Lauren Vaknine

About Me

Thank you for visiting my website! I’m Lauren, and I’m a writer and educator and facilitator of holistic living and conscious parenting, as well as being a mama to two beautiful souls. I’m also a lover of animals, literature, food and deep, meaningful conversations! I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis when I was 2, and suffered for many years, but I am now in remission thanks to a holistic lifestyle and a deep understanding of my body. I now incorporate this lifestyle into my everyday life in order to maintain remission and keep my family healthy; the natural way! This blog is a way for you guys to follow that, hopefully gaining some tips along the way, and to keep up-to-date with my writing and other projects. I also blog about natural parenting over at Huffington Post and spend a lot of time campaigning for natural health options and accessibility. Why not head over to the ‘About’ page to read more about me and all the other things I do, Lauren xoxo

The Art Of Giving Birth

My Article for The Green Parent Magazine “Believe me; if you are told that some experience is going to hurt, it will hurt. Most pain is in the mind, and when a woman absorbs the idea that the act of giving birth is excrutiatingly painful—when she gets this information from her mother, her sisters, her…

Gooey Vegan Brownies

I have quite a few brownie recipes on here but I realised that I have no recipe up for plain brownies as I’ve only ever uploaded pictures when I added flavours like gingerbread or chilli or orange. I actually added some doTERRA peppermint to these! Because I just love it and it’s coming up to…

Pumpkin Bread – GF DF SF V

In honour of International Food Day (which I’m told 16th October is) I bring you – drrrrrum roll please… THE world’s best pumpkin bread, just in time for Halloween and all those poor pumpkins that I hope won’t go to waste 🎃 The chocolate is optional, and I also add doTERRA wild orange because, well…

Healing The Worms of Trauma

Because however much “self-development” one attempts in their lifetime, our visceral and inconvenient humanness ends up being the devil on our shoulder during our most testing times.

Blueberry Tahini Oat Bars – Baby Led Weaning Recipe

I’ve been adding tahini to everything recently. My friend found it weird, saying, Isn’t it only for savoury dishes? NOOOOOOOO! Tahini is so versatile and probably one of the best possible ways to get calcium into little ones. I’ve been dipping pretty much all of Vida’s food in it! I wanted to make her some…