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3 Reasons to Follow Mindful Momma

Mindful Momma got a makeover! Three new reasons to follow Mindful Momma – a blog about creating a healthy, natural lifestyle!

Mindful Momma got a makeover! Three new reasons to follow Mindful Momma - a blog about creating a healthy, natural lifestyle that works for you!

 

If you’re a regular Mindful Momma reader, you’ve probably noticed a brand new look around here. After 10 years, I thought it was time for a little makeover! So I spruced things up with a pretty new logo, and added a nice, new welcome mat on the home page – to make it easier to understand what Mindful Momma is all about.

Behind the scenes, I’ve been making some other changes too – in the types of content I cover and the way I write my posts. All these changes are designed to serve you better – because YOU are why I’m here my friend! I’m hoping you’ll agree with these 3 new reasons to follow Mindful Momma!

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New goal

Ten years ago, when Mindful Momma began, the blog was more like an online diary – sharing my adventures living a green & healthy lifestyle, while raising my 2 young boys. Now I view Mindful Momma as a business and a resource – intended to help others live a more natural, healthy and eco-friendly lifestyle.

My #1 goal at Mindful Momma is to be extremely helpful – specifically to provide well researched information and inspiration to help you live the healthy, natural lifestyle that works for you.

I want to solve your biggest problems and help you navigate lifestyle changes that still work within your budget and your crazy busy life! But in order to do that, I need to know what they are! So please let me know – by leaving a comment on this post or sending me a personal email at [email protected] I’m serious, I want to know!

New blog post format

To make my blog posts more helpful, I’m bringing in some consistency to my format.

For most posts you’ll see a section talking about Why It Matters. This will help you understand the health or environmental risks of doing things the conventional way. Then you’ll find a Solutions Section – how to make changes and what to look for instead. Finally, you’ll often find a section sharing Better Products – these are healthy, non-toxic, eco-friendly products that are a safe & natural solution to the problem. I’ll also be sharing valuable charts, shopping lists and other printables in my Resource Library – for those of you who join my mailing list.

Changes at Mindful Momma

New blog design

The real reason I needed to update my blog design was to be mobile friendly – because I know the majority of you are reading this on your mobile device. Google is now penalizing websites that are not mobile friendly – and I certainly don’t want my content to get buried at the bottom of a search list because my blog wasn’t optimized for mobile.

My new logo and tagline – Simple Solutions for Natural Living – are a better reflection of what Mindful Momma is all about these days. I love the way the design from Jumping Jax Designs turned out!

As long as I was updating the design of my blog, I wanted to make Mindful Momma easier to understand and to navigate. All posts now fit into one of 3 categories – Healthy Food, Non Toxic Beauty and Natural Living. This makes it easier to dig deeper for the information that helps you!

Be sure to check out my Marketplace too! It isn’t new, but I’ve been updating it – and will continue to do whenever I find great new brands to share!

Let’s celebrate with a giveaway (giveaway is now OVER)!

Now for the fun part! I contacted a bunch of my favorite brands and put together an epic giveaway!

Total value of all prizes is $685 – but each prize will go to a separate winner. Winners will be chosen at random but I will try to accommodate your prize preference if possible – so please state your preference in the comments. Enter using the Rafflecopter form at the end of the post!

(*affiliate links ahead)

Goddess Garden Sun Repair System

Goddess Garden

The full Goddess Garden Sun Repair System – includes 7 products (4 for day, 3 for night), designed both to protect and repair skin from sun damage. ($79.99 value)

Pact Organic on Mindful Momma

PACT Organic

A $100 gift certificate for organic cotton underwear, socks and apparel. Maybe you’ve seen this brand popping up in Whole Foods or Target. I’m in love with their organic cotton undergarments and fun, funky socks! ($100 value)

Earth Mama Angel Baby Essentials Bundle

Earth Mama Angel Baby

A Baby Essentials Bundle – including lotion, body wash & shampoo, baby bottom balm, baby oil and organic cotton tote bag. Choose your favorite scent: Orange Vanilla (my fav!), Calming Lavender or Natural Non-Scents. ($59 value)

Sanre Organic Skinfood

Sanre Organic Skinfood

Two incredible certified organic skin care products: C-Love Acerola Cherry Vitamin C Cream and Eye Candy Anti-Aging Eye Cream. Speaking from experience, these products are amazing! ($69 value)

Tangent Shoe Care Kit

Petal & Post

A very unique Eco-friendly Shoe Care Set– including organic shoe grease, neutral shoe polish, shoe brush and organic flannel shine cloth. Products are ECO-cert certified and free from all the nasty ingredients shoe polish products usually contain. ($88 value)

How Akamai Personal Care Will Simplify Your Routine

Akamai

An Essentials Kit including Mineral Toothpaste, Skin Fuel Oil and 2 of the 3-in-1 Soap Bars. All you need for healthy skin, hair and teeth! ($38 value)

Reusable Paper Towels Anne Riggs

Anne Riggs

A roll of Reusable Paper Towels made with printed cotton on one side and cotton terry cloth on the other. Also, Mindful Momma customers get FREE shipping + a free sample pack of 5 reusable cosmetic pads (I love these!) – using code MINDFULMOMMA at checkout (good through 4-30-17). ($45 value)

Goodbeing Box April 2017

Goodbeing

A Goodbeing box with assorted natural beauty and wellness products. FYI Mindful Momma readers who place an order get a free bonus product using my affiliate link! ($21 value)

Juice Beauty Anti Wrinkle Solutions Kit

Juice Beauty

The Anti Wrinkles Solutions Kit from the Stem Cellular Collection – including Booster Serum, Moisturizer and Eye Treatment.  ($50 value)

Table Grace cloth napkins

Table Grace

Set of 4 handmade cotton dinner napkins in your choice of fun fabrics. ($24 value).

Klean Kanteen baby bottle (2)

Kleen Kanteen

Stainless steel baby bottle – 9 oz size. ($21 value)

Practically Green assortment of natural, eco-friendly products

Practically Green Assortment

A copy of my book, Practically Green: Your Guide to EcoFriendly Decision-Making, along with an assortment of other natural & eco-friendly goodies! ($90 value)

 

The giveaway will go through Saturday, May 6th at midnight central time. U.S. shipping addresses only. Must be 18 years or older to win.

Good luck!

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(*If you make a purchase through an affiliate link, I may receive a small commission – at no extra charge to you. Thank you for supporting Mindful Momma if you do!)

 

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About Mindful Momma

Micaela Preston is natural living educator and safe and sustainable product activist. She has spoken at conferences and events, has lobbied for safer chemical laws, and has consulted with many brands and businesses. Her book, Practically Green: Your Guide to Eco Friendly Decision Making was published in 2009.

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  1. Malisa says

    I absolutely love Juice Beauty and use some of their products already, but I think I’m most interested in the Goddess Garden set! I love the new site!

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  2. Janalyn says

    So many of the prizes look great that it’s hard to choose a favorite! My top three would have to be the Goddess Garden, Reusable Paper Towels, and the Juice Beauty products.

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  4. Laura S says

    I love the reusable paper towels as well as the practically green assortment, I just love all ideas that are more earth friendly than the normal ways of doing things!

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  5. Rachel says

    The prizes I’m most interested in are PACT organic, the Practically Green assortment and reusable paper towels.

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  7. Nancy says

    If I win, these are my prize preferences:
    1. Pact Organic
    2. Goddess Garden
    3 Earth Mama Angel Baby
    4. Anne Riggs
    5. Kleen Kanteen
    6. Practically Green Assortment
    7. Table Grace
    any remaining prizes in any order

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  8. Shelly A Thrall says

    I would love any of the products, altho I don’t have kids or babies!
    Look forward to seeing more of your “new look” !
    Shelly

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  10. Ellen DeFrancesco says

    Congratulations on the new look! I love your website and find your info soooo helpful. I would be thrilled to win the Garden Goddess, Pact, reusable paper towels or the Juice Beauty items. Thanks for all that you do and giving me the opportunity to win some natural and eco-friendly products from wonderful eco-conscious companies.

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  12. edie says

    Thank you for all you do in helping us lead greener lives! Would love to be considered for the Goddess Garden, Pact Organic,and the awesome reusable paper towels.

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  14. Becca Z says

    My faves are the PACT Organic, Earth Mama Angel Baby, Sanre Organic Skinfood, Akamai, Anne Riggs paper towels, Goodbeing box, Juice Beauty and the Practically Green assortment…..I pretty much love it all!!

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  18. Lori says

    I would be incredibly grateful to win the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System. With my aging sun-weathered skin I could use all the help I could get. Thanks!

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  20. Marcy Crandall says

    Love reading your blog and getting ideas about new products to try! I would be happy if I won anything… but if I had my choice I would choose the Organic Underwear from Pact Organic or the Sanre Organic Skin Food.

    Love the new look!

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  21. Lacey says

    Would live to try the Anne Wraps/ reusable paper towels. My kids are past the baby stage but not past the mess making phase.

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  22. Madeline Lyne says

    Hello I am a subscriber to your site but am unable to leave a blog comment on the survey. It keeps asking me to subscribe & shows that I left a comment when I tried but couldn’t. Anyone else having problems? I love your organized new focus! Looking forward to more interesting information from you!

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  24. beth c says

    i’m most excited about the pact organics, the reusable un-paper towels and the practically green assortment! congrats on the new blog layout and thank you for the wonderful giveaway!

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  25. Traci A says

    I would like to win the Goodbeing box, Earth Mama Angel Baby Essentials Bundle, Goddess Garden Sun Repair System & the $100 Pact Organic gift certificate the most.

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  26. Carly Williams says

    I am most excited about the Goddess Garden Sun Repair System! I live in sunny Florida, so my skin can use all of the protection and repair it can get!

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  28. Alessandra says

    Wow! Everything in this giveaway is awesome! My favourites are Anne Riggs, Goodbeing box and Earth mama angel baby in orange vanilla!

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  29. Fiona N says

    I love them all, especially the Earth Mama Baby Essentials Bundle 🙂
    Thank You for the great review and giveaway

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  30. Laura says

    I would be most excited to win the EARTH MAMA ANGEL BABY bundle. The reusable paper towels would probably be my second favorite!

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  31. Laurie says

    Beautiful new look, Micaela! Crossing my fingers to win the Sanre Skin products or the Juice Beauty– so many great options! Hope you are well!

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  33. Alice says

    How generous! My choices would be, in order, the PACT GC, the practically green assortment, the “paper” towels, and the napkins. I love me some healthy cloth!

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  38. bunny says

    Hi! I’m very happy to stumble upon your health blog. As a young lady, I’m most interested in the goddess garden set and the pact organic items. Thanks for offering the items

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  39. Janelle says

    I would LOVE the goodbeing box or the Kleen Kanteen giveaway; I am obsessed with all of their products:)

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  43. Diana says

    What an awesome giveaway! I’d love to try the reusable paper towels – I try to not be wasteful, but I can’t seem to get away from using paper towels. Tha S one thing I’d like to do.
    Also the practically green assortment and Goddess Garden sun care set look great!

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  45. Susan P. says

    1. Pact Organic
    2. Goddess Garden
    4. Petal & Post
    6. Practically Green Assortment
    7. Juice Beauty

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  49. patricia caradonna says

    I am interested in winning The Anti Wrinkles Solutions Kit from the Stem Cellular Collection.

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  53. Katrina Brockavich says

    Oh my gosh, I would be thrilled with any of these! I think the kleen kanteen baby bottle would be awesome for our 8 month old. I love eco friendly products, and any way our household can be more eco friendly is great!

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  54. Keri justice says

    Such amazing products. I’m really loving the reusable paper towels. What a great idea to reduce our waste. We need these at my house!! I’ve also hear of Pact clothing and would love to try their products, that would be my second choice. And I’m also very much into the practically green assortment. Thanks for this chance!

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  55. Heaven Nunez says

    Such an exciting giveaway! I want the PACT organic prize!! 😍 if that’s taken when I win, I want the Practically Green assortment!

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  56. alona y says

    I would be so excited to win the reusable paper towels. That’s such a cool concept and paper towels are something we’ve been having a hard time with replacing! Also, the Juice Beauty set would be great.

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  57. Lynne Meyer says

    Thank you for hosting this great giveaway! I’m most interested in the Pact Organic; Sanre Organic Skinfood; the Goodbeing Box; Juice Beauty; and Practically Green Assortment.

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  58. Taysha Carpenter says

    Any prize would be awesome but pact organizes looks great! 🙂 ranks for the opportunity!

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  59. Kasia says

    I am super excited about the reausable paper towels & the Earth Mama Angel Baby gift pack 🙌🙌🙌 What an awesome giveaway!

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  63. Terry Stevens says

    I would love the I would love the GODDESS GARDEN or PACT ORGANIC. (Sorry for 2 comments but used incorrect email with first comment.)

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  64. Kim says

    Such great prizes! I especially love the earth Mama Angel Baby, Kleen Kanteen, the unpaper towels and the final prize pack! I love your new design!

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