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.
We took a trip down memory lane a few nights ago, looking through old pictures on my husband’s phone. It’s amazing how much change can happen in five years! Not only did my baby girl grow into a beautiful, hilarious, incredibly bright young woman, I transformed my health with wholistic lifestyle practices, too. In 2015...
Confession: It’s been a year since I got my hair cut. Cus #covid and #life. And it’s the longest my hair has ever been in all my forty years. I’ve always admired longer hair on other women, but never felt like I could pull it off because I was just not blessed with thick hair....
Like many moms, I spent years not taking the time to care for myself. I put forth all of my effort to care for my children, my husband, and my home, but just didn’t make time for self care. Unfortunately, that resulted in unhealthy habits, a lot of weight gain over the years, and negative...
It’s been an interesting month. And by “interesting,” I really mean anxious, scary, sleep-deprived, and agonizing. You see, I found a lump in my breast at the end of March. So many terrifying thoughts went through my head. Even though I knew that 80% of breast lesions are benign, I couldn’t shake the scary what-ifs...
READ PART I HERE and READ PART II HERE In 2016, I began experimenting with sourdough baking. My Daddy had baked a lot when I was growing up, and I really wanted to commit to doing the same for my family. Interestingly, it was that one keystone habit that led me on a journey of...
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