Straw Hat Day

Straw Hat Day

Did you know May 15th is Straw Hat Day? Straw hats go well back to the middle ages and can be made out of many different materials including raffia, hemp, and sea grass (as well as basic like-- wheat straw!). The idea was originally to prevent people from getting too...

Making Your Wardrobe Extra Special: A Guide

Making Your Wardrobe Extra Special: A Guide

Your wardrobe can help to represent your personality, share your tastes and interests, and, most importantly, make you feel good. Then, it is important to make sure that your wardrobe is as special as it can be, and full of clothing items that you love. If you need...

Chicken Dance Day

Chicken Dance Day

May 14th is Chicken Dance Day, and I think it’s a fun one to celebrate. In 2014, I put on my chicken nose and walked around downtown Baltimore with the song blasting on my phone, dancing up and down the stairs by the convention center, through crosswalks, and behind...

I Have Tourette’s

I Have Tourette’s

Tourette's started everything. It's how I started my first book; it's how I believe my real life started. Sure, I had memories before then like realizing I was the only one who could read Mrs. Queen's cursive notes to herself on the Kindergarten chalkboard or my dad...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

This has been a busy week! I hosted a New Moon In Taurus gathering for my friends, I watched the annual Kinetic Sculpture Race, I went to a Flower Mart and saw a dog parade, I recorded a video interview on play and embracing your inner child for a mastermind series, I...

How To Practice Self-Love Through Style

How To Practice Self-Love Through Style

How to Practice Self-Love Through Style There’s a scene in this year’s Captain Marvel film where Brie Larson’s character, Carol Danvers, asks for help when it comes to designing her superhero suit. It’s a cute scene, but one that speaks to an important part of...

Weekly Happiness

Weekly Happiness

Hello beautiful! Happy May, May Day, and Beltane! I just finished my Top Ten Things About April list on the worksheet that gets shared every month in the Uncustomary Babes membership group. And speaking of the group, I'm so thrilled with all the new members who joined...

Essential Oils: A Natural Alternative

Essential Oils: A Natural Alternative

If you’re someone who hates using commercial products to clean and freshen your home, you may find it challenging to come up with a natural solution that works. Too often, natural solutions may not be strong enough as a disinfectant, or may not be powerful enough as a...

15 Tips For Dealing With Cramps

15 Tips For Dealing With Cramps

It's kind of crazy how my period cycles have become so much more regular and in sync with the moon ever since I started practicing moon gatherings. Lately, it's been almost to the hour that I start bleeding as soon as the new moon becomes 100% full in our time zone,...