3 Tips For Improving Brain Fog

It’s been a little quiet here lately; life happened. I’ve been busy keeping my ship from sinking, dumping out water while it’s still spilling in. Being a wife and mom is hard enough, but adding chronic illness to the mix makes it even harder. I’m the ship with a chronic disease, and holes keep springing

Make Your Daughter A Puberty Survival Toolkit

My mom started her first period at a young age, somehow our body’s natural processes have been a taboo topic until more recently. When I started my period my mom offered advice but the topic was still awkward and unhelpful. Generational habits don’t have to be repeated, so I decided to make my daughter a

The Hidden Toxins On Your Grocery List

Goodbye Toxins, Hello Nature You’re walking through the grocery store (or browsing online for pick-up items like me), you are going about your normal routine. Then you stumble into the cleaning section with the fragrance section right there and we all love our homes to smell good. So it’s easy to add all the air

Oil Spotlight: Lime

Ahh, Lime Essential Oil is refreshing and energizing in both smell and taste. Limes are used in many recipes and in drinks for their citrus flavor. Lime essential oil, due to it’s high limonene content provides internal cleansing benefits (Hello Detox), it makes a great surface cleaner and of course, it smells yummy. As the

Sorry I’m Late April

Today is the 7th of April and I’m only now getting this posted. Social media and all the blogging gurus say consistency is key -to post once a day, go live, figure out how to make TikTok videos and just do all the things. Life isn’t like that though, at least mine isn’t. Last weekend

The last Time

This quote stopped me immediately and I re-read it multiple times. Flashes of the “last’s” swirling through my brain like a movie reel. The last time I spoke to a loved one, the last time I picked up my youngest daughter, the last time I was normal- instead of living with chronic illness, depression, and

Hello March

Hello March, I humbly ask you take it easy on us. Kids have been out of school again, and they are always hungry. Do these kids ask their teachers for snacks all day? Oh and at the end of the month we’re going to have an 11 year old. This poor kid has missed out

Oil Spotlight: Ylang Ylang

Ylang Ylang essential oil has a permanent spot on my nightstand, inhaling this oil lessens tension and stress plus promotes positive feelings. However, that’s not the reason it stays on my nightstand- weather your having fun alone or with a partner it adds a little warmth to spice things up. Interested in learning a bit

Valentine’s Day: Essential Oils To Set The Mood

I’m going to get honest first thing, I don’t do Valentine’s day. My kids of course get to buy/make Valentine’s- before the chronic illness came crashing in I would have sewn the girls matching outfits. If your new here, Im Amy, and used to be one of those Pinterest/crafty moms before health issues changed the

Be Mine For Longer: Women’s Heart Health

February is the month of love. Women and moms everywhere give so much love to others that we often forget to love on ourselves. Taking a shower and running errands alone, while great, isn’t self care.  When we think of Women’s health most of us assume that we’ve got it covered, because we have our