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Wellness is not merely the absence of illness, it is a state of complete physical, mental, emotional & spiritual well-being

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8 Tips To Holistically Aid Your Fertility Treatment

July 17, 2018 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

IVF is a gruelling process. It is impossible to grasp just how gruelling it actually is unless you have been through it. Physically, emotionally, financially; it drains you. The good news, however, is that there are plenty of ways we can be proactive in helping our bodies through the process. Firstly, to cope with the…

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Filed Under: Health, Parenting Tagged With: acupuncture, embryos, fertility, healthy, healthy baby, healthy eating, healthy living, holistic, holistic fertility, holistic health, ivf, magnesium, maya abdominal therapy, meditation, mthfr, natural fertility, positivity, prenatal, protein, vaginal steam, vaginal steaming, yoni steaming

Brizi – A New Device That Will Protect Babies From Air Pollution

October 29, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

As most of my readers will know, my main goal in terms of health for my family is to limit our exposure to toxicity. We do this through the right foods, healthcare products, toiletries, even down to the way we treat illnesses. Prevention of illness is our goal, and limited exposure to toxicity will, in…

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Filed Under: Articles, Parenting Tagged With: air pollution, babies, child health, conscious living, conscious parenting, gentle parenting, healthy children, healthy living, healthy parenting, holistic living, lauren vaknine, mom bloggers, motherhood, mum bloggers, natural living, natural parenting, organic spoon, parenting, pollution

Creating The Perfect Vegan & Allergen Free Kids Birthday Party

October 17, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

It was Braxton’s 2nd birthday over the weekend (how is my baby 2?!) and we decided, like last year, to have his party at home. When kids start school you don’t really have a choice but to throw them a party where 40 kids are invited, so until that time, we decided we wanted to…

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Filed Under: Articles, Home & Beauty, Parenting Tagged With: 2nd birthday, birthday party, dairy free, egg free, gluten free, health, healthy, healthy birthday party, healthy living, lauren vaknine, organic spoon, sugar free, vegan, vegan feast, vegan food, vegetarian

Not Medicating A Fever Doesn’t Mean Sitting Back And Doing Nothing

October 17, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Not medicating a fever does not mean sitting back and doing nothing

Filed Under: Articles, Front Page Articles, Health, Parenting Tagged With: anti vaccination, childhood fever, children, fever, health, healthy lifestyle, healthy living, immune health, lauren vaknine, natural immunity, natural living, no vaccinations, organic spoon, vaccine free

Acceptance: The Key To Happiness In Early Motherhood

October 4, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Immediately after announcing a pregnancy or giving birth, after the obligatory oohs and aahs and coos have been inflicted, there will inevitably come the slew of unwanted advice … from every person you’ve ever known. A few of my friends have been pregnant or had babies recently, and, though I was dying to spew out…

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Filed Under: Articles, Parenting Tagged With: acceptance, babies, breastfeeding, conscious parenting, fiction, gentle parenting, huff post parents, lauren vaknine, mom life, motherhood, mum blogger, mum life, natural parenting, novel, organic spoon, parenthood, parenting, toddler, toddler mom, toddler mum, writer, writing

The Paradox Of Building A Career Whist Trying To Be A Present Mother

July 31, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Or should it be ‘Being A Present Mother Whilst Trying To Build A Career’? I’m not sure. I know which one has to come first, of course, but it doesn’t make putting your dreams on hold while you raise a family any easier. It’s 2.05pm and for me, being a present mother means that for…

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Natural Parenting? You Need Like-Minded Friends…

June 9, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Your vibe attracts your tribe, that is for sure. But it also means you will lose people along the way. You will lose them because they cannot cope with how different you are, how differently you do things to them, and how that makes them feel. You will lose them because even though you don’t…

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Filed Under: Articles, Parenting Tagged With: awakened parenting, babies, conscious parenting, gentle parenting, health, healthy living, holistic living, holistic parenting, lauren vaknine, organic spoon, parenting, parenting blogs, the awakened parent, the conscious parent, toddlers

How The Media Are Gearing Us Up For Traumatic Birth Experiences

June 5, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

I happen to be one of the five people left in the UK who still watches Home & Away (what can I say, guilty pleasure), and whilst watching an episode last week where one of the characters goes into labour, I got really angry. During the hypnobirthing course my husband and I did before having…

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Filed Under: Articles, Health, Parenting Tagged With: baby, birth, birth stories, hypnobirthing, ina may, natal hypnotherapy, newborn, positive birth movement, positive birth stories, water birth

By Removing Sugary Drinks From Hospital Shops We Are Simply Masking A Bigger Problem

May 13, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Here they are again, this government of ours, rambling on about increasing tax on sugary drinks and removing them from hospital shops. Don’t they realise they’ve missed the point? When Jamie Oliver set about to change our diets for the better, he started in schools. Why? Because quite frankly, it’s no good aiming this information…

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Filed Under: Articles, Front Page Articles, Health, Parenting Tagged With: healing, health, healthy eating, healthy living, huffington post, lauren vaknine, no sugar, organic spoon, remove sugar, sugar, sugar free, sugar free diet

Why It’s Okay For Mums To Ask For Help

February 22, 2017 by theorganicspoon Leave a Comment

Why It’s OK For Mums To Ask For Help   I’m very fortunate to be surrounded by women I would describe as ‘copers’. As mothers, most of my closest friends fall into this category; they don’t complain, they get on with whatever parenthood throws at them, they don’t feel the need for domestic help or…

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Thank you for visiting my blog! I’m Lauren and I’m a health writer, holistic wellness coach and speaker, and at 23 months old, I was diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

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