BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // 6 Healthy Holiday Travel Tips

For many of us, holiday season means travel. Whether you’re hitting the road to visit your loved ones or opening your home up for the celebration, chances are your routine is about to be thrown out of whack. But… don’t let the changes affect your dedication to good health! It’s important to make healthy choices no matter what the circumstances, but we know that’s easier said than done. This week we’re bringing you a few tips to help you stay on the right track as you get ready for the chaos of the holiday season.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // It’s Time to Start Meditating

The holidays are upon us and that probably means some sort of added stress… Between traveling, shopping, cooking, entertaining, or all of the above, our heads tend to get a bit bogged down this time of the year. It’s super important to take the time to de-stress and re-center ourselves. Loving yourself is one of our 8 Steps to Stomp Out Breast Cancer and combined with a positive attitude, self love can help to assure good overall health— physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. Meditation is one of our favorite ways to show our bides some self lovin’.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // 5 Rules to Follow to Find Green Beauty Products

We get it, us gals love our beauty products! Whether you wear makeup everyday or just on special occasions, there is a good chance that you are using some sort of product that includes toxins that are not-so-hot for your body. We often don’t realize just how many different products we are lathering on our bodies each day so it’s important to take note of exactly what is in the products we do use.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // Love Your Body, Love Your Soul

The last step on our 8 Steps to Step out Breast Cancer is LOVE YOURSELF. Now, just because it’s the last step on our list, don’t think it is any less important. Loving ourselves is one of the most important things we can do to live a happy, healthy life! Loving yourself can help to assure good overall health— physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.We love being inspired by others and yoga girl Rachel Brathen sure is an extra big dose of inspiration. Check out what she has to say about self love & why it’s so important!

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // How to Avoid Toxins in Your Home and Furniture

The Environmental Working Group releases a well-known list every year of the Dirty Dozen fruits and vegetables to avoid due to GMOs and pesticides, but now they’ve added a list of Dirty Dozen chemicals for cancer prevention! On that list are PFCs, used as stain-repellent coatings in furniture, and PBDEs, a type of fire retardant used to treat upholstered furniture, mattresses and pillows until it was pulled from the market due to high toxicity levels.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // How to Avoid A Toxic Halloween Tradition

Everyone loves Halloween! It’s a holiday all about fantasy and having fun. Transforming yourself into whatever character you wish is exciting, but have you ever stopped to think about what’s in the makeup you’re using to create a look? Brightly colored paints, heavy greasy textures, and glues marketed for Halloween are filled with scary toxic chemicals you’d never dream of putting on yourself or anyone for that matter — they’re loaded with petrochemicals, formaldehyde, dioxins, heavy metals and synthetic colorants.

Breast Cancer Prevention // Cancer-Proof Your Home

Although we don’t have much say in the nasty chemicals in the air outside, we do have the power to make our homes a toxin-free haven! Many people don’t realize that even our beds, couches, sheets, & pillows are full of chemicals that can increase our risk of our cancer. Yikes! We want people to have safe furniture solutions, so that’s why we’ve teamed up with our friends at The Futon Shop, who’s furniture is leading the way in the chemical-free world. For the month of October they are donating a percentage of the proceeds of their sales to help support our education + prevention programs. Visit them online to learn more about your chemical-free furniture options at The Futon Shop.

BREAST CANCER PREVENTION // 5 Ways to Mindfully Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month

For many people, the pink frenzy of October can be a confusing time. The opportunities to get involved and show support are plentiful. All things fashion, beauty, food, and design invite us to purchase pink in the name of breast cancer awareness — but that also makes it confusing. With the pink-hued mania now lighting up October, we all have the opportunity to infuse our support and awareness with a healthy dose of mindfulness. Here are a few tips!