I have been wanting to write about Essiac Tea and its role in healing cancer for practically forever. This post is a long time coming and I’m excited to share this easy Essiac tea recipe with you! For history, how to make, and instructions, see below 👇
Early last month (March, 2020) I found myself lying awake, miserably coughing without any relief for hours. Dry, DRY constant coughing for days. The second night of this was when the googling started. “How do I get tested for coronavirus?”
“Coronavirus drive-throughs Atlanta”
“Coronavirus testing Georgia”
“Where can I get tested for coronavirus?”
Do you know what results I got? Nothing helpful. Nothing telling me where to go or what to do. Just a bunch of articles telling me that if I’m sick to “see your doctor” and that testing is being mostly reserved for people who are severely sick and in hospitals (they did not add “and celebrities and politicians” but I knew that was a criterion as well.) 😉
Being someone who hasn’t been to a doctor for acute illness in over 12 years, I didn’t plan on going in unless I was absolutely getting worse. The mainstream media pretty much hammered in that there was nothing that could be done about COVID-19 anyways since they were reserving testing for the sickest of the sick. (Thankfully now – over 5 weeks later, testing is much more available!)
I don’t know about you, but at some point about two days ago I woke up feeling in the twilight zone. Is this all for real???
We have had one case of coronavirus in our county here in the north Atlanta suburbs, but all schools in the Atlanta metro are closed until at least April.
This past month I have received my first two subscription boxes of organic produce from Misfits Market. Their business model is noteworthy and unique and I couldn’t help but try at least ONE order to see what the experience would be like.
(UPDATE: We have now used Misfits Market for 7 months and it has only gotten better. Keep reading for reasons why I we are still ordering!)
If you haven’t heard of Misfits Market, I’ll give you a quick run down. 🍎 🍐 🍊 🍋 🍌 🍉 🍇 🍓
I found it crazy to find out that BILLIONS of pounds of produce go to waste because of the issue of produce vanity. 😂
This past September, 2018 marked the 10-year anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. Perhaps I should say that it has flown by, but in reality it feels like a lifetime ago! Choosing alternative cancer treatment has led myself and my family down a lifestyle path I would have never imagined pre-cancer.
Welcome to my much overdue post on the pros and cons of the Berkey Water Filter system! My family’s journey into better health has been a long one, beginning with my cancer diagnosis in 2008 and our decision to address it using nontoxic methods. Back then we purchased an alkaline water system and wondered for years if it was something we could let go of. When it stopped working back in 2016, we knew we needed to finally do our research on the Berkey and make a decision on which water system would be best for us moving forward. After much debate we ended up choosing to buy a Berkey water filter system and this post discusses why. 🙂
So, flashback to 2008, and I didn’t know anything about harmful skin care ingredients. Learning how to treat my cancer naturally really gave me a crash course in junky beauty and hygiene products and the chemicals that make them harmful. I was working incredibly hard eating a cancer-combatting diet, implementing a detox strategy, and changing my lifestyle, so it didn’t make sense to continue to use carcinogenic chemicals on my skin. Creating a non-toxic shower experience became an absolute priority.
The most common offenders such as “sodium laurel/ laureth sulfate”, “propylene glycol,” or anything ending in the word “-paraben” are in the majority of commonly store bought products. Not only are these ingredients harmful to you, but they are washed into our water supply with little concern for the generational impact that could have. I quickly learned that when it comes to detoxifying my body, less ingredients = way more.
Elderberry syrup is an essential I keep in my family’s natural remedy-based medicine cabinet, especially during the winter months. Unfortunately store-bought elderberry syrup can be incredibly expensive for how much you get and also mixed with some yucky ingredients and sugars. If you haven’t learned how to make homemade elderberry syrup yet, you are in the right place. This guide is quick, easy, and fool proof.
I was ECSTATIC when I tried this healthy hot chocolate recipe out a few years ago and it ended up actually being delicious! It meant that I could enjoy hot chocolate again for the first time since my cancer diagnosis in 2008. The bonus is that chocolate in its less-adulterated form of CACAO is actually GOOD for us. After some tweaking over the years, I finally got it exactly the way my family loves it, but there are also some options for changing it up for your individual dietary needs.
This frothy recipe with minuscule guilt-factor is extremely scrumptious and makes it hard to resist another cup. I think you’ll love it! 🙂
If you find yourself weighing the pros and cons of the flu vaccine vs. actually getting the flu, then this post is for you. Chances are you have already done a bit of research, but what is true versus sensationalized or fear-based information?
For all of you who followed me last year on Facebook, you may know that my ENTIRE family got the flu last Christmas. It was a good TWO weeks before we all were “flu-free.” But we still will not get the flu shot this year. Think we’re crazy?
Read on to see why we are perfectly sane. 😉