Women Aging Gracefully I spent my early twenties preoccupied with the shape and size of my body. During my thirties, I was busy with raising children and finding balance between family and career. And despite the inevitable changes that come with 3 pregnancies and aging, by my early forties I had reached a happy ...
Calm the Heck Down – Motherwort Herb Benefits
Benefits of Motherwort Motherwort herb is a lovely plant with a long history of use in supporting women’s health. The benefits of motherwort include effects on the circulatory, digestive, and nervous systems. Motherwort herb is a wonderful way to calm frazzled nerves and emotions. Motherwort Herb – Offering ...
These 4 Simple Foods Fight Cold and Flu – Sage, Ginger, Garlic and Honey
Marketing and commercialization by the pharmaceutical and health food industries tries to convince us that taking responsibility for our health is difficult. We are encouraged to buy expensive products and to rely on the “experts” to guide us in our choices. Treating our colds and flu at home doesn’t ...
How to Feel Grounded in Life
Being Grounded Feeling overwhelmed and off-balance, trying to manage when life feels chaotic and out of control can leave us feeling frazzled, anxious, and struggling. Sometimes we react to life circumstances from a place of groundedness, feeling capable and calm, despite the chaos. Other times we feel like a leaf ...
How Your Diet Impacts Your Hair
How Your Diet Impacts Your Hair Hair shedding can result from a variety of causes, including hormonal changes and high levels of stress. While you should speak to a physician to determine the exact cause, there’s a chance that your diet and hair loss are connected. Consuming too many inflammatory foods and too ...
A Better Way to Start Your Day – How to Start Your Day with a Positive Attitude
How do you start your day? Are you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, feeling excited and optimistic? Or do you drag yourself from bed with weariness and dread? Despite our personal challenges, we can choose how we start our days. I say "choose", because we can be intentional in how we begin each day. Although I ...
The Most Important Thing – Having the Courage to Live with Authenticity
Living with Authenticity Requires a Great Deal of Courage "The ego must hide all that we believe is unacceptable about ourselves. To accomplish this task, it constructs a mask to prove to others that we are not as defective, inferior, worthless, and bad as we might fear we are. None of us likes to admit that we have ...
Vibrant Skin from the Inside Out: 7 Strategies for Glowing, Radiant Skin
There is a billion-dollar market ready to help us fix what’s wrong with us. Most of the mainstream strategies promoting radiant skin treat the external surface, but to enjoy vibrant skin from the inside out, we can take advantage of foods and herbs for healthy skin. Vibrant Skin from the Inside Out The market is ...
A Few Thoughts on Grief
It's been 14 years since the abrupt loss of my mother. Here are a few thoughts on the deeply personal process of grieving. Thinking about mom. How I started out for my run that morning but felt compelled instead to check in on her. Finding her still in bed, a bleeding cut on her forehead. Her skin bright orange from ...
Make Your Own Rose and Aloe Cooling Lotion and Spray
All-Natural Rose and Aloe Cooling Lotion and Spray Roses are alluring and beautiful, and despite their delicate appearance, they offer some pretty amazing health benefits. Combining the anti-inflammatory and cooling property of rose petals with soothing aloe, we can create a simple, all-natural rose and aloe ...
DIY Summer Skin Salve – All Natural Relief for Summer Skin
Warm breezes and sunny days, summer is the time for outdoor activities. But along with the summer fun comes summer skin irritations like sunburn, blisters, insect bites, and the dreaded poison ivy. You can buy over-the-counter products to treat all of these, but you will also be getting the added chemicals and ...
7 Things to Do With Basil Beyond Pesto
Every year I tell myself - plant less basil. But then spring rolls around and I think I can’t possibly have too much fresh basil, can I? And so the seeds get planted and my excitement rises as I pinch my first fresh leaves. Oh, the aroma of fresh basil! The plants start slow, but by July I just can’t keep up. ...
Seeking Joyful Simplicity is about living your best life after 40. I write about using a holistic approach combining herbal remedies, nourishing foods, and self-care to reduce overwhelm, manage our weight, and enjoy more vibrant health in our 40's, 50's, and beyond.