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Hello, lovely to have you visit.

I’m Joanna.

I envision a movement to change the way you buy, think, and live your life in a positive way!

I started “Actual Organics” when I realised the need to show that labels can be misleading.

The truth is in the ingredients.

It’s a life-long lesson in detoxification and it’s worth it.

I support smart women, like you, in their pursuit of being well whilst walking the curvy path of life.

I love sharing how you can eat well, use superb skin care and love life.

It’s a choice, you can choose wellness or illness.

I like walking in the English countryside.  I like reading too, and I have many books on my bookshelf but there are still more I want to read.  I am actually writing a book on how you can improve your radiance and live a more energetic life.  Grab my newsletter if you want to be kept informed on progress (top right hand corner of this page).

I drink tea, probably too much but so much is solved with a cup of tea.

I am a trained Chef having done a year long course in London- my favourite recipe is opening the fridge and seeing what I can create.

There is nothing quite like a freshly boiled egg with toasted sourdough bread.  My version of fast food is a boiled egg!

I used to be really unwell due to toxic overload, I struggled to find answers, few Doctors could help, many just said ‘you have acne’ or “you have aching joints, this pain relief pill will help, I will write you a prescription’.  I was frustrated and confused but despite feeling low and unhappy I still had a feeling there was a way.

I started doing my own research, I read a LOT of books, I attended conferences, trainings and began to piece together a picture which was that toxins were mounting up in my body and it wasn’t pretty.

Fast forward a few years and I started my hobby, Actual Organics, sharing my knowledge with others as I knew I was not alone in having this issue.  Having been through the dramatic changes myself,  I now share with you, the benefits of

• nourishing whole foods
• organic skin care
• positive choices in life

You have choices that can improve your wellbeing, get you back on track and help you enjoy life.

Every little step helps.. to clean up skincare, and the world

I am on the board of Environmental Defence Canada’s “Just Beautiful” campaign that was started as there are over 1,700 cancer-causing, hormone disrupting, and allergy-inducing substances have been banned or restricted in European personal care products but many of these same harmful substances can still be found in Canadian products!  So we want to see cosmetics and skin care cleaned up. [1]  Help us succeed with this, by signing the petition!

This work is vital and necessary.  It can sometimes seem like too big a challenge but even though this is not for the faint of heart, let’s face it not everyone is willing to take these steps, but those that do often know that it is the right choice for them.

Is this you?

Many women learn this information about toxins and suddenly think “Oh my goodness, this is outrageous, I have to do something, I can’t know this information and do nothing, I have to share it.”  If that is how you feel then get involved, share this information with your girlfriends, family and sign the Environmental Defence Canada’s Just Beautiful Campaign petition.  Tell your friends about my site, the more women that know this information the better.  Imagine when women learn that they are paying for pollution in their face cream?

What do I do?

I am a wife first and foremost; old fashioned maybe but I also still drink tea from a pot, use a pencil and paper- so I am happy being a dinosaur- actually I am just older than I look!

My passion in life is educating women to make their life just a little bit, or a lot, better, you choose.  Do you realise how brilliant you really are?  Well, I help you begin on the road to radiance, self reliance, vitality and a less toxic life, I share my knowledge with you, plain and simple.  I am not a nutritionist nor am I a doctor.  I share tips and sure fire ways to live a good life without using toxic products or habits.   Yes, you can still wear perfume just not one with phthalates or parfum, but beautiful, organic essential oils with therapeutic properties that you’ll enjoy wearing.  It really is a no brainer- wear synthetic chemical perfumes or wear therapeutic perfumes… what do you choose?

Every day is a day of possibility..

but it is time for a shift, you have to take responsibility for your own choices.   No one else can change you.  So I hope you decide to make a few small changes?  When you do and when others do -that adds up to a big change!

I hope I can assist you in cleaning up your act- I say that as that is what I did, cleaned up my act.  Honestly, I resisted it for a number of years but eventually got there and when having done it, I wondered why I didn’t sort things out (and bin the toxins) earlier.  Such funny creatures that we are!

The time has come for a change, from consumption to conservation.  Frankly, judging by the state of the earth we need to (in the words of the teacher on my school report) “try harder”.  So much more needs to be done, might I be so bold as to suggest… you need to wake up and start reading labels!

Make sure you stay tuned for updates, the newsletter is a wise move (and I don’t play chess!)

©ActualOrganics 2009-2012

[1] Environmental Defence Canada