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12 Natural Cold Sore Remedies that Work | If you want to know how to get rid of a cold sore FAST, this post is for you! Cold sores can cause significant pain in the mouth and on the lips, and while even the fastest remedies won’t cure a fever blister overnight, these ideas will decrease the severity and duration of cold sore symptoms. With DIY formulas using natural ingredients, these fast acting ideas are suitable for kids (and for toddlers!). #coldsore #feverblister #coldandflu

Fast and Effective: 12 Natural Cold Sore Remedies that Work

20 Ginger Water Recipes We Love | Ginger is a well known natural remedy for nausea, but did you know it can help burn fat and help with weight loss? If you want to know how to make ginger water – and all the health benefits it offers – this post has it all, including 20 recipes to help you detox, burn fat, lose weight, and get that flat belly you’ve always wanted! #ginger #gingerwater #ginerwaterrecipes #flattummy

Detoxify At Home: 20 Ginger Water Recipes We Love

35 Healthy After School Snacks for Kids | Looking for simple, clean eating snacks for children to keep them full until dinner? We’re sharing our favorite make ahead snack recipes, easy grab and go ideas, self-serve snacks and options for older kids, and gluten-free recipes for kids with allergies. From a delicious trail mix with chocolate chips, to super simple DIY granola bars, to almond butter energy balls, even your picky eaters will love these recipes! #afterschoolsnacks #makeaheadsnacks

Easy and Delicious: 35 Healthy After School Snacks for Kids

15 Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy | Want to know how to kickstart your energy naturally? We’re sharing 15 tips and ideas to help you feel more energized in the mornings and beyond without relying on coffee and other sources of caffeine. Diet and fitness are great natural energy boosters, but there are tons of other simple tweaks you can make to your daily routine to help you feel more alert and productive. Click to find out more! #energybooster #wakeup #wakeuprefreshed #havemoreenergy

Energized and Awake: 15 Natural Ways to Boost Your Energy

15 Immune Boosting Elderberry Recipes | If you’re looking for healthy natural remedies to boost your immune system, elderberry is about to become your new BFF. Click to learn the health benefits of elderberry, how to cook with elderberry, and our favorite elderberry recipes! From elderberry syrup, teas, and jam, to homemade gummies, cough drops, and lollipops, these cold, flu, and allergy fighting ideas will help you and your kids feel better sooner! #elderberry #elderberryrecipes #immunity

15 Immune Boosting Elderberry Recipes the Whole Family Will Love

13 Brilliant Witch Hazel Benefits and Uses | Whether you’re looking for natural skin care remedies to treat acne, tighten pores, and reduce signs of aging, or you need DIY natural remedies to treat conditions like cold sores, sunburns, infection, sore throat, headache, inflammation, and other aches and pains, witch hazel is about to become your new BFF! Click to learn how to use witch hazel and why you should add it to your beauty routine! #witchhazel #witchhazeluses #naturalremedies

13 Witch Hazel Benefits and Uses You’ll Wish You Knew Sooner

How to Have a Positive Body Image | Life is too short to spend it worrying about the shape and size of your body. If you’re looking for tips to help you develop healthy thoughts about your beautiful body so you can feel happier with yourself and be a better role model for your daughter and other young girls in your life, we’re sharing 11 body positivity tips and 25 positive affirmations to help you see that you are enough! #bodyimage #positiveaffirmations #bodypositivity

36 Tips & Affirmations to Help You Develop a Positive Body Image

How to Stop a Panic Attack Fast | Looking for tips to stop the thoughts, feelings, and physical symptoms of a panic attack? We’re sharing 11 techniques that help. While some people experience panic attacks in response to stress or as a result of PTSD, others cannot predict when their symptoms will occur, leading to panic disorder and other mental health challenges. Click for our best coping strategies and remember: never be afraid to ask for help! #panicattacks #anxiety #mentalhealth

How to Stop a Panic Attack Fast: 11 Tips that Work

How to Have a Positive Mindset | If you want to know how to be happier with yourself, your relationships, at work, as a mom, and in every other area of your life, it all comes down to your mindset. We’re sharing 14 benefits of positive thinking, positive thinking exercises, and positive thinking techniques to help you reframe your negative thoughts for a happier, healthier you! #positivethinking #positivemindset #howtobehappy #happyhabits

How to Have a Positive Mindset: 8 Tips to Beat Negative Thoughts

18 Natural Remedies for Perimenopause | From irregular periods and hot flashes, to insomnia and reduced libido, to mood swings and weight gain, perimenopause can be overwhelming and frustrating. If you’re looking for relief from perimenopause symptoms, we’re sharing our best tips and strategies, including recommended diet changes, supplements, the best exercises for weight loss after 40, stress management techniques, and more! #perimenopause #menopause #womenshealth #weightlossafter40

19 Natural Remedies for Perimenopause Mood Swings and Weight Gain

18 Hydrogen Peroxide Uses | Many of us remember our moms using hydrogen peroxide for cleaning cuts and scrapes, and while this is no longer recommended (what?!), you can use hydrogen peroxide to kill bacteria on surfaces in your kitchen and bathroom, to whiten your laundry, and to get out tough stains. It’s also good for acne, for skin care, as a foot soak for cracked heels, and for whitening teeth. Click for our best cleaning, beauty, and health uses for H2O2! #naturalremedies #homeremedies

Miracle Cleaner: 18 Hydrogen Peroxide Uses and Benefits

8 Natural Irritable Bowel Syndrome Remedies | Do you suffer from abdominal bloating, pain, cramping, diarrhea and/or constipation due to IBS and want natural relief? This post has all the facts - the signs, symptoms, and causes plus 8 natural treatment options. We focus on diet – what food to eat, triggers to avoid, recipe books – along with natural cures like essential oils, probiotics, herbal teas, and managing stress. #irritablebowelsyndrome #IBS #IBSremedies #IBSrelief #naturalremedies

8 Natural Irritable Bowel Syndrome Remedies that Actually Work

30-Day IIFYM Diet Plan for Beginners | If you’re looking for a clean eating plan that will help you lose weight without counting calories and depriving yourself of the foods you love, cooking macro friendly recipes is key. We’ve created a 30-day IIFYM kickstart diet with 30 delicious IIFYM recipes each for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to help you learn macros for beginners for weight loss that lasts! #macrofriendlyrecipes #IIFYM #IIFYMrecipes

If It Fits Your Macros 101: 30-Day IIFYM Diet Plan for Beginners

Celery Juice for Beginners | If you’re new to celery juice and want to know what it is, what the health benefits and side effects are, how to make celery juice with a juicer or blender, and the best celery juice recipes for weight loss, this post has it all! Whether you’re looking for a cleanse to help you detox, or want to drink celery juice in the morning to reduce acne and eczema, and to boost your endurance, we’ll help you get results that last! #celeryjuice #juicing #juicingrecipes

Celery Juice for Beginners: Benefits, Side Effects and Recipes!

87 Positive Affirmations for Women | From boosting your self-esteem and happiness, to improving your motivation and relationships, to helping mothers see their strength and the importance in everything they do, these inspirational affirmations and mantras are both beautiful and effective. Repeat these to yourself daily with meaning and intention and practice an attitude of gratitude to help change your perspective! #positiveaffirmations #positiveaffirmationsforwomen #affirmationsformoms

Live a Life You Love: 87 Positive Affirmations for Women

4 Stationary Bike Workouts for Weight Loss | If you’re looking for an indoor bike workout for beginners to get your heart rate up and help you lose weight, we’re sharing 4 of our favorites you can stream for free at home or at the gym. Whether you have an upright or recumbent bike, you can enjoy the fat burning benefits of these HIIT workouts without splurging on a Pelaton. Find out the many benefits of indoor cycling and commit to a healthier lifestyle TODAY. #spinworkout #bikeworkout

Indoor cycling 101: 4 stationary bike workouts for weight loss

25 Baking Soda Uses Everyone Needs to Know | Did you know you can use baking soda for cleaning, as an air freshener, to neutralize odors in your home, and to brighten laundry? It's also great for PH balance, to ease an upset stomach, for skin, hair, and beauty care, to whiten teeth, to clean hands and nails, and as part of your skincare routine. There are so many uses for baking soda, and we’re sharing 25 natural remedies everyone needs to try! #bakingsodauses #bakingsodetips #bakingsodahacks

25 Brilliant Baking Soda Uses and Remedies You’ve Never Thought Of

How to Get Rid of Morning Sickness | If you’re looking for natural remedies to help you get through the all-day nausea that often comes with the first trimester of pregnancy, we’ve got you covered! We’re sharing 16 tips and ideas for mom to be, including foods, essential oils, and over the counter products that help prevent and lessen the impact of morning sickness so you can go about your life and enjoy being pregnant! #morningsickness #firsttrimester

How to Get Rid of Morning Sickness: 16 Pregnancy Nausea Remedies

17 Natural and Safe Pregnancy Insomnia Remedies That Work! | While there are heaps of funny memes out there about pregnancy and sleep, it can be hard to find the humor in pregnancy insomnia when you’re in the thick of it. Whether you’re suffering with morning sickness in the early first trimester of your pregnancy, or you can’t sleep due to discomfort (hello heartburn!) during your third trimester, these sleep products and remedies are sure to help! #pregnancyinsomnia #cantsleep #insomnia

Wake Up Refreshed: 17 Natural and Safe Pregnancy Insomnia Remedies

How to Meal Plan for Beginners | 11 time-saving tips to help you learn the art of meal planning on a budget! Whether you prefer to meal plan for the week or for a month at a time, need meal planning tips for one, for two, or for the whole family, want healthy clean eating ideas for weight loss, and/or want to learn freezer cooking, we’re sharing our best tips to teach you how to make a meal plan that will work for you and your goals! #mealplan #mealplanning #mealprep

How to Meal Plan for the Week: 11 Time-Saving Tips for Weight Loss

33 At Home Date Night Ideas for Married Couples | Babysitters are few and far between, and they aren’t cheap (!!!), but if you’re looking for ways to focus on your marriage when your kids are in bed – or need a little Valentine’s Day inspiration – we’re sharing our best simple, fun, creative, and romantic ways to spend quality time with your SO when going out isn’t an option. Perfect for newlyweds and tired parents, these ideas will not disappoint! #datenightideas #dateideas #datenightin

Couple’s Night In: 33 Budget-Friendly At Home Date Night Ideas