Well howdy 2018, glad you made it. With a new year comes an opportunity for self reflection and evaluation. Deciding what stays and what goes. Accepting where you’ve been and making plans for where you want to go. Finding your path and doing what you can to stay on it. Continuing to do what serves you and leaving behind what doesn’t.
I’ll be spending this week cleaning out and organizing my space. Getting rid of clutter is an easy way to bring more focus and clarity. Plus it’s a nice freeing feeling to get rid of things you don’t need anymore.
After the holidays the digestive system might need a little extra support. Maybe you’ve strayed from your routine and are striving for a bit more regularity. Or maybe you want a simple herbal tea to sip on before bed. Enter this easy tisane, which is just a fancy way of saying herbal tea. It’s made up of only 3 herbs, two of which are really great for digestion. Mint and fennel are also good for calming nausea if you find the stomach un-settled or queasy. Lemon balm can also aid in digestion but I’ve included it here mostly to lend its lovely flavor. Plus, I dried a bunch of it right before the freeze and am eager to use it 😉
Apparently I’ve got a habit of sharing green things for the first post of the new year: in 2017 I shared this balancing green smoothie and in 2016 I shared this winter vibes guacamole. …
My grandmother absolutely loved when the leaves changed colors in the fall. Granted it takes a lot longer down here in Texas for that to happen, but she made a sort of I spy game of pointing out the first scarlet-hued leaves when the change began. It was an activity she thoroughly enjoyed and one that she passed down to me. I always search for a few red leaves at the start of the season to bring inside as both an honor to her and a reminder of the cyclical nature of life.
