A mini guide to welcome spring:

1.  Eat bitter greens: They help your winter body transition into spring.

2.  Spring cleaning: Whether it is a food cleanse or a juice cleanse – cleaning up your diet helps reset patterns.

3.  Read a book in the sun: I’m currently loving The Group right now…Sex in the City a la 1933. (Thank you Valerie!)

4.  Sprout:  Add sprouts to your salads, sandwiches, and smoothies – they are nutritional powerhouses and you can even make your own!

5.  Window box: Plant some fresh herbs and enjoy with meals.

6. Purify: Put lemons in water and drink up.

7.  Connect: Walk barefoot in the grass.

8.  Journal: Fill it with words, lines, doodles, pictures, photos… the options are endless!

9.  Beautify: Keep fresh flowers in your home.

10.  Snail Mail:  Make someone’s day with a letter.

Would love to hear what you do to welcome spring.  Leave a comment below!

A continuation on where we have been… little ways to love yourself – finding softness and light in daily actions & thoughts.

Thought #2

Get Yourself Some Flowers

I usually wait for someone to buy me flowers.  I rarely treat myself to what seems like something extra or frivolous.  But then inspired by a recent ABC furniture trip with my friend, I saw these tiny little vases with one little flower which totally brightened up the surrounding space.  So I bought myself some flowers, and put them in little vases and jars all around the apartment.   

It is incredible how something so simple can be so refreshing.  When I first put them around, I found myself constantly surprised each time I saw the beauty in the unexpected place.  By my bedside, on the bathroom sink, on my dresser, on the kitchen table, and any other corner I could find.

Best thing, you could spend $5.00 or less on a little flower beauty.

A little nugget I heard from Kim Depole: Your home is your temple, a place where you come back to to recharge and rejuvenate.  So carefully craft and design your space so it fills you up, rather than stresses you out.