November is over and I don’t know about you, but did it fly by or what!? With its end, we bid farewell to World Vegan Month and Canadian National Health Food Month.

This was also an exciting month as Evolving Wellness along with Kroeger Herb featured the giveaway of the all natural, herbal Immune Defender Kit. Thank you to everyone who entered and the two lucky winners are….ready for the drum roll…first name drawn was:

Chandelle from PhytoPhiliac.com

…and second name drawn was:

Earth Mother from In the Raw

At this time, I would also like to offer a big thank you to Tonya Kay – actress, dancer and raw foodist, whom you can follow on TonyaKay.com, for sharing her story with us of “Evolving Wellness in Action” and being November’s feature on our site.

At the beginning of the month, we busted the truth out on the safety of workplace cleaning products.

Also I wrote about the all natural personal care product company Green Beaver, whom I greatly support for being local, truly natural, and so conscious about our health, the animals and the environment. In this article, I shared that for the month of November, I would be featuring various reviews of some of their products.

In the middle of the month, we had guest author Jon Rhodes of Hypno Busters share with us some information about how hypnosis can help with motion sickness. Thank you Jon again for that very valuable article!

In the middle of the month, I also went away to Long Beach, California for the Nutrilite Sports Nutrition Blogger Event that I got invited to. You can read about my experiences and learning opportunities here.

At the end of the month I shared with you why I would never use fluoride toothpaste again, in an article about the dangers of fluoride.

In the reviews section, with a focus on Green Beaver products, we had 4 new reviews join our site:

1. The Green Beaver Hand & Body Lotion
2. The Green Beaver Shampoo
3. The Green Beaver Sport 24 Natural Citrus Deodorant
4. The Green Beaver Green Tea & Aloe 100% Natural Facial Moisturizer

As this was an extra busy month for me, we had no new recipes added to our recipe section.

As for what’s in store next month for December?

Get ready for one of the most exciting months on Evolving Wellness as we wrap up the year of 2009.

With the holidays coming up, I will focus on expanding upon our series of “Healthy and Meaningful Holiday Gift Ideas” as I share with you some new holiday gift ideas, especially if you want to make your gift not only meaningful, but healthy too :) And yes, there will be some extra special holiday recipes, in the recipes section.

Next, Oprah has hers… get ready for my first annual, version of “Evita’s favorite ‘natural things’ 2009.”

I will also be sharing with you this month an amazing book that I have just read that might be just the thing to change the state of your health. As well, I will be sharing with you my health results from the Nutrilite Sports Nutrition Blogger Event health analysis. And yes, we will be talking about the question on every one’s minds – to supplement or not to supplement?

Finally, I will continue with some more reviews of Green Beaver products, mainly their winter line which will come in very handy for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere.

And as always remember to feel free to contact me if you have a question, feedback or a topic you would like to have discussed in an article.

Till then – Live Healthy! Live Happy! Live Long!

*Photograph provided by Nancee_art

About the author:
Evita Ochel, B.Sc., B.Ed., CHN - is a certified holistic nutritionist, biologist, educator, writer, researcher and speaker in the areas of health, science and holistic wellness. She is a nutritional science expert and her teaching and writing focus on natural, wholesome, plant-based and organic nutrition to achieve optimal health and longevity. Learn more about Evita Ochel or Follow Evita Ochel on Twitter.