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Mar 18, 2019

Why Soak Your Feet + How to Do it for Maximum Therapeutic Benefit

Feet… we rely on them to move us an untold number of steps in our lifetimes, but we rarely think of them (except when they hurt!) and do precious little to care for them. Seems to me they deserve more thanks than they are getting!  One way I’ve recen...

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Jan 28, 2019

How to Use Essential Oils for Focus & Concentration

There are times when we all need to increased focus to get something done, learn a new concept, or achieve a goal. Or when everything around us seems chaotic or out of control, leaving us feeling overwhelmed, frazzled, and ineffective. Essential oil...

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Dec 21, 2018

Essential Oils for the Winter Solstice (and the Entire Season)

Today is the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere. Not familiar with this term? It’s the day each year when the sun travels on its lowest arc in the sky. This results in the shortest amount of daylight and longest period of darkness . It’s al...

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Nov 07, 2018

Natural Weapons that Win the Battle Against Winter Illnesses

Searching for the best natural remedies to get you through the winter *ick*? Or to strengthen your immune system to the point that it can fight off just about anything? Then walk with me a bit...  I’m sharing some of my most effective tools!   My gra...

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Nov 04, 2018

How to Use Essential Oils to Boost Your Immune System

I DON’T WANT TO GET SICK (pleads everyone this time of year) !!! This post (and it's companion ) will show you the natural remedies you need to stay healthy until Spring! November is here! We are now well into Fall and hurtling quickly toward w...

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Oct 08, 2018

8 Reasons You Should Drink Golden Milk

New to golden milk, a.k.a. the " turmeric latte "? You're missing out on a most delicious, nourishing treat! Originating in India, golden milk is a centuries-old Ayurvedic drink that has recently been making inroads in other regions. This comforti...

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Aug 06, 2018

How to Stay Healthy While Traveling

Welcome back to the third and final part of my series on healthy travel! You’ve planned wisely, packed smartly, and journeyed using strategies to best to avoid illness and counteract the stress that travel puts on your body. Now that you’ve reached y...

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Jul 14, 2018

Healthy Tips for Planning, Packing, and Traveling to Your Destination (Healthy Travel Part 2)

My family rarely traveled when I was a child. As in only a handful of times in my first 18 years and only once outside of New York State. Seem strange? Blame it on the cows. Dairy cows that need to be milked twice a day, 365 days a year. That and th...

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Jul 04, 2018

Ultimate List of Healthy Travel Snacks

My five-year old, Gabby, and I are hitting the road in a couple days for our annual trip north to my hometown. As a self-admitted "muncher," I have always been one of those who packs the car or carry-on luggage with plenty of snacks. However, after w...

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May 19, 2018

How to Clean Your Home Without Toxic Chemicals (+ Recipes for Natural Cleaning that Actually Work)

Hi, again!  Welcome back for part 2 of my green cleaning series. As I discussed in  this blog post , many of the cleaning products on store shelves have been linked by peer reviewed studies to both acute and chronic health issues. Definitely not some...

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May 06, 2018

Are Your Cleaning Products Harming Your Health?

ARE YOUR CLEANING PRODUCTS SAFE FOR A CHILD TO CONSUME? If not (or if you’re not sure), this post is for you! THERE ARE HOW MANY CHEMICALS? There are more than 80,000 chemicals on the market today, the majority of which have never been tested and ...

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Mar 05, 2018

Yoga & Essential Oils: Get Ready For Your Next Best Duo!

Yoga and its health benefits have been studied for generations. In the last 10 years, yoga participation numbers have grown steadily, with over 10 million more people participating in yoga in the spring of 2017 than there were in 2006 . It’s no surp...

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Dec 11, 2017

Essential Oils for Immune Support (and how to use them!)

Winter is upon us and many are already feeling under the weather. My husband laid low for much of the weekend feeling less than stellar. In addition, even healthy practices can put us at greater risk of weakened immune systems . For example, pro...

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Oct 23, 2017

Best Essential Oils to Improve Your Workouts & Athletic Performance

Are you struggling to maximize your workouts/training program or to achieve your performance goals because you're tired, stressed, frequently under the weather, or nursing an injury?  I’ve been there and know how frustrating it can be!  The differenc...

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Aug 24, 2017

Simple Guidelines for Diluting Essential Oils

I almost always dilute my essential oils before applying them to my skin. Why? DOWNLOAD FREE DILUTION GUIDE Except in certain cases where applying oils "neat" or directly to your skin without a carrier oil may be appropriate (e.g., to stop active b...

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Aug 13, 2017

Simple Homemade Body Butter for Pain and Inflammation

Most of us experience muscle or joint pain or discomfort from time to time. Whether we sustain an injury, overdo exercise or yard work, or have a chronic condition, we are looking for ways to experience relief. There are so many natural methods to co...

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Aug 06, 2017

14 Simple Ways to Aromatically Benefit from Essential Oils

We don't often think about the role that the scents we inhale play within our bodies. We may be vaguely or even acutely conscious of certain aromas, which can span the range from fresh, clean, light, flowery, spicy, earthy, or sweet to loamy, stale, ...

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Jul 09, 2017

Effective DIY Bug Spray Recipes: The Natural, Non-Toxic Protection You Need This Summer

Mosquitoes are an inevitable downside to summertime. I absolutely hate being bitten, followed by the days of itching and temptation to scratch the welts. Unfortunately for me, I’m a mosquito magnet. Even if no one else is getting bit, my arms and leg...

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Jun 04, 2017

Sunburn? This Soothing Spray with Essential Oils Comes to the Rescue!

One day when I was young, my mother brought home two drinking glasses from Pizza Hut. [Remember when, from time to time, fast food restaurants would offer limited edition collectors' glasses for purchase? My family’s “fancy” holiday stemware, which a...

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May 23, 2017

Traveling??? Which Essential Oils Should You Take Along?

I recently took an overseas business trip for the first time in over two years. I definitely couldn’t take my entire oil collection with me to Bosnia and so set about trying to narrow down the list to just the “bare essentials.” So many choices!  Whi...

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Hey! I'm Rachel! I dove into natural wellness after my health crashed in 2014. I'm on a mission to help you understand the ingredients in the products you use and show you how easy it is to exchange toxin-containing ones for things that support rather than burden your body. You'll find me growing microgreens, tending my urban garden, cooking whole food meals, hiking, foraging, and creating DIY skincare products.


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Welcome! The mission of Holistically Healthy Home is empowering people to thrive by finding tailored natural solutions to support health and wellness needs.  I’m passionate about helping people decrease their body burden by ridding their homes of toxic beauty, personal care, and cleaning products, and swapping them out for safer, healthier choices. This is a process, best undertaken a step at a time.  Join me on this journey! 


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Why Everyone Should Dry Brush

  • D O YOU DRY SKIN BRUSH?!? Dry skin brushing is one of the simplest, easiest, and cheapest health practices. Between needing to detox from overseas travel and heal my foot and ankle from my fall down the porch steps, I've been doing it A LOT lately. If you've never heard of dry skin brushing, it's exactly what it sounds like. You use a bru... Posted: Nov 24, 2022 Read More
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