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8 Top Tips to Help You Get Started with Meditation

2 November 2018 11:05 pm

When you first start out practicing meditation, you may feel overwhelmed with all the instructions in your head: calm your mind, watch your breathing, keep your back straight. Practicing meditation shouldn’t be stressful. Here are my top eight tips to help take the pressure off and allow your practice to unfold naturally. 1. Start with Quick 5-minute Sessions You don't have to start your practice with a long, 20-minute session. When you are first starting out on your meditation journey, it can Read More...

DIY cockroach traps that actually work

6 May 2018 1:33 am

By Jo Baulch

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Toxin Free Living

We all like to sit back and pretend these dirty, disgusting pests are not invading our homes... but if you've seen one cockroach, you can guarantee there are plenty more just like it lurking in the depths of crevices around your home. Ewww! The mere thought of cockroaches crawling about my house while I'm sleeping makes my skin crawl. These critters spread bacteria, human pathogens and parasitic worms. I recently came across a cockroach running for the hills one night when Read More...

5 Surprising Benefits You Can Gain from Meditation

2 February 2018 10:18 pm

By Jo Baulch

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Healthy Living Starts Here

We’ve all heard that practicing meditation can be good for us... ...but beyond the common knowledge that it's relaxing, we might not be exactly sure WHY it's so good for us. The truth is that meditation allows you to experience many benefits, both direct and indirect. Here are five surprising benefits that you can gain from regular meditation practice. 1. It Improves Fertility Stress has been proven to hurt our immune systems. But did you know it can be equally devastating Read More...

Mango Daiquiri Smoothie

1 October 2016 9:51 am

By Jo Baulch

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Recipes

Looking to start your day with a power packed fruit smoothie? This smoothie is as delicious for breakfast, as it is for an afternoon snack or a healthy low carb high fat (LCHF) dessert. With mango season kicking off, it's time to start thinking about what you're going to do with all those ripe juicy mangoes (yummo!). There's nothing better than a mango smoothie... not just in the summer time, but at any time of the year. This power packed protein smoothie Read More...

It’s time to read your sunscreen labels and stop poisoning yourself

15 September 2016 10:20 am

By Jo Baulch

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Product Information, Toxin Free Living

We all know that the sun provides all sorts of health benefits, including helping our bodies manufacture vital vitamin D. Your body is designed to produce the vitamin D it needs which happens when your bare skin (without sunscreen applied) is exposed to sunlight. Exposing your skin for a short time will make all the vitamin D your body can produce in one day in just a little under the time it takes for your skin to turn pink. Read More...

Dare to be Healthy – how it began…

30 August 2016 10:29 pm

By Jo Baulch

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Healthy Living Starts Here

Today I had a chat with the lovely Laura Trotta, who is one of Australia's leading home sustainability experts, about my dramatic change in lifestyle and what led to Dare to be Healthy being borne. We chatted about: • What triggered me to overhaul my lifestyle and embark on my eco and health journey • How I managed when friends didn’t join my eco journey • Where I experience ‘green guilt’ and how I manage this so it doesn’t derail my efforts • Read More...

Dare to be Healthy is NOW OPEN!

6 June 2016 4:23 pm

By Jo Baulch

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Healthy Living Starts Here

I'm so excited that our online store is NOW open for business. We offer a variety of products that are natural, toxin free, organic, eco and vegan friendly. We are continually adding products to the store to help you to reduce the chemical load on both your body and the environment. We stock personal care items that include natural deodorant, sunscreen, skin care, make-up and soaps and shampoo. Choose healthy living products such as stainless steel water bottles, beeswax candles, reusable bags and books to Read More...