After everything that we’ve faced in 2016, we can all use a lesson on how to get along with people with different views. The fact is, if you are a passionate humanist who is connected to other passionate humanists with opposing viewpoints pertaining to the things you care deeply about, interpersonal conflicts can and will…
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How to Maintain Sanity During the Holiday Season in 7 Easy Steps
Let’s face it…. The holidays are here and like many of us, you are probably wondering how you are going to maintain sanity during the holiday season. Right?? Stories collected over the years are hard evidence of the kind of madness that descends on otherwise perfectly healthy and reasonable adults during this very festive but pressure-filled…
18 Essential Cooking Ingredients Everyone Should Have in Stock
When you think of essential cooking ingredients, what comes to mind? People love to eat delicious food, but don’t want to shop for additional spices, flours, sugars and oils every time they find a new recipe. They’d rather use what they already have at home and that’s totally understandable. That is why keeping a well…
Merkaela’s Winter Giveaway – Winners
Recently we offered a giveaway for a chance to win 4 of our quarterly subscription boxes filled with our all-natural, organic and chemical-free wellness products. The giveaway generated a lot of buzz and we are eternally humbled by the response we received from the community. Before we share with you the name of the lucky winners chekout the…
An Argument Against Setting New Year’s Resolutions
Have you ever been presented with an argument AGAINST setting New Year’s resolutions? Probably not. It’s absolutely true that the arrival of the New Year is a spiritually cleansing time symbolic of new beginnings, clean slates and fresh opportunities. But it’s also a chance to shut the door on all of the negativity, mistakes and regrets…
Our Solstice Playlist Will Strengthen Your Sense of Self-Love
As the the nights get longer and the days get shorter, we spend more and more time indoors. We take the time to unwind from the non-stop pace of the rest of the year. We take this time to examine our choices and relationships. Most importantly we turn inwards and reflect. What better way to so that…
Our AWAKEN Playlist Will Energize You and Ground You
As we enter the month of September and the sweltering heat starts to subside you feel a renewed energy in New York. After all F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote: “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” I have to say I agree. Everything feels anew in the fall. My good…
The Fall Subscription Box – Awaken
THE AWAKEN SUBSCRIPTION BOX The fall signifies the final harvest, a time to reap the rewards of the seeds we planted during the spring months. In the past, our ancestors would gather and store food in preparation for the coming months. Likewise, we go within ourselves, gathering and internalizing lessons. As the leaves turn and…
Our ZEN Playlist Will Help You Reach a Peaceful State of Mind
Feeling zen has a lot to do with clearing some space in your head that’s cluttered by the daily grind of cellphone screens, e-mails and random shouting from your TV (especially true in this political cycle). It’s important to let go. It’s easier said than done of course, but music can certainly help. In…
August Box – Zen
ZEN SUBSCRIPTION BOX The truth is, we are all desperately trying to fill an inner emptiness we feel inside. We may have different ways of dealing with this inner feeling— sometimes even distracting ourselves with things outside of us. But the goal is always to achieve absolute peace of mind. The first step toward untethering…
