hippy chick

i was recent ally made aware of how many chemicals i come across on a daily basis, everything from bath soap and lotion to the crap i use to clean my house with. because of this i have made the decision to drastically reduce those things. i believe they are having a huge negative effect on my health and my childrens health... and since this is a health and wellness blog i figured i would let the world know how i am going about this...

my first step in the no chemical direction came a while back when i decided to stop using things like lysol and bleach on my counters and floors. one day i had just finished cleaning my counters with some kind of chemical atrocity and i decided to relax with a cup of coffee... i stirred my cream and sat my spoon on the counter. OH CRAP I FORGOT THE SUGAR!! pick up the spoon, into the sugar bag, into the coffee... i then found myself wondering what the chemicals were doing to my body... the amount i ingested with my coffee was minimal i know, but doing that every day for the last 8 years....??? how much lysol have i inhaled and eaten? TOO MUCH.  far far too much.  so now i clean my counters with lemon and vinegar. they are just as clean and safe as they were with the lysol, but now i am not afraid to eat something i sat on the counter. i steam clean my floors as well, so no more swiffer poisons there... which is amazing considering i have 2 children who eat all sorts of things off of the floors. i still have a can of lysol just in case some one comes down with a stomach bug or the flu.. but i will get rid of that soon too

my next step was with my hair and skin care products. before i get into all that let me just say that YES i still dye my hair with chemicals. they do not make teal or purple dyes out of things that are good for you. but other than that i am using burts bees shampoo and conditioner (i found it on sale) it is sulfate free and made out of things i can pronounce. im only washing my hair 3 days a week, which is far more often than normal for me.. the only reason i am washing so often is because i am using coconut oil on my hair to make it grow. in the 2 weeks i have been using it my hair has grown 1/4 of an inch at least and it is so damn silky now i cant believe it.  i am also using coconut oil on my skin as a lotion. and the mixture of it and tea tree oil has reduced the redness of my KP on my arms. 

speaking of Tea tree oil. OMG this stuff is just as amazing as the coconut oil. im using it to deal with a sinus issue my family is having right now.. i mix it with the coconut oil and rub it around my sinus area before bed, it opens things up and while jon is having issues i am breathing peacefully all night long. it is also used as a disinfectant, antiviral, antibacterial, antifungal.... this stuff is a miracle 

my next endeavor is to begin learning what herbs and homeopathic treatments can help my family. i would like to get us as far from our countries deadcare (oops i mean healthcare) system as possible. all our system does is push drugs that have terrible side effects that you then have to take more meds for. its a greedy system that wants to keep people sick so they can get more money. cancer will never be cured because you can make more money treating it than curing it. so i want to know how to take care of myself and my loved ones with out resorting to drugs that are regulated by a corrupt system. i am already using herbs to deal with my insomnia and anxiety, and they are working better than anything i have been prescribed. 

so i will be updating peridodicaly about the steps i am taking to get myself and my family healthy the natural way. obviously eating right and exercising is going to be a huge part of this as well.. time to bring back the after dinner family walks!

until next time :)