How We Flourish

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

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What is WWOOFing?

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.If you have been following How We Flourish, you probably know that I moved to Germany last week. In fact, you are probably sick of hearing about it. Right? Well, if you aren’t sick of me and are curious […]

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Essential Oil Cycling for Hormone Support

Last summer, I searched extensively for a way to balance my hormones and my cycles. I came across the term “seed cycling” and figured I would try it out. Unfortunately, I discovered an issue with seeds and nuts, so I discontinued seed cycling after about a month. I had not seen any improvements yet (it […]

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Growing Broccoli Sprouts at Home

This past spring, we purchased the seeds for our garden from SeedsNow. I love this company because all their seeds are non-GMO as well as being raw, untreated, pure heirloom, non-hybridized varieties. This means you can save all your seeds from the plants you grow for next season! But anyway, while I was there, I […]

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AIP Basil and Garlic Salmon over Spaghetti Squash

A couple of winters ago, I decided to make my first intentionally paleo meal. Of course I had made many before; many meals are naturally paleo and I just spent the entire summer preparing all of my own meals. For good measure, I decided to make it fully autoimmune protocol (AIP) compliant as well, since […]

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Why Natural Family Planning Works

Does Fertility Awareness really work? All the time, I hear skeptics who do not believe that natural family planning works. I personally am over a year worth of avoiding pregnancy to show that it does work, and I know many women who have successfully avoided pregnancy for several years through entirely natural methods. And of […]

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Paleo Three Cup Chicken (Soy-Free, Nightshade-Free)

One night, my husband took my brother out for dinner. Being soy- and nightshade-free, I keep him from going out to very many ethnic restaurants. So they enjoyed a meal at a Taiwanese restaurant. My husband came home raving about the meal he had – and telling me that I might be able to eat […]

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Homemade Bouillon (Condensed, Portable Bone Broth)

http://www.howweflourish.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Condensed-Broth-Vertical.jpg As I have been sharing the past couple weeks, I love bone broth and meat stock. These incredibly healing foods have been a critical part of my healing process, and I would not be where I am without them. However, they aren’t always….practical. This is where homemade bouillon comes in! The concept of bouillon […]

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GAPS Diet Recipes – A Week of Full GAPS Meals

A few weeks ago I shared what a day on each stage of GAPS Intro might look like. Now that I am on Full GAPS for the most part, I am sharing what a week of this food looks like for me – and sharing some delicious GAPS Diet recipes with it! Full GAPS Breakfast […]

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Paleo Zucchini Bread Muffins (GAPS, Nut-Free)

Still working your way through your zucchini? We planted ours a bit late, so it is still producing! It is my first year growing it, and this is very exciting for me. I usually can’t afford zucchini, let alone organic, and I happen to be the only person in the world that doesn’t know anyone […]