Happy New Year! News from Mama Love

Happy New Year! Every day is a new opportunity to start again. But at the turn of the year, you get to join in with millions of people resolving to do the same thing. Instead of New Year's resolutions, though, I like to think about New Year's intentions. What do I feel good about from the past that I want to continue or build on? What do I want to improve and what would that look like? What do I want to see in the world? Yeah, New Year's intentions for the WORLD! What would that look like? On the Healing Front As many of you know I've been working through my own healing challenges lately. I had a lumpectomy for Stage O Noninvasive Breast "Cancer" in November. Actually a precancerous condition but standard medical protocol is to treat it the same as a cancer diagnosis. As you can imagine, Ms. All-Natural here has been having a hard time with that! But I've been trying to be pragmatic, do my research, do the right thing. I'm not against science! But I'm obviously not against alternative approaches as well. One thing people don't realize is that for most people even alternative healing is a multi-stage process. You'd like to have one consultation, use one flower essence and ta da! All done! But healing isn't always so nice and tidy like that. These two blog posts show my own process, including how I've been using flower essences, Reiki and spiritual guidance to help me through: Sometimes You Have to Let Go—Using Flower Essences to Help Insights on the Healing Trail New or Featured in My Shop Organic Brahmi (Bacopa Monnieri) I first heard about Brahmi when I worked as a family caregiving consultant for people taking care of someone with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia. I wound up writing about it because my clients were always asking if there were alternative or complementary approaches to help their loved ones. Read more. California Valerian Flower Essence for Peace, Calm, and Less Worry About the Future I took a few drops of this tonight and felt so happily transformed that I'm choosing to feature it here. Unlike Valerian herb, this is not typically for sleep. But I bet I will sleep better tonight! It helps you let go of worries and relax. Learn more . . . Get Your Projects Off the Ground with Blackberry Flower Essence As 2020 approaches and my thoughts naturally turn to changes I want to make in the new year, Blackberry is the flower essence that comes to mind first. I use it in a very favorite flower essence formula I call "Manifesting Life Purpose" because it helps with follow through and . . . Read more . . .

December 2019 Newsletter from Mama Love

Hello Everybody,

I lived!

Hope your Thanksgiving went well! This year I have a lot to be thankful for. Most recently: my surgery went well and my recovery was amazingly fast! I may be doing additional treatments (radiation and hormone therapy in January) which I have feelings about, but I actually feel great and more positive than I would have expected. Me being me, I am using the experience to do some life re-evaluation. (You can read about that if you like.) One thing that led to, also, was Paul and I getting two new cats which we are very happy about! And that led to needing a new flower essence formula for newly adopted pets (see that below.)

Calming Separation Anxiety in a Shelter Kitty When we brought our first shelter kitty home he had a very hard time adjusting. I made this formula for him and it worked REALLY well! (So glad.) Read more . . . Relax with a Cup of Passionflower Tea This is a new herb tea ingredient in my shop. And guess what? Even my oncologist recommends it to her patients having trouble sleeping because of cancer therapy (not always but for most people)! (She won a lot of my trust with that bit of advice.) I didn't write about that in my blog but I did share more information about Passionflower. Read more . . . Aspen Bach Flower Essence is for When You Tremble Since we're talking about fear and anxiety this month (that's what the other two products are about), why not take a look at one of the traditional Bach Remedies for fear? In this case, fear of the unknown. Read more . . . Subscribe to my monthly email newsletter at the top right of this page to get a coupon code worth 10% off your order in my shop.

November Newsletter 2019

Hello Everybody! Here's this month's news:

My Health and Related Issues

Tuesday night I'm going to put my Etsy shop into Vacation Mode (meaning you won't be able to order anything) for about a week, maybe a few days longer. I'm having surgery on Thursday and don't want the stress of orders piling up. But I fully expect to be back online after that time.

If you've been reading my blog or follow me on Facebook you might know that I had a scary-feeling (but not horrific) breast cancer diagnosis a few weeks ago. Not "horrific" (it always feels horrific) because . . . Read more

As I reread my blog for posts to include in this newsletter, I realized that I had been writing about issues related to the diagnosis BEFORE I even knew about it. And I was already exploring flower essences useful for myself in that. Those are the posts I've chosen to include below.

Should You Use Flower Essences Singly or in Combination?

In this article I talked about my experience with this and, inadvertently, described early warning signs that I was just starting to use a combination for. Read more . . .

Sharing my Experimentation with Ocotillo Flower Essence (for Calming Explosive Emotions and Reactivity)

Today I added a new flower essence to my shop that I had never used before but have long had an attraction to—Ocotillo. I actually never have associated a need for this essence with myself as it is for . . . Read more . . .

Joyous Heart, A New Flower Essence Combination Formula by Mama Love

Every time I use this formula, my first thought always is "Aww, this doesn't work!" Isn't this great advertising? I'm always wanting instant happiness in a bottle. But instead I get feedback about the importance of being willing to feel my feelings and acknowledge their validity! Which means -- boo-hoo -- having to feel them! (Luckily for me and for you, today's story doesn't end here.) Read more . . .

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