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How To Deal With Negativity

When was the last time you dealt with a negative person? The reality is you have to deal with negative people almost on a daily basis.  There are negative people at home.  Then there are negative people in the workplace.  They are everywhere.  The next question is how do you deal with negativity as you will run into it quite often?

It is very sad when you live with a negative person. What’s even…

Tea Ceremonies From Around the World

Many cultures have tea ceremonies and rituals which I think is very cool, but totally unknown in this country . . . or is it? Some information taken from World Tea News shows that:   

  India: The Land of Chai Tea

India produces and consumes more tea than any other country in the world. Chai is the national drink in India and it is served literally on every street corner – especially in crowded…

Benefits of Green Tea

  It seems the art of drinking tea is something new when in fact tradition shows it has been around for hundreds of years.  What did our ancestors know about the benefits of drinking tea that we don’t know, or are we just learning about it?

Green tea is made from Camellia sinensis, the same plant as black tea, but does not go through the oxidation process.   According to Wikipedia, there are…

The Holidays Are Finally Over!

Our family has been incredibly busy with the holidays since Thanksgiving.  With the cooking and entertaining, it doesn’t leave much time for anything else.

Now I can get back to the business at hand.  I will be sharing more information on teas and tea rituals, soap making and making spa products.  I am not a professional nor do I profess to be one.  This is a journey for me and I am learning as…

Juggling Life With A Full Time Job

  It’s not easy working a full day outside the home, then coming home to get chores done and start working your online businesses.

I am up a little before 4 a.m. every day. Once I am ready, I am generally out the door by 5:15 A.M.  I drive about 50 minutes one way.  I do my due diligence and I drive home for another 50 minutes this time fighting a lot of traffic.  This makes for a very stressful…

Take A Deep Breath

  I love to garden.  I love to feel the soil in my hands.  When I am working outdoors, everything is right with the world.  Early in the morning, when the sounds of the world are minimal, I can hear the birds sing.  There might also be a slight breeze blowing.  This is one of the most beautiful and relaxing times for me as I feel the birds are singing their songs to me.  At times it even brings…

Why I Don’t Write Poetry, Paint Or Sketch

I don’t write poetry as I don’t think I am poetic.  I don’t paint or sketch as I don’t think of myself as artistic.  However, my creativity comes from making homemade skin care products.

Back in the 90’s I used to work at one of our local malls in their management office.  Towards the end of my tenure and due to some corporate restructuring, I was moved to our Marketing Dept.  This department was…

Healthy Benefits of Drinking Black Tea

  Today we will explore the health benefits of drinking black tea.  Most of us are familiar with the black tea bags you can purchase in stores for drinking hot or as iced tea.  Yet there is so much more to explore and enjoy.  Tea is consumed by most cultures of the world and tea can be done ritually or not.  It is taken as an elixir or as a tasty beverage.

First, let me begin with this…

Persevere And Never Give Up

Today is inspirational Thursday.  I would like to offer you a couple of quotes I found that help me to remember to never give up.  If I want something badly enough, I need to persevere.  I have to put positive information before my eyes daily.  It is as important to me as breathing.

Determine what you want in life and go after your dreams.  This quote is a great one.

  Yes, it is important to…

Inflammation ~ What It Is And How to Fix It

Wikipedia states that inflammation is “part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants,[1] and is a protective response involving immune cells, blood vessels, and molecular mediators. The function of inflammation is to eliminate the initial cause of cell injury, clear out necrotic cells and tissues damaged from the…

Today I am sharing few quotes about wisdom that I hope you will enjoy.  These are taken from heartquotes.com

Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer, From Chaos to Coherence Intuition does not always appear as the ingenious breakthrough or something grandiose. Intuitive thoughts, feelings, and solutions often manifest themselves as good old common sense. Common sense is efficient.

Lao-Tzu (600 B.C.)Water is…

Mineral Oil Part 1

Your skin may suffer from Mineral Oil!  Did that catch your attention?  Did you know that mineral oil is nothing more than refined crude oil?  It is a cheap filler, therefore, you will find it in most skin care products.  Mineral Oil is a mixture of refined liquid hydrocarbons derived from petroleum.  Really, who wants that on their skin?

Sadly, many products have claims of the healthy…

How To Avoid Holiday Stress

Why do we allow ourselves to become overly stressed, expecially during the holidays?  From MedicineNet.com, the definition of stress given is:

In a medical or biological context stress is a physical, mental, or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension. Stresses can be external (from the environment, psychological, or social situations) or internal (illness, or from a medical…

My main purpose of starting this blog is to write about things that interest me most.    I am into herbs and oils and flowers and I hope to bring you information that will benefit you.  I love creating healthy alternative products with what nature has to offer.  I create Artisan Soaps and Spa Products and these items are sold on my Etsy shop.

I will delve more into this as the days and weeks go…