Have you decided it's time to swap out the toxic products in your home but aren't sure where to start?
When you start looking into going toxin-free, you'll quickly run into a very long list of toxic items in your home – everything from your soap to your flooring. Some swaps are easy, and some are more complicated. Some are an investment, while others are more affordable. Plus, some have larger impacts than others.
So if you're just getting started, where is the best place to begin? Here are my recommendations of the first five items to swap out for the most impact without too much effort or expense.
Essential oils are one of the easiest tools for naturally dealing with a wide variety of health ailments. However, so many people never get started because they just don't know which oils to begin with. I'm here to change that.
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Have you decided to make the switch to better groceries – whether you're looking for organic, non-GMO, pastured, more nutrient dense, or anything else? Having made that decision, are you now struggling with where to find them?
There are many reasons you may face a shortage of quality groceries. For me, I've always lived in a more rural and agricultural area. Most of my life, I was in a town of 1800 people with a single grocery store, and even now that I have two large grocery stores and a smaller, more natural-minded one to choose from, I still struggle to find the quality of food I want.
Furthermore, in agricultural-focused areas, few people seem to think twice about spraying Roundup and other poisons on or near their gardens or feeding antibiotic-laced feed to their healthy animals, so sometimes, even the farmers markets or local gardeners don't have what I'm looking for.
If you're feeling my pain, don't worry – I'm going to lay out exactly what I do to find the quality groceries I want, starting with the best option and working my way down.
If you pay attention to ingredient labels, you'll see "fragrance" a lot! It's in everything from cleaners to laundry soap to skin care. While a lot of other ingredients may sound more dangerous than fragrance, it is an important one to know about and can actually simplify your non-toxic journey quite a bit!
Are you trying to reduce the toxins in your life? It can seem overwhelming when you're just getting started.
The more you learn, the more items you want to swap out. It seems like everything is toxic, and you need to replace it all. I get it. I've been there. And now, I'm here to help you through that overwhelm.
Here are five items you can swap out easily without spending a lot of money.
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