Author: Shawna

Whitening Clothes

Whitening Clothes

🧺 Whitening Clothes in #alittlelesstoxic way.I’ve been using this for years instead of chlorine bleach. It’s made of a very fine blue iron powder suspended in water. No chemicals or toxins. Biodegradable. And cheap! This was the way to whiten clothes way...
Laundry Softener

Laundry Softener

Dryer sheets, conventional fabric softeners, and detergent combos are full of compounds and ingredients we’d be better off not having against our body’s largest organ, our skin, all day long. This is a quick and simple swap. Save money. Lower toxin load. Win win.🏆...
Medicine and The Human Body

Medicine and The Human Body

This was spoken by one of the four founders of Johns Hopkins Hospital around the turn of the 20th century. I could fill my feed with some of his wise and profound quotes about medicine and the human body. Medicine is remarkable. It has saved many lives. Including my...
Eat the Rainbow

Eat the Rainbow

We are so fortunate. The things we need to fuel, heal, and give life to our bodies are also beautiful, varied in texture, shape, flavors, and color, and so incredibly delicious. Eating the rainbow helps ensure a well balanced and varied intake of vitamins, nutrients,...
Cloth Diapers

Cloth Diapers

Before I had my first little I was curious about the idea of cloth diapering and I really wanted to. I liked: it’s less toxin exposure right up against baby and toddler tender areas and reproductive organs and sensitive skin, it was gentler on the environment, &...