Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Family Herbalist
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 herbal remedies 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.
I recently finished reading Therapeutic Parenting Essentials: Moving From Trauma to Trust. Authored by Sarah Naish, the book offers lots of great insight about how trauma impacts children’s thought processes and behaviors, as well as how a deeply nurturing parenting style – what she refers to as therapeutic parenting – helps to overcome common challenges...
Have you ever noticed how kids are sometimes unable to recognize their feelings even though it’s pretty obvious that they’re feeling mad, glad, sad, scared, or even tired? The How Is My Engine Running? tool is meant to give children a visual aid to notice and pay attention to what they’re feeling inside their bodies. ...
Let’s talk compassion fatigue, friends. Especially as we are now beginning the sixth week of the Covid-19 quarantine in Maryland, compassion fatigue is becoming a bigger reality for many parents and caregivers, particularly for those who are parenting children with hard starts and special needs. What is compassion fatigue? The adoptive and foster families I...
I spent hours in my flower gardens last weekend, stripping away the dead organic matter … mulching, transplanting, weeding. Clearing the way for new spring life bursting through the soil, I so enjoy creating pockets of beauty all over our property. I love garden work and look forward to the promise of new blooms each...
Have you ever noticed a feeling of calm after taking a barefoot walk on the beach, in a park, or right in your own backyard? It turns out that science may support the idea that skin-to-earth contact may actually have health benefits! Though it’s not widely discussed in conventional medicine, the concept of “earthing” or...
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