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High Maintenance to Hippie - Why I Made the Switch to a Natural & Organic Life
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hey welcome back to live light our
channel that focuses on mindful living
natural and organic lifestyle and
eco-friendly adventure today it's just
me folks because Dane is hard at work
building our new house yeah it's a fan
mm-hmm
I'm gonna live in a van I know it's
totally crazy and if you haven't heard
the details yet
don't miss out you can click up in the
corner for a link to that video
well Dane is busy building our new tiny
house on wheels I'm here to answer a few
questions I've gotten about how and why
I made the shift to a natural lifestyle
and it's kind of not a short answer but
don't worry I'm not gonna ramble on for
days instead I've decided to create this
little mini series called high
maintenance Stampede which will not only
outline my road from being a total
mainstream product order to a natural
and organic life devotee but also it's
gonna be devoted to helping you make the
switch from chemical Laden products to a
more natural and sustainable lifestyle
I'll be sharing all the benefits and
awesomeness of using natural products
and I'll be getting really real about
some of the not so fun parts too but
before we get to that let me get you
some backstory about pre natural life me
princess Lelaina which means queen fancy
lady these are just a few of my
nicknames from days of yore my purse was
always heavy like full of everything I
might need my bathroom cabinets were
overflowing with products for different
shampoos and all these body scrubs and
washes and oils and masks and cleansers
and I mean like you name it I had it and
they were all full of chemicals all
right super mainstream and that's what
my life look like I bet there's somebody
in your life that fits that same
description it might even be you you may
be wondering how on earth I now find
myself happily living in a tiny house
sharing exactly one room one closet and
one bathroom cabinet with my husband and
using all natural products
of my old synthetic standbys well the
long and short of it is this I realized
that my external environment coupled
with all the products and food I use and
ingest on a daily basis
make a huge impact on the health and
happiness of my life it's that simple
the health ramifications of using
chemical Laden products is really real
I've witnessed young and vibrant friends
be stricken down from cancer diseases
like Alzheimer's that could be connected
to using chemical products and well
there's no guarantee that using natural
and organic products is going to prevent
those diseases it can only aid and my
overall well-being and that's good
enough for me the truth is embarking on
a shift to a natural and organic
lifestyle requires a holistic approach
it requires a shift in everything from
food and beauty and lifestyle choices
and ethical choices to exercise
commitments and health commitments and
even career choices and for me because I
was living such a mainstream and frankly
toxic life before making the shift to
living natural required a commitment
shift in practically every area of my
life and it didn't happen overnight
actually it happened really slowly but
it doesn't have to take that long okay
you can totally definitely make the
switch over the course of just a few
months and I'll be giving you some easy
easy easy ways to start later on in this
video but to give you an idea of where I
started here's what my day-to-day life
consisted of before I made the switch to
natural and maybe you can relate
synthetic weight loss powders full of
chemicals black rose and Lean Cuisines
and other frozen diet meals book totally
full of chemicals fat free snacks like
snack was totally fake food yuck
mainstream beauty products like dove
which I thought was good but it turns
out it's not not at all purely physical
workouts you know like I'd go to the gym
a lot and I had a trainer but I
certainly wasn't meditating or doing
anything mindful like that and then
overworking myself usually 60 hours a
week or more weight not that that's
actually changed but hey at least I know
what I'm doing now
you know closets and cabinets just full
of crap just like crap crap crap
everywhere
just a bunch of crap I didn't need and
when I was living that life I was really
unhappy and definitely unhealthy even
though I was going to the gym a lot I
was not holistically healthy and it's
been a long road since then but if I
could give anyone advice on where to
start on the road to a more natural
lifestyle it would be with shifting your
food and beauty habits the path to
wellness may be different for you and I
absolutely encourage you to follow your
own instincts but if you're curious
about living a more natural lifestyle
and you don't know where to start
I would recommend starting with simply
being aware of what you're putting in
and on your body because as they say you
are what you eat and you know your skin
is your largest organ it absorbs
everything so it's super important to be
aware of what you put on it the whole
reason I'm doing this what YouTube
channel thing is because I sincerely
hope to help you on the path to green
living by you know giving you reviews of
my favorite natural and organic products
and also just talking about the
experience of using natural products
because honestly it's an experience you
know natural products do work but they
work differently don't be scared by that
statement different it's not bad
different is just not the same really
really good just not the same and I
think that as humans weird creatures of
habit I understand the change can be
scary but the why behind the change is
what's really important the why is your
health your well-being the well-being
and the health of your children or your
future children and the well-being of
the planet that we all share that's the
way and it's real and when you get to
the heart of this why and you realize
that these chemical Laden products that
were used to are irreparable a damaging
our health and the health of those we
love when that hits home I mean those
old products just as comfortable as they
may be they start to look really
unappealing it's like a veil gets lifted
and you see those products for what they
really are toxic chemical
nastiness just what Lu just masquerading
is something good for you because that's
what the advertisements want to make you
believe so don't be fooled it's time we
educated ourselves it's time that we
made better choices for our own health
and the health of those we love now I
know there's a lot of confusion
surrounding natural products and there's
a lot of greenwashing going on and all
these green beauty buzzwords you know
floating around like vegan and natural
and clean beauty and it's kind of hard
to make sense of it all it's like what's
what right and I sincerely want to make
that easier for you so I'm gonna be
creating videos in the weeks and months
to come that will help demystify all
those buzzwords and I'll be giving you a
cheat sheet guide basically to
deciphering all those confusing labels
and ingredients lists and with that I
will wrap up part 1 hi my name is Debbie
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questions about green beauty buzzwords
or what I talked about today or natural
lifestyle in general so until next time
my friends be well and live light
