Author Archives: Emma

Visualization: 4 Ways to Practice This Form of Meditation

Are you trying to get into meditation but unsure of which form to start with? If so, you’ve come to the right place because visualization meditation is one of the easiest and most fun form to begin with. Visualization meditation is when you imagine a scene vividly, use your 5 senses to increase authentic detailsContinue reading “Visualization: 4 Ways to Practice This Form of Meditation”

Meditation for Beginners: 7 Things to Keep in Mind When Learning Meditation

Have you ever heard of or considered trying out meditation but are unsure of where to begin? Back 7 years ago, my life was in complete and total shambles. I was knee-deep in college classes and life was just hitting me hard with stress and challenges. There were days I couldn’t even function because myContinue reading “Meditation for Beginners: 7 Things to Keep in Mind When Learning Meditation”

April Showers Bring May Flowers Activity

We’ve all heard the saying “April showers bring May flowers” but we rarely take time out of our day to enjoy the beauty that spring temperatures, rain and sunshine bring to the outdoor world. May, may not be just sunshine, but by the time it is May, flowers have usually begun to bloom and displayContinue reading “April Showers Bring May Flowers Activity”

Dress Code in the Workplace – Part Two – Pro Self-Expression-Tattoos

Self-expression, simply put, is the way someone represents who they are through the use of art, music, physical appearance, and so forth. When we think of self-expression, we rarely think of someone who goes to work with full sleeves and/or piercings, we instead think of the way a person dresses, acts, etc. So today IContinue reading “Dress Code in the Workplace – Part Two – Pro Self-Expression-Tattoos”

Accepting Sadness as a Common Emotion and Learning How to Cope with it

Sadness is one of the most common, yet most underrated emotions there are. Sadness can be accompanied with the loss of a loved one, missing an important event, missing someone or something, letting go/moving forward and more. Sadness can be defined as “an emotional state where there are feelings of unhappiness, low mood, and isContinue reading “Accepting Sadness as a Common Emotion and Learning How to Cope with it”

Check your multivitamin bottle: Vitamin A

Alright, alright, alright… EVERYONE GO GET YOUR MULTIVITAMINS and let’s check those labels. Today we are mainly just going to look at Vitamin A, but it is important to note that there are MANY other vitamins that are important for our daily intake. I want to preface our activity by saying that supplements should beContinue reading “Check your multivitamin bottle: Vitamin A”

Intro to Spirituality

Spirituality is something that is SO important to include in our self-care routines but many have the belief that spirituality=religion. While religion is a form of spirituality, spirituality is not religion. Best put, religion is a sub group of spirituality. In order to better understand the differences, here is a great chart comparing the two.Continue reading “Intro to Spirituality”

The Healing Powers of Gratitude

The instinctive state of mind we like to call “emotion” is one that even scientists know very little about. Our emotions are derived from our situations, relationships, moods, and so on and so forth. So, why is there little known about it and why do emotions have such a PROFOUND impact on our daily lives?Continue reading “The Healing Powers of Gratitude”

How are YOUR New Years Resolutions Coming Along? You Know…. The Ones Where You Said You’d Hit the Gym 5x a Week and Eat Only Vegetables?!

We’ve all been there. We’ve had a crappy year filled with lots of bad news, disappointments, failed attempts at achieving some of our “life goals” or lifelong dreams, lost time and money and experienced happiness seeminly fading away. When New Years Eve rolls around we are quick to write a list of all the thingsContinue reading “How are YOUR New Years Resolutions Coming Along? You Know…. The Ones Where You Said You’d Hit the Gym 5x a Week and Eat Only Vegetables?!”