Do you pay attention to the messages the universe sends you? Today, I learned the importance of paying attention. Otherwise, I would have missed this gem on my morning walk. It resonates with me as I previously thought wasteful thoughts that didn’t serve me. I didn’t know they were wasteful, but I did a brilliant short course a while back run by Brahma Kumaris who taught me this and so much more. Now I try to choose my thoughts wisely…
A soap-free natural shampoo that still lathers?!?! And is good for both us humans, and our pets. 🐶 Well I found a beauty. Interested? Keep reading to find out more, as well as our special offer. We are conditioned to believe that the only way to have clean locks is for our products to lather. Whilst shampoos that lather do clean, the ingredients used to create lather may not be good for us. Shampoo, like many cleansers, is primarily made…
Ever asked yourself, what’s in my toothpaste? If you’re like me, for the longest time, I had no idea. I never paid attention to what I was using and just popped some on my toothbrush, and started brushing thinking about my day. Not realising that I was possibly ingesting a range of toxic substances including: ❗️Triclosan – used in many personal care items, which impedes the thyroid gland, is likely to be an endocrine disrupter, may cause reduced fertility, fetal…
Eat the rainbow … heard of this saying? 🌈🌈🌈 Yeah I know, you’re thinking the skittles ad jingle – “Eat the rainbow, taste the rainbow” – but no, that’s not what I’m referring to. Actually, it couldn’t be further from it. ‘Eat the rainbow’ is a simple way to remind you to eat a wide variety of fruit and vegetables across a range of colours. 🍏🍎🍊🍐🍋🍌🍉🍇🍓🍒🍑🍍🍅🍆🌶🌽🍠 Fruit and vegetables fall into five different colour categories:. Red Purple/blue Orange Green White/brown Each…
Anyone else love Eat Pray Love? It’s one of my top 5 fave flicks. 🎬 Food, spirituality and love. Italy, India and Bali. Pretty much sounds like heaven to me. 🎆 There are so many learnings every time I watch it. One of them is this quote: “Ruin is the road to transformation” Ruin sounds pretty drastic. Well, sometimes life does feel like it’s in ruins and everything has gone to shit. 💩 You’ve lost your job or you wake…
How’s your armpit doing? When’s the last time you gave it some love? Odd questions I know, but important ones considering your armpit is home to hundreds of sweat glands that help control your body temperature and work to expel harmful toxins such as cancer cells through lymph nodes from your body through perspiration. There isn’t scientific evidence to back claims that blocking your lymph nodes causes cancer through using chemical-laden deodorants and sprays. I think we can guess why?…
Do you have girls who are teens or will be someday, or do you buy gifts for teen girls? Or just like a feel good entrepreneurial story? Keep reading. This post is a huge shout out to the up-and-coming Aussie teen-preneur, Izzi, from LuvUrSkin who recently appeared on Shark Tank Australia, promoting her natural skincare and cosmetic range for young girls. Izzi responded to her mum’s refusal to allow her to wear her adult products due to chemicals in them,…
So excited to see that The Source Moonee Ponds is opening today. This is their 30th store Australia-wide. Congrats, guys!!! We are HUGE recyclers in our household with a focus on very little waste and healthy foods and natural products. So The Source Bulk Foods is right up our alley. Benefits of recycling: ♻️ reduce waste going to landfill ♻️ prevents pollution by reducing the need to collect new raw materials ♻️ saves energy ♻️ reduce greenhouse emissions that contribute…
Lavender – is it just for old people? Um, no. Lavender: is antiseptic is anti-inflammatory heals minor burns & bug bites can treat anxiety and depression soothes you to sleep aids restlessness This week, my little Juliet has had lots of teething angst. (And so has mum – not teething, just angst). Late nights, fevers, irritability – you name it. Not much can help our little babes get through teething aside from the standard paracetamol and cooling gum gels. It’s…
Practice gratitude. Easier said than done, hey? How can you be grateful when life throws you curve balls, when relationships are rocky, when your kids have been up all night, when your husband has man-flu, when you lose your job, when you’re down to your last $50, when you don’t feel well, when life is just tough? Gratitude is actually the thing we must do in moments like these. It’s the one thing that reminds us that someone else is…
