Curious Questions: Your Healthy Home

Blog, Health, Lifestyle Change
When creating your healthy home, which includes remodeling, building and putting healthy household products into our homes, it can feel overwhelming. When we break it down into small steps and follow our deepest desires, the whole process can feel fun and enjoyable, even a little game-like.  Below are some curious questions that you can ask yourself to help realize your deepest desires or needs for your healthy home environment. What if you could get rid of inflammation all the time? What if bad allergies, MCS, and chronic illnesses could be healed? What feels fun to do right now? What is your deepest desire? What will you be updating or remodeling in the near future? What is worn out and needs replacing? What small step can you take today that feels…
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4 Questions to Ask Yourself: Where to Start When Creating a Healthy Home

4 Questions to Ask Yourself: Where to Start When Creating a Healthy Home

Blog, Lifestyle Change
Are you spinning in overwhelm, unsure of what part of your home to make healthier? You're not alone. It’s hard to know where to start or what to do next. When you consider all that could be changed, the possibility can be overwhelming. Or, it could be exhilarating! In this article, we’ll give you the four questions to ask yourself in order to transform your home into a healthy household in the shortest amount of time. Why Transform Your Home into a Healthy Household? In addition to fulfilling your burning desire (awesome in-and-of-itself), living in a healthy household can have multiple health benefits. Studies show that when the air in our homes is cleaner, health conditions can be reduced or eliminated. Here are two examples of such studies: “…health improvements are associated…
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What Do HAPs Stand for & VOCs Mean?

What Do HAPs Stand for & VOCs Mean?

Blog, Lifestyle Change
Have you heard the acronyms VOC, SVOC, HAP, or CoC tossed around? Do you know what HAPs stands for? Maybe the term VOC and off-gassing are more familiar to you. They are used more often. However, terms like SVOC, HAP and CoC are a bit foreign to most people and not frequently discussed. Yet. These chemical families have been around for decades, but are just starting to gain recognition from the public. So what is this alphabet soup of acronyms and can we use this info when label checking? Keep reading to find out! VOC: Volatile Organic Compounds. Beyond knowing what VOC means – volatile organic compounds – it’s important to know what’s happening when we buy products made of VOC ingredients. This family of chemicals release harmful gasses into…
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What Lifestyle Change Can You Do To Be Healthy?

What Lifestyle Change Can You Do To Be Healthy?

Blog, Lifestyle Change
Are you wondering what lifestyle change you can do to be healthy? Have you considered creating an organic, chemical-free household? Chemicals in our everyday products (food, clothes, personal care products, cleaners, household items, furniture, building materials) may be linked to over 140 health conditions. But making this lifestyle change, like other types of lifestyle change, means you will encounter naysayers and challenges but also reap the rewards of becoming the YOU that you want to be. In the words of an anonymous author who’s wisdom hangs on our refrigerator, “Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself."-Anonymous Creating a life with fewer chemicals is becoming easier, with more people every day becoming aware and wanting to live healthier happier lives. But there are still challenges. Naysayers Naysayers are…
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