by Eva van Strijp | Mar 27, 2021 | Essential Oils, Simple Living
Forest bathing, or shinrinyoku, is a Japanese preventative health practice of ancient origins, but brought into popular use for stressed corporate workers in the 1980s. Specifically, it’s the spending of multiple hours – sometimes several days – immersed in nature....
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 20, 2021 | Simple Living
This morning I saw that the hashtag #naturalimmunity has been censored by Instagram. And by censored, I mean completely shut down: inaccessible. Instagram’s explanation is that there was some questionable information shared in accounts using this hashtag, but isn’t...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 20, 2021 | Essential Oils, Simple Living
I’ve been asked many times if it’s really necessary to have ALL the essential oils. There are literally hundreds of them, so it can be a bit confusing as to which ones are essential (pardon the pun) and which ones are just nice to have. All families are different and...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 13, 2021 | Essential Oils, Low-tox DIYs, Peaceful Parenting
Two of the most common ways that aromatherapists have traditionally supported people is with massage and compresses and these are treatments that we as mothers can utilise any where, any time. Aromatherapeutic massage comes with some incredible health benefits and it...
by Eva van Strijp | Mar 6, 2021 | Intentional Business
I love this advice so much. Honestly, it could be applied to just about anything but I keep coming back to it when I think about business stuff. You can learn anything these days. There’s literally a course for that. But just because we can learn it, doesn’t mean we...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 27, 2021 | Gardening, Simple Living
Not the prettiest plant in garden, but boy, does aloe vera pack a punch! With over 75 active constituents, including amino acids, enzymes, minerals, vitamins, zinc, calcium, magnesium and more… aloe vera is a pretty amazing (free) fertiliser if you have it in...
by Eva van Strijp | Feb 20, 2021 | Simple Living
If you’ve been watching the news recently, you will have seen the unprecedented weather events that unfolded in Texas this month, in which many thousands of homes were without power and water for days. In addition, because of the enormous amount of snow...
by Eva van Strijp | Jan 20, 2021 | Essential Oils, Peaceful Parenting
True story. A couple of weeks ago we were camping and one of the kids was overtired and very upset about some mozzie bites. We tried to help soothe her skin with a few different things we had on hand but she was still utterly inconsolable. I think she would have been...
by Eva van Strijp | Jan 2, 2021 | Essential Oils
Don’t let anyone tell you that frankincense isn’t the king of oils, ok? Distilled from the resin of trees in the Boswellia carterii tree family, Frankincense essential oil contains the naturally occurring constituent alpha-pinene, which is what gives it its...
by Eva van Strijp | Dec 20, 2020 | Essential Oils, Low-tox DIYs, Simple Living
Christmas decor that’s simple, natural and doesn’t add to landfill: yes please! I’m so thrilled with how this beaut bunch of pine cones looks (and smells) in the centre of our dining room table. {Here’s how: pine cone diffusers} Select a variety of pine cones and...
