Environmental health, inequities, and perfectionism w/ Hannah Gardener

Motherhood is the impetus for a lot of changes in our lives. One common one is to create a healthier home for those little beings entering it. 

Today's guest, Dr. Hannah Gardener, became more interested in environmental health during her first pregnancy. Since, she has become a healthy home consultant who I have turned to for advisement on purchasing decisions. She runs an amazing Facebook group where she shares her levelheaded recommendations and opinions on products and situations that the members experience.

In this episode, Hannah shares about her work and gives a comprehensive list of low cost and simply ways to lower environmental toxins and create a healthier home. We also speak about the intersection of social justice and environmental health, the disproportionate amount of women doing the emotional labor of creating healthier changes and how to combat perfectionism when it comes to living a healthier life.

If you are on board with creating a healthier home, you don't want to miss this episode!

 

About the guest

Dr. Hannah Gardener (she/her) is an epidemiologist and medical school professor as well as a healthy home consultant. She helps families reduce their exposure to environmental toxins by making easy, inexpensive and gradual changes to their living environments. Her goal is to help people live an environmentally healthier lifestyle without stress!

Take a look at Hannah's website at www.agreenslate.com. Connect with Hannah on Facebook and Instagram @agreenslateconsulting or via email. And be sure to join her amazing Facebook group!

 

About the host

Lisa Chin (she/her/hers) believes that knowing ourselves is central to being happy and fulfilled. This podcast is about the observation and examination of self - exploring all the things that make us who we are. Why? Because the better we understand ourselves, the more good we can do in the world.

Lisa creates and podcasts from the traditional and unceded land of the Nipmuc and Massachusett tribes in a town outside Boston, MA.

To learn more about Lisa, her writing as well as opportunities to work with her, visit www.lisaforreal.com. Feel free to send her an email or DM her on Instagram @reclaimingmotherhood with your thoughts of an inspired life.