OUR STORY
I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME
In my life I have been involved in many creative projects as an Artist, Photographer, Woodworker, Designer and Birth Doula. But raising my 2 boys together with my husband and been a beautiful learning project that has brought both challenges and really precious memories full laughter lasting so long that we can't catch our breath. Being raised by 2 loving hippie parents, with my sibling being born at home, I grew to love the body and all that nature can provide to support it. Go ahead, call me a "Granola", it sounds delicious.
When my kiddos were little of course I did things the Crunchy Mom way, knowing it would be best for them. Having natural childbirth, choosing cloth over plastic diapers, breastfeeding and making homemade organic babyfood. But as they grew they kept running into one illness after another, which made me feel like I was failing in my efforts. From food allergies to severe asthma and respiratory issues to candidas, fungal infections, rashes, earaches and stomach aches, it seemed like my kids were always sick.
WE NEEDED HELP!
Every autumn one of my boys lived under a homemade tent of sheets & broomsticks, not for playtime, but on the couch while we used humidifiers and asthma medications to try to keep him breathing. That barely worked and it was such a sad and worrisome time. He would miss school for weeks on end with seasonal molds and allergies. Poor little guy, it made him so sad being so sick and not able to play. Silently it terrified me.
During this time my other son was dealing with brain fog, sugar cravings, stomach pain, sadness and mood swings and I believe as a result of excess yeast in his body.(candidas) As for myself, I was having trouble sleeping, had headaches and was gaining weight and that would make me feel angry and at times depressed.
Then came the doozy, I was struck with Epstein Barr Syndrome which made my sleep patterns a complete mess, I had hormonal issues and extreme hair loss and weight gain. I lost all motivation and was excessively tired. Never had I felt exhaustion like that, I literally laid on the floor in my living room for months breastfeeding my newborn and playing with my 1 year old and randomly falling asleep like I had Narcolepsy every hour and a half and had absolutely NO control over it. Now, i already knew what it was like to be super tired having my first child and never sleeping, but this was waaaaay different. It was miserable and I felt like i was a complete failure and would never find a way out. We really needed help.This wasn't the life that i wanted or pictured for myself and my family.
EVERYTHING CHANGED
I had used WHAT I THOUGHT WERE NATURAL PRODUCTS on my kids in the past, like lavender oil to calm them in the bath and for their baby massages, but I found out that the brands that I had been using said words like "pure" and "natural" on the label, they had harmful fillers and solvents in them. SO I FOUND A BETTER ONE. When it came to reading lables I thought I was doing everything I was doing everything right, no wonder we were so sick. If you are on the NON-GMO and organic bandwagon like me, then you know how important it is to support your body. Now that my family is growing we see gaps in our diet that need to be filled. So we introduced high quality Phytonutrients help with joints, ligaments and gut health (and aging skin girls!!)… but our gut health is everything.
My families health issues began to improve right away and we got our vitality back and now live active, happy lives. I will always use good high quality products and I CAN'T STOP SHARING what has worked for us with others!