Sure you can buy bath bombs anywhere, but they are not only expensive, but they can also be toxicities, absorbed through our skin. We have a fun, easy recipe to make your own bath bombs, with your favorite scents with naturally beneficial ingredients. Every year at the holidays, my daughters and I decide on homemade … Continue reading DIY Bath Bombs with Health Benefiting Ingredients
Everyone is feeling the winter slump, it’s dark, it’s cold, the plants/animals are hibernating and humans want to do the same. Well, here’s some reasons to go get dirty, even in the winter—it makes you happy? We know Gardening is healthy because it’s exercise, outdoors, and can allow you to grow your own organic produce … Continue reading Antidepressant Microbes In Soil: How Dirt Makes You Happy
As we get back to our Food as Medicine Blog Series, we are so excited to share about a gem we have discovered in plant-based nutrition! We all think that healthy eating should look like this! Perfectly prepared plant-based food that took hours to cook and cleanup! Well, these days it's hard to fit those … Continue reading FOOD IS MEDICINE – Our favorite Superfood and Plant Protein Mixes
We LOVE Daniel Tiger in our house. The kids are getting older and not watching as much these days, but this is a great place to get back into “DT”, as we refer to this sage of wisdom for families! 2020 cannot be complete without some sound advice from our favorite furry social-emotional guru! Claps … Continue reading Daniel Tiger Provides Caring Reminders for Families During Stressful Times
As we continue our series on mental health at a time when most American parents are overwhelmed, we must pause for a Mental Health Check and Suicide Prevention Month! HILARIOUS YET INSIGHTFUL VIDEO! This is a funny video from Juggling the Jenkins, but sad because all those feelings and labels, are so real for parents … Continue reading Mental Health Check with a HILARIOUS YET INSIGHTFUL VIDEO
We are dying to get outside and go somewhere, anywhere, but it needs to allow for social distancing and not too traveled. Well, I think now we can--thanks to the new web app! Find the best streets in Montco to walk, jog, run, and bicycle on with the county’s new bicycling and pedestrian Web app! … Continue reading #GoOutsideAndPlay ~ Web APP for Montgomery County Bicyclists and Pedestrians
In honor of Earth Day, we thought of some way to show some love to the Earth and nature. Planting a garden is the perfect way to welcome Spring by creating an educational and life-sustaining work of culinary and horticultural art that your whole family can enjoy! The Corona Challenge This year we had … Continue reading Honor Earth Day by Planting a Garden and Growing Minds
You know we LOVE being outside; however, I implore my outdoorsy readers to heed some important data that's a bummer to the world's wellness! Airborne transmission is “plausible,” according to a study published in the print edition in the peer-reviewed The New England Journal of Medicine from scientists at Princeton University, UCLA and the National … Continue reading #GoOutsideAndPlay: Hiking Trails Dramatic Increase in Usage – How Safe is That?
Friends, we are so excited for this "Stay Grounded=Reduce Stress" class! I know it's been a rough few weeks with lots of adjustments, disappointments and stress!!!! We are here to help! My business partner/friend Ashley Myers (also co-owner of Hippie Brand Co.) is a busy mama with two kids at home and two businesses. I … Continue reading JOIN A HAPPY CLASS: Stay Grounded=Reduce Stress
Governors across the nation, and the American President has issued a "stay home" mandate, but that still means go outside! Just practice smart "social distancing", as prescribed by the Center of Disease Control (CDC) for Covid-19. Actually, connecting with plants and nature is important for our mental and physical health. This is especially true when … Continue reading Quarantine Naturally: Going Outdoors While Social Distancing
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