Best Warm Spiced Indian Chai Tea Recipe

Tomorrow is the last day of summer, and as temperatures begin to cool, warm chai tea is the perfect comfort beverage to ease us into Fall. This Ayurveda inspired herbal tea has health benefits and tastes delicious! Cardamom and cinnamon both have therapeutic qualities.  While cardamom helps with asthma, aids digestion and eliminates toxins, cinnamon lowers… Continue reading Best Warm Spiced Indian Chai Tea Recipe

Week 39 – Sept 16-22, 2013 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to slip away from my routine activities each day, and do something creative every day to inspire my brain.  By using my imagination, I am going to unlock my creative potential and lose some stress by choosing an activity to do daily that is creative.  I… Continue reading Week 39 – Sept 16-22, 2013 – Bettering Yourself – Do Something Creative Every Day

Review of week 38 – Appreciating All The Beauty Around Me Each Day

This past week I took the time to appreciate the beauty that is around me each day.  I was appreciating the beauty in the record breaking warm temperatures, and also the cooler air in the evenings which created the perfect sleeping temperature. I was also appreciating the beauty of the little bright green bird that hit… Continue reading Review of week 38 – Appreciating All The Beauty Around Me Each Day

The Four Noble Truths

  My spiritual journey continues, with the study of Buddhism.  While condensing the vast religion is difficult, it is based on The Four Noble Truths from The Buddha, or “Awakened One” who lived in India 2500 years ago. Buddhists don’t pray to God, but rely on the self. Buddha recognized that suffering was part of… Continue reading The Four Noble Truths

10 Myths About Introverts – blog post by Eli Bishop

I found this blog post by Eli Bishop really interesting, so am sharing it. I like the distinction between “shy” and “introvert” 10 Myths About Introverts (As a graphic designer, a list I can really get behind…) Edit 08/07/2013 – Due to the insane amount of traffic from this article, I thought I’d address a… Continue reading 10 Myths About Introverts – blog post by Eli Bishop

Week 38 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 9 -15, 2013 – Appreciate All the Beauty Around Me Each Day

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I am going to take time to notice and appreciate all the beauty in my surroundings daily. Sometimes I am too busy completing my to-do list to notice the little starlings flying by, or the gentle late summer breeze, but this week I am going to pay attention to… Continue reading Week 38 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 9 -15, 2013 – Appreciate All the Beauty Around Me Each Day

Review of Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Do a Fall Clean up.

For this week’s bettering yourself exercise, I did a Fall Clean Up, and got a surprising amount of chores done simply by setting the goal for myself. I cleaned the bathroom ceiling, trimmed the tree branches near the roof, and pulled the weeds.  I also mopped the floors, vacuumed the rugs, and put the air… Continue reading Review of Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Do a Fall Clean up.

Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 2 – 8, 2013 – Do A Fall Cleanup

We obsess about Spring cleaning, but fall is another time, 6 months later, to Clean and organize. According to Houzz.com we should: Vacuum and mop floors, spot clean rugs and wipe surfaces throughout the house. As you clean, set things aside to give away — aim to free up about a third of the space… Continue reading Week 37 – Bettering Yourself – Sept 2 – 8, 2013 – Do A Fall Cleanup

Review of Week 36 – Bettering Yourself – Embrace My Shyness

This week I embraced my shyness, by changing the way I think about it. Anxiety or shyness comes from fear of looking silly in front of people, says The Dalai Lama, who speaks to many people worldwide, but admits to feeling shy himself. He says he “can reduce this fear before giving a talk by… Continue reading Review of Week 36 – Bettering Yourself – Embrace My Shyness