The Old Ways Story

Hi, I'm Jane 👋 I'm so happy you found us! Let me tell you a little about why we are here. I'm a 27 year-old stay-at-home-mom of 2 toddlers. My husband and I met in college, while we both got degrees in Computer Science.

Why we care?

Like so many others, my loved ones and I battled with chronic and acute illnesses. Infertility, heart attack, chronic fatigue, nutrient depletion, arthritis, high blood pressure, inexplicable rashes, pain, and immune system depletion. Piece by piece, we worked on resolving our symptom puzzles and optimizing our health through diet and lifestyle. We also strive to live with joy and peace, resting in God's promise that one day all things will be made new. Living in a fallen world comes with its problems, but getting back to God's design here on earth—to the extent possible—can be a precious reminder of God's promised restoration come to earth and a means of His grace to us.

Our family has been slowly but surely building our arsenal of products and repertoire of skills since 2018 and we want to share what we know no matter if you're on step 1 or 1001.

Why Old Ways?

While we wove our way down our own personal "crunchy" path, we discovered a few common frustrations. The first is you don't know what you don't know. You might start with sulfate-free personal products, thinking you've found a better option. Great! Then you learn that fragrance is not one ingredient but a closed door hiding all kinds of who knows what like micro plastics and endocrine disrupting chemicals... not so great.

Secondly, we noticed that there are some amazing resources online; however, partially because of the inherent difficulty of finding safe products and partially because of the nature of incentives on the internet, it can take a very long time (scrolling around on a screen) to find just what you want.

Finally, a lot of "clean" product options are expensive and unnecessary. It's true what they say, you can only choose two out of three: clean and safe, low-cost, or convenient. Every family will choose to balance those options differently in hundreds of daily scenarios like diapers, doing dishes and laundry, all the way down to the building materials for your home and furniture within it. Some personalization would be a welcome aid.

The vision

So as a homemaker coming from a technology background, I started thinking about how I could save time and money finding both products and methods to live cleanly. I started experimenting with AI, but like any tool, it needed to be utilized correctly to be useful. When I gave it the right background, it gave back amazing product recommendations. I knew it had potential. So with the help of my husband, we built a custom recommendations engine that leverages AI while capitalizing on years of my own research as its foundation for what's important, while also being flexible depending on what matters to you in every inch of your home.

Along with product recommendations, it can explain how things were done traditionally before the advent of PFAs, plastics, synthetic fibers, and our modern-day (often toxic) methods. These methods are often very low-cost and the healthiest possible option. I also know that time is precious, so our chat tool will also help you balance your preferences, budget, and time without requiring endless doom-scrolling that, I hate to say it, is probably a net loss for your health.

Find the products that work for your home not someone else's using Old Ways Today!