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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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Toxins are everywhere and in everything, and unfortunately, you really have to go out of your way to avoid them. However, the benefit of decreasing external toxins in your home may be well worth your effort. When you decide to take charge of your health, external toxins from those little everyday things you use in […]

What Goes On Will Go In: The Nasty Truth About External Toxins | Growing Up Herbal | Have you ever wondered whether the everyday products you use in your home are negatively affecting your health or not? Chances are they are. How will you make the switch to a more non-toxic lifestyle?

Updated October 2021 With cold and flu season fast approaching, the time has come to start preparing our families and households for staying healthy this fall and winter. One of the best ways to do that is to properly wash our hands. However, when it comes to children, that can be hard to do since […]

July has flown by! Seriously! I feel like I was just writing my “Things I Loved In June” post, and here I am writing about the great goodness I’ve found in July! On The Personal Front Things here have been hopping along as usual, and a lot has been going on this month. We had […]

Personal Favorites of June June is probably one of my favorite months of the year. It’s the beginning of summer, and after the on and off again cold weather that we had here in East Tennessee during May… I was soooo ready for summer. I finally was able to put away all the cool weather clothes […]

If your child has ever had a rash and you decided to Google it to see if you could figure out whether it was a diaper rash or yeast rash, you may have been overwhelmed with the results. There are so many different types of rashes, many of which look the same, that it’s hard […]

Is Your Baby's Rash Diaper Rash Or Yeast Rash? | Growing Up Herbal | Learn how to tell if your baby's rash is a diaper rash or a yeast rash... plus, how to take care of each one naturally.

Welcome back to my last birth story! If you missed either of the previous two, follow these links to get to them -> Judah’s Birth Story & Isaiah’s Birth Story. And… Another Baby Like I said in my last post, Dean and I knew we wanted to have more than two children, and we wanted […]

Birth Story: Uriah - Almost As Good As It Gets | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my third birth story... the birth of Uriah James Visser! Check it out!

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!

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Birth Story: Uriah - Almost As Good As It Gets | Growing Up Herbal | I'm sharing my third birth story... the birth of Uriah James Visser! Check it out!

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