Spirituality in Healthcare

Holistic Nursing is defined as “all nursing practice that has healing the whole person as its goal” (American Holistic Nurses’ Association [AHNA], 1998). Florence Nightingale, who is considered to be the founder of Holistic Nursing, taught nurses to focus on the principles of holism: unity, wellness and the interrelationship of human beings and their environment …

New Moon Juice

Anyone else feeling tired, unmotivated and pretty sluggish lately? I'm not sure if it's how the stars are aligned or if its because it is the new moon, or the fact that I am coming off of a pretty lengthy road trip (probably all of the above?) but I am beat. It has taken me …

What 7 Years of Blogging Has Taught Me

7 years?!?! I'm not entirely sure how that many years has gone by since I dusted off the lap top and started typing. My mom says that I have always liked writing and that my teachers have always said that I was a good writer. I don't remember any of that. My momma also showed …

I Did it All for the Cookies

“I’ll just do an extra 20 minutes of a workout” This was the answer to a conversation that just happened in my head. Why? Well, because…cookies. I’m not a huge cookie person unless it involves chocolate, chocolate chips, nuts, frosting and… cookies ;P. ‘Tis the season, right?!  I know you are all anxious about getting …

Self Care, Shmelf Care

Yo, I saw this Pin the other day (by the way, my Pinterest house is ahhmazing, you should see it) and it was all about the 25 ways to have a Self-Care Sunday. It looked nice; it really did. I would love to go to the beach and read a book while listening to the …

God Bless This Mess

I wasn’t ever actually diagnosed but I’m pretty sure it was a thing for me.  Obsessive compulsive disorder. I was a parent’s dream. I had the cleanest room in (probably) the world. You could eat a meal off of my dresser and it would be cleaner than a restaurant table (no joke). I had this …

Go Back to Your Breath

I HATE yoga. I don't understand why people are breathing weird and it seems like these people are taking this way too serious. Those were my exact words about, mmmmm, 15 years ago? In my defense, I was just introduced to Bikrham yoga and I was 90 minutes in to the hottest, most intense yoga …

Choose Your Own Adventure

I'm sitting on my patio. I am taking full advantage of the fact that my husband is putting the kids to bed and I get to...breathe. We bought this fancy, big egg shaped chair (but it is really more like a cocoon) and it is the perfect place to curl up and listen to the …

4 Step Full Moon Ritual for Manifesting

My daughters' name was supposed to be Luna. My husband won and we ended up with an Ella- which is absolutely perfect because she is SO an Ella. For as long as I can remember, I have had "a thing" with the moon. I can feel her pull. I feel her GLO on my shoulders …

5 things I learned after a detox

I like to think that i have a pretty good diet. I eat mostly vegetarian, I understand the importance of drinking a lot of water, and i keep my processed-refined sugar consumption to a minimum. That was until this holiday season....oops. For the first time in a loooong time, I let myself get wrapped up …