Hygge is a Swedish term and it’s all about creating cozy atmosphere and making your home warm and welcoming in winter. I’m a big fan of all things hygge. . . which is why way before I ever heard of it I was good at hyggeing up my personal space. Maybe that’s because I come […]

Winter is challenging for me I’m not going to lie. When the weather is cold and glum day after day it gets old and it’s easy for me to sink into depression and get sick. And with my health history I really can’t afford that. Three years ago I experienced a crisis when my colon […]

When it comes to doing special things for yourself are you in the game, or do you consistently fall short? I know how it goes. . . people depend on you and you’ve got responsibilities to regularly show up, and there’s not a lot of leftover time at the end of the day. I know […]

  When I was 32 I snapped. My therapist called it an emotional breakdown. I didn’t see it coming because it was brought on gradually and caused by a lifetime of mounting frustration and unhappiness. There were people in my life who saw I had a problem and said I needed help. I denied it, […]

When I was first introduced to essential oils it was in the early nineties and I was in massage school. I started out only buying oils that smelled good, and as my appreciation for the therapeutic properties of essential oils grew, my collection expanded.​ ​When a friend invited me to try a new brand of […]