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Gelf-Care 30-Day Challenge Day 20: Crash and Burn

Gelf-Care 30-Day Challenge Day 20: Crash and Burn

Last night I went to my friend Mark’s 40th surprise birthday party. I figured I would catch up with some of my friends from the storytelling community, but I didn’t imagine that I would get a great self-care exercise from them.

I learned that last night there was a Super Blood Wolf Moon happening, which is a total lunar eclipse. Science was my worst subject in school. So bad that my sister used to sing, to the tune of Thomas Dolby’s “She Blinded Me with Science,” “She got a C in science. She got a C in science.”

Gelf-Care 30-Day Challenge Day 15: Putting the "Oy" in Essential "Oils"

Gelf-Care 30-Day Challenge Day 15: Putting the "Oy" in Essential "Oils"

I used to go to a yoga teacher (incidentally named Robin) who would drop some essential oils into our hands at the end of each class. We would rub our hands together, cup our face and inhale these magical concoctions that had different healing properties (I did my best to inhale them through my nose, but it’s really tough when you’re a mouth breather. I say this as I sit here with my mouth agape.)