Category Archives: Personal Health
Helpful Hints to Make It Through Menopause and Perimenopause
In our culture, menopause is often considered a four letter word and instead of being discussed openly, many women suffer through the symptoms without much support. Medically, a woman is not considered to be in menopause until they have not … Continue reading
Staying healthy through the holidays
As much as we would wish otherwise, the holidays end up being a stressful time for many of us. In many ways, it feels like it has gotten harder with the advent of social media and platforms such as Pinterest, … Continue reading
A message from the Camino
Many of you may know that our wonderful co-worker Sue is currently on pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago and has been since early September. For anyone following her instagram feed @suegeorge322, you will be familiar with the beauty of … Continue reading
Using herbs to keep your New Year’s resolutions
Happy New Year! As we get back into the swing of our normal daily life now that the holidays are past, I wanted to discuss a favorite New Year topic, resolutions. For so many of us our New Year resolutions … Continue reading
Propolis
My mom was really interested in propolis the last few years of her life. So much so that she created her own Propolis Tincture as well as putting it in our Gum Protector for years. My parents kept bee hives … Continue reading
Keeping your breasts healthy
Because it is breast cancer awareness month, instead of talking about how to treat cancer once you’ve been diagnosed, we thought we’d talk about ways to keep your breasts healthy. Frequent readers of this blog will no doubt notice that … Continue reading
Looking for a little extra ooomph?
Many of us wake up daily feeling foggy, groggy, or like we cannot seem to clear our head enough to start the day with out a kick in the pants from some caffeine. In fact, in our go-go-go society doesn’t … Continue reading
Herbal solutions for five common problems
Many of us deal with some common issues in our daily life. It is easy to over medicate and treat the symptom instead of dealing with the underlying problem. If you’re looking to avoid prescription drugs and want an alternative … Continue reading
Making through the cold and flu season
Traditionally, February is one of the coldest months of the year where I live, but our winter has felt like anything but. I think we have gotten a grand total of three or four inches of snow all winter which … Continue reading
What you want in your milk
We are big fans of raw milk around these parts. Short of that, we’ll take regular pasteurized milk. There has been a recent crackdown in California regarding raw or unpasteurized milk, and where I live in Ohio, you basically have … Continue reading
