HAPPINESS FOUND: MARTHA’S VINEYARD, USA
In the North East corner of Martha’s Vineyard, an island off Massachusetts, USA, is the town of Oak Bluffs, a magical historical and cultural core of living Black American history.
Author: Alexandra Isobel
HAPPINESS PRACTICES AROUND THE WORLD — How We Get To Our Happy Place
We all want to be happy and healthy, and though the road we take to get there can be different depending on which part of the world we live, the end result is the same: Feelings of peace and security steeped in wellness.
TIME FOR AN ANALOGUE HOLIDAY – A Summer Spa For Your Mind
A physical detox is always a good idea for your body’s health, but have you considered a digital detox for your mental health?
FIKA (the Swedish art of having coffee)
WHAT IS FIKA?? In its basic form, Fika is how the Swedish go or meet for coffee, usually with friends to chat and catch up, or to network with colleagues during a busy day.
GO NATURAL, GIRLS
Vanessa has always had wild hair and because her mother had zero experience with black hair care, and a bad experience involving her grandmother and too tight braids, she became a self-taught natural hair diva from an early age …
HYGGE YOUR WRITING SPACE (where ever you write)
As a completely non disciplined writer, I have to get out of the house to get any decent amount of work done. Even though I’ll be home alone, my house has too many distractions to allow me proper head space for uninterrupted work: the dog wines so …
THE HYGGE WRITER (6 Fun Ways to Get Comfortable for NaNoWriMo)
Make your DESK BEAUTIFUL and SIMPLE. Take everything off. Then only put back on the things that are necessary. Keep it simple. Less distraction. Some beautiful additions: Pens and pencils. Notebook. Research books. Coffee or tea or wine. Start READING. Delve into something fun and genre specific to get your ideas flowing and your creative well filled. Take out and reread a few of your writing craft reads. Go to the library and take out some research books to collect ideas that you can use over the next thirty days. Develop a ROUTINE … routine routine routine. Wake up. Coffee. Sleep. Repeat. If only it were that simple!? However, develop a routine that will work for you. Get things you will need to make things easier ahead of time. Seek out some gourmet coffee beans and luxury cream ahead of time so you can skip that drive to the café and enjoy your morning write at home. Find your favourite loose leaf tea and organic cane sugar cubes and set them up …
HYGGE FOR THE MIND AND SOUL (Finding Comfort when seasons change)
THIS FALL has certainly started out as one of true change for me as my mother of 88 years just passed away. Though she was elderly and you always know that one day you’ll lose your mother, everybody does eventually, I can honestly say that I was just not ready.
Looking back, and I have been doing plenty of that with her passing, I felt changes coming in early September, and though I paused …
