Celebrating Near 5000 Followers on Twitter With A Giveaway

Celebrating My Near 5000 Twitter Following With An EBook Giveaway

I've been a very happy holistic organic blogger for more than 10 years now and I've enjoyed every moment of it and I love sharing my prose and thoughts on Twitter.  Today, I'm sharing something extra special.  I don't remember the precise date, but I've been actively sharing on Twitter for more than four years now and my following has increased in wonderful ways and I'm very thankful.  To celebrate my approaching very near 5,000 followers on Twitter, I'm thinking of doing a delicious fabulous giveaway.  I'm very close now, only 221 followers away from 5000 and as my way of saying thank you, and to share my joy, I'm going to give away 1 copy each of my 2 holistic self-care ebooks - organic beauty and delicious herbal vegan cookbook.  Each book is selling on Amazon Kindle for $9.99 and has the profound potential of touching many lives to help people live and eat better and helping inspire many people to make healthy green organic and vegan choices to help humanity, the animals, and the planet.  My cookbook contains over 100 delicious healthy simple kid friendly recipes that are sure to please even the most finicky taste buds.  My organic beauty book will inspire many walks of life to make healthy organic scent-free self-care and beauty choices. You can read about my ebooks when you click on these links: Tasty Vegan Cookbook Organic Beauty Book I am promoting this celebration giveaway in various social media sites.  Please follow me on Twitter to stay tuned and watch as my followers list grows.  My username on Twitter is notperfume.  Thank you for your interest and participating.  Please also like my holistic organic visionary indie author Facebook pg for updates. http://www.facebook.comEarthStewardWriter. 

Much Love Gratitude Blessings,
Dayna

Holistic Self Care For Wellness Survival

One thing that I have learned over the years, especially now that I'm a Mother of a special needs child, is that it's important now more than ever to take time out for me and give myself the gift of extra tender loving care gift of self-care. It's important now more than ever for me to do things that help me feel good and keep my physical, emotional, and spiritual energy up so I can cope better and reduce my stress level.  I've always enjoyed watching comedy and laughing, eating delicious healthy food, fresh clean air, connecting with nature, meditating, enjoying a soothing cleansing hot bath and shower.  But now as a hard working Mother, with all the stress in my own life, and then add the stress of the hectic complicated world we live in, self-care is vital for survival and maintaining sanity and peace of mind.  When I am enduring a painful emotional meltdown with my special needs son and I feel like I can't stop crying, I'm reminded that taking a deep breath, counting to 10, doing some gentle yoga stretches, and enjoying eating some delicious healthy organic vegan chocolate or leftovers of a delicious organic vegan dish I made will help me feel better and relax.  This is an important part of being self-sufficient.  I love my son, even though he drives me crazy, and I need to stay healthy and well for my sake and his and my dear husband's sake.  Feeling bad is low toxic energy and feeling good is positive high healing energy.  When I feel good, I feel inspired and motivated and I feel like I am capable of doing many things.  I feel creative and I feel that lightness feeling of joy and sweetness and I feel balanced and good about myself as a person, a woman, a Mama, a Soul.  

When I'm having a difficult day and I feel stressed, distressed, and I feel like nothing is going well, I stop, take a deep breath, cry it out, and I remind myself to do what feels good and helps me feel better.  I recommend this approach to all sensitive creatives who are working hard on their writing, artwork, music, painting, drawing, cooking.  If you feel like you are having an emotional meltdown and nothing is going smoothly and you feel stuck, breathe, count to 10, close your eyes and meditate and do something that helps you feel better.  Sometimes, we just need to stop and pause, go do something else that helps us feel better and more centered and regroup.  I've had to take this approach many times when writing my books and articles and editing.  It is very helpful and very effective.  I welcome your feedback and insights. Please feel free to post and share your comments and thoughts.
Much Love Gratitude Blessings,
Dayna

Healing Mint and Ginger Herbal Tea Recipe

I'd like to share a delicious healing herbal tea recipe I make when my dear husband and I don't feel well and need a gentle energy boost.  It is a wonderful mixture of herbs that mix very well and is delicious. 

In a mug, pour boiling hot water over
2 tsp. fresh mint leaves, rinsed
1/2 tsp. fresh cut ginger, rinsed
2 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp. maple syrup or your favorite organic unrefined sweetener

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Let the hot tea steep and brew for 30 minutes until the herbs blend well and is very potent.  When the aroma fills the air and the tea tastes very minty and gingery, you know the tea is ready to sip.  You can enjoy this delicious healing herbal tea on cold days, but you can also enjoy it chilled on hot days.  It's wonderful to sip it slowly throughout the day and the herbal potency will help you feel good for hours.  You can enjoy this and more delicious healing herbal and vegan recipes in my Holistic Organic Self-Care Newsletter.  Just fill in the form on the right hand side of this blog and you can sign up for free.  Please feel free to contact me via email and social media with any questions you have.  Enjoy and have a lovely day.

Much Love,
Dayna

My Favorite Holistic Healing Self Care

My favorite things for my holistic healing self-care are cuddling and playing with my 2 sweet adorable cats, my fur babies, enjoying my favorite healing aromatherapy essential oils, and comedy, laughter.  Another special self-care favorite is my enjoying a delicious, healthy, comforting meal I cooked.  I have many favorite recipes, but it's the most comforting delicious recipes that help me feel better.  I will share another delicious recipe on my blog very soon.  Cuddling and playing with my 2 adorable sweet cats helps me forget about all my woes and the woes of the world.  I enjoy our special wonderful moments so very much because I don't have to think about the fact that I'm an adult and I don't have to think about the woes of the world.  I can just enjoy, be, relax, and share the most beautiful love feelings and those moments never end, they are always there and I am very grateful.  My favorite aromatherapy healing essential oils are sandalwood, sweet orange, and cinnamon.  

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I enjoy them separately and sometimes combined and they always soothe me and help me feel relaxed.  I diffuse them in the air and enjoy the aromatherapy during my healing bath and throughout the day to help me feel grounded and centered.  These essential oils are especially healing for me because I am a Vata dosha in Ayurveda and they help me feel better when I feel stressed.  Comedy is my third favorite part of holistic healing self-care because laughter is the best healing medicine and heals all my woes.  I'm very thankful that I have my holistic self-care to help me stay well.  Life can be challenging at times, especially as a hard working Mother of a special needs delayed child and some days are more stressful than others.  But gentle, holistic, healing, self-care does wonders to help me stay well, centered, and grounded.  I hope my ideas here will help you feel better and stay well, too. Much Love, Gratitude, Blessings, Dayna

Herbalism Healing

When I began learning about natural remedies 20 years ago, I was introduced to a world of herbs and healing that was wonderful for my heart and soul.  The most important thing I learned about healing and herbs is that Mother Nature will always be there for support.  Once you learn about wild crafting and how to heal, be well, and survive, herbal natural remedies will always be able to take good care of you.  Wonderful healing herbs like mustard, tomatoes, chamomile, ginger, dandelion, eucalyptus, cinnamon, and garlic are ancient healing herbs that have been growing wild for centuries and will continue to grow wild for many more centuries.

The best way to take good care of yourself and be self-sufficient with your self-care is to put your trust in Mother Nature.  I write about this a lot because I have complete trust in Mother Nature's healing medicine cabinet.  I really do walk my walk.  I say this with humble love, not to brag, but I have not taken any pills in 30 years and I will always be a holistic herbalist.  I won't say how bad allopath medicine is because I express this in all my blogposts.  I will say, however, that for every ailment, there is a wonderful healing herb that can and will help you feel better.  I am not a certified naturopath, though I wish I had gotten certified, but I have more than 30 years worth of knowledge and personal life experience to recommend natural healing herbs for all health needs.   As the desire for wise healing natural medicine increases, as well as the wise understanding of the potential danger of using "slash and burn" practices, people will begin to understand the strength and potency of healing herbs and grassroots holistic medicine and they will use ancient sage wisdom.  It is for this reason alone that developing a strong healthy relationship with Mother Nature and your body and understanding your body is so crucial.

It is much easier to understand and recognize an ingredient like chamomile or peppermint than propylene glycol or PEG (polyethylene glycol).   A very favorite expression among the health and wellness community is "if in doubt, do without".  Please keep it simple and do your health a caring loving favor.  Trust Mother Nature and let her take good loving caring nurturing care of you.

I'd like to share a delicious herbal tea recipe my dear husband and I enjoy that always comforts us and helps us feel better when we feel under the weather.

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Mint Ginger Lemon Tea
In a hot cup of water, brew or steep 1 tsp. fresh mint leaves, rinsed, or a caffeine-free organic mint tea bag, add 1/2 tsp. fresh ginger, peel removed, rinsed, and 1 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice.  Stir gently for a a couple minutes to allow the herbs and lemon to mix well and create a delicious aromatic flavor.  Depending on how strong you want it, allow it to steep for 10 minutes for extra potent strength or 5 minutes for a little milder and weaker.  I personally enjoy it nice and strong.

Enjoy, feel better, stay well.
Much Love, Peace, Healing Light, Gratitude, Blessings,
Dayna :)

Artistic Handmade Gifts For Christmas

Creativity has been a profound part of my holistic wellness all my life.  I enjoy every moment of my creativity.  I love to cook, write, and make earrings.  I love working with my hands and the more creative I can be, the better.  I have shared many aspects of my creative life that keep me well and balanced, but the one aspect of my creativity I haven't talked much about is my love of making beaded jewelry.  I opened my Etsy shop about five years ago when I discovered that I can turn a hobby that I did mostly for therapy and relaxation into a nice part time cottage industry business.  I have about 30 pairs in my shop now and each pair is unique and a lovely reflection of my love of nature and the colorful world we live in and enjoy everyday.  At first, I was making earrings using some pretty plastic beads I had bought at a craft store.  

Then, I began to learn about semi-precious stones, like malachite, lapis lazuli, and amethyst, and their wonderful magical healing powers, and my focus shifted.  I'm very intuitive and sensitive and when I wear amethyst, one of my favorite healing stones, I can feel its healing earthy grounding energy and I feel protected and relaxed.  I have read that semi-precious stones are alive and can help the earth and people who wear them.  I know in my heart that this is true and this is why I enjoy wearing them and working with them for my holistic wearable art.  I now have more than half a dozen lovely pairs of earrings that contain semi-precious stone beads and I carefully designed each pair to inspire, contribute to healing wellness, and help the wearer feel relaxed and beautiful. 

At the moment, I am having a special clearance sale for Christmas until Thanksgiving where I'm clearing out all my plastic beaded earrings and I have significantly reduced the prices.  After I have sold all those earrings, my focus will be on semi-precious, glass, and recycled.  As a holistic earth steward, my preference is to work with materials that are nontoxic, earth friendly, and recyclable and required a minimal carbon footprint to manufacture and produce.  I also have some lovely earrings that are made from recycled computer circuit board.   But those are also a one time creation because my husband and I no longer collect computer circuit boards.  We shifted our focus so when those earrings are all sold, I won't be making any more.  

Something very healing and magical happens when I gather my semi-precious stone beads and design lovely earrings and then I see the finished product.  My first reaction is that they are too lovely to wear and I'd prefer to just hang them on a curtain or lamp shade and admire them.  But, I do have bills to pay and expenses and I need to take care of my family, so, I am doing my best to sell my earrings to take care of our needs.  I am doing the work I love and I would love the money to follow.  As this Holiday Season approaches, I am asking you to find it in your heart that instead of continuing along the same consumerism approach that most people take when shopping for gifts for your family and friends, please think about me, a hard working indie artist, and make a loving contribution to my creative business.  I take great care in the packaging and shipping of all orders and I treat all my customers with kindness, respect, and care.  The more orders I receive, the happier I will be, and the more I will be able to buy more beautiful materials to make more beautiful earrings and necklaces to match.

A portion of all sales will be donated to help Best Friends Animal Sanctuary, the largest no kill animal sanctuary in the USA, and Natural Resources Defense Counsel, an organization working hard to educate the public about the fragile eco systems and the importance of conservation and protecting our clean air and the wildlife.  I am including a few images in this post of my lovely earrings so you can see samples of my wearable art and you can see some beautiful gift ideas.  I invite you to visit my Etsy shop and browse around and please feel free to send me an email or private convo with any questions you may have.  I appreciate your interest and I look forward to hearing from you very soon.  Please click this link to see my lovely Etsy shop.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/HolisticEarthGems

Much Love Gratitude Blessings,
Dayna