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Need a Healthy Treat? 6 Easy Swaps for Your Favorite Recipes

You want to honor your body with good, healthy food, right? You want the energy, bright eyes, and glowing skin that come from ditching a processed diet in favor of…

How To Eat Healthy if You Have More Time Than Money (or More Money Than Time)

When people ask me for ideas on how they can improve their diet, they usually tell me what their roadblocks are. It’s almost always one of two things: a lack…

Your Child’s Toxic Burden: What a Holistic Pediatrician Wants You to Know

This post is an excerpt from my interview with holistic pediatrician Elisa Song, MD,  for the Toxic Home Transformation Summit. There’s still time to get your free seat at the…

Have You Heard? Can’t-Miss May Podcasts

Each Wednesday, I interview one of the world’s leading experts in holistic health. This month, we talked about human longevity…binge eating…functional medicine…toxic laundry products…and pro tips for getting chemicals out…

Thoughts on My Last Child Leaving Home

This is a bittersweet time. I’m wrapping up my parenting career. I mean, I know you’re never truly “done.” After all, before long, I’ll have grandchildren. My friends who are…

What To Do About Toxic Paint, Carpet, Furniture (Offgassing For Years!)

We’re gearing up for our June 2018 Toxic Home Transformation Summit! (Have you signed up for your free seat in the summit, which kicks off June 25, 2018?) Ryan Sternagel…

Non-Toxic Laundry Products You Don’t Have To Make Yourself

The Toxic Home Transformation Summit kicks off in June! This is a passion project for Ryan Sternagel and me, and we’re interviewing 35 experts to help you decrease the toxic…

5 Easy Ways to Make Gorgeous and Delicious Complete-Meal Salads

Do you think making a salad…or eating it…is a chore? What if it could be the most delicious thing you eat all day? I wonder if you’ve ever had this…

Healthy Travel Food – The Ultimate Packing Lists for Eating Right on a Trip

I’m a busy single mom who does a lot of traveling, with and without my kids. Part of my journey to excellent health was learning habits and recipes that we…

Food Combining Theory: Fact, or Fiction?

One topic in the field of nutrition that has many people confused is the topic of food combining. That is, the idea that some foods should not be eaten with…

I Went Without Food for 40 Days. Here’s What I Learned.

I’m completely fascinated by the process and benefits of fasting. I’m talking about eating absolutely nothing for a long period of time. (With water, it’s called “water fasting”–or without water,…

The Vibrational Frequencies of Essential Oils

[This post is an excerpt from my book, Vibe: Unlock the Energetic Frequencies of Love, Health & Success, by Simon & Schuster, 2017.] Herbs—the dried stems, roots, or flowers of…