How We Flourish

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

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Recovering Fertility: What to do after going off the pill

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.Many women come off of hormonal birth control are looking to get pregnant, and therefore recovering their fertility quickly is extremely important to them. However, for couples who are switching to more natural methods of birth control or for […]

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Natural Family Planning

Before I start talking about this amazing method that every woman should know, whether she is trying to avoid pregnancy, trying to conceive, or just monitoring her health, there is one thing you should keep in mind: THIS IS NOT THE RHYTHM METHOD! Okay, we got that out of the way. Remember that. This is […]

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Gluten-Free Baking Day

Saturday I had a gluten-free baking day. It was kinda unplanned. Wanted to try a loaf of bread. Then found a good banana bread recipe. Then the flour I used had an awesome sounding cookie recipe – and I had been wanted to bake cookies for awhile. I didn’t take a picture of my kitchen, […]

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Going off Birth Control Pills

When I was sixteen, my mom was driving me to the doctor. She asked me if I also wanted to go on the pill. My periods were manageable, and using it for birth control was about the farthest thing from my mind. The latter was what she wanted me to go on it for, so […]

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Wedding Dresses

Ooh! Look! A wedding post! Something I have noticed about weddings, and wedding dresses in particular, is that they have the ability to make most rational women extremely materialistic. It can be so tempting to just go for that dress that costs thousands of dollars and will only be used once. However, there are four […]

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Cosmetic Preservative Causing Skin Allergies

My mom emailed me this article the other day. (link no longer available) Scary stuff! Luckily, I know that this preservative, methylisothiasolinone, is not causing my eczema since the only commercial skin care product I use is lotion, which thankfully does not have it. It has other things, though. I really need to officially switch […]

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Sundays as a Day of Rest

Society is so busy nowadays. Always bustling here and there. Always connected to the world. Always with a long to-do list. We have forgotten the tradition of a Sunday (or insert holy day here) where we wake up, go to church, have a big meal with family, and relax. Instead, we cook and clean and […]

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One Year Later…

I was planning a one year recap of everything I have done since I started blogging last summer, on the anniversary of starting this blog. On August 3rd I went to go see when my first post was. August 2nd. Oops. I could have sworn it was later, but there you go. So here is […]

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Meal Plans

As you may have noticed, I put a page up under the “Health and Food” tab in the “Elimination Diet” category called Meal Plans. Early in this diet, I was diligent about preparation, soaking grains, and trying new recipes, and recording them all on a week-by-week meal plan. I did this for about 3 weeks, […]