Sometimes, the hardest person to forgive is yourself. One of my biggest, and most challenging, lessons is to offer myself the same kindness that I offer others. Be kind to others, but also be kind to you. Forgive yourself for your mistakes, your...
Today is a very special day for Well Scent because the entire team will be meeting for the first time a little later today! Two years ago I started creating blends to support my healing from Late Stage Lyme Disease, CFIDS, metal toxicity, dental infections, etc., I...
Your Inner Beauty Never Needs Make-Up. This is why Well Scent doesn’t believe in “cover up”, “concealer”, “flawless skin” or “masking imperfections”. We think it’s important to send the message that you have...
Today we leave to return home to Austin after spending the last six days in the Seattle area. We found the most beautiful treetop garage apartment on a property that used to be a dairy farm. Our hosts, Joy and Jammer, made us feel welcome while we stayed at their...
If you have been following this blog, you have read about my Lyme treatment in general, and the specific work I have done around addressing dental infections. Within a week of the last surgery two months ago (see Previous Post with lab findings pointing to gangrene),...
It is the way of EGO to show you all the slights, challenges, pain, difficult relationships, places you are stuck, traffic, personal and interpersonal conflicts, but it is the way of the SOUL to intentionally shift your awareness, to be awake enough to catch yourself...
My Life Before Lyme (2006) I was pretty excited at the time about returning to school to finish my degree (I attended 8 colleges over 14 years to get my Bachelors of Arts in English) and had just found a new love for biking (mountain and road) and mountain climbing (I...
Stacy and I just finished having a quick little business conversation. While on the phone, she said something that really resonated with me. I believe it was in reference to the Well Scent team, but she said that her intention was to “meet women where...
Set aside pride and allow yourself to be supported by others when you need this support. Permit your fragility to exist with a little more sweetness. Surrender that part of yourself that believes you are only lovable when you are lovable, perfect, strong, pretty,...
Life is a process of learning to let go, learning to let go, learning to let go. You are not responsible for the happiness of others. Let go. Let go of attachments to what you think anything should look like; your relationships, your job, your life. Learning to be at...
I have never been so sad. I’ve never been sadder. Feels like the beginning of something real bad. Amy LaVere and Shannon McNally My second and recent prolotherapy involved fifty injections along my spine for thoracic pain. Although I have endured many injections over...
I mentioned to my husband one day that if I ever wrote a book about my health challenges, I would call it “You Didn’t Ask.” It was a self-indulgent comment given it privately lashed out at those I didn’t think fully supported me during a difficult time in my life. I...
