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Welcome to the Growing Up Herbal Journal where you'll find information on herbal education, recipes, tutorials, natural living tips and tricks, and behind the scenes glimpses of how I live life naturally.

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If you love making your own natural cleaners, but you’re sick and tired of them being way too complicated or expensive to make, stick around… you’ll love the one I have for you today. It only uses 3 simple ingredients. The Problem Is Over-Complicated Natural Cleaners I love making my own natural cleaners, but I […]

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Soothie Suckers Ever heard of them? Me neither… until a few months ago when Soothie Suckers founder, Marietta Harrison, contacted me and asked me if I’d like to try them out on my kids and see what they thought. So what did I do? Well, I looked into them first to make sure they were something […]

YAY! I love the beginning of the year! It’s a time when I feel a lot of clarity in my life and my business… which is always a good thing. It’s a time for renewal and starting over… venturing out on new paths, clearing out old bad habits and replacing them with new ones, and […]

I wrote a post a long time ago called the 10 Best Essential Oils To Use For Children (my first guest post in fact) where I talked about 10 essential oils that are must-haves in your natural medicine cabinet when you have children. What I failed to mention was which oils were best for what ages. […]

My family and I recently got over a long bout with an irritating cough. It was miserable, but thankfully we had some natural options to help us through. We used a honey onion syrup as well as a steam vaporizer to help calm our coughing every night. Now like I mentioned in my article on […]

DIY Menthol Pads For Steam Vaporizers | Growing Up Herbal | Support your child's respiratory system during colds with these DIY menthol vapor pads!

Aches, pains, fever, headache, weakness, cough, runny nose… none of it sounds good, and it definitely doesn’t feel good, yet these are your typical flu symptoms. We’re still in the first half of flu season here in the US, and unfortunately we’re no where close to it’s end. The CDC states that the flu season lasts from […]

Are you interested in learning how to use plants to support your health in as natural a way as possible — plants that grow in your backyard or in the forest behind your home or can be found in the local herb shop? If so, here's how you can become an herbalist!

How to Become
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