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.
Having the extra outdoor space on our property means more creative inspiration for gardening! And it was a perfect day to spend planting new flower seeds! I’ve wanted “lovely purple irises” since my college sorority days, so today we planted 50 bulbs! I’m not sure if they’ll bloom this season, but hopefully they will grace...
19/366 – Sunshine has been doing so well with her reading lessons! She has such a curious desire to learn to read, and is forever asking us what words say. Her hunger for knowledge is insatiable! She’s very persistent and continues to push through, even when putting new sounds together is difficult. I admire her...
We studied the art element of shape at our Bridges homeschool community day a few weeks back. We (me included) all had a ton of fun with this lesson. After we talked about shape, we did a short artist study about the talented Faith Ringgold, and then created story quilts to mimic her work. We...
We had another successful week of Bridges Classical Community! The children continue to impress me with how well they get along and encourage each other. We really have an exceptional group. They work together as a team to learn the new memory work, and complete all of their tasks with only a little silliness. And...
After quite a sabbatical, we finally started back to Chinese lessons with our favorite lǎo shī, Mei! We are meeting in her apartment in the city for lessons, which is great for me because I get to cuddle her sweet new bundle of sugar, spice, and everything nice. Everyone had a blast, including Lovebug, who...
CONTACT ME