The Significance of Journaling
Writers know all about the beauty of the blank page. It can be a gift and a curse to encounter it. A gift if you know what you want to say, and a curse if you do not. A lot …
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The Saint Patrick’S Day Exercise List
At the start of the year, you may have made an exercise resolution or goal. March is filled with alcohol and pie, as the fourteenth is pie day and the seventeenth is Saint Patrick’s Day. It is time to check …
The Healing Power of Aloe Vera
The Aloe Vera plant is the “poster child” for don’t judge a book by its cover. On the outside, it is a rigid, prickly, plain plant. The inside holds an almost magical goodness. The healing power of aloe vera is …
The Healing Power Of Lavender
Lavender is a true adaptogen; and is a universally healing herb. What is does for the mind and body is amazing and the healing power of lavender is evident in its vast uses. Let’s take a look at the background, …
The February Exercise List
In a month surrounded by all things love related, celebrate national heart health with the February exercise list. My Background I exercised often and intensely in my younger years. My mid to late thirties were spent raising children as a …
Turning Life’s Trials Into Treasures
The famous poem “Footprints” is one that helps us to see the good that results after bad happens; or, as it happens. We tend to see the circumstances and pain when tribulations occur in our lives. And we often dwell …
the healing power of plants: the rose
The smell of rose water, incense, and body sprays always brings me back to my childhood. Fragrant, earthy tones inhabit my senses and I am transported to days as a little girl; where I remember rose bushes in the yard, …
10 Steps toward protecting your vibe
Vibes are the emotional signals a person gives out to those around them with their body language and social interactions. In other words, the quality of ones life is directly related to the quality of their thoughts, words, food, fitness, …
7 Days of gratitude: day 6: Juliette
“At times, our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” In reading this quote by …
The Importance of Spending Mealtimes as a Family
Extended family is flying in. Many are driving out to visit with their moms and dads. Significant others are preparing the parental introductions. The time to break bread with family is upon us. I contemplate the importance of spending mealtimes …