This is a guest post from Jane Collins, the founder of g9sleeptight.com where you can find great information to help you enjoy more restful sleep. You can follow Jane on twitter. Using Mindfulness Meditation to Improve Sleep There is always a lot to deal with from tight deadlines to other work-related pressures like ...
Health and Wellness
Natural Remedies for Joint Pain – Using Herbs, Diet, Essential Oils
Painful joints can have such a devastating effect on the quality of our lives and make us feel much older than our chronological age. Living with vibrant health requires good self-care, but it can be hard to stay motivated when we are experiencing pain on a daily basis. Although there are many causes for ...
Sensual Pleasures – Herbal Aphrodisiacs and Recipes to Spice Up Your Love Life
Herbal Aphrodisiacs “Love is something that arises from the gentleness of true intimacy, the comfort of deep support, the nourishment of open and honest communication. Love and sexual arousal begins on the unseen level of both emotional and spiritual connection. Simply sitting down, gazing into your beloved’s ...
How to Use Roses as Food and Medicine – 6 Rose Recipes
Healing Medicine of the Rose Roses as Food and Medicine for Physical, Spiritual, Emotional Healing Exquisite, graceful, alluring, the rose is associated with sophisticated beauty and love. But the rose is much more than an ornamental flower adored for its heady aroma. The healing medicine of the ...
Beating the Winter Blues
Five Ways to Beat the Winter Blues This is the time of year that many of us start feeling down, as the days turn gray and the long nights leave us missing the sun. Instead of suffering another year with the winter blues, and trying to find relief through caffeine, sugar, and comfort foods, let's make a promise to take ...
Herbal Hair Care – A DIY Nourishing Herbal Hair Rinse
Herbal Hair Care Herbal remedies are not only good for our bodies, they are good for our hair. A great way to enjoy natural hair care is to make your own DIY herbal hair rinse. The herbs in this homemade hair rinse are nourishing for the hair and scalp and work well for all hair types. Easy to make and easy to ...
Letter to Myself – Stop Putting Off Happiness
Stop Putting Off Happiness “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” – Albert Einstein Why is happiness and contentment so elusive? Why, even when we accomplish our goals, or get what we want, do we so quickly find ...
Strength Training for Women Over 40 – 10 Reasons Every Woman Should
Want to enjoy a stronger body, greater self-confidence, faster weight loss, a better posture, and more energy? Strength training offers the most benefit for the least amount of time. Here's 10 reasons every woman over 40 should be doing strength training. The content on this site may contain ...
Honey-Vinegar Cough Medicine
Preparing for Cold and Flu Season – How to Make an Herbal Oxymel and Herbal Cough Medicine Learn how easy it is to make an herbal oxymel and your own herbal cough medicine. Are you prepared for your next cold? Do you want to make your own herbal medicine but feel overwhelmed at finding the ingredients or preparing ...
Aging Gracefully or Letting Ourselves Go – What Does Aging Gracefully Really Mean?
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 ...
The Introvert’s Guide to Surviving the Holidays
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.” Stephen Hawking “Don’t underestimate me because I’m quiet. I know more than I say, think more than I speak and observe more than you know.” ~ Michaela Chung The busy holiday season is on the way, are you ready? The annual holiday rush can be a joyful time, but it can also be ...
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 ...
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.