When we think of health, our body comes to mind – fitness, mind-body connection, taking your vitamins, avoiding a heat attack and so forth.

But what about the environment by which you are surrounded? It’s true, a healthy you is important, but to achieve complete well-being you must also consider the way you are living – literally. Yes, that’s right: Your home sweet home must also get a routine physical.

In her book, Super Cleanse: Detox Your Body for Long-Lasting Health and Beauty, author Adina Niemerow discusses a number of cleansing options to fine-tune your body. But she also shares with readers a plan for total home rejuvenation with a “detox” called “There’s No Place Like Home.”

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In this time of awareness about beauty products and food, what we put on our skin and in our mouths can have a dramatic impact on our body, mind, and spirit.

In Need of Some Alone Time?

The perfect escape begins with a bath, only Don’t fill it to the rim. Instead sink deep into warm natural bubbles, and emerge refreshed, relaxed, and silky smooth, without sulfates, parabens or preservatives.

In Need of Extra REM?

Sleep deprivation is a major issue facing us today. However, nothing gets you into bed sooner than a space dedicated to relaxation. Take out the TV and leave your phone in the kitchen, grab a good book dim the lights, and jump into bed with your favorite organic pajamas. The Chantal Gown is made from a lightweight, breathable, silky soft cotton / soy fabric blend.

Lost That Loving Feeling?

Maybe you’re in need of a deep tissue massage. Nothing reconnects you to someone you love like touch. Start by visiting www.goodcleanlove.com, their oils are nature’s aphrodisiacs.

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Ah, the adventure of bus travel, the call of the open road! Jump into the “real” American landscape and culture, save money and minimize climate change.

Twenty hours into a 31-hour bus trip to Hollywood, I close my book and remind myself why I’ve chosen once again to travel by bus. Flying would have been so much faster and normal. But come to think of it, why do I need to justify bus travel at all; shouldn’t we have to justify the excess waste of flying? But I accept that I’ve chosen to go against the status quo, so here’s why I’m enjoying the ride:

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Carbon offsetting is a well-intentioned movement to compensate for the environmental damage of our daily lives. But instead it allows us to just keep on making that damage.

In the middle ages, the Roman Catholic Church’s ability to grant ‘indulgences’—a pardon for sins in exchange for good works and prayers —had predictably given way to pardons in exchange for donations to the church. The bigger the sin, the bigger the required donation to put things right with God. What a perfect closed-loop system, I’ve always thought, to allow sinners to keep on sinning and the church to raise money and profile.

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When you think about Halloween, green does not necessarily jump to mind. It’s more like loads and loads and loads of candy suddenly appearing on table tops one and all. Whether you spot them in your office, in your pantry, or ultimately in your body, it’s little we can do to escape the candy coated invitation.

As for decorating, we haven’t strayed much from the old standards of orange and black streamers and plastic spooky arachnids in every shape, size and color. And let’s not forget the array of polyester costumes that surely should have a warning sticker reminding you not to stand too near an open flame [actually, most of them are sprayed with fire retardants]. You may be the chosen one to decorate your office or cubicle or the brave soul throwing a spook-tacular bash for your friends.

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