Grounding: How to Do It & Why it is Essential for Healing
Grounding (also known as Earthing) refers to contact with the Earth’s surface electrons through standing or walking barefoot outside or sitting, working, or sleeping indoors connected to conductive systems. Grounding can be very impactful to all aspects of...
Challenge Accepted
#ChallengeAccepted This is Pinar Gültekin. She was 27 when she was murdered by her exboyfriend in Turkey. Turkish women began a campaign to bring awareness to her murder and the increasing violence faced by women in Turkey. By using black and white photos of women,...
Building Resilience, Engaging Ritual Amidst Chaos
By The Mother Daughter Team Stacy Shuman & Chaleigh Craft Ways We’re Engaging Ritual Amidst Chaos In the wake of a global pandemic, it can feel impossible to maintain a daily routine, let alone make room for daily rituals. But prioritizing ritual is arguably more...
What’s in My Bag? Self-Soothe Edition
What’s in My Bag: Self Soothe Edition Written By Chaleigh Craft What is a Self Soothe Bag? Self Soothe Bags, as their name implies, are small kits you can easily carry with you, with items designed to ease distress, regulate overwhelming emotions,...
Grounding Practices
“I feel a thousand capacities spring up in me. I am arch, gay, languid, melancholy by turns. I am rooted, but I flow.” Virginia Woolf, The Waves What does it mean to feel the world from a deeply grounded, embodied state? For many years I have been like water,...
Lyme, Porphyria and Liver Support
Leading Lyme Disease and Mold Exposure specialist, Dr. Neil Nathan, recently shared in his newsletter an invaluable insight for those with complex chronic illness that struggle with extreme hypersensitivity and reactivity. Many of these patients have been diagnosed...
Food as a Sensorial Experience & Plating Essentials
“Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” Ruth Reichl I listened to an NPR program years ago from a chef that related overeating to our industrialized diet. He shared that plating simple but beautiful, vibrant, colorful and...
Morning Inspiration – Superfood On the Go Breakfast
Check out our most favorited food-feed 8th and Lake, named “Best Healthy Food Accounts” by MindBodyGreen. This is my go-to page for inspiration for new, gorgeous ways to prepare and plate plant-based meals. Founder Marie, is also a travel blogger, so you...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
“Today we celebrate with those who are remembering their mothers with love and gratitude. We give thanks for all the ways that their mothers have cared for and been there for them—and we pray that those mothers be blessed with overflowing joy today and always… “We...
Get to Know Me! 15 Random Facts About My Life
I have been focused on building a life re-imagined post Lyme Disease treatment and we moved, again, from Seattle to Santa Barbara. Bu finally, we are settling in. I want to get to know our community better this year, so I am going to start by sharing a little bit...
Fun Fact Friday: Homeopathic Dental Care
Did you know that peppermint deactivates homeopathic remedies? Homeopathic dental care is one of the reasons why many holistic physicians and healthcare practitioners, including holistic dentists, have become Well Scent vendors and recommend or sell our dental line in-office