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.
Cold season is officially upon us, which means we’re taking extra steps to support our bodies! As soon as someone feels a hint of a scratchy throat, runny nose, or extra sneezes and sniffles, I break out the elderberry syrup. Most of the kids agree that it tastes pretty good, and only one of them...
ESSENTIAL OILS are the aromatic liquids found within plants – shrubs, trees, flowers, bushes, resins, roots, and seeds. They are the most highly concentrated component of the life blood of plants and often considered nature’s living energy. Primarily extracted through careful steam distillation, but also through cold pressing, the purest oils are far more powerful...
Happy Halloween from our crew (minus hubby, who wasn’t with us when we dressed up) to yours! We had a wonderful time at our church’s Trunk or Treat, but stayed home tonight for our 2nd annual Country Halloween, complete with pumpkin carving, roasting hot dogs, making s’mores, and four-wheeling.
We spent a lovely afternoon at a local apple orchard with our homeschool co-op. The weather was perfectly cool and crisp, and it felt like such a quintessential fall day! We had the opportunity to tour the packing house and learn about how the equipment works, as well as visit with all their farm animals,...
I know consuming dairy is a highly debated topic in the nutrition world, but as of now, we are a dairy-eating family. We stick to mostly grass-fed, whole-fat, organic dairy, and buy everything we can from a local farm. We don’t eat dairy with every meal, but we do have several standy-by meals that we...
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So tempted to make it !
You should, Renne! It’s so easy to do and so much cheaper than store-bought!