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 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.
The last ten years have gone by in the blink of an eye, but lots happened in those 3,652 days. When I think back to all that’s changed, I realize that a decade truly is quite a lot of time! In 2010, I was a young 30-year-old wife and mama of two kiddos. My world...
“Well what’d you do wrong??” “I don’t know, that’s why I’m calling you!” I replied, exasperated and frustrated. I could almost hear the smirk on his face as he questioned me. I had attempted to make my Daddy’s brownies. The ones everyone ohh’ed and ahh’ed about at every family gathering. The ones he had trialed...
After just wrapping up a particularly challenging and full first homeschooling semester, I’m jumping into the busy Christmas season with some serious intentionality. It’s so easy to get sucked into the “have to’s” that December inevitably ushers in for most families. As a mom who is trying to maintain my own self-care and wellness practices,...
Felt safety is a topic that comes up over and over again when working with adoptive and foster parents. It can be an unusual concept to consider, but it’s one that is essential to fully embrace when parenting children with hard starts. Because they’ve so often been in situations where they actually were not safe,...
Today is National Adoption Day. It’s a day meant to raise awareness for the 125,000 children in the U.S. foster care system who are waiting to be adopted. It’s also a day when thousands of those children will legally become sons and daughters. While it’s a special day filled with so many joyful celebrations, I...
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My word for 2020 is 2 words— purposeful and bloom. I posted about it on FB and IG 🙂
Melissa, I love that. “Purposeful” is an excellent word … similar to the “intentional” that I had considered. I had also considered “fruit,” which sort of reminds me of “bloom!” I’m excited to witness how these words unfold for you in 2020. Happy new year, friend!