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Yes, it’s October.  Already!  Which means, summer is on its way out (if it hasn’t already left the building!), and Christmas is around the corner.  So, just in the Nick of time (get it!?!), I’ve got the perfect special items for you to put under the tree.

This year, three particular items are worthy of note:

          Sheeperfect® 2018 Christmas H3O Air Trio

          Sheeperfect® Wool Dryer Balls

          Sheeperfect® Spa Salts

These are must haves, and make fantastic gifts.  Our Wool Dryer Balls are the cleanest, healthiest way to save money by increasing the efficiency of your dryer while softening and fluffing your clothes at the same time.  Just pure, clean, cuddly luxury – and 100% pure premium New Zealand wool!  (That’s a lot of pure!)

Our Sheeperfect® Spa Salts are brand new and provide that personal respite of soothing relaxation, whether it be time in the bathtub or a foot or hand soak.  They come in two sizes:  1 oz Spa Paw and 4 oz Spa Bath Salts; and three versions:  Floral, Lavender Mint, and Spritz.  (Floral was the most popular at release at the Summer Spa Party, but each is lovely in its own way.)  And the price is a steal!!!

Every year, we release our special and limited Sheeperfect® H3O Air Trio which features a truly wonderful collection of Christmas scents that are therapeutically loaded.  These perfect stocking stuffers offer just the right opportunity to get acquainted with the wonders of essential oils.  Therapeutic in many ways, each little burst of freshness is loaded with healing properties, both aromatically and topically.  The 2018 collection is only available for Christmas and includes each of these combinations:
 Frankincense, Lavender, and Sweet Orange
 Cinnamon, Clove, and Nutmeg
 Cedarwood and Ylang Ylang

This year, our Sheeperfect® H3O Air Trio includes 50% more product, and is still being offered at the same $30 bargain price.

Wonderful stocking stuffers also include:
 Sheeperfect® Lips
 Sheeperfect® H3O Air Trio
 Sheeperfect® Clean and Soft Trio
 Sheeperfect® Pure Cleansing Trio

Don’t forget the Sheeperfect® Man Bar for your men, and all the other luxurious moisturizing and cleansing products, including, of course, our signature sheep!  No humbug; just Baaa.

Stay tuned for information about the upcoming Christmas Extravaganza in early December.  We can help you with some very special Christmas presents to make your Christmas that much more merry.  Of course, you can always order in advance.

Ho Ho Ho!

Yup,  this Saturday!  It’s here!  Summer.  Spa.  Party.  2018.

This year’s summer spa party will feature our new line of Sheeperfect® Spa Bath Salts.  And we will be soaking our feet in luxury.  The line includes 3 versions:  

• Lavender Mint – with lavender and mint essential oils
• Floral – with geranium, bergamot, and ylang ylang essential oils
• Spritz – with sweet orange, lavender, and cedarwood essential oils

As with the entire Sheeperfect® line, all ingredients are 100% natural using only superfoods for the skin.  The 1 oz Spa Paw (on sale at Preferred Customer pricing for $2.50) is perfect for paw pampering, and the 4 oz Spa Bath (on sale at Preferred Customer pricing for $3.95) is perfect for the tub.  Order quantities now at sale prices and stock up early for Christmas!  Perfect for stocking stuffers!

All other Sheeperfect® products will also be available for purchase.  If you haven’t gotten your Sheeperfect® Wool Dryer Balls, plan to bring home at least one pack of 3 on Saturday.

I can’t wait to see you on Saturday. 

          Wine. 

                              Chocolate. 

                                                           Spa. 

                                                                                Fun. 

2-4 in my yard.

After working for one of the top wineries in Washington State for a few years, and then venturing into high end chocolate, I am now focusing on just being perfect (Sheeperfect®, that is).  Years ago, when the pinnacle job of my career ended abruptly, I knew that I needed to answer one question.  I realized it was a question I needed to ask, and answer, for the rest of my life.  That question tortured and taunted me for some time.  Exasperated and at a loss, I was only able to begin by reshaping the question  …  or, er, the answer.

What, pray tell, is the question????

The question is:  What is it you want?

While this may seem like a very simple question, I could not answer it.  I had no idea!  All I could say (at least this part was very clear!) was what I did not want.  I did NOT want to stay in my career track.  …  But what did I want?

No idea.

Eventually, I teased out that I wanted to work in a wine tasting room and learn more about fine wine.  So, I got my foot in the door and then surveyed all the wineries, choosing the best one and going there.  I loved it.

What goes with fine wine?  Yes, fine chocolate!  So, that was my next adventure.  Loved that too!

In the meantime, Sheeperfect® came along.  It has perhaps been the grandest adventure yet!

With several years of practice under my belt, I now find myself adept at being able to think through and define what I want.  In fact, I have caught myself using those 2 words without even noticing.  With this one question, and a little bit of faith, I am livin’ the life!  The Bible says, nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37).  By answering this one question, I can begin to visualize what I may have thought otherwise impossible – and see it materialize before my very eyes.  You can too!  Even if the beginning starts only with knowing what it is you don’t want.  Life is precious and worthy of shaping it into what you do want.  And then, livin’ the life.  Cheers!

Oh, and speaking of livin’ the life, please come to my home on Saturday, August 18th, to get pampered.

Sheeperfect® Summer Spa Party – 08.18.18

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms everywhere.  You have the most important and blessed role.

I am not a baker, but I have an announcement.  The other day I made the best cookies I have maybe ever eaten!  That is saying a lot since I grew up with home made cookies.

When a friend sent me a recipe for gluten free carrot cake (and I love carrot cake!), I was inspired to make it, but then realized cookies would be so much better.  So, I concocted my own recipe that is gluten free, no refined sugar, and loaded with all healthful ingredients.  These cookies, in fact, would be fantastic for breakfast!  They are chock full of so much flavor, nutrients, and fiber – and oh, so satisfying.  More like an energy bar, in fact, than cookies, they are moist and chewy.  And did I say, no added sugar!  Dates are the wonder ingredient that adds natural sweetness and fiber, and you can adjust to satisfy your own sweet tooth by the number of dates you add.  I include the least number of dates, which is just right for my taste buds.

To get my recipe, click on this link Carrot Cookies YUM 050618, and enjoy.  Here’s to your decadently good health!

I love a clean mouth.  You know, that slick run-your-tongue-over-your-teeth clean right after your regular cleaning at the dentist.  Well, I now have that kind of clean mouth every day!  For a month, I have been anxious to share with you this newfound discovery.  It is called oil pulling.  It’s really not new at all; in fact, it comes from ancient Ayurvedic practices that have been around for thousands of years.

As the eyes are the window to the soul, the mouth is the window to the body.  The health of your mouth seems to be the indicator of your overall physical health.  Maintaining exceptional oral health is a worthy commitment.

A big believer in flossing and brushing, I have never been one to go for mouthwash.  It’s just … well, never been my thing.  Mouthwash uses harsh chemicals, including chlorhexidine, and alcohol.  Oil pulling, on the other hand, is pure and natural, and has benefits that, for me, are compelling – with no downside (except for the 20 minutes during which you can’t talk).

So, what is it?  Oil pulling involves swishing a tablespoon of coconut oil in your mouth and in between your teeth for 20 minutes.  (I use a little less since it bulks up in your mouth over the course of swishing and a tablespoon doesn’t give me enough room to swish well.)  For the most freshness and additional health benefits, add 1 or 2 drops of your favorite essential oil.  I have tried clove oil, which is particularly beneficial for oral health, but my favorite and regular choice is peppermint essential oil.

Do it first thing in the morning, when you first wake up, before drinking or putting anything else in your mouth.  The coconut oil acts like a magnet, luring bad bacteria out of those hidden crevices and pulling it away from your teeth and gums.  In addition, the practice naturally whitens your teeth!  Be sure and breathe in deeply while swishing to fully enjoy the therapeutic benefits of the essential oil.

When you have swished long enough, spit out the contents into a garbage receptacle – not down the drain.  Keep your mouth clean – and your pipes clean; so, avoid the possibility of clogging your drain by spitting into the sink.

After a month now, I can attest that my teeth and mouth feel fresher and cleaner than ever.  I never worry about bad breath, and my teeth do even seem whiter.  It’s worth toasting with a glass of my favorite red wine!

Cheers! (for the great wine) and Cheese! (for the great smile).

Turns out, my mother was right about so many things!  She and my father were ahead of their time in many ways.  We regularly ventured out into the woods for my father’s kayaking expeditions.  We also hiked in the mountains, swam in the summers, and spent a good deal of time in nature.  We learned the names of plants and trees.  We knew which ones were edible, which ones were poisonous, and which ones would give you the runs if you made the branches into hot dog or marshmallow skewers.  We dissected fish to see what they had eaten (I thought this was especially fascinating).

My parents made dandelion wine with friends and pickled large crocks of cucumbers.  We hunted for mushrooms in the dank woods and sat in sunny fields braiding dandelions into beautiful adornment.  One of my brothers was particularly inclined to eat dirt, and mom said it was good for him.  Like I said, she was right about many things.

After a series of lectures about essential oils, I am now in the midst of another intensive course, this one dealing with autoimmune disease.  It is astounding to learn that 150 years ago, autoimmune disease affected one in 10,000 people.  Today, the numbers are 1 in 250, but may be as high as 1 in 4!  This phenomenon is prevalent in western countries and most acute in the last 30 years.  Autoimmune diseases run the gamut from rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, and lupus to multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, and many other inflammatory diseases.  Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s immune system attacks healthy cells.

It seems so strange to me that my body would turn on itself!  The concept seems so odd; I think that if I think good thoughts about myself, surely my body will also want to follow suit.  What I have come to understand is that, because of certain factors (and conditions that may not have existed generations before), antibodies – the internal warfare charged with protecting our bodies – recognize foreign substances as in need of attack, and when things get out of balance, end up going crazy and attacking parts of our body that are actually vital.  This overreaction of the immune system goes to war against what are really healthy cells.  The job of immune cells is to maintain balance and repair damage to our cell structure.  With autoimmune disease, the antibodies get out of whack and overreact.  This is a very simplistic explanation, but the impact of the growing prevalence of autoimmune diseases makes it a concern to almost all of us.

There are a lot of names and classifications for a lot of disorders.  Autoimmunity has many.  Traditional medicine purposes to treat symptoms.  Names are assigned and drugs are prescribed.  Conventional treatments (drugs) are intended to minimize symptoms.  They do not identify or address the core issues.  There is a very sick irony to the conventional medical treatment.  Applying immune suppressing drugs may do more damage to the person by masking the body’s alarms and actually increasing the potential for new disease and greater illness while reducing the body’s ability to heal itself.  That’s why drugs require significant packaging space to disclose negative side effects and risks.

The good news is that by addressing core issues, the disease can likely be eradicated.  A whole host of factors are involved with autoimmune disease and vary person to person.  However, the core issues that are repeatedly identified are:  Nutritional deficiency, sleep deprivation, stress, and environmental toxins.

Years before problems begin presenting themselves, stuff is happening.  Before a diagnosis is rendered, there are lifestyle changes that can prevent autoimmune disorders from progressing into full-blown disease.  Consistently rising to the top of the equation for a path to rebalancing the physical health of our body is the health of the gut.

Fatigue, low energy, gastrointestinal discomfort, food cravings, sleep problems, and skin reactions may all be indications of an imbalance in your gut.  Without diagnosis of autoimmunity, you may be able to divert its eventuality by focusing on improving the health of your gut.  Basic starting points begin with:

• Eliminating processed foods and sugar. Gluten is also a common contributor to inflammation.
• Increasing plant foods.  Add color.  Specifically beneficial foods include cabbage, Brussel sprouts, celery, bananas, onions, garlic, asparagus, broccoli, mushrooms, cucumber, nuts, sweet potatoes, apples.
• Fermented foods such as non-dairy yogurt and sauerkraut.

Antibiotics play a key role in throwing the gut out of balance by killing or inhibiting bacteria, including the “good” bacteria that is critically important to our health.  Though dirt is not on the above list, in my brother’s case, eating the dirt may have been healthy for his gut!  Who knows, maybe he even got an earthworm or two in the process.

I love to swim.  Every lake I encounter beckons me to swim across it.  Though I don’t swim as much as I did in my youth, those lakes still call.  Every time!  My response – because I have this strong urge to take the plunge, it follows that I end up making an assessment – questions the health of the body of water.  Many times, I have found myself questioning whether it would be smart to plunge in, due to the murky condition of the water.  The same holds true of pools that are loaded with chlorine.

Medical care in the U.S. in the 21st Century has taken on a similar state of murkiness.  Traditional medicine has evolved into a state of un-health.  I would even go so far as to say it has literally become toxic!  The institution charged with helping to keep us healthy has become perhaps the most deadly!

I am not one to want to dwell on negatives.  But we are in an opioid crisis.  Our society has become drug addicted at extreme levels.  It is called an opioid crisis because the primary drugs causing the problems are prescribed by licensed health care providers!  Our traditional medical care has devolved to a drug dispensary.  Your 5 to 15 minutes with a physician is enough to proffer you a handful of prescriptions and send you on your way to fill them.  Thus begins a horrible downward cycle of dependence on drugs.  Of course, the problem is much more complicated, but it has profound effects on every level of our society and the healthy state of the human being.  (Andrew Sullivan wrote a brilliant expose on the opioid epidemic, “The Poison We Pick,” New York Magazine, February 19, 2018.)  http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/02/americas-opioid-epidemic.html

Admittedly, I am deeply concerned about the state of health – or unhealth – in the U.S., and alarmed by the serious drug crisis we face.  A truism I hold to is that things of quality take time and effort.  And care.  And investment.  Including health.

Instant doesn’t usually hold up.  Except maybe in emergencies, and as a temporary stop gap.  Far superior is the deeper level of care.

Therefore, my search for good health steers me away from “traditional” medicine, and I find myself more and more embracing “non-traditional” forms of health and healing that encompass a more holistic approach.  Good health is so much more than our physical wellbeing.  It involves every level of our being, including physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social.  There is no pill or shot to address the whole being.  There is not one easy fix.  In fact, good health is beyond correcting problems; it is about living well.

Traditional medicine, designed to address and cure physical ailments, is reactive.  You go when you are sick.  Holistic health takes a proactive approach toward preventing disease.  If you are living well, you are less likely to get sick.  And there are healthy ways to stay healthy!  Learning about them, however, isn’t always easy.  In fact, “alternative medicine” gets a bad rap on many fronts, including Wikipedia, which likens it to quackery.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_medicine

Naturopathic medicine emphasizes prevention and self-healing through the use of natural therapies and healthy living practices.  Though the traditional medical world debunks alternative medicine as unscientific, naturopathic medicine embraces the use of centuries-old knowledge along with the belief that nature has much to offer for both maintaining good health and effective healing.

So, what is my point?  Seeking quality products for my own skin care led me to creating my own.  Which led me to want to share my discoveries with others. Which led me to start a business, Sheeperfect®.  Which led me to include essential oils.  Which led me to want to learn more and more about the healing characteristics of essential oils.  Which led me to want to learn more and more about other natural practices for good health.  Which opened up new insights.  Which leads me to want to share those with others.

And who knows where this all goes?  Except that I will share with you along the way.  And hope it will benefit us all.  And maybe I’ll find a wonderful lake to swim across!

To your – and my – good health!