If I am not diligent, I find myself overdoing it, cutting corners on my self-care routines, exhausting my energy. Too much activity can easily cause a strain on my already overcompensated lifestyle. My antidote is to reach for Dr. Rachel Harris’s book: “20 Minute Retreats.” There are more than 190 different retreats developed to soothe the trials of the season and any other mentally challenging situations that come up throughout the year.
Archive for the ‘Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care’ Category
SELF-RENEWAL STRATEGIES FOR THE BUSIEST OF HOLIDAYS
Posted in Caring for Ourselves, Creativity, holistic modalities, Other systems for caregiving explored, Re-thinking, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, Wellness concerns, tagged one to five minute departures from stress, self-care, self-monitoring, Self-renewal techniques, Self-styled retreats on November 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
THE HEALING INSTINCT – healing touch and its historical roots
Posted in 1, Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Beauty Caregiving, Career focus, Caring for Ourselves, holistic modalities, Other systems for caregiving explored, Re-thinking, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, Spirituality, Wellness concerns, tagged aesthetic training resources, Biofeildbalancing, energy healing, heart-centered healing, Janet Mentgen, Massage therapy training, practiced energy based care, spiritual health and self-healing on September 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
There are more than a few techniques that fall under the heading of energy-based healing. A good deal of the time the person performing the techniques is being guided by spiritual inclination and not by a specific set of hand movements although; the training is highly structured and, not random in its practices and principles.THE HEALING INSTINCT –
SPIRITUAL RECEPTIVITY
Posted in Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Assessing the Impact of Aesthetic Healing, holistic modalities, Re-thinking, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, Spirituality, tagged being spiritually receptive, higher guidance, nurturing our awareness, raising consciousness, tapping into the intuitive on July 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Spiritual receptivity is all about working with a higher guidance something more than just our own perspective. It is about knowing who we really are on a spiritual level. Accepting the reality that there are no ordinary experiences and that each day presents us with an opportunity to better ourselves and to raise our consciousness and that by nurturing our awareness we tap into the miraculous.
AESTHETICIANS WHO PROMOTE SOCIAL CHANGE
Posted in Appearance issues, Beauty Caregiving, Career focus, Other systems for caregiving explored, Re-thinking, Searching for Esthetic Meaning, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, Spirituality, tagged aestheticians for change, aestheticians making a difference, change agents, community centered aestheticians, public service, rethinking aesthetic practices, volunteerism in the beauty industry on July 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Some aesthetic providers start nonprofits and fully engage themselves in leading fundraising drives for numerous worthy causes including helping the needs of person’s with cancer and easing the way for victims of accidents to return comfortably to their communities after they have had their physical appearance altered. They start holistic centers, and volunteer to work with members of their congregations to feed the homeless and address the aesthetic needs of abused women.
MEETING THE SELF-CARE CHALLENGE
Posted in Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Assessing the Impact of Aesthetic Healing, holistic modalities, Re-thinking, Searching for Esthetic Meaning, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, tagged brave heart women, healthcare improvement, laughter best of medicine, self-advocacy, self-care, support for women, taking care of self on July 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What follows is Mary Ellen Copeland’s “RAP” (Rap Action Plan) for mental health recovery). Her holistic approach to alleviate anxiety / panic attacks and to encourage emotional wellness is very effective and well-respected worldwide. It is based on the self-advocacy research she did initially to help herself and on the establishment of RAP groups.
SPIRITUALLY INSPIRED AESTHETIC PROVIDERS
Posted in Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Appearance issues, Assessing the Impact of Aesthetic Healing, Beauty Caregiving, Career focus, Other systems for caregiving explored, Re-thinking, Searching for Esthetic Meaning, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care on June 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The spiritual beliefs of these aesthetic providers inspire their professional efforts as they work almost exclusively for the common good. Many of them feel they are on a purposeful journey to bring the power of aesthetic healing and its sustainable benefits to their communities through a wide spectrum of beauty-based interventions geared toward all those for whom they are spiritually inclined to serve.
PASSIONS THAT FEED THE SPIRIT
Posted in Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Career focus, holistic modalities, Other systems for caregiving explored, Re-thinking, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, tagged absolute joy, art, elements of happiness, harmony, healthy balance, healthy emotions, heart, numerology, passion, spas, spirit, spiritual thoughts, stability, striking a balance, writers, zest on June 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Writers, artists and aesthetic providers are no strangers to fervent emotions. We sometimes lose track of all reason and intellect when our passions are running high. On the other hand, if we are really enthusiastic personality types we learn to utilize our passion. We quickly recognize that it is its own life force and that it holds the power to compel us to create. I believe it is a motivating strength that acts as a mechanism that transforms a mere vision into something concrete.
QUESTIONS FOR THE AESTHETIC PROVIDER
Posted in Aesthetic Healing Interventions, Beauty Caregiving, Career focus, Re-thinking, Searching for Esthetic Meaning, Spiritual Driven Aesthetic Care, tagged aesthetic careers, contributors to the field of aesthetics, discovering our true distinctive nature as esthetic providers, how to become more introspective about our professional personas, professional self-evaluation, rethinking aesthetic practices, therapuetic skin care treatments on May 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It is in knowing that which defines us professionally that we discover our strength and our gifts as providers.
