How We Flourish

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

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The Best Cookbooks and Nutrition Resources

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.I’ve read a lot of cookbooks in my day, and I always mean to review and share my favorites. Then I forget or get distracted. Or stop writing for 2 months. So this week and next, I will me […]

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GAPS Thanksgiving Recipes

The holidays are approaching. Are they filled with fun or stress for you? Maybe a bit of both? As I remember intimately from last Thanksgiving, it can be pretty rough when you need to be mindful of a specific diet or food sensitivities during the holidays. Last year, I had to make up a ton […]

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When You Can’t Just Beat the Blues

How many articles have you seen about natural stress relief, how to get out of a funk, etc? It all seems pretty easy, right? Eat well, go for walks, meditate, practice gratitude, get enough sleep. That’s all you need to “beat the blues.” But what if that’s not enough? What if you do all of […]

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Natural Depression Remedies

Disclaimer: I am not a medical practitioner, and I cannot diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. This post gives suggestions for mild depressive feelings, not for clinical depression. It’s that time of year. For many people with depression, their disease does not take a break. They feel it in the summer as well as in […]

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Porketta Recipe (GAPS, Paleo, Nightshade-Free)

Sometimes the simplest dishes are the best. Have you also found this to be true? On my first stint with GAPS Intro, we started buying meat from a local farm. We ended up with a pork roast and needed to find something to do with it. Enter an amazing Porketta recipe. When we found it […]

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Essential Oils for Skin Care (and DIY Facial Serum)

I am proudly Mrs. Homemade Everything. I haven’t used a commercial shampoo in 6 months (and that was a one-time thing). I haven’t used store-bought deodorant in 2 1/2 years! I am very proud of the fact that I use essential oils in so many areas of my life and can eat most of the […]

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Why I Don’t Recommend Nightshades on GAPS

Most people look at GAPS Intro and see a very strict protocol. And it certainly is at first: only meats and vegetables. Not even fruits or starches. Even AIP (the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol) allows fruits and starches. And for those who must be on the early stages of Intro for a long time, this can […]

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Natural Immune Support with Essential Oils

Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, and cannot diagnose, treat, or cure any disease. I am only sharing my personal testimony about recovering from a sore throat naturally. Since I began my health journey, I have looked into a lot of ways to keep myself and my family healthy without relying on drugs full of […]

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Dark Chocolate Almond Butter Cups

Hello friends! Long time no see! Things have been busier than I expected for about 2 months. Preparing for our move was insane, so I didn’t get as far ahead in my work as I would have liked. Then 2 weeks working on an organic farm while searching for an apartment didn’t exactly leave time […]

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Adding Activity Back into My Lifestyle

When I began GAPS at the beginning of 2015, I was completely sedentary. This was awful for me. I have never been super athletic, but in June 2014, I could run a 5k in 27 minutes. Earlier in the year, I went from an 11 minute mile to an 8.5 minute mile in just 4 […]