Let me start by telling you that I am not a crystal expert. I am a crystal enthusiast. I am a Traditional Chinese Medicine practitioner by trade and so I am into lots of things – acupuncture, cupping, herbs, meditation, and well now crystals. My crystal collection started organically and has turned into quite the […]
In the spring of 2018 my mom and I signed up for a women’s retreat in the Pocono Mountains called Rise Gatherings. We spent the weekend with women ages 15 – 75 from all over the country. The days were filled with workshops that challenged me to paint my wildest dreams, practice Buti Yoga, and […]
When I first started the Forest Bathing Club in 2015, I had to explain to people what forest bathing was and why they needed it. Flash forward a few years to today and now forest bathing, the evidence-based Japanese practice of connecting to nature as a way to destress and heal, has become so popular […]
One woman’s quest to combat her genetics by adopting a plant-based diet and (gently but passionately) encouraging others to do the same. Having already lost her dad in 2007 to lung cancer, when her mom was diagnosed with bile duct cancer in 2012, Lauren Gladstone needed to do something. She went in search of information […]
Erin Taylor has talked many times on her podcast about how a child’s behavior is an iceberg. But now, she’s talking about how YOUR behavior is an iceberg too…as well as every single person you come into contact with!
What if this year, you gave up perfection and stepped into more joy? What would it look like to give yourself the gift of space and of time? What if instead of burdens and ‘shoulds’ you stepped into possibilities and ‘coulds’? For me this shift has been the most transformative realization in my life. I […]
Last year a dear friend told me emphatically that I had to read the book “Pussy: A Reclamation”. This friend has been with me through my spiritual pursuit and walked beside me on my path. It was a radical time in my life – I was seeing light out of divorce, finding freedom in a […]
“Be who you are and say what you mean, because those who mind don’t matter, and those that matter don’t mind.“ — Dr. Seuss These simple words are so profound when you take a moment to realize what they are saying. They are an invitation to be exactly who you are, unabashedly, and to put […]
We all know that we should eat more fruits and vegetables. So I am not telling you anything you don’t know! The question is why are they so good for you? There are many scientific studies that have shown why these foods are so important to our overall health. Even Popeye knew that spinach was […]