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Healthy Women Holiday Gift Guide
This Gift Guide is for the women trying to make healthier more intentional choices for her life. Be it clean skincare, organic clothing, high quality gold earrings, all the products listed below are of high quality. My go-to modo as I age is “less is more”. If you buy less high quality things, I find the urge to shop satiated and the contentment fulfilled. When you purchase high quality items you feel great everyday knowing that you are treating yourself and your body well. Some of these items are also on my wishlist this year and some items I already own and LOVE! I hope this post also introduces you to cleaner, more intentional brands who are making impacts in 2024. Enjoy.
Holiday Gift Guides
The holiday season is overwhelming to say the least. When life is already hectic, life asks more of you. For our family, we really try to slow down and most importantly choose to spend time together by making delicious foods (hello cinnamon buns and delicious soups!) , playing games & watching family movies. Gift giving is also a big part of this season and I am happy to share some of our favourites over the years. Mindful and intentional gifting for families.
DIY Elderberry Syrup
Elderberry Syrup is a staple in our “medicine cabinet” and has been for years now! It is so great to have handy for one someone falls sick or to use preventatively in the fall and winter seasons. I typically buy ours but it is actually so easy to make. You get about double for youur $ when you make it yourself and it actually tastes so much fresher and pure!
Natural Family Planning
Natural Family Planning. You would think that this would be a topic we would be familiar with but the truth is, most women go on birth control when they start becoming sexually active and never look back or think twice. Our current culture sets women to be on a hormonal drug for years, sometimes decades. The truth is that it doesnt have to be this way and with basic education about our biology and reproduction we can easily avoid this and make better decisions for our health. Naturally Family Planning is when a woman gets to know her cycle and identifies her fertile window and takes the necessary precautions during this time. Our free love/sex culture has numbed the responsability of getting to know our bodies. Sex has the beautiful magic of bringing new life into this world and it’s our responsibilty to take charge of this by being abstinent or practicing protected sex and it doesnt have to involve toxic birth control by any means.
Delayed Cord Clamping
Delayed cord clamping is when after your baby is born, the umbilical cord continues to pulsate, bringing more blood to your baby as it begins to transition to life outside the womb. Immediate cord clamping deprives babies of 200mls of blood, which is around 1/3 of babies total blood volume. So instead of your baby having 600mls of blood, your baby would only have 400mls. By practicing delayed cord clamping your baby could recieve up to 30% more blood.
Our Natural Medicine Cabinet
This is probably the topic that I talk to people most about in private messages online. As a mom, we all know it’s the worst when your kids are sick. It’s stressful, you hate seeing them in pain and then add in the logistics of work and family life and all that. It’s A LOT. However I do have to say that it’s often in these moments that I soak in all the cuddles and reflect on how lucky I am to be their mom. Taking care of our bodies is a fulltime job and truthfully a 360 approach is always best starting with the fundamentals of proper sleep, nutrition & daily movement.
The Rirst 6 Months As Chicken Owners
bodhi here with our first official egg. the first six months of life with chickens. owning chickens is really fun and easy and makes life outside a bit more entertaining, especially with kids. our first official homestead adventure to start producing our own sustainable food is really exciting!!
