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Whether you're a natural lifestyle newcomer or someone who has explored various options and is now seeking effective and budget-friendly solutions, this blog is your go-to source for discovering information to make it a reality.
Jan 29, 20215 min read
What I Know About the Basics of Living Naturally Well
It is not always fun to be the new person. We have a deep desire to fit in and be accepted. It is so ingrained in us to not stick out or...
Jan 28, 20214 min read
The Basic Problem with Troubles
I love listening to blues music while I’m in the kitchen cooking. It feels good. Those old record scratchy noises, harmonicas and deep...
Jan 27, 20216 min read
Why 2021 is the Year to Take Control of Your Life
I remember the time well. It was a couple weeks before Christmas and I’d just been told my job was being eliminated. I was completely...
Jan 25, 20215 min read
The Overstated Simplicity about Weight Loss
I think the reason most of my diets have not worked in my life is they are sold as overstated simplicity. So, if I just eat more...
Jan 22, 20215 min read
Basic Success Recipe for 2021
As I sit thinking of all the goals I want to achieve for Dragonspit Apothecary this year I am reminding of how far I have come. I am...
Jan 21, 20216 min read
Working Towards Basic Freedom
The experience of building a business while working full time has changed me a great deal and yet what has remained true throughout this...
Jan 20, 20214 min read
How to Have the Best Week Ever
This old Irish blessing is something I say early in January as I’m thinking about what this year may hold. May you be healthy and happy...
Jan 18, 20215 min read
Basically it Naturally Worked
I love the success stories, especially the ones where someone says it was so easy. Hearing this always reminds me that sometimes it truly...
Jan 15, 20214 min read
The Advice Column
I grew up reading the Ann Lander’s advice column in the newspaper. It was always next to the horoscopes and crossword puzzle like a...
Jan 14, 20214 min read
Teaching Our Children the Basics
We are one of those families where our son has chores he is responsible to do. Each day there are a few things for him to do that...
Jan 13, 20215 min read
How I Finally Kicked the Soda Habit
Are you still holding firm to your New Year’s Resolutions? I hope it is going well for you. If you’re like me you’re probably starting to...
Jan 12, 20211 min read
TUNE IN TUESDAY: How to Make Your Resolutions Stick this Year
Welcome to this week’s Tune in Tuesday episode! Thank you for your support of this new series. This week we’re talking about resolutions....
Jan 11, 20216 min read
Returning to Base to Find a New Door
This month the Dragonspit Apothecary blog turns 3. I had visions of a celebration of this milestone. It represented thousands of words,...
Jan 8, 20215 min read
Laundry's Journey from Eww to Ahh
TV and social media have a way of making us feel like we’re not doing something right in our own life. I really didn’t need much help...
Jan 6, 20215 min read
How to Make Basic Progress
There are a lot of feelings that come up when I’m about to do something new. I have felt butterflies stirring in my stomach. I felt worry...
Jan 6, 20216 min read
How to Drastically Change What You Spend on Cleaners
Welcome to a new series I am launching this year to share with you firsthand what we do here in my home to live naturally well. Tune in...
Jan 5, 20211 min read
TUNE IN TUESDAY: Living Naturally Well While Saving Monday
Welcome to the new Tune in Tuesday series. Every Tuesday I’m sharing my secrets for living well naturally. This is an inside look at my...
Jan 4, 20215 min read
Appreciating the Basics
The one time I took a sewing class, which was mandatory in high school at the time, I hated it. We spent so much time learning the basics...
Jan 1, 20214 min read
Basics of Living Naturally Well
The turning of the page in my calendar felt powerful. It felt intentional and necessary. A fresh page and new beginning. A path forward....
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