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Is Your Hair Falling Out? Let’s Talk
Y’all! The struggle is real over here. I am officially 5 months postpartum and my hair is falling out by what feels like handfuls. Ugh, it’s the worst… BUT luckily I’ve found a few helpful tricks and tips that help it regrow more quickly. collagen – this is something that I started using after I had Harper and my hair was falling out so badly. It was as simple as going on Pinterest and typing in “tips for hair loss” and I came across collagen. This is a wonderful supplement to have in your life for many reasons and you can read about them by clicking here. It is known…
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Natural Ways to Fight Anxiety
The laundry is piled a mile high, your car is in the shop and the bill seems astronomical, your kids won’t quit drawing on the walls, your “to-do” list is just to long to actually tackle. Any of those things sound familiar? There can be a million things you need to get done but all you want to do is curl up in the fetal position and hide from the world. When you live life with anxiety, it’s really hard to move forward and overcome the stress of every day life. I’ve personally dealt with anxiety for years and I can say that I finally feel like I’ve gotten a…
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Immune Boosting With Essential Oils
With the starting of school and changing of the seasons, germs are sure to spread around more than normal. For this reason, we as a family focus on boosting our immune systems as much as possible with fresh organic foods, supplements and vitamins (read more about those here) and of course essential oils. I’ve used essential oils for almost 8 years now and it’s one of my favorite switches to safer. Before oils, I didn’t realize how much I could actually use them for and now I feel like there is an oil for everything. I am very picky about the quality of essential oils and you really do get…
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Why We Diffuse Essential Oils and Skip Candles
Hey ya’ll! I am so excited to share another switch to safer that I’ve made in my household and I hope will inspire you to make in yours. When I was pregnant with my first child, Nolan, I kept getting debilitating headaches. I knew nothing about essential oils but when I reached out to a few crunchy mamas, they told me to inhale Peppermint oil and it would help. Ummmmm, WOW! It was a game changer and one that I used a lot during my pregnancy with Frankincense oil for headaches. NOTHING worked for my headaches but these oils and I’m so thankful that I was introduced to them for…
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Our Evolving Playroom
I look back at the evolution of this little room and it’s actually quite amazing how much it has transformed over the last five years. When we first moved into this home, Derrek turned this into his office with a glass desk and a love seat but it never felt like an office. The office furniture didn’t “fit” into the space and when Nolan turned six months old, we took that furniture out and made it a playroom for him. Of course, at that time we didn’t have a large income and his playroom consisted of a few hand me down toys, bright colored playmat from Walmart and a little…
