The Butterfly Pea plant, also known as Clitoria ternatea or Blue Pea Flower, is more than just a gorgeous vine with striking blue blossoms.

For centuries, it has been celebrated in Ayurvedic, Chinese, and traditional Southeast Asian medicine. Today, it’s making waves worldwide—not only for its wellness benefits but also for its ability to nurture the soil it grows in.

🌸 Health Benefits of Butterfly Pea

Rich in Antioxidants

The vivid blue pigment in Butterfly Pea flowers comes from anthocyanins—powerful antioxidants that help combat oxidative stress, protect cells, and support overall vitality.

Supports Brain Function

Traditional medicine has long used Butterfly Pea to enhance memory and focus. Studies suggest that it may improve cognitive function by boosting blood flow to the brain.

Anti-Inflammatory & Anti-Aging Properties

The antioxidants in Butterfly Pea help reduce inflammation in the body and promote youthful skin by fighting free radicals.

Calming & Stress-Relieving

Butterfly Pea tea is naturally caffeine-free, making it an excellent choice for relaxation. It’s often used to ease anxiety, promote restful sleep, and restore balance.

Blood Sugar & Heart Health Support

Emerging research shows Butterfly Pea extract may help regulate blood sugar levels and support cardiovascular health, making it a valuable herbal ally.

🌱 Soil & Environmental Benefits of Butterfly Pea

Nitrogen Fixation for Soil Health

As a leguminous plant, Butterfly Pea forms a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, fixing nitrogen into the soil. This naturally enriches the earth, reducing the need for chemical fertilizers.

Improves Soil Structure

With its strong root system, Butterfly Pea helps improve soil aeration and water retention. This makes the ground more fertile and resilient, even in poor or sandy soils.

Prevents Erosion

Its sprawling vine and dense foliage help cover and protect the soil surface, reducing erosion and keeping the land fertile.

Sustainable Farming Partner

Farmers often use Butterfly Pea as a cover crop or green manure. When plowed back into the soil, it acts as a natural fertilizer, improving organic matter and long-term soil health.

Biodiversity Booster

The flowers attract pollinators like bees and butterflies, supporting the local ecosystem and improving pollination for nearby crops.

🌿 Final Thoughts

The Butterfly Pea plant is truly a gift—from its vibrant blue blossoms that brew into a magical, health-boosting tea, to its ability to heal and restore the very soil it grows in. Whether you enjoy it for its calming tea, its beauty in the garden, or its environmental benefits, Clitoria ternatea is a plant worth celebrating.

Many consider dandelions persistent weeds, but they are magic at your fingertips!

Dandelions have numerous benefits. They contain nutrients vital to living your healthiest life, such as Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, calcium, iron, and potassium. These small but mighty plants are a beautiful example of a natural immune booster! Rather than eradicating dandelions from your lawn, try consuming them! They are also detoxifiers for your body. Dandelions help flush toxins, aid your kidneys in functioning more efficiently, and are great digestive enzymes.

Due to their precious medical nature, dandelions have been used in medicine for thousands of years, including Chinese traditional medicine. They were even purposely brought over on the Mayflower because of all their fantastic bodily benefits.

Dandelions are proven to reduce inflammation, low cholesterol, and keep blood sugar in check; who wouldn't like all of those things?! Not only do dandelions offer all of these beautiful qualities, but you also can use each part of them. Mountsinai.org states that each area of a dandelion offers a different benefit: "Dandelion leaves act as a diuretic, increasing the amount of urine your body makes. The leaves are used to stimulate the appetite and help digestion. Dandelion flower has antioxidant properties. Dandelion may also help improve the immune system. Herbalists use dandelion root to detoxify the liver and gallbladder, and dandelion leaves to help kidney function."

Dandelions are versatile healers right outside your doorstep for free! Instead of removing them or spraying them with harmful pesticides, consider picking a few up and seeing the benefits for yourself. The Earth provides so many incredible ways to incorporate nature into our health. Dandelions are the perfect opportunity for you to experience this magical phenomenon for yourself!

What do you look for when buying diapers? Are you focused on the ingredients, the fit, how absorbent they are or the price point; or maybe all four of these! I can’t even tell you how many times I have read posts of parents who are on the hunt for diapers that wont leak, but in reality a diaper can only hold so much before they just need to be replaced with a new one!

I have always been interested in ingredients in products, especially products we put on our little babies. I would drive myself crazy trying to find products I can truly trust to put on my baby’s skin, and sadly I still haven’t found much. There are so many harmful ingredients in almost everything, down to our children’s diapers. This I found very stressful since this is on their skin 24/7. I knew I wasn’t comfortable putting harmful ingredients on my delicate baby, especially knowing what it could cause down the road. Aside from this, diapers are the third largest consumer item in landfills, which is about 30% of non biodegradable waste . Have you ever wondered what is in your child’s diapers that absorbs the pee? This is the Sodium Polyacrylate, which is in almost all disposable diapers and turns the liquid into a gel. Another red flag for me was the strip that turns a different color letting you know that your baby has peed! So many people see this as a “cool” feature, but in reality this is just another toxic chemical added to our baby products that is touching their skin all day long.

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As a parent is can be difficult getting our children to eat nutritious food.

Smoothies are the perfect way to provide a fun and healthy snack for all ages.

Having children to help make meals (and smoothies) may also be helpful by encouraging them to try different foods. Many children find it more “fun” to eat food they have contributed to making! This high fiber broccoli smoothie is a great and easy way to add fiber to your child’s diet!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cherries
• 1 cup chopped broccoli
• 1 medium banana
• 1 tablespoon flaxseed, ground
• 1 cup pomegranate juice

Combine and blend all ingredients in a high-powered blender & enjoy!

You are promised volume and shine, but what is left out is the harmful ingredients hidden in your everyday personal care products.

According to a report form the Center of Environmental Health, dozens of shampoo, soap, and other personal care products contain cocamide diethanolamine, otherwise known as cocamide DEA. This ingredient blocks absorption of a nutrient called choline, this is an essential nutrient for brain development and peripheral nerve function. Deficiencies of this nutrient can lead to peripheral nerve damage, metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance, and hypertension.

Anther common chemical compound in shampoos is straight-chain alkyl benzene sulfonates. This ingredient is responsible for headaches, nausea, dizziness, drowsiness, confusion, and worst of all leukemia and other types of cancer. One more ingredient most conventional shampoos contain is 1,4-dioxane, a highly toxic carcinogen that causes cancer and kidney, respiratory, neurological toxicity, and does not readily biodegrade in the environment.

Most large companies such as Suave, Pantene, and Aussie use chemicals that have been linked to cancer, nerve damage, and immunotoxicity, and allergies.

Below is a list of some ingredients to watch out for in your product:

Every hairdresser leaves an impact.

Not just by making you look and feel beautiful or stylish, but on a much deeper level. Once you both have agreed to this client-hairdresser relationship. There is a bond between a client and hair dresser.

As a hairdresser, clients facial structure, hair and body type are kept in mind to give that client a look that brings them confidence and self love.

On a more intimate level, a hairdresser gets to know their clients lifestyle, traditions and families. Many times, becoming family themselves.

It's a wonderful connection between a hair stylist and client.

This doesn't mean you hangout and are apart of their day to day life, but once they sit down in your chair, you pick right where you left off. Whether that be in 2 weeks or 8.