As the holiday season approaches, many of us are pondering what we would like to give to friends and loved ones. The average U.S. household spends approximately $1,000 on holiday giving, and overall American consumers will spend close to 1 trillion dollars on holiday gifts… WOW!!! That is a lot of purchasing power! That’s an…

If you are not familiar with this face, please allow me to introduce one of my long time heroes, Yvon Chouinard.  He is the creator of Patagonia, one of the most environmentally motivated and responsible product based businesses in the world.   Yvon considers himself an “accidental business man.”  He was, and still is, an…

A moment of insight I remember the first time the concept of Connecting Personal and Planetary Care came out of my mouth.  I was at a dinner with a good friend and a man who she had just begun dating.  She was introducing me and then my business.  He was polite in learning I made…

WHY Our skin is our largest organ. Yep. most of us know this.  But, what does the skin actually do for our bodies? At the most obvious level, our skin protects us.  Our skin acts as a barrier to a variety of external factors such as bacteria, chemicals and temperature. The skin contains secretions that can…