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Panama City Beach, Florida
With one vacation cancelled in April due to the Corona Virus, I was not going to let it stop me again. I was in desperate need of a vacation after my boys not having in person school since March and myself still working daily. We choose Panama City Beach in Florida because we had never…
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Nature Baths – Bath Series # 7
What are they & How can you use them? The term Nature Bath has yet to be used but my definition is any type of bath occurring in nature. This is a very broad term and encompasses quite a few different types. I have them below. Types of Nature Baths 1. Forest Bathing This is…
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5 Reason to Create a Cozy Corner in Your House Today!
What is a Cozy Corner? A cozy corner is a corner in your house that is set up to be a calming, comfortable place to relax, decompress, chill out, rebalance your emotions, meditate, reflect, read or journal. It is sometimes called a Calming Corner. They are used in Pre-Schools to help kids regulate their emotions…
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Hammam- Traditional Baths
What are Hammams Hammams are traditional bathing processes that stemmed from Roman bath houses in the past. You have an attendant who will take you through body exfoliation, wash, and massage. These Bath Houses are usually split by gender but you can find some that allow for couples or private rooms. They look like steams…
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Salt Baths | What are They Used For?
Bath Series #6 What are Salt Baths? Salt Baths are warm water baths where salt is added. Different types of salts can be added to bath water in addition to herbs, botanicals, or oils. The Salt dissolves in water and the nutrients absorbed into the skin. Couple Types of Salts- Why Do People Use Salt…
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Which Hair Mask is the Best?
Top 3 Best Hair Masks- DIY- No Preservatives/dyes We’re going to talk about the top 3 DIY hair masks. If you’re interested in how hair masks work click on the link. I’ll Link the recipes for the top 3 in their portion. Disclaimer- Please do what is best for YOUR hair. You know your hair…
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Herbal Baths : What are they & How You Can Make Them at Home.
Bath Series #5 What is an herbal bath? An Herbal bath is simply a bath that has herbs in it. Usually, when packaged they have salts and oils added as well. Why do people use herbal baths? People use herbal baths for many things like This how to make an herbal bath Ways to incorporate…
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7 Ways to Make Your Bathroom a Vibe
First, Visualize your vibe What do you want to create in your space? Do you want clean and minimal, relaxing or something vibrant to uplift moods? It really depends on your personality and what you like. Pinterest is a nice way to visualize a vibe and explore what you like. I have some pins here…
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How do Hair Masks Work?
Hair masks are an easy way to help keep your hair soft and upkept. It is something you can do at home with normal pantry staples in 30 minutes or less. If you are interested in recipes for DIY Masks I have links below I have personal experience People that know me, know that I…
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Oat Baths- What are they? Why are they useful?
Bath Series #4 What are Oat Baths? An oat bath is a warm bath that has ground unflavored oats added to it. They can also sometimes have herbs, flowers, oils, or essential oils added to aid in skin healing qualities or scent. Are oat baths good for you?: Yes, oats are amazing for the skin!…
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5 Tips for Hot Oil Treatments
What is a hot oil treatment and how does it work? A hot oil treatment is when oil is warmed up and applied to the hair shaft. The purpose of a hot oil treatment is to restore moisture to your hair so that it looks soft and shiny. Hot oils treatments are good for your…
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DIY Deep Conditioning Hair Mask
In the past few weeks we have covered DIY Hair Masks for Dry Scalp, Damaged hair, and Extra hydration so if you’d rather see those, I’ve linked them. The Science of Hair     Hair strands are made up of layers. Most people have two layers and some people have three. The Cuticle is the outermost…
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Intention Baths
Bath Series #3-Intention Baths What is an Intention Bath: An Intention bath is used to remove negativity, celebrate a season change, to ask for abundance or protection or other symbolic reasons. They are also know as spiritual baths, bath rituals or chakra baths. Intention baths are religiously all inclusive. For example Christians get baptized in…
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Your Guide to Creating a Self Care Plan
Your Guide to Creating a Self Care Plan: What is Self Care? Self Care is the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well being and happiness, in particular in times of stress. – Oxford Why do we need self care? In short, we need self care so that we can be our…
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DIY Hair Mask for Hydration
DIY Hair Mask for Hydration We’ve been covering masks for different needs so, I have linked here the previous posts for Damage Repair and Dry Scalp just in case you need those instead. The Science of Hair Hair strands are made up of layers. Most people have two layers and some people have three. The…
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Spas – The Modern Day Bath Houses
Bath Series #2 – Spas What is a Spa? In the most broad definition, a spa is an business that offers treatments that are for beauty, relaxing, or therapeutic reasons. Usually, it’s a combination of all those things. Spa’s can range from pedicures to saunas to exotic treatments and mud wraps. I will not be…
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Top 10 Self Care Practices
What is Self Care? Self Care is the practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well being and happiness, in particular in times of stress. – Oxford Why do we need self care? In short, we need self care so that we can be our best selves for ourself and others. It…
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DIY Hair Mask for Dry Scalp & Hair
The Science of Hair: In the last DIY Hair Mask post we talked about the science of hair. I’m going to include it again but if you want to look back at the DIY hair mask to Repair Damaged hair click here. Hair strands are made up of layers. Most people have two layers and…
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Bath Series #1 – Sound Bath
What tf is a sound bath? A sound bath is a aura cleansing bath that uses musical components as water. You are essentially washed clean with the vibrations and energy of the music. The purpose of a sound bath is to heal oneself. It is possible to use as a form of meditation for those…
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10 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day
The Earth is Our Home The Earth is so vital to all of us; from the air we breathe, to the water we drink to the food that we eat. It is a supple yet destructive vast area of landscapes, each with their own intricate cycles of growth, death and rebirth. Our home is so…
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DIY Hair Mask to Repair Damaged Hair
I have personal experience People that know me, know that I have very long hair and have had long hair most of my entire life. I was blessed with very thick, course semi wavy hair that tends to have a mind of it’s own. I am also not very good with making visits to the…
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13 Types of Baths
You might be thinking, no way there are 13 types of baths. But indeed I’m sure there are many more. 13 types of Baths Technically- Onsens are hotsprings and Spa’s can encompass many of the types of baths listed and more. Intention baths can also be under holiday/seasonal, this would also include something like baptisms.…
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20 Examples of Artistic Expression
What is Artistic Expression. Artistic Expression is what it is called when you express your feeling through art or creativity. It also can be known as expressive creativity. You can release trauma through art by having that be your intention while in the immediate feeling and using your creative output as the valve. How do…
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All about Cleansing Grains
What are cleansing grains? Cleansing grains are herbs, oats, nuts and/ or clay that are blended into a powder. Cleansing grains are a gentile exfoliator and face cleanser that contain few ingredients. Most times these products are all natural with no added preservatives. My cleansing grains are made from oats because, oats have cleansing properties…
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Basics of Skin Care
Why is Skin Care important? Skin care is important for your mental health, to prevent infections and to help regulate your circadian rhythm. Your skin is one of the first things people see when they look at you and when it’s not looking it’s best it can make us feel less confident and/or embarrassed. When…
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What is Astrology? And why is it a thing?
Hello all! Maybe you didn’t know this about me but I follow astrology. I’ll explain why I like it later but I wanted to give a brief introduction of astrology first. Tomorrow is a new moon, the first one since the astrological new year and I thought it would be a good time for this…
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Spring is the best season and here’s why
Spring is the best season and here’s why Spring is the sign that the earth is coming back to life after a cold winter. The ground thaws out, plants start to grow and we start to see longer days. The spring equinox is the day when we see exactly the same amount of night and…
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12 Ways to Relax in 2023
It seems like stress is present in our everyday lives. Most of us in the US anyways struggle with relaxation and turning off our work brain. Our culture is so work and income focused that we forget to have a life outside of our public roles. Unless you’re a parent too then it’s even more…
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The Best Oils for the Face 2023
Top 5 oils for the face. Learn your skin type so you can learn what oil to use to benefit you.
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Milk Baths: What are the Benefits?
What is a Milk Bath? A milk bath is simply a bath with milk added to it. The purpose of a milk bath is to help with any skin related conditions or just make your skin softer. How does a Milk Bath help your skin? Is it good for you? A Milk Bath is absolutely…
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New Direction and Additions
We’re taking a leap of faith and added some very special creations. All Natural Relaxation and Self Care.
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Our trip to Boston, Massachusetts.
Hello again! I’m back with my favorite type of story, a traveling one. As you all know I absolutely love to travel. So for mother’s day this year we went on a random trip. One day I was playing with the google flights tracker and the cheapest direct flight from Charlotte (CLT) to anywhere in…
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Universe Signals 1
I had a nice little article planned today about the types of loans; however, the universe has something different in mind for me today. Let me start by saying I woke up irritable and annoyed at 5:20 am this morning to the sound of my doggie whining. That is unusual because we have a normal…
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Life Insurance 101
I touched on retirement savings in my last article, but a sweet friend of mine was inquiring about life insurance. Life insurance is also important to have because, well, you just never know when it’s your time to go and if you have a mortgage and a family you do not want to leave financial…
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Carolina Beach, NC
North Carolina recently dropped it’s statewide mask mandate and most schools had EOG’s last week. What’s a perfect way to celebrate? THE BEACH!!! We took a 3 day mini trip to Carolina Beach last weekend and I can say we would definitely go back. It’s full of things to do and the beaches were not…
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Cave City, Kentucky
Spring break isn’t complete without a mini road trip! Travel distance from my residence in NC was about 7 hours which is not too long for the kids, anything over this and they seem to get restless in the car. While most people head to the beach during spring break, we decided to do something…
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Back to being me..
I took some time off from writing. I had to figure out if it was for me or not. In the past year, I started a quest to find out who I really am and what I want to do with my life exactly. Talking to my group of friends I realized, that most of…
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Lavender Vanilla Epsom Salt Bath Soak
With most of us staying home due to Covid-19 we’re getting less exercise and laying around more. This can make for sore muscles and unexplained aches and pains. This bath soak helps with sore muscles, while nourishing your skin and did i mention it smells great?! Feel free to use whatever essential oils you like…
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Nantahala Lake, NC
It was due time for a vacation. I so desperately needed to relax since the guy’s accident in July, and with school starting soon it means longer days for me. A four day weekend was planned in the mountains of western North Carolina. The perfect place to slow down and get away from cell service.…
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Domestic Violence does not discriminate.
Domestic Violence does not discriminate. Domestic violence can occur no matter what your socioeconomic status is, no matter what skin color you are, no matter what your sexual orientation is and no matter if you live together, are dating, are married, have children together or are separated. Domestic violence is one of the most under…
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Bestfriend Break ups are still break ups..
As promised, more anonymous questions are being posted! Are ya’ll as excited as I am? This is one that was emotional for me to write having been through something very similar. Dear MissguidedQueen, I have something on my mind and I don’t know if it’s good or bad. One girl who used to be my…
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According to Sex Scientists, Women need to be warmed up
Ever wonder why your relationship hits a stagnant sex period? Well, I have an answer for you. It’s a mix of biology, psychology, and evolution. It’s hard to talk about and often times it’s not the women complaining. I’ve received many questions in my Dear MissGuidedQueen segment about intimate sex lives, and instead of answering…
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Open letter to the absent parent
There could be many reasons for your absence. None of your reasons will matter to your child, at least not right now. All the child knows is that they are missing a parent. You will miss your child grow up, Miss their 1st steps and words, or maybe you ran out later and will miss…
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my grown daughter is mad I’m leaving my husband….
Dear Missguided Queen, Making a big decision, my girls are young women out on their own now, I’m leaving my husband of 26 years, because of his drugs and abuse, my 20 year old is not happy with me. Any advice? Dear Anonymous, Still leave your husband. If that’s what YOU WANT TO DO, BY…
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Dear Missguided Queen, I’m a teen looking for advice because I don’t want to be heartbroken. I have a boyfriend who is in college while I’m finishing highschool. My boyfriend is always telling me that he’s busy, he doesn’t give me his attention, and when he’s online he takes forever to respond to my texts.…
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Dear Missguided Queen, I need some advice of somewhere I can look for some assistance. I’m struggling to figure out how I’m going to get my kids school clothes and supplies. Me and my husband have 4 kids to take care of,a 7 yo, 5 yo, 18 mo and 7wk old. This past year has…
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Guys , I’m so sorry I haven’t been on much this week. I’ve received so many questions and I’m very happy ya’ll decided to respond period. I’ve been dealing with life these past few days and It’s been hella stressful. Let me tell ya’ll what happened. Friday my fiance and my son were riding a…
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Why do I attract, what I attract?
Dear Missguidedqueen, I am 35 and a single mother to 3 children. I recently separated from someone who I thought was someone I would spend the rest of my life with.But I go that one wrong too. I haven’t had luck with men recently, so I am feeling battered and bruised emotionally. I’m wondering why…
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Im not going to leave him,
Hey guys, this is the 2nd Dear, Missguidedqueen advice column. I’m loving all the questions please keep sending them to missguidedqueens@gmail.com. This anonymous woman (I can tell by use of pronouns) let me know upfront that leaving is not an option and she wants ideas on how to heal and work though her pain. Dear…
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He wants me to get a “real” job
I had a huge response to the idea of starting an advice column. The need was WAY bigger than anticipated. But ya’ll, here is the first ever Dear MissguidedQueen: From Anonymous, Dear Missguidedqueen, My husband and I have been together 16 years and married for 5. We have been through hell and back. We lost…
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Changing how you think could improve your mood.
Thinking positive has many many benefits. It will reduce stress levels, and bad moods. It can help increase libido, spontaneity and social awareness.
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Girl, you really don’t have to be online half naked.
I was looking on Instagram today and I noticed I follow a lot of female influencers. I like to promote women, I like to buy from women and I like to uplift woman, that’s just my mission in life. However, after I started looking through the profiles I finally became aware of the simple similarities…
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4 Tips for Self Love
Self love is important to a woman’s mental health, but sometimes our past or our body images keep us from loving ourselves. There are many parts of ourselves that we can be ashamed of, but here are some tips to help you feel confident and happier about who you are. Self Reflection– You have to…
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ADHD mom
ADHD is a neuropsychological disorder that affects apx. 5% of the world’s children. It is a chemical imbalance in the brain that effects my child. I first learned about ADHD at 12 years old when my younger brother was diagnosed, he was 5 years old. Fast forward about 10 years and I’m raising a child…
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Stitch Fix Kids Review
*As I’ve said before I love finding good deals for my boys clothes. The main problem is that they keep growing and I have to buy clothes at LEAST once per season for each one. Then, they are boys so they’re terribly rough on their clothes. I love trying subscription services because I don’t physically…
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Kidbox Review
Not too long ago, I signed up for kidbox. Kidbox is a clothing subscription that you receive once per season for kids. You can choose to buy other boxes than contain underwear/pajamas or normal clothes. I choose the summer box for my two boys who are ages 8 and 10. I filled out a style…
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What are Travel Goals?
And Why Should We Have Them? Travel goals are the places you want to visit and you are actively saving money to achieve it. If you’re new to travel or don’t have alot of extra income you can start small with just a road trip to a near by city or town. Start by thinking…
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background/ 1st post
Hi, I’m Rachel! I’m new to the blogging world but I have alot to say. I’m a mom to two boys (which is a feat in its self) who play sports (yes I’m the crazy football mom), I’m a full time employee (at the moment) and I’m starting my own business and this blog. I…