Becoming more intentional with my alone time is a huge goal of mine in April! (How is it April already BTW?) I am really needing to shift my focus to using my alone time more productively. Each week it looks different—whether it’s meditation or yoga or even just a warm intentional mindful bath or a nap. Anything where I can truly recharge and come back refreshed……

Taking a holistic approach to restoring our spaces, minds, bodies, and hearts in small but powerful ways is so important! I am currently dealing with major obstacles with my health and really just want to hold space for myself. I want this season to bloom a healthier and happier me.

I will be sure to write a post about what I am currently battling but let me just say tension headaches are the worst- especially in my profession as no screen time is a huge way to get rid of them. Sigh.

If you are not taking care of yourself, it’s near-impossible to care for those around you to your full capacity.

Healthy relationships start with a healthy relationship with yourself. Plain and simple.

I have gotten really realistic about my morning routine but also have really switched things up here! I wake up and take my time getting out of bed….stretching and really loosening my neck. I then of course wash my face, brush my teeth, …the things we have to do but then I take 15 minutes and meditate focusing on breath work. I then make a list of what I want to accomplish each day and figure out where in my day it will actually fit. I have been super good about delegating responsibilities too to Lin with home stuff and to my team of people with work stuff. There are just two of them but it really is worth the money to just let a lot of this stuff be handled by someone other than me.

I make a conscious effort to do something small for myself every day.

And I am so excited to share some products I have been using for these wonderful moments I am giving myself! They are from Eight Hands Farm & Bee Co. who handcraft small batch goods; always taking a more natural approach. Their beehives inspire their quality goods and the ingredients they use in them.

“Ingredients Inspired By Our Bees
Being inspired by bees and using the beneficial ingredients produced by them like honey & beeswax is important to us in our effort to provide you with a simple, high quality good.

There are many benefits of using beeswax & honey in our products. We use beeswax in our candles to provide a clean, non-toxic burn that is safe for allergies, air purifying and naturally smells good; it’s also an ingredient in our soaps and lip balms because it helps protect the skin. Honey is also used in all of our soaps as it acts as a natural humectant (locks in moisture) and as an antioxidant for healing the skin. ”

Here are the 3 products I have aNd LOVE

French Linen Room & Linen Spray-A luxurious sun-bleached linen wrapped in lemon and white tea infusions. Aromas of linen and lily of the valley enhance the clean sweetness, while sandalwood and vanilla balance the airy, ozonic quality of this fragrance.

This fragrance oil is infused with natural essential oils, including patchouli.

Note Profile:
Top: Ozone, Lemon, White Tea
Middle: Linen, Lily of the Valley
Base: Sandalwood, Vanilla, Ozone

This Room & Linen Spray provides an effortless way to freshen up your home, linens and more. It smells divine and truly just transports me. I spray this all over my bed linens and dive in with a nice book.

Vitamin C Serum- Vitamin C is an antioxidant, meaning it protects skin cells from damaging free radicals caused by UV exposure. It also inhibits melanin production in the skin, which helps to lighten hyperpigmentation and brown spots, even out skin tone, and enhance skin radiance. Vitamin C is also well known for boosting collagen production which is depleted over time and can lead to fine lines & wrinkles.

Ingredient Highlights
* Aloe Vera Juice
* Hyaluronic Acid
* L-Ascorbic Acid
* Essential Oil

Ingredients: Water, Aloe Vera Juice, Hyaluronic acid, L-Ascorbic Acid (known as Vitamin C), Vegetable Glycerin, Xanthan Gum, Silver Dihydrogen Citrate, Citric Acid, Lemon Essential Oil.

Vegan
No synthetics or colorants added. No GMO's.
Citrus sources that are pesticides free.

This serum feels so good on my skin! And I just love taking that extra time for myself caring for my face.

Natural Honey Sugar Scrubs- Made with natural ingredients including our very own raw honey, our body scrubs will both exfoliate & moisturize your skin. Formulated to assist in the removal of accumulated dead skin cells, dirt & excess oil without drying the skin.

Coffee + Mint Natural Sugar Scrub: The combination of Peppermint & Lavender Essential oils gives this sugar scrub a refreshing, soft minty aroma with a punch of fresh ground coffee.This seriously is the best smell in the world!!! It leaves my skin feeling like a baby’s bottom and the mint just feels so nice and cooling on my tired legs and feet!!!!

Ingredients: Sugar, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Hemp Seed Oil, Almond Oil, Avocado Oil, Ground Coffee, Eight Hands Farm Raw Honey, Peppermint & Lavender Essential Oils

I really want to try some of their handmade natural soaps next! TheHandmade Milk & Honey Soap is inspired by the bees, using raw honey from their very own beehives and made from scratch in small batches using the cold-process method.

They use simple, natural ingredients in the soaps (& skincare); pure oils, pure honey, beeswax, herbs, botanicals, clays & essential oils; NO detergents, synthetic dyes, colors, perfumes or preservatives. They cure the soaps for at least 4 weeks or more to ensure a hard bar with a plentiful lather.

Yeah..I am going to need to add these to my cart!

Be sure to check out all these wonderful products. Small businesses need our support now more than ever!

https://eighthandsfarmandbeeco.com/

And fellow francophiles…..be sure to check out the 7 French offerings they have here.

Take that time for yourself..OKAY??! Better you! Better everyone!