cover my favorite ways of practicing self care which includes physical, emotional, and spiritual ways. Now there are a number of ways one can do this, but these are the top 5 that are working the best for me consistently right now. They've helped in minimizing my stress and anxiety and will hopefully do the sam[...]

Lifestyle

Why Self Care Matters

Lately I’ve been really hard on myself. And by hard I mean I haven’t been listening to my body at all. It's ironic because I am a Nurse Practitioner, and constantly find myself telling my patients the importance of listening to their bodies. Typical right? We are so focused on helping others, and providing for others in some capacity that we fail to do the same for ourselves. We always think we know what our priorities are. If you could list your top 3 priorities, what would they be? Most people will say their children, their home and their jo[...]

Finances, Lifestyle

Path To Becoming Debt Free!

It’s pretty safe to assume that just about everyone wants to be debt free. Drowning in debt seems to be all too normal. I mean, aren't most of us bound to have school loans, credit card or mortgage debt until we die? At least that’s what we’ve been taught. Being in debt can bring frustration, depression, marital conflict, theft, poverty and homelessness. So why isn't financial education a cornerstone in our curriculum in schools? We should all be taught the importance of being smart with money throughout our lives instead of finding out the hard and painf[...]