Many years ago I ate Ibuprofen tablets like candy and took whatever the doctor prescribed. Fast forward a decade, and I no longer take over-the-counter or prescribed medications. I found Apothekary (not a typo) recently and now I follow old-school teachings to relieve symptoms of stress to migraines to digestive issues and more.It's where Ayurveda meets Traditional Chinese Medicine, crosses paths with Japanese Kampo, and then fuses with Western herbalism. Traditional practices serve as the foun

I've been serious about growing my business since December of '23, or so I thought!Listening to one of my favorite kick-me-in-the-a** podcasts, it's time to put in the real work. Don't get me wrong, I've been 'busy' for these last months. However, the RealAF show hit hard today.It's time to level up every aspect of life from personal to business and beyond. How you do one thing is how you do everything is a saying that I've let sink in hard. What it means to me is: if I'm slacking in one area o

While thoroughly enjoying all that AI is offering in my content creation, a few things I've noticed and others should be aware of are:The tone can seem quite canned at times. Also, the overuse of the word 'embrace' in any tense is maddening! I've seen it used in many website posts of others that I read. Dead giveaway!It's impossible to recreate my own voice as, in my opinion, AI creates content that is strictly positive and inclusive in everything it creates.AI does make mistakes: it put a quot

In today's ever-connected world, I often find that my attentiveness is fraying at the edges. The constant buzz of notifications and the relentless influx of information can be overwhelming. It's at this juncture I realize the significance of pressing pause. Unplug from the endless scrolling: it's an essential step I choose to nurture my mental well-being. Eluding the digital world, even temporarily, can recalibrate my sense of balance and clarity.Though I will be taking a heavy disappearing act

While building my empire I do side hustles to fund investing in the business and myself. One of which is delivering with DoorDash. The husband went out of town to visit his mother and took the elder of our two dogs. Ollie gets a bit depressed when they are gone so I put him in the car and off we went to do DoorDash this morning.I called him my dashing boy, Ollie!😎❣️We only stayed out about 2 hours since he gets a bit crazy from boredom, but it snapped him out of his funk f