Beautiful Skin From the Inside Out and the Outside In
The health and beauty industry is a billion dollar machine dedicated to mostly chemical potions promising a solution for every skin ailment. However, growing evidence shows these chemicals often do more harm than good. If you want beautiful radiant skin, it’s best to take a two pronged approach: avoid chemicals in your products and focus on […]
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Dark Chocolate Avocado Pudding
Talk about a delicious no guilt dessert! Made quickly and easily with just a few ingredients, this yummy treat can be ready in no time. The avocado provides the creamy texture as well as adding some great health benefits. High in fiber, potassium and loaded with healthy fats for beautiful skin and vitamin absorption, […]
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How to Sleep Blissfully
I hear it all the time, “I’m always tired!” We live in a sleep deprived country, many of us walking around like zombies, irritable, and short-tempered. We fall asleep at our desks in the afternoon. We wake up at 3:00 am and have trouble falling back asleep, then are barely able to crawl out of bed […]
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Turning Almonds into Milk and Scones
I never knew it was so easy. My kids and I have been dairy free for 5 years now. We drink almond milk instead of cow’s milk exclusively. Now that the kids are teenagers, they go through half gallons on their breakfast cereal, their afternoon cereal snack, and their post dinner cereal, like it […]
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Do you have a Leaky Gut?
As I do more research into cancer prevention and the Anti-Cancer Lifestyle, what seems to be at the core of it all is the immune system. Every day we’re all exposed to potentially cancer causing toxins with the potential to tweak our cells abnormally. Why do these abnormal cells develop into cancer in some people and not […]
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Home Made Sauerkraut
I’ve been looking for ways to introduce more fermented foods into my diet as they have huge health benefits. All of the ancient cultures have some form of fermented food. Some of the main benefits they all have in common is that they offer naturally occurring probiotics, enzymes and vitamin K2 which aids in the absorption of vitamin […]
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Is Sunscreen Safe to Use?
It’s getting to be sunscreen weather, at least in the PNW. You may be there already–I know we start this party later than the rest of the country. With the sunny days comes the questions around whether or not to use sunscreen. Aren’t there a lot of chemicals in it that are best avoided? What should we […]
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A Healthier Soda
With the weather getting warmer and picnics for Memorial Day planned, you may be wanting to pack some refreshing beverages. I still see so many people drinking Coke, Pepsi and other commercial sodas. I wish I could grab these death brews from peoples’ hands and pour them out, saving them from this toxic mess but […]
Read MoreWorst 18 Months of My Life
I have been through the wringer. Seriously, I don’t want to tempt fate to give me more, harder trials to bear, but I gotta’ say that the last 18 months have been the hardest of my life. I thought I was through the worst at this time last year. But no, there was more […]
Read MoreBoobless in Seattle
Tuesday is the day–double mastectomy followed by 4 months of chemo and probably 6 months of reconstruction. I have been reeling from this second shocking diagnosis that was first noticed mid-December and then confirmed January 2nd. Since then it has been once again a whirlwind of doctor appointments and tough decision-making. There have been tears […]
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