Flower remedies are a type of natural remedy rooted in balancing emotional states with the use of flower dilutions, in a similar fashion as the micro-dosing of homeopathy. Pine is one of Bach’s original 38 essences, it nurtures the positive states of self-acceptance, self-forgiveness, and the release of excessive guilt and misery.

This question gets asked a lot around the holidays. Here’s my midwife perspective from helping mothers birth, and navigate family holidays, for over 40 years.

There lots of lists of the “Special Gifts for the Women in Your Life”. But these lists are AWFUL! Full of fancy perfume we’ve never heard of, lotion sets full of garbage, jewelry that looks like the entrance of every department store? Who WRITES this stuff?

So, here are some REAL gift-giving ideas moms will appreciate, use and remember!

A fever can feel alarming, but it’s actually a sign of a strong immune system! Here’s how to support a fever naturally and know when extra help is needed.

Time is a frequently unnamed and unacknowledged medical complication plaguing most births currently taking place in hospitals and even birth centers. Considering the fast-paced nature of modern culture, perhaps it follows that the issue of time is having a never-before-seen, and increasingly disastrous effect, on pregnancy, birth and postpartum recovery.

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 it’s past, and starting with a sort of “clean slate” 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.

Our modern palate has little idea of how special cabbage has been through the ages, how its mild flavor and crisp texture is wonderfully adaptable, and how beyond brilliant it is for our health. Cabbage is rich in a number of really healthy nutrients, such as vitamin C, sulforaphane, indole-3-carinol (I3C), and Vitamin K. I reinvent this cabbage recipe a few times a year. It checks a lot of boxes for me – it feels warming in cool weather, cooling in hot weather, a little exotic when I’m wanting carry-out, and healthy when I’m trying to stay on track.

Canker sores are small mouth lesions that unfortunately cause great pain! They often last a few weeks, but here are many approaches that you can add to your family’s ‘natural medicine chest’ to ease the pain, speed healing and prevent reoccurrence.

Here’s a quick summary of the PFAS issue, and natural options to effectively relieve our bodies of PFAS’s 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.

Pure, clean air is increasingly less common, which is challenging our families’ health. Whether from large scale wildfires to industrial pollution, having some options and idea available will improve your kid’s health, lower anxiety for all, and support your informed and proactive protection. Download our free eBook, “How to Protect Your Family From Poor Air Quality, Naturally!”