I have no idea if this post will interest anyone at all, ever, but I thought it would be kind of cool to give a behind-the-scenes look at how this all works. This being the book, and the interviews, and the articles I write that appear elsewhere. So first of all you write the book. […]
Read more "How does it work?"Hello Seattle! If you’re coming here after hearing me on Conscious Talk Radio this morning, welcome! I am not a morning person by any definition, so I am glad I was able to have such a fun chat with Rob and Brenda – getting to talk to people all over the country about my crazy hippie […]
Read more "Welcome!"Recently my brother posted the following quote, “If while washing dishes, we think only of the cup of tea that awaits us, thus hurrying to get the dishes out of the way as they were a nuisance, then we are not “washing the dishes to wash the dishes.” What’s more, we are not alive during […]
Read more "The Dishes"Are you so busy that you don’t even have time to read a book? Do you drive fourteen hours a day listening to bad radio? Do you regularly wear headphones to drown out your loved ones? Well, have I got a treat for YOU! I have FOURTEEN promo codes at my disposal, each of […]
Read more "Win 1 of 14 FREE audiobook copies of All You Need Is Less!"I thought I would collect the links to a few interviews I did recently, in case you wanted to keep up on the great chats we’ve been having about All You Need Is Less! Baby and Toddler Instructions with Blythe Lipman, recorded August 6, 2014 Energy Awareness on BlogTalk Radio with T Love, recorded August 13, […]
Read more "Put me on the radio!"I love it when stuff just works. I, like every other woman between 18-87, love Pinterest. But I find it really hit and miss for recipes. A pin will feature a cute little graphic hailing the BEST_____ EVER, or some healthy concoction that tastes JUST like some artery-clogging favourite, and you’ll dash out to shop […]
Read more "3-Ingredient, amazingly creamy, natural body lotion"As a hippie-wannabe, I consider it to be one of my greatest responsibilities to raise Olive so she grows up worshiping baking soda and vinegar just as much as I do. If all goes according to plan, we will end up bonding over essential oils and body scrub recipes. I will pass down all of […]
Read more "I like old clothes"You’re not composting? Seriously? Guys, composting is the HOT NEW THING. (And by new, I mean super old, because it’s a natural process that is as old as time and was chugging along fantastically in a wonderful little circle-of-life scenario, until humans decided that it was a better idea to seal all of our biodegradable […]
Read more "The Top 5 Reasons You Aren’t Composting Yet"Remember when face and body scrubs containing micro-beads first came out? They looked – and sounded – so futuristic. I mean micro-beads! These tiny particles promised you fresh dewy skin and more often than not they delivered on that promise – but at what cost? Turns out those micro-beads aren’t made of magic or unicorn […]
Read more "Why governments around the world are banning your favourite face and body scrubs"Moving to Edmonton in April really turned my neat little eco-world upside down. Suddenly coconut oil simply wasn’t enough to keep my dry skin at bay, I physically could not drink enough water, and to top it all off my DIY shampoo and conditioner recipe suddenly stopped working. I went from soft, light, tangle-free hair […]
Read more "An Update on Going Shampoo-Free With Hard Water"