29 Best Freelance Writing Job Sites in 2023
Check out these freelance writing site ideas to help make a little extra income on your time off, or create a new business where you can work from anywhere.
Why Duplication Isn’t Working In Your Network Marketing Business
You work hard on your business… following in the footsteps of your mentor… doing everything they did so you can have everything they have… but it still isn’t working… and you’re stuck wondering what’s wrong with you. News flash… NOTHING is wrong with YOU. Marketing methods that worked ten years ago are largely obsolete. Same …
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Luxurious 2-Ingredient Nontoxic DIY Shaving Oil
Ever run out of shaving cream when you need it the most? There are many DIY recipes you could choose from, but when you’re in a pinch (or just wanting to limit the ingredients you’re using), this quick 2-ingredient nontoxic DIY Shaving Oil will help! Which two ingredients? Castile soap and essential oil. >> Skip …
Natural & Hydrating DIY Calamine Lotion (5 Ingredients)
If you’re the outdoorsy type, you know how much mosquito bites, poison oak, and poison ivy patches make you itch. Use this DIY calamine lotion to soothe your skin when you’re outside exploring (especially useful during the summer and early fall months). Of course, making calamine lotion is a great way to avoid harmful ingredients …
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5 Ways to Access Free Wifi Anywhere in the World
Whether you’re traveling around the world, RVing across the country, or a Digital Entrepreneur looking for a different location to work in, there are ways to find free WIFI internet access anywhere in the world.
3 Homemade Natural Deodorant Recipes For Sensitive Skin
Making your own DIY deodorant is a great way to avoid harmful ingredients and support your body. Don’t forget to check out our tips for reducing prespiration!
10 Easy Ways to Extend Your Vegetable Growing Season
With continuing threats of rising food prices and additional future shortages, growing food for your family has never been more critical. Starting a garden for the first time has its challenges and learning curves, but one of the most important skills to learn is how to extend your vegetable growing season, especially if you live …
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3 Critical Reasons To Freeze Dry Food & 31 Ways To Use It
While there are many ways to use fruits and vegetables from your garden, freeze-drying opens up a new world of possibilities. Preserving food for your family Preserving your garden harvest to better store food, and keep it from going bad Implementing a comprehensive long-term food security plan Easily share food with others in need Sharing …
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3 Key Methods To Afford A Healthier Lifestyle
Have you ever thought how difficult it would be to afford a living a healthier lifestyle? Organic foods… essential oils… safe cleaners… nontoxic personal care products… all in the name of better health. While it doesn’t always come cheap… here are my biggest lessons learned for figuring out how to afford a healthy lifestyle.
23 Creative Self-Care Travel Planning Tips To Reduce Anxiety
While traveling in and of itself could very well be a form of self-care, there are a few ways to avoid burnout, reduce anxiety, and navigate self-care while you’re travel planning and after you’re settled at your final destination. Plan Your Traveling Self-Care In Advance Whether traveling or hanging out at home, planning your self-care …
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Self Care Travel Kit
Your mental health is crucially important to navigating everyday tasks. Taking a self-care time out is becoming increasingly important as stressful life situations constantly increase, calling for more attention to establishing a solid self-care routine. Self-care is not a luxury… it is important, whether you stay home or are out traveling the world. When you …
5 Creative Allowance Alternatives To Teach Kids About Money
Providing an allowance to your child is a great way to teach reliability, responsibility, and financial literacy. Using creative allowance alternatives to teach kids about money management is a valuable tool that will lay the foundation for budgeting, financial planning, and saving for essential things or life events. Understanding the value of money also helps …
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Easy Homemade Witch Hazel for DIY Recipes (+42 Uses)
Natural products you can make at home will always be healthier than products you can purchase from stores, whether online or locally. Use these directions to make your own homemade witch hazel that you can grow in your garden to use for your DIY skincare recipes. About Witch Hazel Witch hazel is a small shrub …
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12 Helpful Ways To Teach Kids Minimalism (+5 Benefits)
Reduce your family’s stress, behavioral issues, and the time you spend cleaning by embracing minimalism. Use these simple tips to teach your kids to love the minimalist lifestyle so you can maximize quality time spent together.
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155 Uplifting Self-Care Quotes For Mental Health
Self-care is one of the most important things you can do in your daily routine to maximize your inner peace, increase your confidence and productivity, and improve your relationships. Still, as with so many aspects of life, it can be easier said than done. Using positive quotes helps you remember to make caring for yourself …
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8 Harmful Chemicals In Your Laundry To Avoid (+ Safer Options)
Stop washing your laundry in a vat of warm water and toxic chemicals. Use these SAFE, healthy laundry alternatives and DIY recipes.
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5-Ingredient Natural DIY Face Mask Recipe For Glowing Skin
Indulge in taking a self care time out and pampering yourself with this luxurious and healthy DIY Face Mask recipe featuring all-natural ingredients, including essential oils.
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8 Simple Ways To Turn Your Child’s Learning Into Self-Care
Self-care is a HUGE issue with so many people, but too often is overlooked with children. Whether you’re homeschooling or looking to augment your child’s school endeavors, there are simple ways to turn your learning adventures into self-care through laughter, fun, and bonding.
64 Bible Verses To Confidently Gain Clarity & Direction
The Christian Bible is filled with wisdom from the very beginning to the very end. My favorite part about reading the bible several times is that the lessons we need may have different meanings during different life seasons. At some point, God brings you the realization that you feel stuck in situations you would rather …
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Clean Stainless Steel Sink Hard Water Stains, Naturally
Water stains can be a real nuisance, and they seem to show up the most on stainless steel sinks. In this article, we’ll discuss how to clean stainless steel hard water stains with natural ingredients. First, we’ll cover what causes these unsightly blemishes, and then we’ll give you a few solutions for removing them as …
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3 Simple Ways To Reduce EMF Exposure, Naturally
EMF stands for electromagnetic fields. It refers to the radiation given off by electrical and magnetic forces generated by everything from cell phones to communication towers to microwaves to radios to the earth, itself. Even your body can carry an electromagnetic charge, producing its own electricity (hello nervous system). As in most cases, Natural EMFs are beneficial …
Essential Oil Burner vs Diffuser: What’s The Difference?
What’s the difference between an essential oil burner and an essential oil diffuser? Which is better? What Exactly Is An Essential Oil? Essential oils are assumed to be volatile liquids that are derived from lipids distilled from plant matter. I say “assumed” because according to the FDA and NAHA (National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy), there …
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A Complete Guide To Using Peruvian Balsam Essential Oil
Is vanilla essential oil really a thing?? There are many blog posts throughout the internet that say there is no such thing as a vanilla essential oil, however, there is a tree oil called Myroxylon Balsamum, also known as Peruvian Balsam or Balsam of Peru essential oil that smells just like vanilla, and works as …
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10 Simple Tips To Stay Healthy While Working At Home
With more people working from home or working remotely, a common question has come up in my coaching programs: “How do I not fall into unhealthy habits when I am working at home full-time?” Yes, it is possible to improve your physical and mental health or to stay healthy while working at home and embrace …
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Safe DIY Washing Machine Cleaning Routine
When you wash your clothes, you expect them to be clean. However, if you’re using a dirty washing machine, you’re just swishing your clothes around in whatever lurks behind the spin basket. Cleaning your washing machine should be something you do in your seasonal cleaning routine to help ward off mold growth that can harm …
80 Best Homeschool-Friendly Business Ideas (2023)
The most important thing you need to know is that your business idea doesn’t have to be complicated or expensive. In fact, there are tons of businesses out there that can be started with just a little bit of money and a small amount of time commitment from the owner. In this blog post, we’ll …
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6 Wise Ways to Turn Your Business Into Homeschooling Opportunities
Many homeschool parents have chosen to run a business in addition to pulling their kids from private schools and public schools. Trying to balance work, school, and home at the same time in the same space can be incredibly difficult, especially when you’re working from home. A great way for homeschool families to cohesively make …
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3 Easy DIY Rose Water Recipes, + Benefits & Uses
Use this simple DIY Rose Water Recipe on your skin & in your homemade skincare. Also don’t miss these 14+ Benefits & 10+ Uses for Rose Water!
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The Healthiest DIY Face Toner Recipe
Too many face toners aren’t actually what we expect them to be. Remove the harmful chemicals from your skincare routine by using this healthy DIY Face Toner Recipe instead. Your skin will thank you for it! Why DIY Your Face Toner Because many face toners are filled with unnecessary harmful chemicals that accumulate in your …
DIY Immunity Essential Oil Blend
The immunity essential oil blend has many uses and benefits that keep it on the list of top 5 essential oils and blends to keep on hand. It has a rich history of helping support your overall wellbeing and immune functioning. Unfortunately, sometimes it does go out of stock or sometimes we overlook what oils …
The easiest way to make money when you’re disabled
Do you ever stop thinking about the easiest way to make money when you’re disabled or too sick to work? No doubt about it… life with a disability is challenging in more ways than one. Especially if you don’t qualify for any special programs or are denied social security benefits like social security income, social …
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25 Clever and Simple Ways to Make Money At Home
Are you looking for ways to make money at home WITHOUT dealing with surveys or apps? The number one question I hear when I encounter moms in my mom groups talking about wanting to homeschool or stay at home with their kids is what will it take to afford to stay home. Many families rely …
3 Simple and Natural Ways To STOP Menstrual Cramps
It is that time of being a woman… cramps… moodiness… just want to curl up in a dark room with a movie on, an oversized chunky throw, and a bowl containing a never-ending supply of chocolate. It seems to be the normal thing to do everywhere during your cycle, but what no one talks about …
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Becoming a Veteran – Life After The Military
Throughout my travels, I felt different from most people. This inspired me to “people watch” and really observe and analyze how people interact with each other. It didn’t take long for me to be able to pick out who in the crowd likely had prior military experience. Having attended different colleges with vastly different veterans …
7 Simple Tips for Managing Weight and Energy Naturally
There are 7 keys to managing a healthy weight, naturally… some not as obvious as others, but equally important.
85 Genius Ways To Manage Self Care With Kids
I’m sure you hear it all the time… “you need to take better care of yourself,” “prioritize self-care,” “stop burning yourself out,” “What have you done lately to fill your cup?” And all sorts of other comments or questions that imply you need to add more items to your ever-growing to-do list. But what about …
“But You Don’t Look Sick”
“But You Don’t Look Sick” – my personal journey from autoimmune health crisis, broke, and nearly homeless to feeling healthy and creating my own career
There Is Always Purpose To Your Pain
Living with chronic pain doesn’t have to be totally consuming of your life. You can make small changes that make a huge impact. Love your life through finding purpose… [Read More]
25 Moms’ Favorite Tips: Working From Home With Kids
Stop slamming your head against the wall trying to force business with kids being home to happen. Here are some tips to help transition you to a happier home.
Plastic In Salt??
Have you heard?? We just read through an article by one of our favorite physicians, Dr. Mercola, where he discussed how plastic microbeads have been found in 90% of sea salt! If you haven’t read the article, you can read it here >> Ninety Percent of Sea Salt Contains Plastic But we need salt… right? …
Healthy DIY Hair Mask Recipe Using 5 Natural Ingredients
This recipe for a healthy DIY hair mask features apple cider vinegar and Patchouli essential oil (or essential oil of your choice) is the ultimate homemade hair conditioner. Not only is it incredibly nourishing to your hair and scalp, but it may also help restore and maintain your hair’s natural pH levels. The pH balance …
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10 Useful Ways to Monetize A Blog (2023)
Starting a blog can be wildly exciting. And then you realize you can actually use your website to gain passive income to go along with your writing. This is where many “blogging moms” make extra income without adding to their daily routines or interfering with family time.
Easiest Way to Set Up A New Blog
Have you thought about blogging? It is a great way to work from home, when done right. Get started the right way with these easy steps.
How To Begin A Healthy Lifestyle
Our world is full of toxins. Toxic chemicals can be found in our environment, with little we can do about it. Toxins can be found in our homes. Toxins can be found in our food. Toxins are found just about everywhere… So what’s the point? Why avoid them? I get it. We’re all surrounded by …
How should I respond to someone whose career goal is to be a stay-at-home mom?
I see this question pop up a lot, which is almost ironic considering I am a stay-at-home mom. It really makes me sad that so many people feel that being a stay-at-home mom is a bad thing when it really isn’t. How should you respond to an adult expressing the desire to be a stay-at-home …
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What if you could feel better…
I’ll never forget… those 8 excruciatingly long years living in my own version of Hell. I’ve shared my wellness journey over at our But You Don’t Look Sick post… but I hadn’t taken the time to actually spill my heart on video… until now… Seizures Mobility difficulty Cognitive difficulty Chronic weakness Chronic fatigue Chronic pain Severe, …
Number One Word To Delete From Your Vocabulary
The best aspect of the English language is the wide variety of words to use to describe different things we experience. There are a plethora of words to choose from when describing what we see, think, feel, taste, hear, and understand. Words can be beautiful. Words can be terrifying. Words can be indifferent. The worst …
Check Your Thyroid
Your fatigue and brain fog aren’t just in your head. You’re not crazy. And it isn’t a just symptom of aging, even if your blood tests show “normal” results.
23 Simple Ways to Slow Your Mind & Stop Overthinking
What do you do when your mind just won’t stop? It’s that moment again… at the most inopportune time, your mind decides to race, keeping you awake, preventing you from focusing, or completely distracting you from your mountain of “to-do list” entries. We have personal experience going from overthinking to finding inner peace. In this …
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The Fastest Way To Stop Poverty: Increasing Income Sources
Are Charities Enough To Stop Poverty? Poverty because of Health In my last post where I talked about managing regaining my health through adopting a healthy lifestyle, I mentioned writing about how I turned my healthy lifestyle and inability to gain employment into a thriving business that allows me to ability work from home with …
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4 Secrets For Moms To Be More Confident
Working from home often breaks our confidence. I mean… nothing quite hurts our self-esteem than hearing our loved ones asking what we did all day… when our average day entails kids pooping in the tub… missing the toilet… full rolls of toilet paper being tossed in already-peed-in toilets… being a short order cook at least …
10 Reasons To Love Working From Home With Kids
Working from home, especially with young kids hanging out with you, can be quite the challenge. We feel obligated to balance every aspect of our home, work, kid, relationship needs of life. I mean… handling keeping the house clean… kids entertained… dishes done… cooking commenced… kids alive and fed… work handled… and let’s not neglect …
My Journey Defeating Candida, The Healthy Way
Candida… is that even a thing?? Or is it some hippy nonsense used to psych you into thinking something is wrong? Well… I thought the same at first… until I was hit with the news after a blood test that I was experiencing Systemic Candida. Candida – what is it?? Candida is a type of …
Work at Home Moms… Know Your Worth!
Yesterday I was putting dishes away in the kitchen when I heard a sweet voice from the middle of the staircase call to me. “Mommy, look at this!” My 4-year-old held up what looked like Lego Duplo steps, so proud of his creation. Naturally, I did my typical mom thing and asked him to tell …
Need Control?
If you’re scrambling to grasp at proverbial straws to regain some sort of sense of control in your life, then you need this one simple tip! Are you too much of a control freak? Do these statements sound familiar? If your coworker or significant other would just change one or two things about him/herself, then …
Is Wellness a Luxury?
Have you seen the headlines? “Wellness is the new luxury.” What do you think? Is it true? Or did you just have a massive eye-roll? My experience losing my health… and my income Looking back at my 20s… I was fit. I was healthy. I was physically unstoppable. Then my health fell out… and it …
Remove Toxins from Your Perfume or Cologne
Perfume and cologne are everywhere. From sprays to lotions to cosmetics to roll on bottles, everything in the personal care market seems to have fragrance. And why not? Everyone loves to smell good and use products that smell good (at least everyone who I’ve ever met). But what exactly is in that fragrant “smell-good?” What …
Is Your Home Making You Sick?
If you purchase your cleaning and personal care products from the local or chain department or drug store and don’t pay attention to the ingredients label and what each item is and what those individual and mixed items can do to your body, chances are, you have a toxic home. Although your body is incredible …
Before you buy another candle… Are candles safe?
It’s that time of year again. The air is becoming crisper with less humidity. The leaves on the trees are starting to change colors. It’s still warm enough to garden, but not hot enough to warrant running through a sprinkler or spending the day in the pool to keep cool. The days are shorter, enabling …
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Feeling Lost and Stuck? Use These Ideas To Help
Every day you wake up to a new day, even though sometimes your days are so similar they seem to melt together in your memories, making you feel stuck in monotony to the point where you’re stuck thinking “Now what?” I know this feeling all too well. After separating from the Navy in 2008, I …
Restore Smelly Flat Towels with this DIY Towel Refresh
Don’t you just hate it when your towels start to get a bit funky? You wash them, but something just doesn’t feel or smell right. You have two options: turn them into rags and go buy new ones… or restore those tired towels for more use. Thankfully, you don’t need to spend that extra expense …
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DIY Wood Cleaner and Polish Recipe
What could be worse than the sneezing rampage as you dust your furniture? That dust poofs up and achoo! It never seems to end. And forget leaving the windows open in the spring, during the pollen-apocalypse that just coats every surface in an endless cycle of constant dust and sneeze frenzy that never seems to …
Is It Selfish To Focus On Yourself?
You hear it all the time… You need to take care of yourself. You’re too burned out and need some YOU time. You can’t forget about YOU BUT… Taking time out for yourself means taking time away from everything else… like your career or your family… do you really have time for that? Realizing that, you …
Is Your Anger Out of Control? Overcome It With These 3 Tips!
Do you sometimes feel so enraged with anger you literally can’t see straight? You know… that moment when you feel that vibrational change resonating throughout your body that tingles up from your core, out each of your extremities simultaneously. That radiating energy rapidly, yet slowly, radiates up the inside of your head through your spine, …
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5 Crucial Steps To Change Your Life
Have you ever thought of one of the following thoughts? Money shouldn’t be spent Opportunities are limited Risk is dangerous Success is temporary Then you could be holding yourself back, and not even realize it! Your mindset – the way you think – could be causing you to look at successful people and assume they were …
Overcome Overwhelm
Feeling overwhelmed is not an easy state of mind to be in. Thankfully, with the right mindset and determination, you can overcome overwhelm.Your heart rate increases. Your stress never seems to dwindle. You feel paralyzed without any choice or ability to drag yourself out. I’ve definitely had my share of a life lived in complete …
I Lost My Mind Living A Healthy Lifestyle
Have you ever thought to yourself… what would you need to do to live a healthier lifestyle? In this post, I’ve compiled my experiences and tips to living a healthier lifestyle for you. No doubt about it… making good lifestyle choices will result in a healthier life, and your ability to live a higher quality …
Essential Oils To Avoid When Taking Medication
If you’re taking medication and want to embrace essential oils, please understand that sometimes there are essential oils and medication contraindications. If you are taking medication and would like to incorporate essential oils into your lifestyle, please consult with a doctor and/or pharmacist well versed in essential oil use and do plenty of your own …
The Day I Chose Not To Kill Myself
This post about the day I chose not to kill myself was a difficult one to write, a difficult one to publish, and may be difficult for you to read. Today is one of those days. It’s the worst part about being a disabled veteran. The day you receive that phone call, email, or text …
10 Ways To Develop Confidence & Self Esteem
Confidence and Self-Esteem are often assumed to be synonymous but are not the same. Have you ever met someone dripping with confidence, just to be perplexed when you find out further in the friendship how much they truly criticize or undervalue him/herself on the inside compared to what you see? Remember the old adage, “don’t …
Don’t Forget To Take Time To Reflect
Reflection. It’s an important task for anyone actively growing. Look at how far you’ve come, the goals you’ve accomplished, and how close you are to your next set of goals. Reflecting is crucial to expanding your potential. Do you take time to reflect? You should. Even if you have to consciously schedule it in! Take …
Life Happens, Ready Or Not… Take Action
Life happens… whether you’re ready or not… whether you have a backup plan or not… you either end up on the sidelines or you step up to the plate and swing the bat at whatever opportunities are present. As time ticks by, it seems to tick faster. Opportunities are missed or overlooked. There just aren’t …
3 Simple Steps to Remove Toxic Products From Your Bathroom
Your bathroom. You stress over it being clean, but have you spent much time looking through the products you use? Are your cleaning products really cleaning? And if they are… are they SAFE? Or could they be contributing to alienating your family’s health? All too often, we assume cleaners are safe because we find them …
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Tips To Find Yourself When Life Sucks
What do you do when life has you down so far that all you can see are your failures among the success of everyone else you know? That, my friends, is the million dollar question for so many of us. Sometimes you end up stuck so far in the suck that you don’t know where to begin …
20 Meaningful Reasons Why You Should Consider Network Marketing
Network Marketing is essentially a method some businesses use to market their goods by compensation an individual’s recommendations through a sales team commission program. This type of program is designed to be worked from home on the individual’s schedule. 20 reasons why you should consider network marketing Everyone who participates in network marketing starts of …
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My Military Transition
Transitioning out of the military can be an exciting moment. It can also be insanely terrifying. Going from a stable job and income, to the land of uncertainty is no small leap. Especially when you’ve received a disruptive disability as a parting gift. This is my story. This is my life. I’ve discussed my military …