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.
I have so many fond memories of my Daddy making waffles for us on Saturday mornings. The aroma wafting through the house was heavenly. I remember watching him add chocolate chips or cinnamon or both! I can still close my eyes and imagine sitting around the table as he worked. I can picture him standing...
Our family has been on a more natural, traditional food journey for a little over a year now. We’ve been making a lot of diet and consumer changes to embrace a healthier lifestyle. One of the changes that I am now working toward is switching to 100% einkorn flour baking. It’s a big step. It’s...
Today marks the beginning of Chinese New Year 2018! The Year of the Dog! As I shared in my last post, our 2018 Chinese New Year celebrations are taking a simple is just right approach. But that will definitely include making dumplings for our Chinese meal. Chinese jiǎozi are the quintessential food of Spring Festival. ...
It’s been a year since I tried my “Kombucha Experiment” to find out what the hype was all about. I was a little weirded out at first and thought the whole concept was just so strange. But a year later, I’m a 100% kombucha convert. I can’t claim that it, alone, is the miracle drink...
This season has been so jam-packed with school work, doctor’s appointments, and plain old life, that we just haven’t done a lot of Christmas activities. So I’ve been trying to bake some of our traditional recipes over the past few days. My Daddy’s Chocolate Chip Cookies are always on the list, though I admit it...
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