How We Flourish

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

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Beet Kvass – How to Make a Healing Probiotic Beverage

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. See more details here.If you have never had beet kvass before, you must try it! Beet kvass is incredibly easy to make and has so many benefits. One of my favorite benefits is that it is a super easy source of probiotics, […]

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Do I Have Orthorexia? – My Relationship With Food

I don’t know when my unhealthy relationship with food started. I think it has always been a part of my psyche, but I don’t remember when it really began to manifest. I do know that it was during my senior year of college that it got really bad. I’ve often struggled with grains and baked […]

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Healing Beef and Lamb Heart Stew (AIP, GAPS Intro)

I have tried to learn to love organ meat. I really have. I know that they are incredibly nutrient dense and can help support my own organs. I know that it shows respect to the animal by eating all its parts. I know that they are a very cheap way to get to high quality […]

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My Health Timeline

Over the past several months, I have become more and more aware of how my whole life has been leading up to my health problems. In many ways I was very blessed to have parents who valued real food and natural things – I was cloth diapered and my mom would have had a home […]

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Five Months on GAPS Intro (and feeling great!)

Last month was rough for me. I dealt a lot with bloating and mental health issues. Through the month of May, I continued to occasionally experience bloating and emotional detox, but overall, I had a great month! For many reasons, I took the month slowly when it comes to introducing new foods. Part of this […]

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Why I Moved in With My In-Laws

At the beginning of April, I moved in with my in-laws. I always swore I would never do that. My mom lives with her in-laws, and I’ve seen how that is on her. I know my in-laws, and I knew that it would be rough and just not worth it. So it was an almost […]

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“You Make GAPS Look Easy”

As I post pictures of all of my GAPS meals on Instagram, I frequently got comments about how I make Intro look easy. Easy? Really? All I’m doing is posting pictures of soup. I’m also posting journals like this one from a month into the GAPS Introduction Diet (before I had discovered any confirmed food […]

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Thanksgiving Soup (AIP, GAPS Intro, Paleo)

Have you ever had Thanksgiving Soup? Maybe not. I never had myself until I invented it about a month back. Here’s something you should know about me: I mash my food together. My family would always tease me about this, but it just made eating easier. When I made my GAPS Intro Meat and Potatoes […]

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Manage Emotional Detox with Essential Oils

Many people go on the GAPS Diet to manage and heal digestive problems or food sensitivities. However, it is called Gut and Psychology Syndrome. And when addressing psychological problems with GAPS, die-off in the form of emotional detox will hit. And it will hit hard. Many parents use GAPS to help their children with autism. […]

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Juice Pulp Recipes – Reduce Waste and Save Money

Juicing is an integral part of the GAPS Diet. It has many therapeutic benefits, but doesn’t always seem like the most budget friendly thing to do. Juicing with a blender can really help with this! But it also produces a lot of pulp, which would be a shame to just throw out. Save money and […]