Nicole Chryst

Wellness Educator

Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.

Faith over fear.

Ephesians 2:8-10

I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not homeschooling my favorite students, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use herbs and essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.

I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.

Gone fishin’

May 18, 2015

Two of my boys went off for a fishing weekend near the Catoctin Mountains with the Brotherhood of the Jungle Cock. It’s a thing, I promise. Before you laugh too much at the name, google it. It’s a two night camping event filled with all things outdoors. And they had a blast. Before they left, I snapped this shot of them with my real camera. The rest of the weekend was captured by them in iPhone pictures. Lots of special memories for Lovebug and his Daddy. I love that for them. I’m really not a fisherman. Or woman. Whatever. But I’m glad DH is. Maybe it’ll rub off on me. I doubt it. In the meantime, I’ll let him have all the fishing fun.