How to Create a Toxic-Free Home
Keeping Your Environment Toxin-Free
Living in a world filled with environmental toxins, it can feel overwhelming to think about the impact they have on our health and well-being. While we can't control our external environment, we always have the power to create a clean personal space. In this blog, we will explore simple yet effective ways to reduce toxins in our environment and strengthen our bodies to defend themselves. By changing our routines and choices, opting for toxin-free alternatives, we pave the way for a healthier lifestyle.
Cleaning Up Our Personal Environments
Every day we are exposed to contamination, in the air we breathe, the water we drink, even the organic food we eat may be grown in soil lacking essential nutrients. The cumulative effect of these toxins can disrupt the balance in our bodies and impact our overall well-being. By focusing on cleansing our personal environments from harmful toxins we can create a healthier space to thrive.
Artificial fragrances and cleaning products are common sources of toxins in our homes. Conventional cleaning products with harsh chemicals and fumes can be especially problematic. Specifically using synthetic air fresheners can be one of the most hazordous practices. Studies have linked the dangers of using these products to various health issues. Products like disinfectants, laundry detergents, fabric softeners, shampoos, toothpaste, and even dish soaps that leave a film on our plates after you rinse them can contain harmful substances. Understanding these dangers is the first step towards making conscious choices to eliminate them from our toxic load.
Switching to safer, natural alternatives is key to creating a healthier home environment. By embracing DIY cleaning solutions or opting for trusted household products from dōTERRA, we can significantly reduce our exposure to harmful chemicals.
Making your own cleaning products at home can be easier than you think!
Because so many essential oils have powerful cleansing properties, using them in your cleaning routine can be a great way of keeping your house clean without spreading synthetic chemicals.
Creating homemade cleaning products is simpler than you might think. With a few basic ingredients like vinegar, baking soda, and essential oils, you can whip up effective cleaners that are safe for your family and the environment. Here are some DIY recipes to get you started:
DIY Laundry Detergent
DYI Dishwashing Soap
DYI All purpose Cleaner
DYI Best Cleaning Products with Essential Oils
Make The Switch.
Everything we apply to our skin is absorbed in our body. There are artificial fragrances living in the products in your bathroom and kitchen that have been proven to surpass the risks of second hand smoke. It's time to take action and make the switch to safer alternatives.
dōTERRA provides a range of natural products for your personal care and home that not only are safe for the environment, but also offer aromatherapy benefits to fortify our health and emotions. From deodorant and lotion to shampoo and beyond, doTERRA has an incredible lineup of personal care products you can feel good about using products that are safe for your body and very effective!
The abode® line is a nontoxic, beautiful, and effective solution for cleaning and caring for your home. There are no parabens, formaldehyde or formaldehyde donors, PEGs, dyes, triclosan, synthetic fragrances or phthalates, silicones, petroleum-derived ingredients, or propylene glycol in any abode product. Instead, this line features pure dōTERRA essential oils and other simple ingredients from Mother Nature. By limiting toxic exposure in your home, you can reduce your toxic load, making the burden lighter and improving your ability to properly handle any contaminants that come your way.
Toxicity can happen on many levels: emotional, physical and environmental.
Toxic stress affects us on multiple levels—emotionally, physically, and environmentally. Essential oils have the remarkable ability to elevate our overall well-being by positively influencing our mood and emotions. Inhaling essential oils can alter activity in the hypothalamus of the brain, a key regulator of emotions. Our sense of smell, being our earliest developed sense, is intricately linked to our memories and emotions. Incorporating essential oils into our daily routines not only purifies the air but also uplifts our spirits, enhancing our happiness as we navigate through our daily tasks.
Diffusing dōTERRA’s therapeutic grade essential oils throughout our home not only cleanses the air from viruses and bacteria but creates a unique ambiance for emotional and mental clarity, peace, focus and joy.
Some of my favorite dōTERRA diffuser practices are:
Reasons for Diffusing Essential Oils
Clearing the Air
Blends for Every Room
Fortifying Our Bodies Against Toxic Load
Reducing toxins in our environment is essential, but we must also fortify our bodies to combat the harmful effects. Nutritional supplements such as doTERRA's Life Long Vitality Pack can provide vital support for bolstering our immune system and overall well-being. OnGuard Products offers comprehensive solutions to help us face daily challenges and strengthen our immune defenses.
Additionally, energizing our drinking water by adding citrus oils like lemon helps to purify the water, cleanse our blood, and maintain an alkaline balance. This simple practice not only supports optimal liver function, but makes it easier to drink more water and stay hydrated throughout your day.
While eliminating all toxins from our lives may be impossible, we have the power to reduce our exposure significantly. By taking control of the products we bring into our spaces and opting for toxin-free alternatives, we can lessen our toxic burden, empowering our bodies to better cope with environmental challenges improving our ability to properly handle any toxins that come our way.
The Vitality Alchemist Laundry Ritual
Transform your daily tasks into wellness routine! Let's turn our laundry chore into a sacred ritual that honors our wellbeing. This is my special laundry combination that leaves my clothes spectacularly clean and fresh smelling, and keeps my home green!
On Guard Laundry Detergent
2 drops of Purify Oil or Abode Refreshing Blend
1/2 cup of Baking soda
The On Guard Laundry Detergent kills any bacteria while protecting your clothes, leaving no harmful residue that can be absorbed by your skin like other conventional detergents.
The Abode Refreshing Blend is a potent purifier that combines aromas of Lime, Litsea, Cassia, Lemon, Eucalyptus, Tea Tree, Arborvitae, Kochii Eucalyptus, Cilantro, Lavandin, and Lemon, leaving your clothes smelling wonderful and spectacularly clean.
Purify is a doTERRA blend that is composed of selected essential oils known for their cleansing, purifying, and protecting properties combining Lime, Siberian, Citronella, Tea Tree and Cilantro.This special blend is a household must-have as it can eliminate odors in a natural way, free of harmful chemicals.
*Adding one of these essential oil blend above gives your clothes an extra cleansing zing!
