Obligatory introductory blog post.
Hello, I’m Christina! I’m a single mum to my crazy, beautiful (almost) 5 year old daughter! I’m also a full-time TA in a local school (which takes up a lot of my time!)
I’ve been thinking about writing this for a few weeks now. It’s been a work in progress! I’m definitely not the most eloquent writer but I thought I might share something that’s become increasingly important to me and the way I choose to run my home.
I have a passion for food and healthy, natural living. I love cooking and baking! It’s pretty important to cook/bake in as ‘natural’ a way as possible especially when children are involved! It’s our responsibility as parents to give them a healthy start AND to educate them as best as we can!
Good, wholesome nutrition is a huge part of this as well as having a chemical free home.
Most of what I know I have learnt from some really wonderful people whom I’m so glad to call my friends.
However, my journey (particularly to living chemical free) has been charged by my own experiences with health. Firstly, I struggle with anxiety issues but more notably for the last 6/7 years I have suffered with allergic rhinitis (also known as hay fever) but ALL YEAR ROUND. Ergh! I can tell you it has not been pretty! I’ve had so many trips to the doctors and been offered SO many drugs to treat the SYMPTOMS however no one has ever been interested in helping me to try and find the cause of my problems?!
Earlier this year, I was discharged from hospital after being rushed in with suspected meningitis! Fortunately, it wasn’t that but instead it was sepsis, caused by acute sinusitis, caused by these mystery allergies! Im lucky to be here seeing as doctors told me the infection was 24 hours from reaching my brain.
Yet again, even after my admission, no one was able to help with the cause.
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This is one of the reasons I’ve switched to chemical free living – in a bid to try and rebuild my health. It is taking some time and I am still on the journey but there is soooo much more to learn. There is a wealth of information available to us all.
So far all the results have been positive..
There are a SHOCKING amount of nasties in the products we use every single day. That’s our beauty products, cleaning products, laundry products etc (even the stuff we use for our precious babies!)
Did you know…the average woman uses 12 products containing 168 unique ingredients every day. The average man uses six products daily with 85 unique ingredients. By using these products, we might negatively impact our health.
(You can see where I found this information here https://www.care2.com/causes/how-many-chemicals-do-you-put-on-your-body-every-day.html)
I have started making my own products – it’s a regular occurrence (and one I really enjoy!) I’ve made my own surface cleaner, deodorant, soap, face serum and other things too. It’s so satisfying – and it’s made from stuff I have already got in my kitchen! (Ok, I bought the cocoa butter especially but you get the gist!) I love using 100% essential oils to help create the chemical free home I’m striving for! I also love using them to support our physical and emotional health.
Life is messy. Life is busy. We can be overwhelmed with everything that it throws our way.
My prayer is that everyone who reads this might be blessed in a huge way. That anyone who reads this might be inspired to make their own choice to swap to chemical free living! It’s liberating for sure. Hopefully anything I write here might help even ONE person. There’s a lot for me still to learn! I’d love you to join me on the journey and learn some stuff for yourself too!
