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.
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...
Up until recently, I had been storing my bottles of oily goodness all over the house in different places. This was increasingly becoming an issue because I couldn’t find the oils I needed, I didn’t know which ones I had, and I didn’t know how much was left of the ones that I couldn’t find!...
One of his chores every morning is to collect eggs, turn the coop bedding, and let the girls out into the bigger run. It’s not predator-proof, but it keeps the girls out of my flower gardens. The space is all wooded, which makes it a perfect, shady spot for our flock to spend their time...
I am clearly on a slow cooker kick as of late. It must be the cooler weather coupled with the (much) busier homeschool schedule, because I’ve been using my stoneware crock pot more often recently! It makes life so much easier when I’m not home at the time I’d normally be making dinner. We still...
In this past week’s IIN health coaching module, I listened to a lecture arguing the case for traditional fats. This really spoke to me, because eating traditional foods is part of the lifestyle changes I’ve adopted, which have empowered me to get healthy and drop over 30 pounds. And I’ve made these changes without counting...
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