Life is about balance. We provide you with strategies for a lifelong commitment to strength and well-being in all areas of your life. 

Lifestyle

Author Sara Panton dives into all the ways we can use essential oils for self-care—including to cultivate a sense of home.

Essential Oils

Book Review

Explore creative ways to sow the seeds of herbal literacy in your young ones with plants you may already have in your garden or kitchen.

healthy kids

Natural is the way. We bring you credible approaches to preventative health, holistic treatments, and supportive supplements.

Health

Food is medicine. It all starts here. We create recipes with functional, whole organic ingredients that nourish your body and feed your soul. 

Food

By setting small and measurable goals, it can be easy to keep our healthy New Year’s resolutions all year long.

new year's resolutions

Detoxing and keeping you feeling great—your lymphatic system is your body’s unsung hero. Uncover the secrets of lymphatic health for a revitalized you!

Lymphatic System

We explore the combined roles of intermittent fasting, dietary changes, and natural health products in changing the reality of high blood pressure

Blood Pressure

If you’ve ever embarked upon an intense detox protocol that left you feeling weak, irritable, and wondering why you chose to put yourself through this misery, you might not have had your nutritional basics in place! Here are key nutrients for metabolic detoxification.

Holiday overindulgence happens, but your digestion doesn't need to suffer because of it. Here's how to give your microbes a little TLC.

Holiday Overindulgence: What to Do Before and After It Happens | alive

holidays

Inspirational men and women share how eating more plants liberated them from drug addictions, breast tumours, and the mainstream way of seeing the world.

Going Vegan Changed My Life: 3 Incredible Stories | alive

Personal Story

With its emphasis on preventive care, people in the West continue to seek out advice from holistic health and traditional medicine practitioners.

Unpacking Traditional Medicine

Natural Remedies

If you’re looking for fresh eggs straight from a happy, healthy chicken, there’s no better option than raising your own backyard chickens.

The Unofficial Guide to Raising Backyard Chickens | alive

Eggs

Looking for the best gift for yourself this year? Turn to natural immune support strategies to preserve your well-being all winter long.

Natural Immune Support: Try These Simple Strategies to Stay Well | alive

Cold and Flu

Fitness

Our microbiome has a central role in digestion, but the metabolites it produces may influence the function of our entire body. What role does our gut play in our neurological and cardiovascular health? How can we support our flora and our overall health?

Cardiovascular Disease

Scientists have recently identified cells in the brainstem can act as regulators of the body’s inflammatory response. What do these new discoveries mean?

Brain Health

Your immune system isn’t just fighting viruses—it’s reacting to chemicals, mold, airborne particles, and environmental toxins that you breathe at home.

garlic

Hollywood Balancing Act

Smells like Home

Children’s Herbal Head-Start

The cutting edge

10 Healthy New Year’s Resolutions You’ll Keep This Time

10 Ways to Support Your Lymphatic Health

Stronger now

Fasting and Feasting for Lower Blood Pressure

Feeding Metabolic Detox

Help for Holiday Overindulgence

Going Vegan Changed My Life

Break Free from Conventions with Traditional Medicine

Heart Disease Prevention: Should It Be On Your Radar?

Finding Andy

Backyard Chickens

Staying On Top Of Cancer Prevention

Catch It While You Can

DI4Y Immune Support

No Gym? No Problem

The Tiny World Within

The Brain’s Role in Immune Health

Clear the Air

What We All Learned in 2020

Detox Myths, Debunked