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 teaching fine arts to my favorite upper school students at our incredible classical Christian school, 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 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.
Have you ever grown garlic? After harvesting my first planting last summer (planted fall 2022), I was so pleased with the success that I put another batch in the ground this past October (2023) and tripled the amount! I ordered a large sampler of different types of organic bulbs from Mountain Valley Garlic, so I...
Happy new year, friends! I just looked back over my blog and discovered that I published 3 posts in 2023. Three. Ouch. I am still fully committed to wholistic wellness practices, but teaching upper school art at my children’s classical Christian school has required that the blog take a back seat … along with letting...
I’ve written before about why organic food is (generally) a better option overall, but I would like to bring attention to a recent peer-reviewed study that demonstrates just how significantly going organic can reduce pesticide levels in the body. With reduced pesticide ingestion being one of my main reasons for eating organic, the study is...
Are you a pancake or waffle person? We are a house divided, but I always find it so interesting to hear what people think! Opinions are strong! Sunday mornings are usually reserved for waffles or pancakes in our house, and we love to use einkorn flour for our batter. We’ve been using THIS WAFFLE RECIPE...
Preparing a big stash of chicken salad for school lunches is often one of my routine tasks over the weekend now that school is back in session. I make it about every other weekend so my kids don’t get bored of it, but it’s a fairly regular school lunch option for our family. Everyone loves...
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