How We Flourish

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

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Transition to Chemical Free Roundup

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.My favorite topic. 🙂 I have a soft spot for this type of post. After all, I started this blog with a series about transitioning to homemade products made without harmful chemicals. I love writing reviews of the recipes […]

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Essential Oils for Focus

Finals are upon us. I have a project due today, a paper due next week, and then it is my finals week. 3 exams (wooHOO for not taking a full course load!) and then I am done with college. But no panicking. (Actually, I’m really excited about graduating, if a bit sad about leaving the […]

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Things I Love: April

April was a difficult month for me. I held on to a lot of stress, unaware of it until I totally filled out about something silly. Some weekends I had to just abandon my school work and go home. I also rained a LOT the past week and a half, and I always get down […]

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Getting Healthy Update

Two months ago I wrote about my quest to get healthy again. It’s been going well since then, more or less. Exercise I’ll start with exercise since it’s the simplest. I have been continuing to go to my running class twice a week and I make an effort to get out for a run or […]

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Getting Your Spouse on Board with Real Food

Will and I came from very different versions of SAD-lite diets. Will’s house was full of white bread and pasta (“it tastes better and is cheaper!”), “healthy” sugary cereals, Ramen, and Chef Boyardee. They always seem to be making deserts in that house with white flour and white sugar. At the same time, they have […]

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DIY Wedding Invitation | Tutorial

My wedding is two months from today. Cue panicking. But it’s okay. I have a dress. Will has a suit. We have a church, reception venue, and caterer booked. And today we mailed out the invitations. As long as we don’t forget to pick up a marriage license, the wedding will happen and we will […]

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Confirmation | My Faith Journey

On April 19, 2014 at the 8:15 Easter Vigil, I received my first communion and was confirmed in the Catholic Church. It was a beautiful night. I was not raised in the Church. Although I was baptized Catholic as a baby by cradle Catholic parents, our family stopped going to church when I was six. […]

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Broken | One Year Later

On April 19, 2013, I took my last birth control pill. This past Saturday marks one year since that day. The decision wasn’t a whim. In fact, it was something I thought about for almost a year. I did a lot of research into what to expect and what I would do to compensate for […]

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Win a AquaVida Whole Home Water Filtration System! ($4,995 Value!!!)

I have seriously the most amazing giveaway for you this month. Like seriously. Filtering water can be incredibly important to health. Often tap water contains chemicals that can be harmful to the body. Many people solve this by buying a water filter for their kitchen sink or pitcher for their drinking water. However, it is […]

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Finding Quiet | What I Learned

Hi, I’m Chloe. I’m an introvert. (Hi, Chloe) I have been an introvert my whole life. I have always been shy, with a bit of social anxiety. I have always been “highly sensitive,” an actual psychological term I recently learned. Like many introverts, I have often felt out of place in society. I really appreciated […]