The start of the Healthy Thought Spot

I've decided to start this blog for a number of reasons. I'm a believer and follower of Jesus Christ, a wife of 7 years to a wonderful man, and stay at home mother of two beautiful children. I've always tried to do the best I can do. I have a drive for it - some may say I'm a perfectionist. I fiddle with things until they are as good as I think I can get them - at least until I've had more sleep! Yes I'm a lot like Martha and often need to be more like Mary, as in the story in the Bible. Especially after marriage and children I have researched and thought and prayed about ways to help me and my family stay healthy and use our "tents" - these bodies where our spirits temporarily dwell - to their fullest. It has not happened overnight. I find that when God changes someone - sometimes He does it one step at a time. That's how it seems to be unfolding for me. We give up this and start doing that and before you know it we are a family who practices attachment parenting, loving discipline (and "reality discipline"), regular workouts, nutrition, natural remedies, natural family building (fyi: no birth control), purging harmful substances from our environments like toxins and chemicals (including vaccines), cloth diapering, extended breastfeeding, baby-wearing, co-sleeping, and simplifying our lives - one step at a time. Many of these things we feel strongly about because we feel a conviction of the Holy Spirit to go in a specific direction for our family. We want to encourage other families whom God is speaking to in regard to these types of things as well. We encourage all believers to be open to however God might want to lead you and we encourage those who do not consider themselves Christians to open their mind and heart to what God might show them of His might, power, healing, grace, mercy and love. This blog is not here to judge those who may have differing opinions or who have made decisions for their person and family contrary to what we feel is good. In fact partly why I have started this blog is because our family's view on natural health and natural living is very far removed from many of our friends and family's mainstream views and some, I feel, do not wish to see my facebook page, roll their eyes and think, "she's at it again - posting the guru health freak all natural stuff". So I thought it might be nice to still have a place to put all the information I come across or that is shared with me as well as my ongoing thoughts on various subjects related to health and natural living. I may still share one thing here or there on my facebook or other social networks but I think I will be mostly using this place - my "Healthy Thought Spot" - as a safe place to post my thoughts, feelings, scientific studies, ideas and discoveries. - Rachel