Holistic Things to Do When Those We Love are Winding Down...
Dying is a topic most people vigorously avoid, until they canβt. Weβve found that many natural modalities, such as essential oils & flower remedies, bring comfort & relief to the entire range of life experiences, including dying. And, as a midwife who's personally gone through a number of up-close family deaths, I can say, gently, that there is indeed healing & wholeness to being present in the dying, as well as in the birthing that's usually my focus.
How to Treat Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease, Naturally
Hand, Foot and Mouth disease spreads easily through day care centers and kindergarten classes. It brings great misery to families, is highly contagious, and can be hazardous to the immune-compromised. Letβs review itβs symptoms and typical course, which will help you choose your best natural, therapeutic response
How Clearing Energy Helps Everyone in the Family
Throughout time, each culture and most religions have had their own methods of purifying a space, sick room, or temple. Clearing your new house before you move in is a way of releasing itβs past, and starting with a sort of βclean slateβ for the future. Clearing your house, in your own way, supports the presence of your home in being a nurturing haven for your family. There are many ways to cleanse a space. And, there is no exact recipe or perfect way to do this. The intention is to invoke clearing, cleansing, and release.
Four Excellent Things To Do Today for Your Weary Adrenal Glands
The adrenals produce over 50+ different hormones which affect nearly every system and organ of the body. Our capacity to handle stress is greatly reduced when these glands become dysfunctional, they dysregulate in response to the extreme pressure to produce enough of the bodyβs primary anti-stress hormone, cortisol. Here are the epidemic symptoms that nearly everyone seems to have, and four simple things you can do today to start restoring healthy adrenal function.
Three Effective Things to Do Today to Protect Our Families From PFAS in Our Tap Water and Our Lives
Hereβs a quick summary of the PFAS issue, and natural options to effectively relieve our bodies of PFASβs toxic accumulation and reduce our continued exposure. Tap water is confirmed to be a major source of contamination, and there is specific mineral supplementation to consider in helping to shift the bio-burden of PFAS out of the body.
When You Ask the Midwife About Prostate Health, She Replies...
I recently did an Instagram reel about (medicinal) weeds in my yard, and it led to being flooded with prostate questions! I know, LOL, thatβs what I thought too! This is a very interesting incrimination of state of our health care system, that a midwife would seem like a great person to ask about menβs prostate healthβ¦but thatβs a blog for anther day. So letβs take a look at how to help our men by helping their prostate, because nourishing and preventing is always a lot easier than solving a problem that builds for years! The prostate is a donut-shaped, walnut-sized glad that is wraps around the male urethra near the bladder. It produces the nutrient-rich fluid that nourishes and transports sperm (semen). The most common of prostate problems tendβ¦..
What Are the Essential Skills for 10-Year-Olds?
βWhat life skills are your kids working on? What do you think 10-year-olds should be able to do?β Itβs no secret that itβs a crazy, challenging, full-time job raising our children to be capable, contributing adults. And in the rush of coping and surviving, it's super easy to feel overwhelmed in that critical middle ground where our children develop essential life skills . Iβd call it the window between the delight of infants starting to walk, and the anxiety of teens starting to drive. Yet, it's during the stress of everyday life that these practical skills are cultivated and honed.
Getting Kids Outside!
There are wonderful benefits of more outside time for our kids EVERY DAY.
Here are just a few: Children breathe cleaner air. Indoor air has the off-gassing from all kinds of man-made materials, as well as all the germs and carbon dioxide from the humans.
Stress is reduced. Everyone needs to have a break from hearing, βInside voice, no running, stop climbing, no fighting!β Improved coordination. AND MORE!