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.
It’s been a bit quiet here on the blog over the past month. With the new school schedule requiring me to spend quite a bit of time away from the house doing drop-offs and pick-ups, there hasn’t been a lot of time for writing. However, the one nice positive of spending so much time driving...
I alluded to the fact that my family had some exciting transitions to anticipate for 2020 in a recent blog post. We are officially closing the book on a big part of our lives as we begin to write the first chapter in a new one. Today marks the beginning of a tremendous shift for...
“Well what’d you do wrong??” “I don’t know, that’s why I’m calling you!” I replied, exasperated and frustrated. I could almost hear the smirk on his face as he questioned me. I had attempted to make my Daddy’s brownies. The ones everyone ohh’ed and ahh’ed about at every family gathering. The ones he had trialed...
After just wrapping up a particularly challenging and full first homeschooling semester, I’m jumping into the busy Christmas season with some serious intentionality. It’s so easy to get sucked into the “have to’s” that December inevitably ushers in for most families. As a mom who is trying to maintain my own self-care and wellness practices,...
Being chronically “stressed out” is one of the most common complaints I hear from other people. Heck, it’s one of biggest difficulties I personally face! Not only does it cloud daily living, chronic stress steals our energy and affects our physical bodies as well. From aches and pains, to elevated heart rate, to being unable...
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