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A Mindful Way for a Calmer New Year

The new year has begun and hopefully yours is off to a good start.

A new year can offer so much hope and anticipation as you create new goals and the world seems to collectively hit the reset button.

Unfortunately, a new year can also bring a great deal of stress, full of monumental goals, unrealistic expectations and self-imposed pressure.

So let’s explore how you can avoid the stress and experience a calmer new year.

If your new year is beginning to feel like the previous ones and instead...

Golden Turmeric Milk

Turmeric is known as a healing spice. Packed with antioxidants and anti-inflammatory properties, turmeric is soothing, relaxing and extremely nourishing to your body.

Curcumin, the potent compound found in turmeric has numerous health benefits, including the ability to lower inflammation, boost liver function, protect nerves and brain cells and promote healthy mood balance and youthful skin.

I love to drink Golden Turmeric Milk right before bed to help me unwind and boost my bodies healing a...

There’s No Secret to Your Wellness

Walking the isles of a local bookstore, I noticed the headlines on many of the magazines in the health section. “Discover the secrets to a world of wellness.” “Nature’s Remedies.” “Disease fighting foods.” “Is organic really better?”

I stopped to think about how we got here. What lead to us not knowing for ourselves, the properties and power of the fruits, vegetables, oils, spices and plant life that’s designed to nourish and sustain us?

It’s quite frustrating to me. The very thing we need...

5 Conditions that are Keeping You Stuck and What to do About It

You’re imagining your life differently than the reality you’re living.

You want to believe that your goals are reasonable. That you’re worthy of the life you really want and that what you’re envisioning isn’t impossible to achieve.

Yet, you’re not making much progress and you don’t know why.

You may be suffering from one of these 5 conditions that can keep you stuck and unable to achieve your goals.

Doubt Disappointment Disease Decision Fatigue Distractions

If you’re suffering from doubt, y...

What’s Holistic Health and Why It Matters to You

You’re an amazing, multifaceted being. Your life, your experiences, your desires are all unique to you.

The same goes for your health.

Your overall health is impacted by the collection of elements that make you who you are, including your mind, body, spirit, relationships, the work you do, where and how you live, and the interconnection of your cells, organs and body systems.

Traditional Western Medicine tends to specialize in one organ or body system, instead of taking a holistic – whole pe...

Are You Afraid to Fail?

She fell, hard. Smacking her face on the floor.

As my Mama senses went into overdrive, she popped right back up, smile on her face, seemingly unfazed by what had happened and ready to try all over again.

That’s what happens when we’re little and beginning to navigate the world.

We try. We fail. We try again and keep on trying until we accomplish the latest milestone.

But somewhere along the journey we begin to avoid the falls. We convince ourselves that the comfort and stability are more imp...

9 Essential Oils to Support Your Emotional Well-Being

Life is such a beautiful gift, filled with endless possibilities and interactions.

As we take the journey we encounter various challenges and oppositions – some meant to enhance our wisdom and perspective, while others attempt to throw us off course.

Each experience can result in an array of emotions, and if we continuously embody the undesirable ones, they can begin to invade our lives and cause some destruction.

Repressed negative emotions exist at the root of many health concerns, so it’s...

Do You Need to Detox Your Emotions?

Her post captured my attention.

She’s usually so friendly and informative. But the tone of this post was frantic.

She described her emotional pain because of a situation that recently occurred in her life.

She told her readers to be patient and understanding as she took the time she needed to work through this.

She said her husband and young child were alive and well, just in case anyone was wondering.

And that was it.

It’s not like we’re personal friends, so I couldn’t call to check on her....

5 Essential Oils for Meditation

Meditating day and night in a world that never sleeps is no minor accomplishment.

Intentionally focusing your attention for any amount of time in our culture of clicks and instant notifications takes practice. And for the purpose of greater spiritual connection, awareness and revelation, I consider this an art.

Just like with any work of art, we all approach and experience it differently. A variety of tools and resources are used to create the masterpieces as each artist displays their visio...

What I’ve Learned from My Accidental Home Birth

 

“Okay Bae. Let’s go.” he said.

We knew it was time to wake up our older children and leave for the hospital. So my husband had just returned from loading our sleepy children into the van.

But I couldn’t move.

“Should I call 911?” he asked as calmly as he could.

I felt like I was watching a movie.

I had labored for a couple of hours and clocked what I thought were impossibly close contractions coming one right after another, when I realized, we would never make it.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry.” I...