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Whether you're a natural lifestyle newcomer or someone who has explored various options and is now seeking effective and budget-friendly solutions, this blog is your go-to source for discovering information to make it a reality.
The Luxury in Living Naturally Well
The softness of luxury feels like coolness and warmth at the same time against your bare skin. It is an inviting gentleness bringing an...
Feb 1, 20214 min read
What I Know About the Basics of Living Naturally Well
It is not always fun to be the new person. We have a deep desire to fit in and be accepted. It is so ingrained in us to not stick out or...
Jan 29, 20215 min read
The Basic Problem with Troubles
I love listening to blues music while I’m in the kitchen cooking. It feels good. Those old record scratchy noises, harmonicas and deep...
Jan 28, 20214 min read
The Overstated Simplicity about Weight Loss
I think the reason most of my diets have not worked in my life is they are sold as overstated simplicity. So, if I just eat more...
Jan 25, 20215 min read
Working Towards Basic Freedom
The experience of building a business while working full time has changed me a great deal and yet what has remained true throughout this...
Jan 21, 20216 min read
Basically it Naturally Worked
I love the success stories, especially the ones where someone says it was so easy. Hearing this always reminds me that sometimes it truly...
Jan 18, 20215 min read
The Advice Column
I grew up reading the Ann Lander’s advice column in the newspaper. It was always next to the horoscopes and crossword puzzle like a...
Jan 15, 20214 min read
Teaching Our Children the Basics
We are one of those families where our son has chores he is responsible to do. Each day there are a few things for him to do that...
Jan 14, 20214 min read
Returning to Base to Find a New Door
This month the Dragonspit Apothecary blog turns 3. I had visions of a celebration of this milestone. It represented thousands of words,...
Jan 11, 20216 min read
How to Make Basic Progress
There are a lot of feelings that come up when I’m about to do something new. I have felt butterflies stirring in my stomach. I felt worry...
Jan 6, 20215 min read
Appreciating the Basics
The one time I took a sewing class, which was mandatory in high school at the time, I hated it. We spent so much time learning the basics...
Jan 4, 20215 min read
What I Know About Shining
It may not be the biggest or fanciest tree but our family’s tree still sparkles and shines with twinkling lights and colors. It still...
Dec 18, 20204 min read
The Shine of Living Naturally Well
The presents are almost wrapped. What has needed to be mailed is long gone and on the way to others. Food is in the fridge waiting to be...
Dec 17, 20205 min read
We Don't Shine Until
When I started Dragonspit Apothecary it was at a time my life was burning up in huge piles of shit in all areas. This was the exact...
Dec 15, 20204 min read
When the Shine Wears Off
I once had a pair of shiny red heels. I loved them and wore them any chance I got even packing them for work trips when I could have...
Dec 11, 20204 min read
Holiday Shine
Given the year we’ve had I don’t know too many of us not looking forward to the year-end holidays. It feels like a time to let go of what...
Dec 10, 20204 min read
Making Holidays Naturally Bright
If there is a silver lining in 2020, and I do actually think there are a few among the chaos that’s ensued, it would be that we can use...
Dec 8, 20205 min read
Shiners & Loss
As much as I have tried to focus on the blessings of this year and the good that still exists, this year has had it’s fair share of pain....
Dec 7, 20204 min read
Shining Despite Everything
There are stories all of us have where we did something despite the odds or what we told was possible. Maybe we were even told we were...
Dec 4, 20205 min read
What it Means to Naturally Shine
When I speak of living naturally, I am talking about feeling our best as much as possible every day. Those times our energy is good, we...
Dec 3, 20204 min read
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