There’s so much info out there about “green stuff” that it’s really hard to figure out what’s really green and what’s just pretending to be just so you’ll buy it. That’s why when I began to green my own life, I decided to give back by sharing my finds and my journey with everyone.

To detoxify your home and your life, you have to read every label (on the back) of every new product before you buy it. Take a new moisturizer for example. You have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find one that’s free from synthetic chemicals (including “fragrance”). Then you buy it and find that either the product doesn’t do what it promises or you just don’t like it for some reason—oops! Back to square one!

And that’s just a single product from one category. Multiply that by the hundreds of everyday items you will eventually want to replace and suddenly you have a full time job and a lot of expense sampling products. It just takes too much time and research to go truly natural. And it’s far too easy to give up, which is truly a shame for everyone.

Ridding your life of harmful synthetic chemicals is an important job because not only will it help you maintain your health (and your family’s if you have one), but cutting down on chemical use will help us sustain our planet. And so far, we only have one Earth on which to live—we can’t afford to mess up!

What’s remarkable to me is that I’ve discovered my original, almost frantic intent to get the chemicals out of my house has created a much more extensive transformation in my life. I’ve become enriched in so many more ways than anticipated. And it’s the entire journey I’d like to share with you here.

So stay tuned! It’s a wonderful Beyond Green life!!

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