In this episode, we discuss Botox and the growing number of women choosing natural alternatives. Botox, or botulinum toxin type A, is a neurotoxic protein used in small doses to treat various medical conditions and to reduce wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing muscles. While millions of people have used Botox, it comes with potential side effects like bruising, headaches, muscle weakness and in some cases, more serious complications such as botulism. Most people are unaware that Botox carries a Black Box Warning issued by the FDA which states that Botox can cause serious side effects, including the potential spread of the toxin from the injection site. This warning is the most serious type issued by the FDA.

Today, nearly 40% of women seeking anti-aging treatments are now exploring natural alternatives to Botox. Gudrun Snyder, a Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine and founder of Moon Rabbit Acupuncture and a leading expert in cosmetic acupuncture discusses Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture—a holistic, non-invasive alternative that smooths fine lines, firms skin tone, treats acne, and boosts collagen production, all without synthetic injections.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Gudrun shares her healing journey as breast cancer survivor who was diagnosed at the age of 32, with a 1-year old baby

2. What caused Gudrun to focus on Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture

3. The pain level of the treatment

4. Can Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture accomplish what Botox can for fine lines and wrinkles?

5. The potential dangers to women using Botox

6. How listeners can find a practitioner that specializes in Facial Rejuvenation Acupuncture?

è You can learn more about Gudrun and Moon Rabbit Acupuncture at https://www.moonrabbitacupuncture.com/.

è As always – you can find the links in the show notes at https://healthyhomehacks.com. We appreciate you! Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

We recently escaped to the majestic Trinity Home Lake Arrowhead in the San Bernardino Mountains—almost 5,000 square feet of pure luxury. Exquisite design, a home theatre, a chef's kitchen, sweeping lake views, cozy fire pits, a cedar hot tub, a sprawling game room, and just a short walk to the charming village of Lake Arrowhead.

Let's talk about why places like this matter right now. Stress and anxiety levels in America are at crisis levels and are linked to heart disease, weakened immunity, and more.

Our guest, Deanna Grady, understands firsthand that rest isn't luxury—it's essential medicine. Mountain environments like Lake Arrowhead offer incredible health benefits through fresh air, grounding, negative ions, and true unplugging. Her design aesthetic is impeccable. She's created Trinity Home Lake Arrowhead, Trinity A-Frame, and Trinity Interior Design—all built on the philosophy that everyone deserves a place to restore, relax, and retreat.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Emerging from a professional background, how corporate burnout led Deanna to start designing beautiful vacation mountain homes

2. With no professional interior design training, how Deanna's passion led to a new and purposeful career path

3. The number one compliment guests share

4. What makes Lake Arrowhead and the mountain vibes so healing and relaxing

5. Why visiting the mountains is essential for those who lead busy, stressful lives

6. Deanna's favorite part of each of her homes

7. Deanna's source of inspiration when designing these and her celebrity client's homes

è Friends, to learn more and book one of Deanna's mountain retreats at Trinity HomeLA. Head to à https://trinityhomela.com. You can also find them on Instagram at TrinityHomeLA and at TrinityAframeLA.

è Use code: RONANDLISA to save 10% off your direct booking and towards candles at the Trinity Home General Store here à https://trinityhomela.com/shop

è As always – you can find the links in the show notes at HealthyHomeHacks.com. We appreciate you! Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

From broken to beautiful, our guest believed finding new ways to appreciate your home is key to maintaining balance and peace in your everyday life. Sarah Trop is an award-winning interior designer, global travel blogger, and HGTV's Flea Market Flip champion, celebrated for her sustainable, biophilic, and small-space design solutions. Founder of FunCycled, Sarah blends soulful creativity with construction know-how, transforming historic homes and upcycled pieces into works of art. Her work has been featured in Country Living, House Beautiful, and Life at Home Magazine. Sarah inspires audiences to uncover beauty in the old, bring peace to their spaces, and live with greater purpose.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. A simple way to choose natural versus synthetic materials when designing a room

2. A few easy and affordable ways to bring that 'outdoors-in' feeling to any space, and what the research says about its health benefits

3. How using reclaimed or repurposed materials contributes to a more sustainable environment

4. How to balance creating gorgeous, Instagram-worthy spaces with prioritizing overall occupant wellness

5. Design choices—like soft textures or natural colors—that can promote emotional healing in a clinical or transitional environment

6. Sustainable design strategies—from material choices to multipurpose layouts—that are as good for the environment as they are for long-term health and happiness

è Friends, to learn more about Sarah's services at FunCycled, head to à funcycled.com. You can also find them on Instagram at FunCycled and at TropofallTrades.

è Grab your free interior design guide now: https://funcycled.com/free/

è As always – you can find the links in the show notes at Healthy Home Hacks.com. We appreciate you! Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

Did you know the average woman uses 13 products every day, containing 114 unique ingredients a day? The largest sources of ingredient exposures are body care, skin care, and cosmetics.

Kaitlyn Schneider is the founder and head of innovation of Aeston West. This newly launched luxury skincare brand uses clean, high-performance ingredients that are sustainably crafted in the USA!

Her early experience at Tata Harper deepened her understanding of how chemistry and sustainability intersect in modern skincare.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. How Kaitlyn went about creating a brand when considering wellness and clean, effective ingredients in the products
2. How the beauty industry has evolved its perspective on clean beauty in relation to what we have in our homes
3. How Aeston West is making clean beauty and clean living less expensive and more achievable
4. How to make healthy skincare and healthy living more of the norm and less of a luxury
5. Key considerations in skin health

è You can learn more about Aeston West's 3-step clean skincare routine at https://aestonwest.com/.

è Find the link to her site in the show notes at HealthyHomeHacks.com. Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

Millions of Americans have parasites and don't know it. But the beauty treatments they're getting—Botox, fillers, even breast implants—could be making everything worse.

We're exposing BII—Breast Implant Illness—and the hidden dangers your doctor isn't telling you about. Plus, how everyday toxins and heavy metals from skincare to drinking water are feeding the parasites, bacteria, and fungi already living inside you.

In this episode, we're revealing the #1 mistake people make when cleansing their bodies and what you can do right now to protect yourself and your family.

Our guest, Shelley Blankinship is a holistic nutritionist who helps clients reverse and prevent chronic disease through detox, nutrition, and lifestyle change. After a surprising cancer diagnosis when her children were just babies, Shelley discovered that many everyday products in her pantry, medicine cabinet, and cleaning closet were filled with toxic - yet legal - chemicals and toxins.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. Shelley reveals her cancer diagnosis 13 years ago, and whether she had a family history of cancer
2. Why is opening the detox pathways before cleansing essential
3. The dangers of Botox that most women are completely unaware of
4. The connection of cosmetic injections to parasites, fungi, and bacteria in our bodies
5. What BII, Breast Implant Illness, is and why more women are opting for explants
6. What listeners can do right now to boost their immune system and still look and feel good naturally, without increasing their body burden and toxic load

è You can learn more about Shelley's offerings or book a call at https://www.shelleybholisticnutrition.com.

è Find the link to her site in the show notes at HealthyHomeHacks.com. Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

In this episode, we're exploring aromatherapy - something that's getting serious scientific attention. When we inhale essential oils, scent molecules travel directly to our brain's emotional center, creating real neurochemical changes. The research is compelling. Johns Hopkins found that certain essential oils can kill Lyme bacteria better than antibiotics. And lavender has particularly strong evidence - multiple studies show that it genuinely improves sleep quality by increasing restorative delta brain waves.

The Veterans Health Administration reviewed 26 systematic studies and found moderate evidence that aromatherapy helps with pain, sleep quality, and stress management.

That's why we're excited to welcome Amy Jump-Long. Amy is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Certified Clinical Aromatherapist with 15 years of experience. She is the founder of the aromatherapy and wellness business, ReNurture Therapy, and the co-author of Scripture Scents: Essential Oils in the Bible, a book that explores the biblical roots and spiritual significance of essential oils.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. How essential oils can help with anxiety and depression

2. Myths that people believe re: essential oils

3. How to spot the fakes

4. Do's and don'ts when it comes to using essential oils

5. A few must-have essential oils or blends that can replace our medicine cabinet

6. Amy's five favorite oils and why

7. The oils that are mentioned in the bible

è You can learn more about Amy's work and shop her essential oil collection, head to at https://renurturetherapy.com/

è If you'd like to enter for a chance to win 4 x 5ml bottles of essential oil blends, head to @RonandLisa on Instagram to the first pinned post. Follow the instructions there and be sure to enter by September 5th, 2025.

è As always, friends, you can find those show notes at https://ronandlisa.com/podcast/. As always, we appreciate you! Be sure to leave a review or rating – five stars are always appreciated. And, if you're not already subscribed…now is a great time!

Most people think non-ionizing EMF from phones and Wi-Fi is harmless. But the World Health Organization classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as a possible carcinogen in 2011. And a recent meta-analysis of over 100 studies found significant associations between long-term cell phone use and brain tumors. Yet most people carry these devices against their bodies all day.

Today, we're answering: What does science say about EMF safety? What free protection strategies work? How do you spot real protection from marketing hype? And what does empowered living look like in our wireless world?

Whether you're a concerned parent, a screen-heavy professional, or just questioning all this radiation around us, this episode is for you.

R. Blank is a technologist, entrepreneur, and internationally recognized expert on EMF health and safety. He is the CEO of Shield Your Body (SYB), the world's largest store for science-backed EMF protection products. He's the host of the Healthier Tech Podcast, co-authored the best-selling book Overpowered, and more recently released Empowered—a practical guide to living safely with technology.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. What makes Empowered different from other EMF-related books

2. Most people assume non-ionizing EMF—like from phones and Wi-Fi is safe. What the science actually says

3. Some of the most impactful changes people can make today to reduce EMF exposure—without spending a dime

4. How consumers can separate real protection from marketing hype

5. What "living empowered" looks like in a wireless world

àFriends, to learn more about Shield Your Body and shop for EMF protection tools, head to https://www.shieldyourbody.com/

àTo grab a copy of R. Blank's new book, Empowered, visit https://www.shieldyourbody.com/empowered

àAs always, be sure to head to https://ronandlisa.com/podcast/ for all of the links and show notes. As always, we appreciate you subscribing to the Healthy Home Hacks podcast and leaving a review. Five stars are always appreciated if you find our show useful or just plain entertaining. Until next time – stay healthy!

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Welcome to Clean Label Chronicles! Something BIG is happening in the food world that's going to change what's on your grocery store shelves forever. When giants like Kraft Heinz, General Mills, and Nestlé all announce they're ditching artificial petroleum-based dyes, this isn't just a trend – it's a seismic shift that's about to ripple through every aisle of your supermarket.

Our guest is the Director of Product, Label & Ingredient Reviews for Registrar Corp – a regulatory compliance powerhouse. She shares the inside scoop on what this means from manufacturing and regulatory boardrooms to your dinner plate. So, whether you're a conscious consumer, a business owner trying to navigate these changes, or just someone passionate about keeping their family healthy, you're in the right place.

Anna Benevente, holds a BS degree in Biology. As the Director of Product, Labeling, and Ingredient Review at Registrar Corp, she has been assisting companies with U.S. FDA regulations since 2009.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

1. The key labeling changes that companies like Nestlé and Kraft Heinz will need to make when removing artificial dyes from their products
2. How the removal of artificial dyes affects the ingredient review process, and what the most common challenges manufacturers face during reformulation
3. The compliance or documentation requirements that become more complex for companies switching from artificial to natural colorants
4. The ripple effects this trend will have on smaller manufacturers and private labels in terms of keeping up with clean-label demands
5. How international labeling regulations complicate reformulation efforts for global brands moving away from synthetic dyes
6. Whether this industry shift signals a long-term transformation in consumer expectations and regulatory standards, or plateaus like past food trends

àAs always, be sure to head to https://ronandlisa.com/podcast/ for all of the links and show notes. As always, we appreciate you subscribing to the Healthy Home Hacks podcast and leaving a review. Five stars are always appreciated if you find our show useful or just plain entertaining. Until next time – stay healthy!

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