Taken daily, herbal teas for hot flashes can reduce the frequency and severity of your flashes. Warm or iced - a simple tea can bring wonderful relief. Discover the best herbs to use and how to make an herbal tea for hot flashes. What can be more uncomfortable than breaking out in a sweat at any random moment? If ...
6 Things to Avoid When You Are Trying to Lose Weight After 40
Losing Weight After 40 Are you fighting a losing battle against hormones, a slowing metabolism, and difficulty maintaining your weight? New challenges require a new approach, and here are 6 things to avoid when you are trying to lose weight after 40. 1. Avoid skipping meals As our metabolism begins slowing down ...
Honey-Vinegar Cough Medicine
Preparing for Cold and Flu Season – How to Make an Herbal Oxymel and Herbal Cough Medicine Learn how easy it is to make an herbal oxymel and your own herbal cough medicine. Are you prepared for your next cold? Do you want to make your own herbal medicine but feel overwhelmed at finding the ingredients or preparing ...
Reduce Hot Flashes Naturally – Herbs and Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes
Hot Flashes Heat rising, face flushing, sweat pouring, a hot flash is an intense experience. It feels like a fire is burning inside me, and I feel as though the fire will burst forth at any moment. Once it's over, I am left feeling clammy, drained, and in need of a change of clothes. Not only uncomfortable, hot ...
Pumpkin Seed Cilantro Pesto
A friend shared this amazing autumn pesto recipe and I love it! So easy and delicious, I enjoy this pumpkin seed cilantro pesto on fresh-baked bread, over pasta, mixed with cooked vegetables, as a topping for my morning eggs and more. Not only is this autumn pesto recipe ridiculously easy and ...
10 Herbs for Menopause – How To Stay Sane When Your Hormones Are Making You Crazy
No one told me... Gray hair, wrinkles, sagging skin, and weight gains. I know these are the inevitable changes that come with aging. But no one warned me about the crazy roller coaster ride of ever-shifting hormones. Hot flashes – check. Mood swings – check. Irregular menstrual ...
A Holistic Approach to Weight Loss – Losing Weight After 40
I have no energy and my clothes don’t fit - The Challenges of Losing Weight After 40 Fat, frumpy, and old. That is how I feel these day. Despite eating healthy and staying active with regular exercise, I continue to gain weight. My clothes don't fit and I feel heavy and cumbersome. Is this what it ...
How to Make Herbal Infused Honey – Flavorful, Medicinal
Sweet, delicious honey. Herbal infused honey is a delightful way to enjoy the many health benefits of herbs and raw honey. Let me show you how easy it is to make herbal infused honey and some of my favorite herbal infused honey combinations for both health and flavor. The content on this site ...
Sweet and Crunchy Fresh Fennel Apple Slaw
Fresh fennel recipe - combing sweet apples with crunchy fresh fennel, cider vinegar, and molasses for a unique slaw. Ingredients 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1 tablespoon molasses 1 teaspoon dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 teaspoon sea salt 1/4 cup olive oil 1 fennel bulb ...
Blackberry Season and Five Easy Recipes
Blackberries are a sweet summer berry and endlessly versatile. Learning to enjoy seasonal foods, we have found freezing fresh blackberries to be a wonderful way to preserve the freshness of summer to enjoy all year long. Freezing fresh seasonal blackberries is really very simple, and I ...
Everything Basil and Seven Simple Recipes
Every year I tell myself - plant less basil. But then spring rolls around and I think I can’t possibly have too much fresh basil, can I? And so the seeds get planted and my excitement rises as I pinch my first fresh leaves. Oh, the aroma of fresh basil! The plants start slow, but by July I just can’t keep up. ...
How to Make a Stress Relief Tincture – Stress Relieving Herbs
Relieve Stress and Anxiety Naturally The stress. The anxiety. It hangs over you like a dark cloud. Little things seem to nearly push you over the edge. Some days are better than others. Most days you hate how you feel but you don't know how to change it. I know, I've been there. I didn't even realize just ...
Seeking Joyful Simplicity is about living your best life after 40. I write about using a holistic approach combining herbal remedies, nourishing foods, and self-care to reduce overwhelm, manage our weight, and enjoy more vibrant health in our 40's, 50's, and beyond.