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Non-Toxic Laundry Room Swap Resources

Non-Toxic Laundry Room Swap Resources
Are you ready to swap out the current products in your laundry room for something less toxic, but you aren’t sure how to start?
Whether you want the simplicity of just ordering and using a ready-made product or you like to DIY, you can reduce the toxins that are sticking to your laundry and affecting you all day long.


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Ingredient Analysis: Melaleuca All-Purpose Cleaner

Ingredient Analysis: Melaleuca All-Purpose Cleaner
Melaleuca is often hailed as a non-toxic alternative for a wide range of products. It's frequently referred to at the "wellness store" or "wellness boxes."
However, the company is also often accused of "greenwashing" – or "cleanwashing" as I prefer to call it.
The truth is always found in the ingredients, so let's take a look at the ingredient label of one Melaleuca product – their household cleaner, the Tough & Tender 12x All-Purpose Cleaner.


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Baking Cake from Scratch is Easier than You Think

Baking Cake from Scratch is Easier than You Think
First of all, here's the recipe right up top – because we all hate scrolling through a life story to see a recipe. I'll put some tips and tricks, substitutions, and more information below the recipe, so keep reading after.
This recipe will make baking cakes or cupcakes from scratch just as easy as picking up a boxed mix from the grocery store. 
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The Importance of Sourcing Essential Oils

The Importance of Sourcing Essential Oils
Essential oils have been exploding in popularity for a while, and they're now readily available at many local stores. Many of these drugstore or big box store essential oils are extremely inexpensive compared to other brands. Why is that? Does cost matter? What is really the difference between cheap and expensive essential oils?
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Questioning Vaccines: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions

Questioning Vaccines: A Guide to Making Informed Decisions
Questioning vaccines is becoming more common and is a healthy and normal part of your healthcare plan. You should never put anything into your body without knowing the risks and benefits, including short and long-term side effects and common and less common reactions.
Unfortunately, the medical system today does not properly inform people of the risks of vaccines. They only push the benefits and often make people feel guilty for hesitating, as if they are putting the whole planet in danger by refusing or delaying vaccines.
As a natural health professional, I get asked about vaccines a lot by people who don't feel right about them but don't know how to make the best decisions for their families.
Here's what I tell them.
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Meet Melissa Denelsbeck

 

For years, I was trapped in a fog, never feeling 100%, always tired but too stressed out to get a good night’s sleep, struggling through headaches 3-4 times each week. Almost every afternoon at work, I would hit that mid-afternoon slump and be unable to keep my eyes open. Often, my headaches would start around this same time and last through the rest of the day. All I wanted to do was go home and sleep, but when I went to bed, my thoughts would race, and I wouldn’t be able to fall asleep.

I felt like I was stuck in a never-ending cycle of fatigue – tired all day and wide awake at night, and the headaches just made it all more difficult to deal with. I pushed on as well as I could through the sleepiness and the pain, but I never felt like I was functioning at full capacity.

Then, I started making some changes in my life and becoming aware of what I was putting in and on my body. Over time, I realized that my headaches were becoming less frequent, and my sleep quality, energy, and mental clarity were improving.

Now, a couple years later, I feel my energy levels remain steady from the time I wake up until I go to bed. I am able to quiet my anxious thoughts and fall asleep quickly at night. And the headaches? They’re so infrequent that I can’t even say how often they come – maybe 3-5 a year?

It wasn’t even that difficult a change to make. I just swapped out products in my life that were contributing to my bad health, and I replaced them with versions that enhance my wellness instead.

It’s a step-by-step process that you can take at your own pace, and I am here to be your guide on the journey and empower you to take back your own health! Take a look around my blog or join my free Facebook group where we discuss tips for how to take back your health and live your life abundantly!

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