About Us
My Journey
My Journey
The Beginning
The Beginning
I began my journey into natural living when I got my first cat on my own. I remember adopting this beautiful, tiny, helpless little creature and thinking what a HUGE responsibility it was. I was 16 years old and had my own apartment and it was the first soul that ever totally depended on me for survival. I remember taking my kitty to the vet for the 1st time and the vet asking me about declawing my cat. Never having dealt with it (or even having thought about it before) I asked about the process and why you would do such a thing. The SECOND the vet told me how they did it (and back then it was still a "normal" thing to do, I mean all my cats growing up were always declawed) I KNEW this "normal" way of doing things wasn't for me. I KNEW I had to go with my intuition and there began my journey. Fast forward a few months to that beautiful new kitty needing flea treatment. I didn't know any better and applied the flea treatment to the kitty and what happened afterwards changed me FOREVER!! My adorable, tiny, helpless kitty had such a reaction to the flea treatment. He spent the first 2 days walking crooked, he hid away in the back of the closet and refused to eat or drink and he spent WEEKS after with a twitch!! It was the most terrifying thing I had ever experienced and I SWORE from that moment on I would educate myself on ALL products that I used, on myself AND my pets!! It had NEVER occurred to me that products that were so highly used, so easily available, even pushed by advertising and medical professionals, could be so dangerous. I SWORE I would do better and educate myself as much as I could and take responsibility for the fact that what I'd always known and seen done, may not be the best for myself and my own family.
I began my journey into natural living when I got my first cat on my own. I remember adopting this beautiful, tiny, helpless little creature and thinking what a HUGE responsibility it was. I was 16 years old and had my own apartment and it was the first soul that ever totally depended on me for survival. I remember taking my kitty to the vet for the 1st time and the vet asking me about declawing my cat. Never having dealt with it (or even having thought about it before) I asked about the process and why you would do such a thing. The SECOND the vet told me how they did it (and back then it was still a "normal" thing to do, I mean all my cats growing up were always declawed) I KNEW this "normal" way of doing things wasn't for me. I KNEW I had to go with my intuition and there began my journey. Fast forward a few months to that beautiful new kitty needing flea treatment. I didn't know any better and applied the flea treatment to the kitty and what happened afterwards changed me FOREVER!! My adorable, tiny, helpless kitty had such a reaction to the flea treatment. He spent the first 2 days walking crooked, he hid away in the back of the closet and refused to eat or drink and he spent WEEKS after with a twitch!! It was the most terrifying thing I had ever experienced and I SWORE from that moment on I would educate myself on ALL products that I used, on myself AND my pets!! It had NEVER occurred to me that products that were so highly used, so easily available, even pushed by advertising and medical professionals, could be so dangerous. I SWORE I would do better and educate myself as much as I could and take responsibility for the fact that what I'd always known and seen done, may not be the best for myself and my own family.
I continued my journey to natural (what I call intuitive) living and parenting through the birth and raising of all 3 of my kiddos. I spent the last 21 years acquiring a massive amount of information on using oils, herbs, homeopathics and home remedies to deal with everything from flea and tick treatment to keeping pests off of plants to house cleaning products to helping with sickness and ailments my kiddos have dealt with (3 kids x 14 years = a LOT of researching).
I continued my journey to natural (what I call intuitive) living and parenting through the birth and raising of all 3 of my kiddos. I spent the last 21 years acquiring a massive amount of information on using oils, herbs, homeopathics and home remedies to deal with everything from flea and tick treatment to keeping pests off of plants to house cleaning products to helping with sickness and ailments my kiddos have dealt with (3 kids x 14 years = a LOT of researching).
My Calling
My Calling
I spent the first 8 years raising my kids as a "work at home mom" but I didn't actually work at home. I took my kids to a home office at my boss's house 5 days a week for 8 years. I am BEYOND thankful to have been blessed enough to have had that opportunity, but when my boss passed away I decided to take some time to be a SAHM. I was homeschooling 3 kids and I had spent the 1st years of their life running, juggling work, homeschooling, taking care of the house and family and I was looking forward to some "down time". Little did I know, I'm not a "down time" kind of lady!! I enjoyed making an income and feeling like I was providing for my family aside from just being "mom". I found myself back in the grind, but this time I was working for Shipt and UberEats (both jobs that allowed me to set my own schedule and work as little or as much as I wanted and still be available to my kids and not have to miss any events or obligations they had). My kids were older and more self sufficient, we had the homeschooling routine down to an art and I was able to work full time. I still felt like something was missing. Don't get me wrong, shopping for a living is most people's dream come true. I built a business with an AMAZING group of regular customers and I was helping people daily. Elderly folks who couldn't get out and shop for themselves, moms(just like myself a few years prior) who just couldn't get out of the house with the kids to get the shopping done, disabled customers who couldn't do their own shopping. Sometimes I was the only face my customers saw all week. I was giving back, but I began to feel like as my business grew, I was working more and more and missing out on more and more with my kids. I was torn. How could I provide an income for my family, be available to them 24/7 and make my own schedule and still provide value to the people of my community?? That's when I remembered one of those AMAZING Shipt customers I had been shopping for for the last 2 years. The events leading up to this are a story for a different day, but I believe the Universe has a funny way of putting you exactly where you need to be exactly when you need to be there. I began thinking about this charismatic, young mama that I had been shopping for. She was a fellow homeschooling mama with 2 young kiddos and every time I delivered her orders her house smelled like heaven!! I had asked her before about her business but we were in the midst of soccer season(I coach 2 of my kiddos) so I never ended up following through. Looking back, I feel like it just wasn't my time yet. I still had a few lessons to learn before I could begin my journey. I reached out to my fabulous friend and asked for information on how her oil business worked. The thought of "selling" anything scared the bejesus out of me!! Only one other time in my life, had I tried to sell something....cars....back when I was 20 and it was the WORST experience of my life!! It was the ONLY thing I have ever failed at and QUIT in my life. I just couldn't bring myself to take the hard earned money from the nice person or family that I was selling to. I had a soft spot, a genuine honesty and conscience and I couldn't stand there and look another human in the eyes and "swindle" them into paying more money for something just so *I* could make a paycheck. So I took a loss....every single week....and eventually I said "I can't do this anymore!! It goes against every fiber of my being" and I gave up. So the thought of "selling" something turned me off immediately, especially with the HORRIBLE reputation MLM's have now-a-days. But this was DIFFERENT!! I KNEW the products (one of the BIG differences between a pyramid scheme or a scammy MLM and a legitimate MLM is PRODUCT!! A pyramid scheme has no product, a scammy MLM has a questionable unproven product, a legit MLM has a proven, researched, legit product) I knew what I would be sharing with my friends and family had changed my life and my kids lives and my pets lives. I knew that there were studies on studies and research on research (I'd been up many a late nights reading those when my kids were young!!) and that the company had a solid reputation built on years of proving themselves through their products. I knew that I wasn't "selling" anything, but rather sharing the products that had so greatly blessed my family so many times over the years. I wanted to FINALLY be able to "pay it forward" to other families; to single moms trying to earn a living but still want to be available to their kiddos, to the woman who feels like she is stuck in the relationship but can't get out of because she has no exit plan or job, to the mom of the newly born little one who is looking to find her "tribe" and wants to do the very best for her little one, to the mom of the fully grown "little ones" who is still looking for her tribe, but now doing it with an empty nest. I want to share my love for health and wellness with YOU, I want you to know that "healthy living" doesn't mean eating tasteless foods(check out my recipe section;-) and that clean living doesn't have to be "difficult" or "expensive". If ANY of this sounds like something you are interested in finding out more about, please fill out the form below, I would LOVE to chat with you!!
I spent the first 8 years raising my kids as a "work at home mom" but I didn't actually work at home. I took my kids to a home office at my boss's house 5 days a week for 8 years. I am BEYOND thankful to have been blessed enough to have had that opportunity, but when my boss passed away I decided to take some time to be a SAHM. I was homeschooling 3 kids and I had spent the 1st years of their life running, juggling work, homeschooling, taking care of the house and family and I was looking forward to some "down time". Little did I know, I'm not a "down time" kind of lady!! I enjoyed making an income and feeling like I was providing for my family aside from just being "mom". I found myself back in the grind, but this time I was working for Shipt and UberEats (both jobs that allowed me to set my own schedule and work as little or as much as I wanted and still be available to my kids and not have to miss any events or obligations they had). My kids were older and more self sufficient, we had the homeschooling routine down to an art and I was able to work full time. I still felt like something was missing. Don't get me wrong, shopping for a living is most people's dream come true. I built a business with an AMAZING group of regular customers and I was helping people daily. Elderly folks who couldn't get out and shop for themselves, moms(just like myself a few years prior) who just couldn't get out of the house with the kids to get the shopping done, disabled customers who couldn't do their own shopping. Sometimes I was the only face my customers saw all week. I was giving back, but I began to feel like as my business grew, I was working more and more and missing out on more and more with my kids. I was torn. How could I provide an income for my family, be available to them 24/7 and make my own schedule and still provide value to the people of my community?? That's when I remembered one of those AMAZING Shipt customers I had been shopping for for the last 2 years. The events leading up to this are a story for a different day, but I believe the Universe has a funny way of putting you exactly where you need to be exactly when you need to be there. I began thinking about this charismatic, young mama that I had been shopping for. She was a fellow homeschooling mama with 2 young kiddos and every time I delivered her orders her house smelled like heaven!! I had asked her before about her business but we were in the midst of soccer season(I coach 2 of my kiddos) so I never ended up following through. Looking back, I feel like it just wasn't my time yet. I still had a few lessons to learn before I could begin my journey. I reached out to my fabulous friend and asked for information on how her oil business worked. The thought of "selling" anything scared the bejesus out of me!! Only one other time in my life, had I tried to sell something....cars....back when I was 20 and it was the WORST experience of my life!! It was the ONLY thing I have ever failed at and QUIT in my life. I just couldn't bring myself to take the hard earned money from the nice person or family that I was selling to. I had a soft spot, a genuine honesty and conscience and I couldn't stand there and look another human in the eyes and "swindle" them into paying more money for something just so *I* could make a paycheck. So I took a loss....every single week....and eventually I said "I can't do this anymore!! It goes against every fiber of my being" and I gave up. So the thought of "selling" something turned me off immediately, especially with the HORRIBLE reputation MLM's have now-a-days. But this was DIFFERENT!! I KNEW the products (one of the BIG differences between a pyramid scheme or a scammy MLM and a legitimate MLM is PRODUCT!! A pyramid scheme has no product, a scammy MLM has a questionable unproven product, a legit MLM has a proven, researched, legit product) I knew what I would be sharing with my friends and family had changed my life and my kids lives and my pets lives. I knew that there were studies on studies and research on research (I'd been up many a late nights reading those when my kids were young!!) and that the company had a solid reputation built on years of proving themselves through their products. I knew that I wasn't "selling" anything, but rather sharing the products that had so greatly blessed my family so many times over the years. I wanted to FINALLY be able to "pay it forward" to other families; to single moms trying to earn a living but still want to be available to their kiddos, to the woman who feels like she is stuck in the relationship but can't get out of because she has no exit plan or job, to the mom of the newly born little one who is looking to find her "tribe" and wants to do the very best for her little one, to the mom of the fully grown "little ones" who is still looking for her tribe, but now doing it with an empty nest. I want to share my love for health and wellness with YOU, I want you to know that "healthy living" doesn't mean eating tasteless foods(check out my recipe section;-) and that clean living doesn't have to be "difficult" or "expensive". If ANY of this sounds like something you are interested in finding out more about, please fill out the form below, I would LOVE to chat with you!!
