Blog Articles
Welcome to Your Primal Life, where I provide an array of informative articles to help you on your journey towards healthy living. Gain insights into providing wholesome food options for your loved ones and discover effective strategies to encourage them to embrace these choices. Delve into topics like homesteading, nutrition, recipes, healing herbs, functional body movements, and so much more to help you along this journey. Join me on this transformative path to maximizing your family’s well-being.
Fun in The Sun, A Safe Balance
Summer's here and we're spending more time outside! I love the feel of the sun on my skin. I love to be outside, walking, sprinting, kayaking, paddle-boarding, or just sitting on a beach. Based on the many social media pictures I’m seeing, I know I’m not alone in this! But is it safe to pursue this love? The sun has been vilified for an awfully long time. Rightfully so... when abused. I'm guilty of this abuse and have the sunspots to prove it. But many of us have forgotten that it's also a critical component to health and longevity. The sun is good for you,...
Herbal First Aid Kit: Essential Tinctures and Salves
Are you ready to implement safer, more natural, and more affordable remedies for your family’s minor cuts, burns, bruises, bites, and common ailments? You’ll feel empowered as you confidently handle issues that come up for your family. Herbal First Aid Kit: Essential Tinctures and Salves. Here are a few good reasons why an Herbal First Aid Kit with essential tinctures and salves is worth considering. Herbs have been used for thousands of years and offer a gentle, whole-body approach to healing. Herbs work with the body’s natural healing processes rather than...
Yes Ladies, You Must Lift Weights
First off, what’s stopping you? Here are the concerns I most often hear and my rebuttal. Yes Ladies, you must lift weights! “I don’t want to get bulky.” Women don’t get bulky from lifting weights. Our bodies don’t produce enough testosterone to build that kind of muscle mass. What you’ll get though is a leaner, stronger, sexier body. “I can burn more calories doing cardio.” Maybe. But it’s short-lived. Research shows that you stop burning calories soon after stopping the cardio. Whereas weightlifting increases your metabolic rate for up to 48 hours after your...
Why I Love Farmers Markets and Alternative Grocery Sources
I think we can all agree, grocery stores are not our best option for supplying our family with clean, healthy, fresh, whole food. You don't know where the food came from, how far it traveled to get there, how old it is, etc. Sure, I still shop at ours, but I do recommend prioritizing alternative sources as much as possible. I love to shop at Farmers Markets! Farmers Markets have great energy and really are quite fun. Patrons tend to be much more friendly and social than at a typical grocery store. That makes shopping less of a chore and more of an outing. Often...
Macronutrients and Homemade Fat Bombs
Americans are overfed and undernourished, with 2/3 of our population overweight or obese. Many of us feel hungry all the time because our bodies aren't getting the nutrition they need through the Standard American Diet (SAD). It's craving nutrients. Diets don’t work because we continue to eat food with minimal nutrition. It's not about calories in/calories out, it's about feeding your body the nutrients that it needs to function optimally. Feed your body properly with balanced macronutrients and you'll see the constant hunger and cravings go away....
Are You Destined To Be Frail As You Age?
No! For most, it’s more of a choice than a destiny. Many of us have forgotten something very important. Health is your birthright. Humans are designed to be strong, healthy, lean, energetic, and agile. Your body is amazing at healing and growing and thriving, always striving for homeostasis. Provide your body what it needs, and it will do the rest. The problem? We don’t provide our body what it needs. Most of us don’t even understand what that is. I offer you 4 actionable steps to maximize your health and make sure you remain strong and capable. Eat Whole Food...
What Are Healing Herbal Tinctures?
I’m excited to share that I now offer Healing Herbal Tinctures at my online shop. I have a few salves and herbal teas as well and will continue to add products as I can. My promise going forward is to share resources that will help you and your family maximize your health in this so very confusing arena. What are healing herbs? Healing herbs have a wide range of potential benefits and can be used in many forms such as teas, syrups, oils, salves, tinctures, pills, poultices, compresses, and baths. Not to mention using them in cooking. Have you ever thrown sage,...
Hit Protein Goal for Energy, Aging Beautifully, & Ideal Body Composition
First off, let’s see if you're potentially deficient in protein. Take this completely unscientific little quiz. Rate these questions with a score of 0 (not at all) - 5 (totally). Are your hormones out of balance? Are your nails and hair weak and brittle? Skin showing signs of damage? Constantly hungry? Lacking energy? Are your muscles atrophying? Slow to recover from workouts? 0-10, congrats, you’re most likely getting your needed protein. 11-20, more protein may help you. 21-35, you may be deficient! Many of us fall short on optimal protein intake, particularly...
Want your energy back? (free guide)
Want to take control of your energy level? The #1 secret is hiding in your kitchen! Bottom line, you must start in the kitchen. Read that again. As the saying goes, "You can't out-exercise a bad diet." You also can't out-sleep a bad diet. If you're tired of being tired and are ready to learn how to feed your family delicious, nutrient-dense, anti-inflammatory food that supports long-term health, keep reading! Consider this, what if what you're putting in your body is what's draining you of energy? How confident are you that your kitchen is set up to help you...
Who Needs a Pep Talk?
The questions and comments I’m hearing are very telling. I think we all need one!! Myself included! Some are feeling that progress is so, so slow. Some are struggling with the balance of health, kids, and work. Many are ready for warmer weather. Most are sick of the restrictions on our movement and freedom. Where the heck do we start?! Getting healthier and stronger is a process. Not one and done. You are never ‘there’ or ‘done’. Sorry to break that to you. It’s a lifestyle. A LIFESTYLE YOU WILL LOVE! Belief + Action = Results Belief - Yep, as always, we start...
Delicious, Nutritious Bone Broth
I get many requests for my Bone Broth recipe. A friend once told me she could taste the love. My recipe has evolved over the years. This version is clearly the winner. Time to get it out there! To help explain the nutritional benefits of bone broth, I'll quote from Sally Fallon’s Nourishing Traditions cookbook (every kitchen must have this book); “Broth made from meat and animal bones is another good source of sodium, chloride and iodine as well as magnesium, potassium and important trace minerals. Broth made from fish carcasses and fish heads is rich in...
Ferment or Pickle, What’s It Going To Be?
All fermented foods are pickles, but not all pickled foods are ferments. What? This can be confusing because both are referred to as pickles. The term pickle refers to any fruit or vegetable that is preserved in an acidic medium; a salt brine for fermenting or an acid for pickling. Fermenting is simply a form of pickling, so they both really are pickles. I love both, and I prepare both. My method choice is based on the goal of the product. However, I do choose one over the other more often. Here’s the low-down. These food preservation techniques have stood the...
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