Our bedrooms are sacred spaces within our homes. If we're lucky, we spend 6-8 hours everyday within their comfy confines, making it one of the most important places to create a healthy space. And if you are a parent with little ones, it's even more important to create a healthy bedroom to protect those underdeveloped immune systems.

Imagine this: you've just bought a cool new memory foam mattress topper you think will breathe new life into your shabby sleeper. The day it's delivered, you immediately make the bed with your favorite comfy sheets, hop on it, roll around, and basque in its coziness. When you return to your room a few hours later to get ready for bed, you notice a strange smell that's lingering in the room (and it's not a good smell!). You do some investigation and discover your new high tech memory foam mattress is stinking up the room and off-gassing chemicals that shouldn't be inhaled or absorbed by anyone!

This was my experience years ago before I got into green and healthy living. I had no idea this new memory foam topper was made of petrochemicals and other unhealthy ingredients that would off-gas and absorb into my body! In fact, there are many things in our homes that create an indoor air pollution problem - carpet, paint, furniture, wall paper and more can all off-gas toxic chemicals if you aren't wise in your choices.

Today before I bring something home, I am careful to do some due diligence on the product. Yes, it can take a little more work to ask questions and uncover exactly what's in a product, but our health is worth it (and I hope you feel the same way!).

Recently I came across the world's first natural memory foam products for the bedroom made by Essentia . This intrigued me, because I knew if this product was the real deal it would make bedrooms and homes a whole heck of a lot healthier. I thought a natural memory foam that's free of stinky petro-chemicals, glues, adhesives, perfumes and deodorizers (these are just a few of t...