How to Avoid Tick Bites
This article was updated on May 20, 2024. While the weather is gorgeous outside and there is not snow on the ground, it's a perfect time to enjoy the great outdoors. Being in nature is calming, and it's healthy to be breathing all that fresh air. Being away from...
7 Reasons You Need a Summer Cleanse
You feel tired even though you sleep 8-10 hours a night. You are under the weather often and miss important life events and even work. You wonder what is wrong with you. I know how you feel because that is how I used to feel as well. I tried a few different...
5 Back to School Essentials
Back to school can be a dreaded experience, but it does not need to be. When summer is finished and vacations are memories, it's the perfect time to take full advantage of structure and routine to take the best care of yourself possible. Back to school also means...
How to Eradicate Mold from Your Home
Mold naturally occurs in nature. The problem arises when it creeps into your home. (source) Mold grows in warm, damp, and dark spaces. When mold is in your home, these health conditions could arise or worsen (source): nasal stuffiness throat irritation coughing or...
7 Necessities for Your Carry On Bag
This article was updated on November 9, 2023. Disclosure: I share about products that my family and I use often. If you make a purchase through one of my links, I may make a small commission at no additional cost to you. 🙂 Recently my husband and I were privileged...
How to Resolve Gut Issues
"Stop eating the salad," she told me. My friend's mom was a nurse, and my friend explained to me that the "salad" we were being served was full of pesticides and insecticides and had no nutritional value whatsoever. Yes, we were being served iceberg lettuce. I had...
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5 Dangers of Dehydration
I couldn't remember what I had said! A few years ago I was overseas for humanitarian aid purposes. Along with facing jet lag, we were doing manual labor (not digging wells, but also not just sitting in a desk). In other words, I was exhausted. On the bright side,...
7 Downfalls of Frequent Use of A/C
"It's 85 degrees at 7:30 am! There will be no hope for this day." These were my thoughts as I left for work several years ago. I lived in a hot, humid state where one summer the temperature reached 117 degrees. I was used to blizzards and freezing temperatures,...
How to Battle Your Sunburn and Win
I was so thirsty! A couple of years ago I traveled to a sunny state for business training. Since the water at the hotel was not drinkable, I needed to purchase water to drink to avoid dehydration. Being without a car, I set out on foot to the nearest place that...
