Mountain Mama Health & Wellness

10/26/2025

Your gut is your first line of defense.
Nourish it with colorful fruits, veggies, herbs, and whole foods.
Greens, garlic, turmeric, and ginger reduce inflammation and keep your immune system strong from the inside out. 🌿

10/26/2025

Honey: Nature’s Golden Medicine

Raw honey is more than sweet — it’s healing.
It’s packed with antioxidants and natural enzymes that strengthen your immune system, soothe sore throats, and calm inflammation.
✨ Mountain Mama Tip: A spoonful of local honey each morning can help your body adapt to seasonal allergies and support natural wellness.

10/25/2025

🌿 Weekend Wellness: Boost Your Immunity Naturally

This weekend we’re focusing on simple, natural ways to strengthen your immune system — the natural way 🍯💧🌞

From honey and smoothies to sunshine, rest, and gratitude, every small habit adds up to stronger health and deeper balance.

Over the next couple days, I’ll be sharing 10 ways to boost your immunity naturally — easy, nourishing practices you can start today to feel more grounded, energized, and well.

💚 Stay tuned for #1 dropping next — and let’s spend this weekend reconnecting with what keeps us healthy, happy, and whole.

10/25/2025

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10/23/2025

10/23/2025

If you’ve never met cinnamon basil, your senses are missing out.

Cinnamon basil isn’t your average herb, it’s a powerhouse.

Rich in eugenol, cinnamate, and vitamin K, it brings flavor, fragrance, and real wellness benefits — from calming inflammation to boosting your immune system.

💐 In bouquets, it’s unmatched, spicy-sweet scent, purple bloom, and freshness no big-box store can touch. Grown local, cut by hand, full of life.

10/23/2025

🌄 Hey Mountain Mama Family!

We need your help to reach our next big milestone! 💪

We’re just 8,000 followers away from hitting 20K—and that unlocks a huge boost in our social-media monetization, which directly supports our mission at Mountain Mama Health & Wellness.

Every dollar we earn through this program helps us continue offering free coaching and mentorship to teens aging out of foster care. Because of your support, we’re able to provide:
💚 One-on-one health and wellness coaching
🏋️‍♀️ Fitness and nutrition training
🏠 Assistance with housing, education, and job placement
🧠 Access to mental-health resources and community support

✨ You can make a difference in less than a minute!
Here’s how:
1️⃣ Go to our Mountain Mama page
2️⃣ Tap the three dots in the top right corner
3️⃣ Click Invite Friends
4️⃣ Then select Invite All Friends

That’s it! Your simple click helps us keep changing lives, one step—and one follower—at a time. 💕

10/22/2025

🌾 Mountain Mama Reminder:
If you’re able to stock up a little now, here are some budget-friendly staples that stretch far and feed well:

🍚 Rice
🥔 Potatoes
🥫 Dry or Canned beans & lentils
🥕 Canned vegetables
🍞 Flour, Yeast & Sugar
🍝 Pasta & sauce
🍓 Frozen fruits, veggies & meats
🐟 Canned tuna, chicken, or salmon
🥣 Oatmeal

🫶 Preparation doesn’t have to mean panic—it’s about peace of mind and community care.
Start checking your local food pantry schedules and keep a list handy. Even if you don’t need help right now, you might be able to guide someone else who does.

💚 And if you’re in a position to give, grab an extra item or two when you shop.
One bag of rice. One can of soup.
It might not seem like much, but for a struggling family, it can mean everything. It only takes about $25-$30 to put together a holiday meal box for 4.

Times are uncertain, but we are stronger together.

Let’s look out for one another—because no one should go hungry while doing their best to survive and especially right at the holidays.

10/22/2025

I have some herb babies that are ready for their own pots and to find their forever herb mama!! $2.50 each!

Available now:
Lavender
Sage
Thyme
Marjoram
Dill
Chives
Basil
Purple Basil

Available in a few weeks:
Mountain Mint
Lemon Balm
Rosemary

Local pick up or delivery in and around Beaver WV. Shipping also available if you cover shipping fees. PM me if you are interested!

10/22/2025

People pleasing can trigger an autoimmune condition by causing chronic psychological stress, which leads to inflammation and immune system dysregulation.

To elaborate, chronic people-pleasing creates long-term psychological stress through a consistent pattern behavior:

📑Emotional repression: Repressing emotions like anger, frustration, and sadness to keep others happy increases internal stress.

📑Neglect of self: Prioritizing others’ needs over your own well-being leads to burnout, exhaustion, and chronic anxiety.

📑Lack of boundaries: The inability to say “no” or set limits leads to overcommitment and resentment.

📑Fear of rejection: A constant need for external validation and the anxiety of disappointing others adds to the persistent psychological pressure.

This chronic state of stress disrupts the immune system’s delicate balance through several physiological pathways:

📑Hormonal imbalance: The body’s fight or flight response releases high levels of stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline. While acute boosts can be helpful, chronic elevation impairs the immune system’s regulation.

📑Inflammation: Prolonged stress leads to a state of chronic inflammation. This happens when the immune system’s response to cortisol becomes blunted, leaving fewer anti-inflammatory effects to balance the inflammatory responses.

📑Immune dysfunction: Over time, the immune system becomes dysregulated and “confused”. Instead of fighting external threats, it begins to attack the body’s own healthy tissues, which is the hallmark of an autoimmune disease.

SOURCE: https://www.mssupportfoundation.org/chronic-stress-and-autoimmune-diseases/