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Fave 5 for Channelling Your Inner WoodsyWoman

When channeling your inner #WoodsyWoman, borrow from my fave 5!

Call it a winter preservation pack, call it a feel-good self-care kit of sorts for you, my fellow RedBirds! Take one, take all – for your [garden] heart while savoring time resting in your Winter Serene Scene.

Get cozy, and settle in for a peaceful and RESTorative 2019.

This is an excerpt from our December “Living Green-ting Cards” Insta Series. Follow us on Instagram where you’ll be sure to catch more RedBird faves!

Fall Into Your “Garden Comfort Zone” with this Seasonal Kit

I agree – autumn is the real new year. There is an overt, active display in our gardens that speak to conclusion and readying for the quiet of winter; readying for the next ‘us’. Fall is the mark of a new cycle – a time for reflection, rest, and real resolutions about where we’ve been and where we are growing. Nature’s own rituals play out around us. And with great relief, this is a season in which we have little commerce about production and consumption – it’s more harvest and preserve. With that there is an ease; an in-folding sparked.

I’ve curated 5 of my fave things for fall. Let’s call it a preservation pack. A feel-good care kit of parts – take one, take all – for your [garden] heart this season while savoring time in your Garden Comfort Zone.

Get cozy, tune in while out and set those sights on serene green scenes now and in the future.

NOTE: (If you are new to smudge sticks or just plain curious, check out this science-backed article of why, when and how to smudge.)

This is an excerpt from our Fall 2018 Red Bird ri-ˈstȯr-ə-tiv Magazine.

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Holiday Gift Guide: Take Good Care Kit for the Caregiver

We’re sharing my favorite Restorative Holiday Gift Guide for the Caregiver / Over-doer / Nurturer (aka keeper of all moving parts) in your life — and my bet is, like me, that person is you!

As a healing garden designer and serenity stylist consultant, I help my people create and style beautiful outdoor living and garden spaces that reflect the needs of their heart and soothe their senses making way for greatness and good self-care. During the winter season, nature invites us to do this differently than would we, say, in the dog days of summer.

Now, my recovering chronic overdoer/overgiver side may be showing here, yet, like you, I’m in hot pursuit of serenity and taking good care inside and out, in simple, easy, nature-infused ways – all the days of my life. I must. We must. We have a lot of people depending on us – and the most important of these people is us. Reality check: if the wheels fall off for us, the wheels fall off for all.

To take good care is restorative to our nature. Taking Good Care of our energies, exchanges, and precious selves restores our good nature. And honestly, decreases that wee bit of crunchiness we caregivers can feel…

Because I imagine you love a simple, restorative, nurturing indulgence here and there too AND because there are even more moving parts this time of year, I’m sharing my top favorite Restorative Holiday Gifts for the Caregiver / Overdoer / Top Dog Nurturer in the Family.

I’m a big believer in “some to give and some to keep” particularly for the “keeper of all moving parts” person.

A nature-inspired, first-aid self-care gift kit is a one-stop restorative recharging station for the Caregiver / Overdoer during winter. @AnnieRedBird

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Lollia Breathe Bubble Bath The light Peony-Grapefruit-Green scent of “Breathe” No. 19 Bubble Bath renews the senses while the Olive, Avo & Vit E oils help restore the skin. And the packaging is reusable! Oprah’s right: fav thing!
UGG Honorary Yosemite Slips Foot-love collab between comfy UGGs & warm Pendleton Wools to celebrate the 100 year US National Park System anniversary. These slips will serve your tired peds well, keeping you cozy while imagining a soul stroll in our precious wild, wide open spaces.
Perfectea Maker & Steeper For your daily tea ritual, Teavana makes things easy: loose tea in + hot water pour over = steep = set atop fav mug & Viola!
Peach Tranquility Herbal Tea All time favorite loose tea! Peach, pineapple, calming chamomile & verbena. It’s like sipping a tranquility garden! #Teavanalife
Cuddl Duds Softwear Layering must for the comings & goings without the Hulk bulk. The Keeper of All Moving Parts needs to be cuddled & warm!

So, go on with your Keeper-of-All-Moving self, feel good about checking out, recharging, bathing in quiet and softness inspired by nature. You so deserve the peace, comfort, nurturing.