Are You Sacrificing Self Care for Your New Year’s Resolution?

Are You Sacrificing Self Care for Your New Year’s Resolution?Note: This is a guest post by the lovely Kaylee Rupp of ZenCaffeine.com!  Read, enjoy and show her some love in the comments. She has such a loving approach to life. 

It’s a New Year, and with it come the inevitable weight loss goals.

Only this time it’ll be different – you’ll eat five servings of veggies a day, workout six days a week and not one sweet will pass your lips. You’ve even set up a reward system – if you can do this, without fail, at the end of the week, you get a hot, luxurious bath. Or an afternoon alone at your favorite bookstore. Or [insert your favorite activity here].

Fast forward one week and your willpower has run out (we only have so much of it, y’know). Not only has one sweet passed your lips, but also a #6 combo from your favorite fast food place. You feel ashamed, defeated, and you definitely aren’t giving yourself that bath. You didn’t earn it. Continue reading

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Green Juicing just got so much more awesome

Make your own recovery your first priority in life.~ Robin Norwood

I often talk of healing. Mostly cause I’m a healer and believe we all have a chance at healing any and all scars that we may carry with us-physical, emotional or spiritual.

Today I have the special pleasure of interviewing one of my favorite bloggers and ofcourse a dear friend Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living! Just like the Title to her blog she is indeed prolific in all she does. So, when she told me she was working on a Green Juicing Guide I literally did a happy dance and jumped sky high. Not only was I excited about the new guide, it was the actual topic of green jucing that made me so happy.  Continue reading

Healing Marvelous Earth-Earth Day

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. ” ~Native American Proverb

April 22nd the world observes Earth Day. DO You?
Earth Day is a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment.

What a tremendous, sacred gift we have been given to live in this beautiful world! Do we truly hold it dear to our hearts, or do we take it for granted? Continue reading

Go Fly Little Girl – The Girl Effect

Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody. ~Jane Austen

When it comes to being a girl, I was fortunate enough to be treated like a precious creature. From the time I can remember, my dad always told me, I was more a boy to him than my two other brothers. At the time I never really understood this statement. But, when he said the same thing to me on my 18th birthday, he added “You are more capable than any man you will ever meet. You make me proud to have a girl like you. You have the innocence of a little girl and the sensibility of a lady. Go fly my little girl.” Continue reading

How Facebook&Twitter Can Keep You Happily Motivated

“The concept of total wellness recognizes that our every thought, word, and behavior affects our greater health and well-being. And we, in turn, are affected not only emotionally but also physically and spiritually.” Greg Anderson

About 5 years back, when I had no idea what a blog, facebook & twitter were I had to struggle to find old friends. Yes the internet searches were there, but none were very fast, nor accurate. Now, with everyone on facebook & twitter, I love how easily I can find old friends and they find me. Almost everyday I meet an old friend online and catch up. I even love getting updates from my favorite people, products&businesses. It has made life easy when it comes to staying connected and informed. Continue reading

Mind-Body Balance

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”~Albert Einstein

IN this fast paced life and the environment playing cat and mouse with us, we have become sedentary creatures. Waist-lines are increasing but hearts are getting smaller. This shift in the environment although a man made fault, has its adverse effects on mind and body. Continue reading