Health & Wellness – Grace Upon Grace

02/24/2022

Sleep Clean: Avocado’s New Eco Organic Mattress

When I first began working to live a more conscious, sustainable lifestyle about three years ago, two of the first things I learned about were waste (as in trash, specifically within production and supply chains) and chemicals (and all the various impacts they can have on the environment, our bodies and health).

Because of government regulations and business practices, products of all kinds- food, clothing, furniture, appliances, self-care/hygiene- are saturated with a wide variety of chemicals throughout the production cycle. Furniture and home goods are an area we don’t give much thought to in this regard. Mattresses especially are a source of serious toxicity…Avocado is working to change all that.

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01/08/2022

5 Simple Habits for a Healthier New Year

In this post I want to share with you five unique healthy habits that offer a different take than the typical resolutions you may find throughout our society. These habits, if implemented consistently, will benefit and strengthen you both physically and mentally. They’re simple, affordable, and effective for improving long-term health and wellness.
…You are the only one who can choose to take responsibility for your health. You have to be your own advocate. Do your research, be informed. Don’t be a passive participant in your own health. While we must remember that we are but vessels, and we don’t want to idolize our health; but we are also meant to be faithful stewards of these bodies the Lord has given us, that we may serve and honor Him rightly throughout life- and I pray our lives can be long, strong, and vibrant for His glory.

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07/05/2021

50 Things I Do Not Buy or Own | Minimalism

“Minimalism” looks different for everyone.
It’s not a one-size-fits-all kind of deal.
What a minimal(ist) life looks like for you will vary depending on your circumstances, current season of life, family situation, work situation, etc. And honestly there are some days where you buy things you do not need, or even want, and they end up getting resold or donated again eventually- this is okay. We don’t need to be rigid with our belongings. But we aim to ensure that the items we own are functional and purposeful- that we find some use in them- and that they bring us pleasure or joy in our lives.
Personally, I don’t buy a whole lot of anything.

Faith & Life, Health & Wellness

05/12/2021

Tru Earth Laundry Strips: Plastic Free and Eco-Friendly Detergent

People tend to have a love-hate relationship with their laundry routines. Many see it as an inconvenient chore, and others find great enjoyment in the process.
Regardless of your feelings toward laundry in general, this particular routine is one that can have a large impact on our environment.
Between the waste of plastic packaging used within the containers that hold both liquid and powder detergents, and the contamination of the water by the chemicals in those detergents, our laundry habits have a lot of room for improvement! Even as important as it is to reduce our plastic waste in a routine like laundry, we must also be aware of what ingredients we’re using and the impact those have on our environment and our personal health. Tru Earth Laundry Strips allow you to do both of these things!

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03/09/2021

Why You Need to Throw Away Your Sunscreen

When you apply sunscreen, you are suppressing the body’s normal response to overexposure in which the skin reddens (an indicator to seek shade), and so putting your skin at greater risk for harm from overexposure. Obviously we don’t want to allow our skin to burn, which we can do without lathering our bodies in dangerous chemicals.
Sunscreens have three primary issues: they are powerful free radical generators, increasing cellular damage and changes that lead to disease; they have strong estrogenic activity, and interfere with normal hormone/sexual development; they contain synthetic chemicals that are alien to the human body and build-up in our fat…

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03/09/2021

Sunshine: Nature’s Best Vitamin (and It’s FREE!)

Lack of sun exposure is actually one of the greatest risk factors for disease… If you look at statistics regarding skin cancer, you’ll find that the most dangerous skin cancers, melanomas, are more common in people who are indoors for the majority of the daytime. Some of the hottest places in the U.S. have the highest rates of skin cancer, not because they expose their skin to the sun, but because the extreme heat throughout much of the year keeps people indoors during the day. So, even though there’s plenty of sunlight, people avoid it and develop health problems including cancers from underexposure rather than overexposure. And cancerous lesions often appear on areas of the skin which are not typically (if ever) exposed to sunlight…

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10/13/2020

Earthing: The Most Accessible Healing Method Available- and it’s FREE!

What is Earthing? Earthing, aka “grounding”, is the practice of putting your bare skin in direct contact with the natural surfaces of the Earth (soil/dirt, grass, sand, stone). When you become grounded through Earthing, your body absorbs electrons from the surface of the Earth through …

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03/26/2020

Vivobarefoot: Exposing the Cracks in Our Body’s Foundation

We are meant to be barefoot, and our bodies function best when our feet are not constrained within rigid modern-day shoes; it’s our shoes that change the shape of our feet, which throws our bodies out of balance and alignment. These shoes are wide, thin, and flexible to allow a range of movement that’s most like going barefoot, while still protecting your feet from the outdoor elements.

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