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Welcome to The Little Fix

Discover Small solutions for a plastic free non toxic home that honors the fertility of people and planet.
Here you’ll find swaps for products that fit your ethics and your needs without compromising your values or your daily routine.
You may also find a friend in our community of wives, mothers and women who have spent time in the desert of infertility.

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Welcome to our corner of the internet, where we celebrate a lifestyle rooted in simplicity and sustainability. Here, you’ll find tips on homesteading, gardening, and embracing swaps from plastic to natural alternatives. Join us on a journey to non toxic living. 

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Plastic free back to school edition

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My legacy

What is the legacy you want to leave behind? I want to leave behind a legacy of humility. A family whom I loved well. Who puts the needs of others before their own. A lineage of healed parenting that promotes curiosity and precociousness. Families built on sovereignty. Who innovate food systems and energy systems. People…

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5 Ideas for Pentecost

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Little Fixes add up 

We all live busy lives filled with too much stuff. With so much on our plates, how can we worry about if those plates are plastic. With this blog I hope to give you small solutions that add up over time. You don’t have to throw out your life or change everything at once . Small steps will make big change over time! 

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Darby

Hello,

I’m Darby

Homesteading wife, mama, Doula and avid protector of my family.

That’s why I created this blog to help you minimize your families exposure to toxic chemicals lurking in plastics. You may have seen my husband and I on Netflix in “The plastic Detox” so you know I use research based evidence to support my battle cry for natural alternatives, as well as my mama heart, to decide what is right for us.

We were struggling with infertility and at a loss. We had spent $16,000 on hormone tracking, invasive testing, supplements and therapy. We decided to let go and rely on prayer. That’s when dr. Shanna Swan entered our lives. We decided to take a chance and participate in a study where we reduced our plastic exposure to limit the harmful chemicals within. After two years of trying we finally welcomed our baby boy a few weeks before the documentary based on the study, aired on Netflix! We can truly say “The plastic Detox” was a Godsend.

Take a look around and see what swaps you could make in your life to balance your hormones, increase your fertility, reduce risks for cancer and a host of other health issues lurking in BPA’s, PFAS and Pthalates.

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