I love using a drop of essential oil straight, but sometimes it needs to be diluted – especially if it’s going to be used on the kids. So, figuring out how to make an essential oil roller bottle with the oils that we use the most was a must. It’s super simple and can help stretch your oils to make…
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There’s a lot of buzz about them, but what are essential oils really?! What are they made from? How are they made? And do essential oils really work the way people think they do? Let’s break it down!
Congratulations on wanting to incorporate essential oils into your life! I am so excited for you! When I say they’ve changed my life, I mean they.have.changed.my.life. And I was the biggest skeptic around – just ask my husband! Ha!
I’m trying to get better at eating more nutritious lunches and, to be honest, since starting Precision Nutrition, it’s been a lot easier. I’m less hungry and see what and how I eat in a whole new way. BUT, if I don’t plan to have healthy options for lunch, it’s right back to the same types of food that landed…
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When the weather gets colder, we all need a little respiratory support. Now that the kids are in school and exposed to a lot more germs, it’s going to be especially important to make sure they’re breathing freely. One of the ways we do that is to make our own DIY Respiratory Support Balm.
Breakfast isn’t always pretty at my house. With two teens leaving before the sun is really awake and an almost 10 year-old who has first and then second breakfast before she heads off to school, quick, easy, breakfast protein bars are a necessity.
I have a secret love affair with pumpkins. No, not artificial pumpkin flavoring in expensive lattes and sweets (although, I wouldn’t say no…), but the fresh, pumpkin-y goodness from the garden grown squash. I’m like a little kid anxiously awaiting the Great Pumpkin as the weather turns cooler and pumpkin season arrives. From pumpkin seeds to pumpkin puree, there’s deliciousness…
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Gah! Somehow it’s already mid-October and Halloween will be here in less than two weeks. Two weeks! As you might be able to tell, I am in no way ready. We did manage to pull together pieces for my daughter’s Halloween costume over the weekend, but there’s still a lot to do. While I am a Halloween candy traditionalist at…
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While I’ve never had to be extricated from a yoga pose gone bad, I can assure you that I am no yogi. However, I love the stretches and how relaxed and centered yoga makes me feel. Maybe it’s the need for total concentration or the calming New Age music that always seem to be in the background that works it’s…
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Workouts for women usually jump right to cardio and weights, but it’s so important to take a few minutes (not a lot, I promise!) to just stretch your body out at the beginning and end of the day. Whether you work from home as a business person or full-time mom, or head off to work at the office or store,…
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I love to exercise, but I don’t love spending a ton of money on super expensive workout clothes. My budget is limited here, people, and $185 for a pair of spandex-y anythings isn’t going to happen. Like, at all. So, I’ve learned to be a bit frugal and discovered some easy ways to save money on workout clothes.
When the weather gets colder, we all need a little respiratory support. Now that the kids are in school and exposed to a lot more germs, it’s going to be especially important to make sure they’re breathing freely. One of the ways we do that is to make our own DIY Respiratory Support Balm.
I have naturally curly hair…which translates frequently into “big, frizzy poof head.” I’ve tried more creams and expensive oils and leave in conditioners than I could even count. Since working out almost daily, my hair can get super dry from all of the washing. And trust me, after a T-25 workout, you want me washing my hair.
I swear sometimes I think I am channeling my inner cave woman. Not because I have poor hygiene or poor nutrition and no healthcare, but because of my wicked sense of stress. Man, I carry it around like the weight of the world some days.