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Can we please talk about this explosion of anxiety? Five years ago, I only knew a few people other than myself who had anxiety. Now, everyone has it. There’s a difference between nervousness and anxiety. Nervousness is NOT an anxiety disorder. Over the last year, I’ve seen a LOT of articles circulating about anxiety. And they all summarize anxiety really similarly. “She didn’t text me back immediately so I thought our friendship was over. This is how bad my anxiety is.” “I was so anxious at work it took me two days to respond to an email.” “[Later,] I spent an entire party on my phone because I was too anxious to socialize.” “I kept going over our conversation in my head, worried that I had said something that potentially could have offended her.” By these definitions, EVERYONE has an anxiety disorder and should be popping Xanax left and right.…

I recently launched some new Ancestral Organics products and in honor of that thought it’d be fun to also run a promo with some free non-toxic makeup! Check out the new products below. With every $75 Ancestral Organics order, I’ll send you your choice of mascara, lip gloss or eyeliner! More details at the end of the post. Lavender Sugar Scrub – get it HERE This is one thing you could not pay me to take out of my shower regimen. It helps keep my skin moisturized, bump free and I just simply couldn’t live without it. It gets rid of dead skin cells while deeply hydrating. Just scrub all over dry or damp skin, rinse & pat dry. Ingredients: *Sugar – Scrubs away all those pesky dead skin cells. *Coconut oil – helps to naturally clear away dirt and dead skin cells which allows for a healthier complexion. Also a great…

Other than scrambled eggs with veggies, tacos are probably the meal I eat most often. I eat A LOT of tacos. Shrimp tacos. Crockpot pulled chicken tacos. And my new favorite, paleo pork tacos. Actually all the tacos I eat are technically paleo thanks to Siete Almond Flour Tortillas. I linked to them on Amazon but you can get them at most Whole Foods stores for MUCH cheaper. Seriously, they’re amazing. Sometimes when I try paleo products, it’s obviously that it’s an imitation of the real thing – and a poor one at that. These are not like that. They are delicious, tasty, legit tortillas. I swear I’m not being paid to say this, I’m not an affiliate or anything. This is not a sponsored post. I just really love their tortillas! My one problem is that they tend to break…if you over-stuff them…like I do. So first, don’t do…

I’ve had two babies now and if there’s one thing I pride myself on – it’s my research. Trust me moms and future moms, this is the ultimate non-toxic baby registry.  When I was pregnant, I must have searched for a combined 37 hours for non-toxic baby items to register for. I knew nothing. Flame retardants on the crib? Plastic in diapers? Toxins in baby lotion? I was overwhelmed. I wished someone would write every single thing I’d need, not the frivolous, useless, modern-day stuff (helllooo bouncers and insane light up toys!). So I decided to come up with the ultimate non-toxic baby registry – this is the exact article I wish I would’ve found when I was pregnant and trying to figure out what I’d need and the healthiest, safest products to buy for my baby. There’s a lot of stuff out there and a lot of stuff you…

We rented an apartment on Home Away for our Charleston vacation, which was the cutest apartment ever. Doing this also saved us money in more ways than one: not only was it cheaper than a hotel, but because it had a full kitchen, I made us a healthy breakfast every morning. We went to the local Harris Teeter where I got: organic eggs Kerrygold butter organic black beans white rice (also organic!) organic shredded cheese organic tomatoes Suja juice (the green one with the lowest amount of sugar) And had us a bit of a Mexi style breakfast. After that, we walked all over the city. In total, we walked around 25 miles from Saturday to Wednesday. Charleston is the perfect city to get out and explore. We woke up bright and early, which we actually always do, and headed to the waterfront park. It was cool, uncrowded and absolutely…