Archives for November 2013

9 Ways to Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)

Beat Seasonal Affective Disorder

Do you winter months leave you feeling down and depressed?

Seasonal Affective Disorder or SAD as it is appropriately called is known to plague 25% of Americans every fall/winter season.   Due to the natural decrease in sunlight in fall and winter this natural “winter sadness” is due to a decrease of Serotonin uptake in the brain. [Read more…]

How to End Your PMS – For Good

QUIT PMS

Do you severe cramping or get mood swings during your monthly cycle?

I have to be honest, I haven’t had a monthly period in 26 months.  I’ve been either nursing or pregnant for that long.  But, my monthly cycle came along this time and I was C-R-A-B-B-Y.  I was crabby, disgusted, and basically mad at the world.  Since that is not my typical demeanor I had nothing else to relate it to besides “that time” of the month.  [Read more…]

5 Tools to Raise Healthy, Happy Children

5 Tools to Raise Healthy, Happy Children

Unless some of us moms struggled with being really sick before having children sometimes being crazy, crunchy, and wild health conscious seems too difficult or seeming ridiculous to figure out.  I have found that after having children, moms become very in tune that their children may need some other things in their diets to stay healthy.  An increasing number of children have been diagnosed with ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies.  No one can deny it, the Standard American Diet is depleting the health of the each one of us and for sure the mother’s of many babies being born each day.  More and more babies are being born colicky and so sick that they get irritated by their own mother’s milk. [Read more…]

10 Essential Oils That You Can Use Everyday

Everyday Oils

As a childbirth Doula and a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, I frequently use essential oils for my clients and my own family.  Quality is very important to me.  That is why I only recommend one brand of essential oils.  Throughout my research, I have found that the quality of Young Living Oils is unique.  When I spend time around pregnant or nursing mothers or others with allergic tendencies or sensitivities, purity is even more important when choosing an essential oil.  I do not want any adulterated oils to be anywhere near my mamas or those who I am helping to recover their health.  I also do not want to spend money on oils that have already been diluted in a base oil. [Read more…]

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