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The Homemade Sage
12:55 pm

How to Manage Stress for a Healthier Life

Today I want to talk about something we all experience on a daily basis; no matter who we are, what we eat, or where we come from, we as humans all experience stress. When taking a look at the modern lifestyle many of us are trying to keep up with, it's easy to see how stress can begin to rule our lives. We value productivity over play, constant connection over solitude, and consumerism over resourcefulness and creativity. We allow other people to decide what a successful life should look like, then spend all our time trying to live up to that expectation. We believe being busy is the only way to be successful, and many of us struggle to actually relax during that rare down time. If left unchecked, over time chronic stress will begin to take a toll on our body's health leading to a condition now known as adrenal fatigue. What is adrenal fatigue? And what exactly does it do to the body? Let me break it down... Read More

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The Homemade Sage
11:01 am

My Experience with the Womancode Cleanse

I am writing this post after just coming off my first ever 4 day cleanse. What exactly do I mean by cleanse? Going on a cleanse gives your body time to detoxify anything it may be holding onto in the body (heavy metals, excess estrogen and other hormones, undigested food, environmental toxins) mainly through the liver and the large intestine (though there are also ways to detox throughout the skin such as dry brushing and saunas). This is done by eliminating common food irritants from the diet such as sugar, gluten, dairy, red meat, processed food and oils, caffeine, and alcohol. That way the body actually has time to remove the built up toxins because new ones are not being introduced for a certain period of time. There are many different types of cleanse programs offered by doctors, health coaches, authors, bloggers, you name it, but for my cleanse I chose to follow the Womancode protocol by holistic health coach Alissa Vitti. Read More

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