I was given the honor and privilege to author a guest blog post on the Whole Mamas website. 

You can find the post here: https://www.wholemamasclub.com/5-hard-truths-stillbirth-loss/

I was also invited to do an Instagram Stories takeover on the Whole Mamas Club instagram account.

If you missed it, I will be posting the video segments onto my @wellnessandgrief Instagram. Please follo...

The birth story of Miles Reuben Del Castillo ... coming soon.

Dear family and friends, on Tuesday, April 23, we faced the most difficult challenge and suffered the biggest loss of our lives. Our son Miles passed away during childbirth. Heather labored at home for 37 hours before being transferred by ambulance to the hospital because our midwives determined Miles' heart rate was too low. At the hospital, they were unable to find Miles' heart...

Lacatation Cookie recipe for all the mamas and their support system.
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Oatmeal Coconut 🥥 Chocolate Chip Lactation Cookies 🍪
4 Tbs water
3 Tbs flaxseed meal
1 stick butter (1/2c) - I use Organic Valley pastured butter
1/2 cup coconut sugar - I use Nutiva
1 large egg - I use Handsome Brook Farm
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup oat flour (or do 1/2c oat flour and 1/2c...

That's right, I will be returning to ShiftCon for the 4th year in a row and I am excited as usual! 

Every year I learn a bunch about natural products and ideas and how to apply this knowledge in the online space that is social media. 

This year ShiftCon is happening in Irvine, CA Feb. 1-3, 2018. Join me?! 

"ShiftCon is an eco-wellness influencer conference focusing on food, wellness...

Thanks to FOX13 Craig Patrick's We the People segment for covering my case!

 I would just like to continue to help people get healthier. 

This is me with my teaching hat on. I'm an introvert but my passion in life is empowering people to empower themselves to bring more health into their lives and their homes.

I'm able to step out of my comfort zone and teach kombucha-making workshops and get people to handle the weirdness of a scoby with smiles on their faces because I make my classes light, and open, and intriguin...

It's true! Eat well to feel well, even emotionally. I often tell the story of a shift in my life. One night I was crying almost hysterically over what?  I wasn't even really sure. 🤷🏼‍♀️ But I reflected on what I ate and it was cake earlier that evening. Soon after, it became a running joke and my husband began asking me "did you eat cake again?" if I'd have a seemingly unwarran...

Mindfulness can help with calming and ultimately embracing a happier heart. Mindfulness releases the need for control as well as the tendency toward needing to react.

I like to use my practice in the following way - I Stop. Think. Process. Look at the big picture. Decide. Decide again. Act. (Or "act" by doing nothing and letting it all pass and move forward in peace).

I look back t...