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.
One of the easiest ways to get started with a beginner mindfulness practice is by using Dr. James Gordon’s simple exercise called Soft Belly Breathing. I absolutely love it because it’s really easy to do. It can be practiced anywhere, but I especially love doing it first thing in the morning and laying in bed,...
Let’s talk compassion fatigue, friends. Especially as we are now beginning the sixth week of the Covid-19 quarantine in Maryland, compassion fatigue is becoming a bigger reality for many parents and caregivers, particularly for those who are parenting children with hard starts and special needs. What is compassion fatigue? The adoptive and foster families I...
I spent hours in my flower gardens last weekend, stripping away the dead organic matter … mulching, transplanting, weeding. Clearing the way for new spring life bursting through the soil, I so enjoy creating pockets of beauty all over our property. I love garden work and look forward to the promise of new blooms each...
Have you ever noticed a feeling of calm after taking a barefoot walk on the beach, in a park, or right in your own backyard? It turns out that science may support the idea that skin-to-earth contact may actually have health benefits! Though it’s not widely discussed in conventional medicine, the concept of “earthing” or...
Man, these are some crazy times in which we’re living. Who ever would have thought that we’d be doing social distancing as an entire nation? Especially as my children had just started attending traditional school in January, no one in my family is really loving the new requirement that we all be at home together...
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