Blog Post, Pleasure & Joyfulness, Self Care
You know what self-care practices would help. You might even have a list. But somehow they’re not happening consistently, or they work for a while, then fall apart. What’s missing? Knowing what to do isn’t the same as knowing what makes it stick. In...
Blog Post, Pleasure & Joyfulness, Self Care, Sleep
I’ll bet there are times that you dig in deep into your self-care and times that you gloss over or abandon it. This is part 2 of a series of 3 blogs and here I’ll use an analogy to help you develop a personalized self-care framework that transcends traditional...
Blog Post, Herbalism, Pleasure & Joyfulness, Self Care
Different from self-care, my concept of Personal Care Blueprints addresses a place we’ve all been. We’re thinking, ‘yup, I should totally do that thing/s to take care of myself.’ Maybe you had someone suggest a new routine, or to take a supplement, or adjust something...
Blog Post, Herbalism, Pleasure & Joyfulness, Self Care
Beyond a Warm Beverage: Therapeutic Strength Tea When you brew tea, the water is extracting constituents from the herbs. So you’re actually making an herbal remedy, not just a—hopefully—tasty beverage. Teas: Hydrate you. Herbal teas without caffeine count...
Pleasure & Joyfulness, Self Care, Sleep
Sleeping is partially about surrender. To let go and be in what’s naturally there can mean heavy limbs. It can mean being away from stimulation and into a sweet stillness. Sometimes it’s like floating. Sometimes it’s like flying. But there tends to be a...