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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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I’m a busy mama of 3 (almost 4) little boys so I try to find meals that are healthy, not too time consuming, use minimal ingredients that are common, and are delicious so my sometimes picky kids will eat them. These meal plans are traditional whole food style plans meaning they are not vegetarian, gluten-free, […]

I’ve been saying that I’m going to write a post explaining how I plan meals for my family for a while now. Well, today is the day! However, this isn’t just any ole meal planning how-to. This is how I really do it, and today, I’m sharing the 4 steps I take to meal planning […]

Have you ever tried making the switch to something new only to feel overwhelmed by it all and resort back to what you know… what’s easiest? I totally have, especially when it comes to making the switch over to a real food lifestyle. Today, I wanna share 6 steps I’ve learned to take when it comes […]

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What exactly is real food? I’ve asked myself this question before… many times. Maybe more times than I should have. You see, there’s so much going on in my head that I have to constantly remind myself of these things from time to time, but in all reality, the answer is very simple.  As a […]

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I’ve known about Redmond Trading Company since I first got into healthy living around 10 years ago. Redmond is known for their healing bentonite clay, but did you know they started as a family-owned salt company? I’m all about supporting family businesses as my family makes our place in this world via my husband and […]

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 […]

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