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  • How to Clean Your Home Naturally: What's wrong with your regular cleaners? Oh, so much! But, you can clean your home naturally, effectively, and usually much cheaper. Here is a big guide to cleaning your home naturally, with just a few ingrediants that you probably already have, a few DIY recipes, and what to buy if you don't like DIY. #nontoxicliving #cleannaturally #DIYcleaners #nontoxichome #nontoxicliving #livingsustainably

    How to Clean Your Home Naturally & Sustainably

    A Big Guide To Cleaning Your House Without Toxins You know that feeling you get after you deep clean a small bathroom? Not the “Wow! Look at how the faucets sparkle! I did a darn good job!” feeling. The woozy…

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  • 12 Practical Tips to Cloth Diapers: We've been using cloth diapers for years and I've been asked a lot of questions, so here are practical tips on cloth diapering. It's easier than you think! #clothdiapers #crunchymama #slowmotherhood #ecofriendlymama

    12 Practical Tips for Using Cloth Diapers

    A few months ago, I saw a post on Instagram asking for advice on cloth diapers. Another mom was just starting out and was struggling a bit. I reached out and offered some advice (solicited and un-). It ended up…

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  • Teaching environmentalism is a lot like teaching any other important value. Like honesty and humor, I want to teach my kids to love the earth. Here are 7 things I do to raise kids who care about the environment. #unlikelywahm | #environmentalistkids | #naturalmama | #greenmama

    7 Ways To Raise Kids Who Care About the Earth

    Ok, first things first. In order to be fully transparent, I should note that my kids aren’t grown up yet (you can probably tell from the pictures on this blog). So I have NO idea if I am doing this…

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  • Get Plants: A great way to clean the air in our homes. Also helps improve our mood. Win!

    5 Natural Ways to Clean The Air in Our Homes

    It looks like we are going to be spending a lot of time in our homes for the foreseeable future, doesn’t it? So, we might as well clean the air in our homes. — I work from home (obviously), so…

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  • For decades, I have lived sustainably. From our kitchen and home products to my ethical fashion wardrobe. But, I was slow to embrace natural beauty. It took a pregnancy. Now, I won't put it on my skin if I can't eat it. Here's why it took so long and a few of my favorite products. #naturalbeauty | #ethicalbeauty | #cleanbeauty

    It Took Having a Baby to Switch to Natural Beauty

    For at least a few decades, I have considered myself an environmentalist. But, for some reason, it took me awhile to embrace ethical, clean natural beauty. When I was younger I wasn’t all that concerned with clean and natural beauty….

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  • Why I choose process goals over outcome goals: Now more than ever, our goals may feel farther out of reach. Will I be able to finish that marathon? Will there even be a marathon? Who knows? This is why I choose process goals over outcome goals. #UnlikelyWAHM | #Timemanagementformoms | #processgoals | #outcomegoals | #goalsetting

    Why I Choose Process Goals over Outcome Goals

    I started writing this post months ago, right around the new year and never published it. I wrote about how during this time of year (the new year), we often reevaluate our goals and create new ones. We choose outcome…

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  • Kids Summer Skincare

    Summer Skincare For Kids (beyond just SPF)

    Summer Skincare for Kids and Babies (& Moms Too!) Summer is officially here, and while it may be a little different than years past, it is still as sunny and warm as ever. We may be staying closer to home,…

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  • Well.. we are halfway through this uncertain, unpredictable, challenging, interesting...however you want to describe it... year. So, I am taking some time to reevaluate (and add to) my word of the year. Have you taken time to update, reconsider, completely redo your word of the year? What does it look like now? How has your focus shifted or has it remained the same? Here is my update and shift for the remainder of 2020. #unlikelywahm | #slowmotherhood | #wordoftheyear | #focus | #presence | #patience | #persistence | #practice | #progress

    Word of the Year: An Update for 2020

    What is your word of the year? Are you updating it for the rest of 2020? What a year so far! I think it is safe to say that most of us have never had a year (or half a…

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Sustainable, Simple, Slow LivingHi, I’m Jess. I’m a crunchy mama of two little boys who are almost always outrunning me. I do my best to let them lead and to sit in stillness and watch them. Like most moms, I struggle daily with patience (it is the thing I work on the most). I also struggle with presence, and it is at the heart of slow motherhood. 

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