Skin care is a big part of healthy self-care. I think a lot of us tend to look at skin care from a “beauty” perspective (which makes sense, because healthy skin is beautiful). For beauty purposes, then, we do our makeup, maybe add some moisturizer, and let it go at that.

An Active Experience of Gratitude

We all know it’s important to be grateful for what we have. It’s a very basic concept, one that we confront practically every day. Everything from desktop backgrounds to throw pillows seems to feature flowy scripts of “Thankful,” Grateful” or “#Blessed.”

But how many of us actually practice gratitude? I don’t mean just allowing grateful thoughts to flow passively through your subconscious (although the more of those, the better too!). I’m talking about an intentional, daily, pen-and-paper (or button-to-finger) ritual of spelling out the things you’re grateful for.

This does take work, of course, but really only about five minutes out of the 1,440 in your day. And it doesn’t have to be a master list of all the things in your life that you’re grateful for - making one of those definitely takes more than five minutes! For this short, daily gratitude ritual, all you have to do is write down three things you’re grateful for that day. It can be major stuff, like a fun day playing with the kids at the beach, or something insignificant, like our hall light finally getting fixed.

You may be missing a really important component in your oral hygiene routine- your tongue! Your dentist probably never mentioned tongue scraping to you, but it’s actually one of the most important areas of your mouth that requires cleaning! Your tongue is your immune system's FIRST line of defense in fighting pathogens, bacteria and viruses. It harbors the bacteria and toxins that can lead to poor overall health and disease, digestive problems (your gut health begins in the mouth!), and dental problems like cavities and gum disease. Dirty tongues are also the cause of Bad Breath🤭. Read all about the 6 reasons tongue hygiene is essential for your health with an easy guide included for the best way to clean your tongue.