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.
As part of a natural approach to supporting ADHD symptoms, I have tried to limit the chemical preservatives in my family’s food over the last several years. It can be fairly difficult to completely eliminate them, but I am a firm believer in avoiding whenever possible. As I’ve shared in the past though, we aim...
According to the EWG, about 85% of the American population is drinking water that contains more than 300 contaminants. Isn’t that insane? What’s worse, many of the contaminants are not regulated by the EPA. Some of these are harmful toxins including lead, mercury, arsenic, and antibiotics. In addition, conventional farming runoff has also polluted drinking...
Needing to come up with a cinnamon roll recipe for Christmas this past year (thanks, Covid), I set out on a quest to find a recipe for sourdough einkorn cinnamon rolls. I know cinnamon rolls are typically baked with yeast, but I love sourdough so much that I haven’t baked with yeast in years. Sourdough...
With so many choices of curriculum coupled with learning styles and teaching styles, it can be hard to figure out which way is the best way to homeschool. It’s bad enough that we are bombarded with self-doubt about our decision to teach at home, but the pressure of completing the curriculum so your child can...
Have you ever heard the advice to “eat the rainbow” for optimal health? With all the goodness of disease-preventing phytonutrients and antioxidants that colorful fruits and veggies provide, it really is sound advice. And that’s one of the reasons why I love this hearty Venison Rainbow Stew so much. It’s one of the most colorful...
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