Getting Fresh with Radical Pre-Holiday Self-Love

Good News, Sweet Potato!

The weeks leading up to Thanksgiving are a great time to join me in avoiding your holiday preparations altogether! I’m not saying boycott Thanksgiving, I’m just saying give yourself a little love before the storm! Besides, you’ll probably be more efficient if you do everything at the very last minute anyway! I’m hosting my entire family this year but do you see me stressing out? Panicking at the thought of all the little mouths to feed? Succumbing to the outrageous culinary expectations I force on myself? Visualizing the inevitable heated debates between my anarchist brother-in-law and my republican Uncle? HECK NO! I’m spending this week in the meadows of earthly delights. And so should you, solider, your adrenal system could use a serious holiday!

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  Yogi Tea

  Gulp Yogi Tea brand green tea (Chai Green is my favorite flavor) instead of your usual cup of joe, the poly phenols will perk up your skin and you’ll get nice a buzz without all the angst that coffee produces in your system. They’re on special this week so you can tuck a few boxes away for hostess gifts.

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  Yerba Prima Dry Brush

  Dry Brushing stimulates your lymph system and removes dry skin. Yerba Prima brand dry brushes are the best.

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  Kiss My Face Shower Gel

  Bubble baths are pure heaven. Try Kiss My Face Anti Stress Shower and Bath Gel; it smells like earthy fir needles makin’ love to lavender, yum! They also make a creamy moisture shave in Peaceful Patchouli that will remind you of your hippie youth!

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  Aura Cacia Bergamot Essential Oil

  Bring on the Aura Cacia essential oils! I like lavender, bergamot & chamomile, but you can invent your own custom combo–use them at home, at work, and in your body oil (Nutiva Brand Coconut Oil is decadent and affordable, PLUS it’s food grade so you’re not toxing out your skin when you use it.)

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  Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes

  Focus on simple meals that are quick to prepare & digest like organic sweet potatoes with Ghee, Eden Brand Soba Noodles with tamari & Ancient Harvest Quinoa Flakes with Pacific Almond Milk. Tasty and easy-peasy!

Now don’t get all guilty on me. Although this might seem a little egocentric, remember our dollars are our strongest votes. When you shop the Co-op for products that promote the health & care of our bodies AND Mama Earth, you’re practicing straight-up altruism! Now, what can be wrong with that?

Hugs to you in this week of bliss!

XXOO, Nora

Your Narrator in Repose