Joyful, Healthy Living

This will be my daughter Alina's first year at college and my son Ian's sophomore year in high school! I'll be homeschooling Ian solo now 😲 and focusing on Algebra, SAT Prep, Homeopathic Medicine, World History, the Constitution, independent studies, and his passionate interest in cars and robotics. Alina will be attending college part-time, taking Latin, writing, and math alongside her independent studies and working part-time. They will both continue in my Liberty Scholar

I think of zucchini is the ninja vegetable; you don't even know there is one growing under there, and then suddenly you've got a huge zucchini on your hands. Or 2. Or 5. They seem to grow into baseball bats overnight. The zucchinis just keep coming, so we're making lots of ratatouille, southwest zucchini casserole, and sauteed zucchini, throwing zucchini in stews, freezing zucchini, and making lots of Einkorn zucchini bread and muffins. Why Einkorn? My family switched to Ei

Here's a grain-free zucchini bread recipe to enjoy the summer's bounty. Wow, time flies! I originally developed this recipe over 10 years ago, when my daughter was still having sensitivity to wheat and grains. Nowadays, my daughter can eat whatever she wants with no issues, but my husband Ryan still follows a mostly-grain-free diet for his Hashimoto's. Thankfully, Ryan's diet has become progressively less strict over time, and he's been loving having baked goods once again o

Homeopathy is an excellent resource for first-aid for a variety of conditions. Here's a free 40-min homeopathic first-aid class for you, based on over a decade of experience in my homeopathic practice. This class covers: 00:27 *Why first aid is the best way to start learning homeopathy 04:17 *Seek to learn the picture of each remedy 06:14 *Shock 07:46 *Bumps and bruises 09:12 *Nerve and crush injuries 09:47 *Wounds 13:18 *Splinters 15:03 *Burns 17:11 *Sprains and strains 20:3

My kids have been expected to do a fair amount of chores and household responsibilities on a daily basis since they were around 7-9 years old. I used to spend a lot of time and energy trying to keep my kids on-task and stop them from playing when they were supposed to be working. Mostly, this looked like me nagging and getting annoyed: "Kids, focus!" ... "What are you supposed to be doing?" ... "Stop playing and get your stuff done!" Does this sound familiar to you? Or am I t

Like many others, both of my kids started whining when they were toddlers. It always bothered me when they whined. I tried the usual "ask nicely" response, but over time they still reverted to whining when they were upset or frustrated. I was so ready to be done with whining. When my kids were 4 and 7 years old, I read Nicholeen Peck's book, A House United: Changing Children's Hearts and Behaviors by Teaching Self-Government. This excellent book inspired me to change our ho