You thought you were holistically minded before pregnancy. But now that you have a baby on the way, you’ve never checked ingredients or stuck to an ancestral diet so thoroughly. It’s normal for moms to protect their babies from the dangers of the world—including synthetic ingredients and environmental toxins.

The birth control pill is a pharmaceutical that’s offered to women for everything from endometriosis to period pain and hormone imbalances. It’s a fix-it-all remedy in the medical community—and it’s basically impossible to visit an OBGYN without getting a recommendation to start birth control.

The ancestral diet follows principles of eating that were perfected by “primitive” cultures. Ancestral eating focuses on low-waste recipes that rely on nature—rather than industrial processing—for health and nutrition. Essential minerals, vitamins, and nutrients are all gleaned from natural sources (hunting, gathering, and planting).

The Weston A. Price diet was established by a dentist, Dr. Weston A. Price. In the 1930s, he traveled the world, studying indigenous and untouched people groups to understand what contributed to optimal dental health.

The biggest factor he found? Nutrient density.

So exactly how did our ancestors eat? Many primal societies ate “nose-to-tail.” This means they used every part of a butchered animal—from its organs to its bones and eyes. Parts of the animal that were difficult to consume were often added to broth and soup, while other parts were used to make tools and jewelry.

Mom to mom, our lives are always going to be somewhat chaotic. There’s no way around it. Anyone who offers you total control, complete peace, and a no-mess house is either bluffing or has an amazing mother-in-law.

Meeting your nutritional needs during pregnancy should be as simple as taking a daily prenatal vitamin…right? If only it were this easy.

Another thing we’ve focused heavily on is always making sure Colter gets plenty of protein in. And right now, breakfast has been especially hard because he’s going through a time of egg aversions… so my friend, Hannah, told me about these cottage cheese pancakes she was making, so I tried making a sourdough version and I have to say, they’re really good!

Our liver is responsible for a lot within the body! It’s responsible for making bile, converting thyroid hormones, activates enzymes, metabolizes fats, proteins and carbs, stores nutrients and more!

Now that it’s officially October, I figured it’s time to share a Halloween themed post. In case you’re wondering... no, I don’t think there is such a thing as healthy candy! By “healthy” I just mean better than the alternatives, meaning made from real food ingredients and without artificial dyes, preservatives, fillers and all the other junk found in conventional candy.

At the Weston A Price conference in October, I saw Dr. Bill Schindler speak and he said something that really resonated with me. He shared that one year he made an entire thanksgiving meal from scratch (he made the cheese, butchered the meat, fermented different foods, etc) and while it was exciting to make an entire meal from scratch, it didn’t change anything for his family on the day to day. He encouraged us to make small changes that eliminate unnecessary ingredients and reduce costs around grocery spending. I’ve taken this as my mantra for this year to get back to the basics in the kitchen and start making several of our daily staples.

I’ve been preparing some course material for my upcoming Preconception Group Coaching Program (which launches October 4th!) and I’m always so excited about the incredible role that optimal nutrition plays on preconception health.

Choline is critical for a number of physiological processes during the prenatal period with roles in membrane biosynthesis and tissue expansion, neurotransmission and brain development, and methyl group donation and gene expression.

Making the choice use non-toxic items in the home can be overwhelming to know where to start. It’s important to take baby steps and just tackle one room or area of the house at a time. I always recommend starting with the laundry room since clothes and linens are close to the body.

This is one of the most common questions that I get from clients and followers. And one that I’ve actually been quite interested in myself. I’m in my second postpartum currently and I’m interested to see when my first period shows up this time. With my first, I didn’t get my period back until almost 15 months postpartum. I pumped and nursed throughout my first postpartum period and co-slept through 15 months.

With kids going back to school, it inevitably brings a lot of new germs home. I get several questions a week on my favorite immune-boosting supplements for kiddos and these are a few of them. I recently just restocked our home herb/supplement cabinet with several of these!

It’s that time of year where we are getting all of our supplies for heading back to school. I have made a list of some of my non-toxic favorites and put them all together to make it even easier for you as you get your little ones ready for a new school year! You can check out the complete list that I have on my Amazon Storefront and if I’m missing anything - I’d love to hear about your favorite non-toxic back to school items!