Ah yes, tis the season. According to all the songs on the radio, this is the most wonderful time of the year. So-o-o-o, if it’s the most wonderful time of the year, why do I feel stressed out, tired and crabby? Raise your hand if you feel overwhelmed, tired and cranky at Christmas!
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Blog, ObservationsThis week, I’d like to talk about why you should shop local – a detour from aromatherapy for sure, but it’s that important! We’re in the last quarter of the year which means holiday shopping has begun in earnest.
Yes, I know – let’s get through Thanksgiving before we talk Christmas! I get that. I simply want to get into your mindset before the holiday shopping season kicks into full gear.
Please hear me out!
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Blog, ObservationsI wish I knew what to write about this week. My heart is hurting at all the hatred that has been spewed in the United States. So, this week, my words are spoken from the heart not about essential oils, but about kindness compassion and tolerance. Anne Frank was such an old soul who knew
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Blog, ObservationsIt’s been a hard couple of weeks, y’all. We’re all tired and I’d like to help ease the weariness today with a thing of beauty. Just take a deep breath. Rest your eyes on a beautiful scene and imagine yourself there just simply resting and at peace. Think about kindness, caring, gentleness, compassion. Unplugged, no
Many days I finish a market feeling sad because I hear so many women say that they loathe their bodies. They don’t feel beautiful because society has drilled it into us that unless we look like 20-year-old models, we’re not beautiful. To that I say: be your own kind of beautiful. If I do nothing else
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Blog, ObservationsA dear friend of mine had a startling aha moment the other day and I’m calling it the mis-education of busyness. You know what I mean – you’re busy. Constantly busy. On the go. Hurry here. Hurry there. Hurry everywhere. Let’s all take a big DEEP breath and just stop for a moment. My friend
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Blog, ObservationsRemembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
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Blog, ObservationsHave you ever heard of the Butterfly Effect? I first heard about it years ago regarding hurricanes – “when a butterfly flaps its’ wings in Africa, we get hurricanes in the United States.” That’s true if you think about it – how else would hurricanes form? The butterfly effect is the same in that every
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Blog, ObservationsI like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life’s realities. Dr. Seuss The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you
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Blog, ObservationsThis week, I simply want to say Happy Mother’s Day to all women! Whether you have two-legged babies or four-legged fur babies, moms make the world go round! In a certain sense, all women are mothers. We gave birth to civilization and we are specialists in nurturing those in our lives. Not every woman has
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