personal growth – Essentially Yours by Tammy

How Brightly do You Shine? Reimagine Yourself

This has been one helluva year, hasn’t it? Ups, downs, lockdowns, mental and physical stress, isolation, screen fatigue, the list could keep going. Thankfully, vaccines are rolling out and there’s light at the end of the tunnel. No it’s not going very quickly or smoothly like we’d hoped, but it IS going, and will keepContinue reading “How Brightly do You Shine? Reimagine Yourself”

What the Heck is an Aromatherapy Consultation, and Why Would I Want One?

How often do you get someone’s undivided attention to explain your health and wellness/home/spiritual/lifestyle/eco-friendly goals to, and when you’re done talking, you get specific information back about a product or products that can help you achieve your goals?

An Orphan at 52

I didn’t expect to feel this way, but I do. I lost my father to cancer almost 3 years ago, and I lost my mother to sepsis almost 3 months ago. That wasn’t supposed to happen to either one of them, but it did. After my father passed away, I was heartbroken and grief stricken. Continue reading “An Orphan at 52”

Grandma drank a Hot Toddy

My grandma was pretty much a tee-totaler except when it came to colds and flu, then she was known to fix a hot toddy at night. I never really knew what she put in them but I know there was a shot of whiskey or sometimes brandy in it. (My grandpa drank so therefore theContinue reading “Grandma drank a Hot Toddy”

I think I just Feng Shui’d my living room!

Is that even a word – Shui’d? I have no idea. I don’t know much about Feng Shui either, except that it has to do with energy and flow. I don’t know the rules of it but I spent the last several hours upending my living room-turned-workshop: taking stuff out that didn’t belong there, tossingContinue reading “I think I just Feng Shui’d my living room!”