Do you feel overwhelmed with which healthy foods to buy at the grocery store? You need to make these five simple changes on your next grocery trip! I'm walking aimlessly up and down the aisles of the grocery store. My eyes are kinda glazed over and my cart is basically empty. I feel paralyzed. Overwhelmed. My family needs food to eat, but I have no idea how to buy healthy food at the grocery store. Most of this food doesn't fit into my vision of feeding my family only real, whole, … [Read more...]
The Mom’s Guide to Setting Goals You Can Actually Achieve! (+12 Natural Living Goals for the New Year!)
As a mom, it can be so hard to set goals you can actually achieve. Here's the goal setting secret I found to help me set and achieve my goals! It's funny how things change as we get older, isn't it? From high school through my early years of marriage, I relished sitting down in front of a fresh white piece of paper to write detailed, lengthly resolution/goal lists between Christmas and New Year's Eve. Things like keeping my room clean and making the varsity soccer team evolved into … [Read more...]
3 Essential Ways to Maximize After-School Time with Your Kids
It's important to maximize after-school time with our kids in order to encourage free play time and enjoy quality time together as a family. I stare down at her smooth skin, her blonde hair flowing across her shoulders, her eyes closed tightly, and I realize that even though she's right here in front of me, I miss her. This is the first time I'm seeing, truly seeing her today. The hours since she got home from school have been jam packed and overwhelming. Seeing her so still and peaceful … [Read more...]
8 Postpartum Self Care Ideas for the Natural Mama
In the days and weeks after your new baby is born, it's so important to focus on yourself and your postpartum recovery. Find eight ideas for postpartum self care for the natural mama! You've made it through labor and delivery and are snuggling your sweet babe. But, you feel like you've been hit by a truck! You're exhausted, you're sore in places you didn't know could be sore, and you find yourself crying and have no idea why. I've been there too. I'm now eight weeks postpartum and want to … [Read more...]
Griffin’s Homebirth Story
It's hard to believe it's been over a month since Griffin was born! I wrote down his birth story the week after he was born while it was still fresh in my mind, and I wanted to share it with you because I believe it's important for women to share our birth stories with each other and with the world. And I'm so incredibly grateful to have this birth documented in photos by my friend and birth photographer, Meg. Griffin Lee was born at home on Sunday, August 7th at 10:11pm. However, … [Read more...]
10 Healthy Pregnancy Items I Can’t Live Without!
It's still a little hard for me to believe, except for my hugely bulging belly, but I'm 31 weeks pregnant and in the final countdown to sweet baby boy's arrival! If there's one thing I've learned through this fourth and surprise pregnancy, it's that you can never be fully prepared for all of the side-effects and symptoms of pregnancy that you will experience. As you strive to have the healthiest pregnancy that you can, some of your symptoms will be the same as previous … [Read more...]
25 Inspiring Date Night Questions (Written by my Husband!)
Ready for date night? Inspire conversation and have fun with these 25 date night questions, written by a husband, they're perfect for married couples! My husband and I went on a date night a few weeks ago, and he brought out this list of questions he had put together to inspire our conversation. I thought it was one of the sweetest and most romantic things he could have done to make our date an intentional and fun time. We took turns randomly picking a number between one and … [Read more...]
A Summer Self Care Plan for Moms
Prepare yourself with a summer self care plan! Take steps to fill up your cup and enjoy your days with your kids this summer! My kids are done with school in just over a week, and I know some school's summer breaks have started already! While I'm definitely looking forward to sleeping in and lazy mornings, not having to wake my kids up every morning and get them out the door, I also realize it's going to be an adjustment for all of us to be home together all day. Every day. So, I've … [Read more...]
14 Inspiring Green Living Books to Read!
Looking for great information and inspiration for going green? Check out these 14 Inspiring Green Living Books to Read! Reading is one of my very favorite pastimes. I love to get lost in the characters of a novel, or explore new topics and learn new things from non-fiction books. Lately, most of my reading is done in the form of listening to audiobooks on Audible, but I also love discovering new books at the library and reading on my Kindle too. When I was just starting out on my green … [Read more...]
How to Ditch Synthetic Fragrances (and why you should)
The air fresheners and fragrances we use can cause the air inside our homes to be more polluted than the outside air! Ditch synthetic fragrances today and replace them with green, safe, and affordable alternatives! It's hard to imagine living in a world without fragrances. They are an ever present part of our lives, found in so many products that we expose ourselves and our families to every day. Or maybe our families are exposed to these fragrances without actually choosing to be. I … [Read more...]
