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Have you ever wondered if you’re ‘burned out’? Or maybe you’ve wondered, “how do I know when I’m doing too much?” In today’s society, especially if you are a parent, most of us can relate to the complete exhaustion, overwhelm, and constant fatigue that comes […]

It seems crazy to me how complicated diet and nutrition has become. Vegan, plant-based, paleo, keto.  Organic, all-natural, fast food, slow food. Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Subway.

We need to stop trusting science and start questioning it. The other day, I was doing some research to put together a simple guide on reading labels for beef. I knew this would be a little bit more complicated than the one I did for […]

It has become really confusing to know how to eat healthy and make planet-friendly choices. It’s hard to know who to trust and what to believe. It can even feel like healthy, planet-friendly living is inaccessible through lack of time, money, resources, energy, life circumstances, […]

If you listen to the news or read the latest articles on climate change, you probably have come across quite a bit of information blaming the food industry – specifically beef and dairy (funny how I don’t hear much mention of the ‘beverages, sweets, and […]

<read part 1 here> After going back to school to become a certified nutritionist and having another baby, I was still working at my engineering job – now in a part of my company that made plastics (yuck). I didn’t feel great about what my […]

How and WHY does a chemical engineer leave her job in the single-use plastics business to instead inspire families to live more planet-friendly…? Where should we begin? How about high-schooler-Michelle being told by her physics teacher, “Michelle, you need to be an engineer – too […]

Many moms and practitioners swear that food journaling is the best (and maybe even only) way to truly pinpoint baby’s food sensitivities and find some relief. Also? Many moms and practitioners think it’s best to stay away from food journaling. The reasons to keep a […]

Babies aren’t perfect. Life is hard for them, and, in turn, for us too! Sometimes they cry a lot and that’s OK. But sometimes their symptoms are telling us we need to dig deeper. Discomfort / gas / bloating If baby seems like their belly […]

Colic, eczema, gas, constipation, mucusy poop, cradle cap, reflux. Are these symptoms normal, nothing to worry about? Or are they just COMMON and not NORMAL? Often, doctors brush us off, tell us baby will grow out of it, leaving mom feeling confused and defeated. How […]