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Simple Steps to a Natural Lifestyle

It is not difficult to live a more natural lifestyle even with little kids at home. In fact, while they are little is the best time to start! It becomes second nature to our kids. What we live, they learn. These 3 simple steps to a natural lifestyle are the steps I took to keep my family healthy and maintain health balance at home. … [Read more...]

Lead a Fitness Challenge Group

Want to lead a fitness challenge group? We have done the prep work for you and now you can get a copy of this complete fitness challenge kit for running your own fitness challenge group. Great for Young Living Distributors, Beach Body coaches, personal trainers and moms groups.

We moms tend to push aside our own goals to support the needs of our families. I spent many years doing this. Exercise did not happen, quiet time was never enough, and it gets frustrating. Let’s all get back on track. We can even get our mom-friends involved in getting fit together. If you are a personal trainer, Beach Body coach, or are simply a mom who wants to organize a … [Read more...]

Unique and Useful Mother’s Day Gifts

Get mom a unique and useful Mother's Day gift that she can use to find balance and joy as a mom.

Welcome to Mom Motivation Mondays where weekly contributing writers share their motherhood experiences to encourage you to find the joy in being a mom. {This week: Post by Jaimi} I like to think that as a mom I have a little bit of insight into what moms like and appreciate when it comes to gifts. Useful things that last a while and can be used over and over again are so … [Read more...]

Alternative Ways to Care for a Child’s Skin

How is a child's skin related to homemaking tips? When the products in our home affect our children's skin (and they do) we need to be sure we are not exposing them to too many toxins. These natural alternatives to regular toxin-filled cleaning and homemaking products will help bare for a child's skin by reducing harmful exposures-and saving you money!

Welcome to Homemaking Tips Tuesdays where contributing writers share helpful homemaking tips so you can feel more successful caring for your home and family. {This week, post by: Jessica} Just after my daughter’s second birthday, she began breaking out in mystery bumps.  They didn’t look like hives, and were a lot more severe than a normal bug bite.  No one else in the … [Read more...]

One All-Purpose Cleaner for Everything

I was tired of chemicals in my cleaners drying out my skin and nails, getting on my kids hands, and cluttering up the cleaning closet. I switched to one all-purpose cleaner for everything: Thieves Household Cleaner. So inexpensive too!

Welcome to Homemaking Tips Tuesdays where contributing writers share helpful homemaking tips so you can feel more successful caring for your home and family. {This week, post by: Jaimi} A year ago I completely changed how I clean the house. I used to buy one cleaner for windows and glass, another cleaner for the toilets, one for the floors and even another for wiping down … [Read more...]

How to Use Essential Oils: Daily Schedule

How to use essential oils at home-A Daily schedule for using essential oils.

How to use essential oils in your day is so simple. There is a lot of uncertainty over how to use essential oils and whether they are safe. I have had pretty extensive doctor’s appointments in the last year that revealed to me that my health is doing great with essential oils as part of my daily routine. I wanted to share how to use essential oils throughout your day to share … [Read more...]

End the Sniffles Tea (or Juice)

End the sniffles and support your immune system with this simple tea recipe. (Kid version included too!)

This end the sniffles tea is part of my nightly routine to stay as healthy as possible this winter. It is a must for moms. Plus, I have a kid version for you as well. My kids have been sick much less since we started incorporating natural wellness into our daily routine. My oldest daughter was having runny noses every other week and dark circles developing under her eyes. That … [Read more...]

Natural DIY Room & Linen Scented Spray

Ditch the un-natural chemical air fresheners and fabric sprays! Make an all-natural room and linen spray-it takes less than 5 minutes to make and smells great.

I am taking a baby steps approach to minimizing our use of unnatural products and this natural DIY room and linen scented spray is a step in the process of eliminating nasty chemicals in my home. We try our best to eliminate harmful chemicals as we learn about the bad ones like those in scented candles and air fresheners, but we are not a perfectly chemical-free home.  It can … [Read more...]

4 Steps to Reduce Laundry Burnout

No more laundry burnout! Reduce the laundry stress with these 4 easy steps.

  Laundry. It's a dirty word in mom circles!  Are you overloaded with the amount of laundry you have to do in a week? I have been overwhelmed on more than one occasion with the amount of dirty laundry my household accumulates.  It's time to take charge of your laundry situation!   There is a bright side to laundry-we certainly are blessed to have clothes to wear and … [Read more...]

Essential Oils Beginner

  When I saw many jumping on the essential oils band wagon, I tried to run the other way. I tend to be a skeptic when the crowd builds. But, the twins were sleeping horribly. As an essential oils beginner, I had to start simply. The twins were up every night for 3-4 hours. (No joke. Every single night.) That makes for a tired mama by about 2pm. Most days I needed an … [Read more...]

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