Tag Archives: health and wellness

Last week we took a lot at detoxing and “cleaning up your cleaning.”  Today we’d like to introduce you to someone who has dedicated her life to helping others clean green, non-toxic and safe. Meet Allison from Branch Basics cleaning products, a women-owned business from Austin, TX.  Allison and her partners, Marliee and Kelly, have […]

Clean cleaning products?  What on Earth does that even mean?  Shouldn’t cleaning product, by default, be clean?  I’m sorry to tell you, my friends, that many cleaning products are anything but clean.  Sure, they’ll remove the grime from your bathroom and make the windows shine. But they come at a cost to your health, your […]

We live in an increasingly toxic world.  In fact, WWF has found that between 1930 and 2000 the production of chemicals increased from 1 million tons per year to 400 million!  It seems like every day some “new” product is being released that’s full of chemicals and ingredients our Great-Grandparents wouldn’t have recognized.  The full […]

The Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center is encouraging everyone to open their windows, and embrace all that spring has to offer. A big part of the coming of this season is preparing for the ever daunting spring cleaning. Fortunately, there are easy and even fun ways to embrace this practice, that don’t involve harsh or […]

After last week’s skin cancer scare, I still want to encourage you to go play in the sunshine this summer. Forget about superficial goals like getting tan. Sunlight has profound health effects, like being happy and strong! Embrace the rays because they will help you combat serious Ds: Depression and Vitamin D Deficiency. Depression Poets […]

Now that those gams are smooth, it’s time to get them bronzed and the envy of the town. Golly it’s hard to catch a ray with all this cloud cover, and it just doesn’t feel like summer without a tan. That’s why science and the aesthetics industry teamed up to create synthetic sun (get it? […]

If your menstrual cycle is dictating your schedule, you’re not alone! Many women experience such cramping and discomfort during their cycle that they feel they need to shut themselves indoors until it passes. But considering the fact that some of us experience over seven days of flow, is this really how we should be living? […]

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