Category: Managing Stress
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4 Inspired Reads for a Healthy and Vibrant January
How is your beautiful 2018 going so far? Have any ambitious and inspiring (or comforting and grounding) goals come to you yet? Or do you mostly still feel like cocooning and just hoping to make it through? Sometimes I think the emphasis in January is so much on fresh starts and upbeat energy that we…
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Choosing a Power Word for 2018: More Positivity, Self-Love, Self-Care, and Vibrant Health
So here we are at the start of another new year. A new fresh set of days lie before us, and I hope for you those days are filled with the promise of adventure, love, a sense of potential and positive change, and of course, vibrant health. I found, for the first time in…
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4 Recipes, 3 Health Tips, and 1 Mind-Reset for the Holidays
The holidays are often a busy flurry of activities, family, events, tasks, and meals. Maybe this is something that we really enjoy (hustle and bustle has a certain charm, at times), or maybe we’d prefer more time for quiet time contemplation, reading, relaxing, and slowing down. I personally would like the right balance of both…
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A Little Soul Nourishment: 5 Ideas For You
“There is no one like anyone else, ever…For it is the fate – the genetic and neural fate – of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.” ~ Oliver Sacks, Gratitude Yesterday, I went to the funeral of my…
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5 MORE Rockin’ Songs to Boost Your Mood and Make you Smile, PLUS Tips for Managing Stress
So I have to tell you, I believe this post comes at a critical time. I was going to post a recipe for superfood chocolate chip cookies (look for those coming soon), but in a sudden moment of deep reflection, I realized that right now a list of cheerful, energy-boosting, drab-crushing music was what I…
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Homemade Lavender and Peppermint Salt Scrub
Ah, nothing says it’s festive season time quite like peppermint. Except maybe cinnamon. Or that unique smell of pine trees. Or even woodstove fire smell! They’re all pretty awesome too and I guess that means actually a great number of things say that it’s festive time. For today, though, let’s just talk about peppermint. And lavender. I’ve…
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What Clean Eating Can Do For You – And What It Can’t: Reflections on the EAT WELL, LIVE VIBRANTLY Challenge
The April EAT WELL, LIVE VIBRANTLY clean eating challenge is coming to an end. The official challenge part of it, I mean. Or the month part of it? Either way, the April of refined sugar-free, gluten-free, dairy-free, alcohol-free, caffeine-free eating is reaching its official end. Except, I really like eating this way – so while it…
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The EAT WELL, LIVE VIBRANTLY Spring Clean-Eating Challenge!
Spring is in the air! I can feel the energy seeping into my bones. I have a pep in my step, there is sunshine for longer hours, the birds are chirping, and I feel the world start to come alive with possibilities again. Spring is a great time for positive transitions. We feel energetic and…
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Refresh and Relax Peppermint Body Butter
Peppermint: “An extremely good kind of mint which takes the depressing and uber-confusing world you are living in, and transforms it into happy swirls of red and white goodness. You can’t be sad eating one unless you choke.” – Urban Dictionary Wise words indeed. Friends, the festive season has come and gone, but it’s still winter,…
Eat Well, Live Vibrantly 