Living in Oklahoma, allergies are inevitable. Every doctor I have spoken with in the last few years says that any child born [& living] in Oklahoma, will most assuredly have allergies to some degree. Lennon hasn’t experienced much, thanks to his first two years of being breastfed. But lately, our whole family has definitely encountered our fair share of the allergies floating around in the Spring air. Unfortunately, many can get colds + infections from lowered immune systems with allergies on attack. Most everyone has heard how bad allergy medications + antibiotics are for us. But if you’d like a reminder, this article [regarding allergy medications] + this article [regarding antibiotics] are simple + to the point. Natural remedies are great + offer relief & healing, but it can be a slower process to rid our bodies of these pests.
For those wanting to avoid allergy medication + antibiotics, here are the natural remedies I pursue for allergies + colds + infections [All of these below are safe for those of you that are also pregnant mamas + breastfeeding mamas + children.]:
FOODS FOR MAMAS | first trimester
Congratulations to you mamas that have entered the first trimester of pregnancy! SO EXCITING! This is the second post in this series, FOODS FOR MAMAS. Last week’s was Fertility + Conception.
More recipes from the WHOLE WOMAN RETREAT. These same kinds of delicious, nutritious foods will be served at RED DIRT WOMAN RETREAT this July. Whitney is SO incredibly talented, she mindfully chooses her ingredients to feed your body with optimal health + digestion. She will have you salivating for more with every bite. I wouldn’t even consider leaving her behind for one of my retreats.
I never have time to watch any tele, so I was catching up some tv while I was in Florida last week and comfortably planted on the National Geographic Channel. On The Numbers Game, they were discussing things that statistically extend people’s lives. Some of them were very funny things, like having a name that starts with the letter A. They said that, with our grading system in schools, A being the highest/best grade, that a lot of people with names that start with the letter A tend to have higher confidence. What I took from that is, do what you gotta do to have high confidence. I’ve always believed it can make or break a person in most every day encounters in life. And I have always been so thankful my parents instilled in my brother in me a security + high confidence. I have seen many instances where it has been a benefit to us!
Another thing they mentioned that will add years onto your life is flossing daily. I loved this, considering I too believe in the benefits of healthy oral hygiene. There’s just nothing like a clean mouth! Just typing this makes me want to go brush my teeth!
Here are my oral hygiene practices {on the daily}:
I finished up my CONSCIOUS CLEANSE over a week ago, and I am still feeling amazing! This cleanse was such a gentle + doable cleanse for anyone leery of the commitment to a 5-day juice cleanse. I still experienced HUGE benefits from it, and I’ll surely continue many of their healthy tips/practices I learned while on the cleanse. [Recap on finishing my cleanse here.]
I am so excited to share this giveaway with those of you interested in also trying the CONSCIOUS CLEANSE: The Conscious Cleanse Book. I promise you will LOVE all of the yummy benefits from cleansing Jo + Jules-style! They are SO knowledged + full of many tricks + tips to help you in your journey to feeling better every day! While you’re checking out their informative blog, be sure to sign up for their free cookbook + register your email so you receive their blog tips to your email inbox. YUM! [Remember to comment on this post, so I know you've entered this giveaway. Ending May 13. GOOD LUCK!]
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RED DIRT WOMAN | Broken Bow, OK | JULY 19-21
Yoga + Holistic Wellness Women’s Retreat | Lead by Catie Coon, Whitney Womack, + Greer Owings-Husserl.
Join us in our heartland for a weekend filled with yoga, delicious + nutritional food, and loads of inspirational info on leading a happy + healthy life. You will leave nourished, inspired, + energized. We will be staying at the Cliffhanger Cabin in Broken Bow. $800 [Food + Lodging included.]
REGISTER HERE or go into Yoga at Tiffanys | Norman studio & register in person.
This is the first post in a new series here on Mama Hussy:
FOODS FOR MAMAS
fertility + conception | first trimester | second trimester | third trimester | postnatal
Here’s a little bit about Papa + me when it comes to baby makin’! We were surprised with Sir Lennon while on birth control. When we felt it was time for number two, we both assumed it would happen quickly. However, it didn’t. It took almost 9 months. And what a weird time in life this became for us. We both experienced a lot of once-foreign emotions throughout that period in our lives. I assume the busy of our lives majorly affected this process, so I did what I knew to be true. I consulted the best medicine I know, my food. Things soon changed when I researched deeper into foods for [trying] mamas. Our food choices are very important to our daily lives. So, I have decided to share my favorite 10 foods per phase. [These foods are good for papa too during the feritilty + conception phase].
FOODS FOR MAMA | fertility + conception
Like I’ve said before, I don’t know how anyone goes without an iPhone. Yes, I run my business from it, but my main love affair is with the camera on the iPhone. It is a major source of joy in my life. Getting to take photos + edit them from a device in my pocket is so rad to me! Even before Instagram, I was was thoroughly scouring the app store for photo apps, and posting my edited photos to Facebook on the daily. I know this might sound crazy, but I even included my iPhone on my “3 things I’d want with me if I were stranded on a desert island” when I was doing my start deck for the branding process with Braid Creative + Consulting. [The other two things I listed were greens + my leo loverboys. hehe.] And if anyone follows me on Instagram, you see that I still enjoy a daily indulgence of documenting my life via photos from my iPhone. Below, I’ve listed my favorite photo apps + my one favorite video app to play with on my iPhone. These are apps I use on the daily. [For you mamas with a toddler, check out my 5 PHOTO TIPS.]
It’s wedding season! We are in Islamorada | The Florida Keys right now, and I am photographing a gorgeous wedding. I wrapped up my CONSCIOUS CLEANSE the day before we left, so I could unapologetically indulge in any tropical food that fell into my mouth. hehe. I am feeling great! In fact, surprisingly as good as I do after a juice cleanse. All cravings successfully subsided, my skin got smoother (including that lovely unwanted cellulite that tries so hard to show itself during my pregnancies), and my energy hit some all time highs! I got super productive during my cleanse, and purged so much unneeded shiz in our home. And my mood has shifted toward a more positive mentality, as a whole. Per usual. I always feel irritable + low in energy coming off of cravings + caffeine, but eventually gain loads of natural energy that is more positive in it’s entirety. No crashes. This is always hard to be patient for, but always worth it. I am THRILLED that I got to do a cleanse while pregnant, and I have decided to incorporate a mini one-week cleanse each month by following Jo + Jules Conscious Cleanse guidelines.
My parents came with me to Islamorada, so Lennon got to come along, and traveling was a breeze with their help. Papa had to stay home for work. [Here are my travel tips.] The resort we are staying at is one of the loveliest places I’ve been [and I am a tough critic, seeing as many beautiful places in this world as I've seen!]. We eat every meal on the water, and it’s been perfect weather the entire time. There’s just something so refining + nourishing for me, to be by the ocean. I’ve gotten a lot of rest + a lot of work done while here.
It’s wedding season! We are off to Florida, I am shooting a wedding in The Keys this weekend. I made these for us to put in our carry-on. It’s inevitably a struggle to find good food when traveling, so I always try to stuff healthy snacks in my bag. These are packed with protein, sure to get me through the day with optimal energy. Yum! [for more travel tips, check out this post].
They are a recipe inspired by the CONSCIOUS CLEANSE’S Joy Balls. Loved the name, so it stuck.
INGREDIENTS:
Yields 2-3 dozen
Instructions: In a food processor/blender with an S blade, grind sunflower seeds for about 2 minutes or until fairly fine. Add tahini, raw almond butter, dates, + raw honey, and blend for about 2 minutes or until a this paste forms. Mixture will be relatively dry. Using your hands, roll small amounts of mixture between your palms to form about 30-36 [1-inch] balls. Roll balls in coconut flakes. Place in a container with a tight-fitting lid + refrigerate or freeze for a chilly treat. Serve chilled or frozen. These will last up to 2 weeks.
