September 2020 Mama Love News

 

Lots of Thoughts and a Little News Another month that inspired a lot of writing! But even though I can't seem to help but be somewhat topical these days, I've also done a lot of exploration into flower essences, how they work, what can happen when the feelings you have about today and tomorrow intersect with trauma from earlier in your life, and then some. But first some news that may impact my international customers. Because of the Covid-19 crisis all international flights from the U.S. have been severely cut back. I've been seeing shipping delays of more than a month; other Etsy sellers report 8 week delays. And some shipments have not arrived at all. So, until this situation changes, I'm not offering international shipping except within North America in my Etsy shop. If a customer wants to take the risk and pay for insurance, I'm willing to make an exception . . . but I don't know that I recommend it. I'm so sorry.

The Difference Between Larch and Gentian Flower Essence Gentian is for people who have suffered a setback and feel pessimistic and discouraged about their future. A lot of people are experiencing that right now! But people who need Larch also tend to feel discouraged about their future and lack the confidence to try new things as a result. So what's the difference? Read more . . .

Using Flower Essences for Lifelong Issues Typically when someone chooses a Bach Flower Remedy they are not thinking about what "type" of person they are—they just want relief for what ails them today! But when you dig a lot deeper into this system of healing you will find people attempting to work with lifelong issues that they see as a character flaw, something innate that they wish to work with, eliminate, or at least move beyond.  Read more . . .

Flower Essences for Navigating the Mars Square Pluto Alignments in 2020 It is highly unusual for me to write about astrological influences but this one is pretty intense. And it's happening THREE times this year! Read more . . .

When Flower Essences Reveal What's Underneath When the time doesn't seem right to deal with a particular distress right away, your psyche will resort to defense mechanisms so you don't have to. Maybe it would disrupt your life too much or force you to feel feelings you really can't face. So your psyche hands you a feeling that might be easier to handle. But what happens when you decide to address THAT feeling? Read more . . . Email newsletters subscribers get a 10% discount in my Mama Love shop. Sign up at top right.

August 2020 Mama Love News

Hello Everybody!

New Flower Essence in My Shop and Some Old Favorites This past month I found myself longing to be somewhere else. Based on my Facebook feed, I'm sure some of you can relate! So I wondered if there might be a flower essence for that and was led to Prickly Pear! (An essence I had never tried that was on my shelf but not in my shop.) So I did an experiment and I think it might just be perfect for those trying to figure out how to adapt to uncertain and changing times. This month I also took a look at some old favorites I want to introduce to new people on my list. Did you know Mama Love started with just 12 products that combined flower essences and essential oils in a light "perfume-like" oil? Weird, huh? Most of my products these days are unscented! But I still love those older ones and still make them so I'm sharing a bit about those and also about a single flower essence I wish I could get people to use—I'd spray it on whole communities right now if I could! (But I won't—I'll just tell you what it's about instead.)

Prickly Pear Flower Essence for Being in the Present Moment More Adaptably Have you ever felt homesick for a place you've never been? The Germans have a word for that: Fernweh. It means “farsickness”—dreaming for something or someplace that is too far to get back to or has never actually existed for you (outside of a storybook or movie). The Welsh have a similar concept, called Hiraeth, that extends the idea to longing or nostalgia, even incompleteness to the point of obsession. This, again, could be for a place you've never been but it could also be about loss that makes it hard to connect with where you currently are as "home." Read more . . .

Flower Essences and Essential Oils Combined Makes Healing Fun Fifteen years ago when I first started Mama Love I never dreamed that the bulk of my business would be unscented flower essence dropper bottles and sprays. The hardest challenge I faced in those days was helping people understand what flower essences were at all! On the other hand, essential oils had definitely entered the mainstream, and after a fair bit of experimentation I started my business with a line of 12 scented oils combined with flower essences which still account for most of the wholesale sales I make to retail stores. Read more . . .

Is the Time Right For Tiger Lily Flower Essence? A friend on Facebook just posted photos of Tiger Lilies in full bloom. It's Tiger Lily time on the central coast of California! Does that mean it might be time to use Tiger Lily Flower Essence as well? I hope so. Read more . . .

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