Mindset & Grounding Techniques can be an important aspect to your wellness journey. In fact, mindset is a big part of wellness that often gets overlooked. Grounding techniques are one relatively easy, and inexpensive, tool to help you. What Is Mindset? Mindset is the outlook you have on life. It’s the way we see or…
I think most of us hear all about stress and stress management, but not all really know the importance of recognizing and managing stress. My recent post on Your Stress Bucket was my introduction to the concept of the stress bucket as well as basic stress management. My Wellness Basket is about holistic wellness. Holistic…
Walking for wellness is beneficial, doesn’t have to be hard and is a low cost cardiovascular exercise. Movement matters and walking is one of the best ways to do that! Let’s find out why movement matters, what the benefits are to walking, and how to add walking for wellness to your busy day! Walking For…
How to reverse adrenal fatigue may be approached differently according to the medical mindset of your physician. Functional medicine practitioners tend to evaluate your physical symptoms and analyze additional tests that assess adrenal function, such as saliva cortisol testing, and a hormone panel. They may recommend dietary changes, stress reduction techniques, and supplements or herbs…
Calendula (Calendula officinanlis) is the April Herb of the Month! With planting season upon us, I want to be sure to plant lots of Calendula in my yard and decided this would be the perfect herb for this month’s focus. Keep reading to find out why this beautiful flowering herb is called “Pot Marigold”, why…
As I was unpacking my Mountain Rose Herbs order the other day, I thought about the blog and how much I’ve been writing about herbs, teas, and other such things. I just thought maybe my purchases would be an interesting topic. And you don’t have to buy from Mountain Rose Herbs to have similar products…
When first starting your wellness journey, it can be overwhelming and difficult to know where to begin. It was overwhelming for me too. Just like starting this blog! With this blog, I had some ideas on what to do but how to get started and keeping it going was, and still is, overwhelming at times….
Practice gratitude daily. Practicing gratitude can have far reaching benefits for your overall well being. It’s one of the biggest things to take up space in your wellness basket and often overlooked by people when they start their wellness journey. Why It’s Important to Practice Gratitude Gratitude gives us positive emotions and thoughts. This has…
It is utterly amazing how adaptogens and their benefits can have such a strong impact on your overall wellness. Adaptogens are a category of items that definitely deserve a spot in your wellness basket! What Are Adaptogens? In general, adaptogens are plants that contain constituents which help your body respond better to physical and emotional…
A stress bucket is a dynamic tool to visualize how stress or various life factors and events affect your health. Everyone is born with a stress bucket. Factors in your life affect whether that stress bucket is strong and withstanding or whether it’s full of holes, leaking and overflowing. In this post, let me introduce…