by ashleysed | Mar 12, 2019 | Gut Health, Holistic Healthcare, Product Spotlight
Today, I wanted to share with you myths about probiotics and how our family incorporates Just Thrive probiotic into our life. It excites me that the concept of gut health and having good bacteria in your gut is becoming more mainstream, but with that comes a lot of...
by ashleysed | Mar 11, 2019 | Gut Health, Holistic Healthcare, Product Spotlight
I follow a Functional Medicine Approach to Gut Health: Remove, Replace, Re-inoculate, Repair. What that means to me a little more specifically is Eating a nutrient dense diet, including little to no sugar and lots of fermented foods. Also making sure you aren’t...
by ashleysed | Mar 7, 2019 | Holistic Healthcare, Kids, Lifestyle
Warning to men readers! It would be great for you to read this so you know what your partner’s amazing body goes through, but keep in mind I am not sugar coating anything. So what does a holistic approach to pregnancy, labor and postpartum care even mean? Holistically...
by ashleysed | Mar 4, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics, Gut Health, Product Spotlight
Kombucha is a fermented fizzy probiotic beverage. The base is tea (in the case of our favorite, organic green and black tea), sugar (in the case of our favorite, organic cane sugar) and a scoby (which stands for symbiotic colony of bacteria and yeast). The scoby is a...
by ashleysed | Feb 28, 2019 | Kids, Recipes
A few years ago overnight oats were all the rage. Fast forward to today and people are trying to avoid grains so chia cups, or sometimes called chia pudding, are trending. I personally don’t love the consistency of chia cups and my boys also preferred overnight oats,...
by ashleysed | Feb 26, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics, Kids, Lifestyle
Do your kids eat healthy foods or do you wish they had more interest? My kids love food! I hear that a lot, “your kids eat so well.” They are not perfect by any means and we still struggle with some various foods but I owe a lot of their interest in food because it...
by ashleysed | Feb 14, 2019 | Kids, Recipes
What kid doesn’t love eating something that can be dipped? I think taquitos are a popular kid favorite and you can buy store bought ones already made but they are often filled with just meat and / or beans and cheese. Plus, I imagine some other unfavorable...
by ashleysed | Feb 12, 2019 | Food and Kitchen Basics, Product Spotlight
I get this question a lot – what kind of cookware do you use? In 2014, part of my journey to ultimate wellness took me down the path of finding better cookware. I had worked hard to get plastic out of my home as much as possible, but felt overwhelmed trying to...
by ashleysed | Feb 7, 2019 | Lifestyle
I am a negative person by default. There I said it. I am a worrier and a pessimist but thanks to my now husband he pointed it out to me 14 years ago and I became aware. At the time, I was not so thankful, but ultimately if I didn’t become aware of my constant negative...
by ashleysed | Feb 5, 2019 | Recipes
Another installment of Recipe Roundup for you today. As a reminder, this is a series I do in honor of the various holidays and celebrations throughout the year. I will share a few of our family’s favorite recipes that will hopefully help you plan your event....
