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Thanks. I have already found them so thought you might have a Youtube of your own :-).

Hi, just stumbled across your blog when I was researching if bicarb of soda was the same as baking soda to wash my hair cos they all seem to be american ‘no-poo’ recipes lol
Anyway, just read your about page, I’m 19, not a mother, however its great to know there are others like me! I’m a modern, vegan, animal and earth loving hippy trying to get back to nature as much as possible. Thanks for your blog xxx Peace&Love

Just found your blog. Although parenting doesn’t come to what I need, the other stuff is pretty helpful and, anyway, I must say I believe you are bringing up a beautiful family in the best way possible and, though you don’t even know me, I thank you for educating your children the way you are doing. I feel a little bit of more hope for this world (don’t know if it’s said that way, English is not my first language)

Just found your blog today and love it. You have made me laugh and smile. I’m a boho creative soul who loves drawing and painting, style, and the beauty of the small things in life. I also love twinkly things and spend my life distracted by glitter. So glad to have found you. Em

A friend pushed me to have a look at your website but…

It’s not for me.

I’ve groaned a lot today. I see way too many mums like this where I live and its just horrible; all this stuff has just become a grim cliché to me now; Look! My little baby starchild is such an individual, AS AM I! Um, no, they’re the same as all the others really and actually are now being used as some sort of pawns in a weird little middle-class boho game of one-upmanship that the mums are competing in. There’s a good market in it though.

Sorry. I tried it but I just don’t like it.

hi lucy,
I came across your blog from an age article… glad finally someone is spruiking the no shampoo thing in print worm! I’ve just used water for the last 10 years or so (I’m 34) on my long locks, and my hair couldnt be healthier and I get complements all the time (and then get to shock people with THE TRUTH:).

best wishes for the book!

cheerio Michael

PS: I’m doing a little art project called buried words (I put the website below)… to explore the feelings people fear saying… check it and please share if you like it, would love to get as many contributions as possible!

Hi Lucy
I love finding people to add to my (virtual) tribe. So happy to have found you 🙂
Good luck with your big new venture.
We live on a 1300 square metre block in a very bushy spot not far from a major town in NSW (Australia). For me, it’s a great ‘hippy ‘compromise. I was a kid in london in the 1960s and just wanted to be 10 years older so I could be a real hippy. I’ve never lost that desire. I was a breast-feeding, cloth-nappy-using, co-sleeping, gentle-parenting, glass-half-full kinda mother for 20 years, but then my kids grew up and I got a little bit lost in the world of the ‘working woman’ (albeit it in a very caring profession). I’m back on track now – bigger and better. I make all my own products, recycle and compost, and eat a close-to paleo diet. I only buy what I really need and am about to embark on Marie Kondo’s ‘Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up’ where I intend to dispose of /organise the contents of my entire house over Easter so I only have things that have meaning and bring me joy. Shortly we will build a new eco-house on the top of our very steep block where I have a great veggie and herb patch planned and lots of fruit trees going in.
It doesn’t get much better than this.
Keep up the good work, Lucy. The world needs more people like you (and less people like ‘Ben’ above).
Cheers
Jane

Muy interesante tu experiencia de vida, sobre todo ahora que cada vez estamos más confusos en lo debe ser la relación del ser humano/natura. Sería muy importante que en tus sites tuvieras una aplicacion para cambio de idioma, especialmente, espaňol.

It was so fun meeting you today, Lucy! Your inspirational lifestyle probably just changed my life! We shall see…Safe travels back to NZ with your lovely family!

Hi Lucy

I absolutely love your blog. I don’t have time to read much on the internet but I always go for yours first as it’s so funny and so relevant to my parenting experience. I’m also fascinated with your yurt outdoor living journey.

I live in the city but I’m a city country girl (if that makes sense). Brought up in the city (Southampton, UK) by parents who always had us looking around for anything wild and who took us into the parks, beaches and rivers of the city and out of the city, at any opportunity. My mum always has her derriere in the air looking at plants growing anywhere (even in the gutter). She’s nearly seventy now but nothing changes. And my dad used to drag us round the deserted docks (in the eighties) climbing in the sheds and along the railway tracks, and down to the shingly beaches to paddle in the rubbish and build fires as well as out into the New Forest ever weekend and holiday. So we were so lucky – adventure at every opportunity.

I had an idea for your rewilding thing – not relevant to you as you only have cold water anyway I think – but for city dwellers – turn the shower to cold every morning after main shower. I try to do this every day in the winter. I love swimming outdoors but obviously living in London can’t do it all the time (althoug Hampstead etc whenever poss of course). I think it definitely helps my immunity and it gives me that zingy feeling you get from sea and river swims which I don’t get to do as much as I would like. I guess harder for the kids to do in terms of rewilding the children but teens could be encouraged!!!

Anyway. Will keep reading. So tired tonight couldn’t find your email so am posting a comment instead and hoping you get to read it.

Morningirl74

Hi Lucy,
Wishing you a great 2016. I just wanted to share my story with you regarding the rye flour shampoo recipe. Iam based in London and Iam a male . I had a really sensitive scalp and had issues with dandruff for the past many years. I tried every shampoo expensive to organic. All herbal and other alternate options. So many oils just to solve my issue. I went to many dermatologists they gave me medication and gels but all in vain. I came across your blog while googling a remedy that could solve my issue. Its been 2 months and I cant imagine iam so happy and feels like I have a new scalp on my head.. No dandruff , no itching or flaking no dryness its just all so normal. I just wanted to thank you for sharing your blog and its like an inspiration for me . By the way I use rye flour (wholemeal) and it works great for me…
Regards,

Sami

Hello! I have just discovered your blog and I absolutely love it and everything you stand for! I have just begun not washing my hair (almost two weeks with just water and its not too greasy!) and your blog has been essential. I just had one question, I am vegan and was wondering if you have found any great alternative to egg in your hair? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks 🙂

Hi,
I just want to say THANK YOU!
I’ve been reading your blog for a few years, taking lots from it and really enjoying your lifestyle. It was thanks to you that 2 and a half years ago I stopped using product on my hair – and I’ve never looked back!
Last year I became pregnant, and knew that I would need your blog for support and information.
I gave birth to a beautiful, amazing, intelligent little girl who we named Matilda, and I set about being the best parent I could possibly be. I knew how I wanted to parent, and what would suit me (and my partner) in life – but the inference from other is borderline obscene. I’ve had unsolicited advice from strangers, family members, friends and so on about everything – breastfeeding (You won’t stick to it…. You need your space from her…. Let someone else look after her), co-sleeping (you could crush her… I heard so an so’s aunties brothers cousin killed their baby!), baby wearing (it doesn’t look safe, can she breathe?!), self soothing (She’ll settle in ten minutes… how will they learn if you’re always going to them!?) , routines (If you don’t have one you\ll make a rod for your own back), bedtimes (If you don’t have them in bed by 7pm they’ll never sleep all night long!), dummies (I think the most common heard phrase so far has been “you want to get her a dummy”. My stock response “I don’t. But I understand it would make you feel better”.)
Anyway, it’s hard. It’s hard when I am a new mum, vulnerable and emotional and you’ve not slept, and your baby cries from 2pm – 11pm every night and you want to be a gentle parent. It’s hard not to listen to the people offering this advice, the advice that I disagree with so sternly.
That’s when I pop by on here and read your blogs. It helps my confidence in bringing up my daughter the way I choose to – by listening to her, following her lead, by staying close to her. THANK YOU for putting in writing how I feel about being a parent. THANK YOU for doing it with grace and beauty.
being a mum isn’t hard, I find it glorious. But it comes with a weight of pressure from other people. Being a confident mother is hard. And you are making it that little bit easier. THANK YOU.
I can’t say it enough – Thank you. I hope you can feel the gratitude!
Laura 🙂