How We Flourish

Creating healthier people and a healthier planet, one step at a time

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The Laundry Pod | Green Product Review

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.Disclosure: I received a free Laundry Pod for this review. All opinions are entirely my own. Two things you should know about me: 1. If something will save money and resources, I’ll do it in a heartbeat. 2. I […]

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Frankincense Oil – The King of Essential Oils

I love frankincense oil. It is one of my top 10 essential oils. I use it every day in some form. I never leave home without it. It is called the King of Oils, and it deserves that title. Let’s just say that there’s a reason why the Wise Men brought frankincense to Jesus.

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All-Purpose DIY Healing Ointment

I live in Minnesota, and Winter. Is. Here. Bring on the chapped skin! In the next week or two, I’ll be posting about my homemade lube recipe. Well, I’ve been using that on my hands. Seriously. It’s the only thing in the house strong enough. So then I got to thinking. Why not make the […]

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Health Update and Being Thankful – November 2014

See my October health update here and here. The past month has been rough on me. It started with going to visit my husband’s grandparents back in October, then eating poorly in general, then visiting my grandparents, then more eating poorly in general. Things came to a head a little over a week ago when […]

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Allergen-Free Apple Pie (grain-free, nut-free, sugar-free)

I’m really sensitive to sugar. Like really sensitive. Like I break out from honey or dates sensitive. I can’t do sugar alternatives, either. I tend to have a bad reaction to anything with added sweeteners. You know what that means? No desserts. Sad. Now, this is okay. Desserts and treats are not healthy. I don’t […]

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“Kitchen Sink” Budget-Friendly Lentil Stew

Confession time: I used to hate lentils. My only exposure to them was my mom’s lentil salad, which I thought was just the nastiest thing ever. However, when I was 21 I decided to expand my culinary pursuits in an effort to heal my body, and I found that lentils actually weren’t that bad! The […]

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Why Every Single Woman Needs to Know Her Cycle

Every. Single. Woman. Even single women (ha, see what I did there?). Do you know how often your periods come? Are your periods healthy? Do you know if you are ovulating? Do you know if you may have hypothyroidism or PCOS? Do you suffer from infertility? Do you know if you may struggle to get […]

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Apartment Kitchen Tour

Have you ever wondered what the How We Flourish kitchen looks like? I live in a small, one-bedroom apartment with my husband, and we have a very tiny kitchen. Yet we still manage to batch cook, make nutritious bone broths and sauerkraut, soak and sprout nuts and legumes, freeze leftover meals, make everything from scratch, […]

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Health Update – October 2014, part 2

Read part 1 here. Part 2 is also know as the gut health and husband update! The big event in the How We Flourish household was my husband picking up an awful cold at the funeral two weeks ago. He has been absolutely miserable for a week and a half and is only just starting […]

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Health Update – October 2014, part 1

Helloooooooo! I know. I’ve been gone forever. What have I been doing? Healing. Sort of. Slowly. Mixed with occasional bouts of panic attacks and extreme fatigue. I’m working on it. As I mentioned in my last post, I got test results back showing that I have subclinical hypothyroidism, low vitamin D, low sex hormones, and […]