Two unlit pillar candles, one with visible smoke rising from its wick, stand on a fabric surface next to a brown glass diffuser bottle with reed sticks.

We Explore The Science Of Scent And Wellbeing

Stop and smell the roses isn’t just rote advice. Since the time of Hippocrates, the connection between wellbeing and scent has been appreciated by experts and common folk alike. One might point to the 1970s as the origin of our current thinking around the healing and relaxing properties of scent. The rise of alternative medicine…

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Close-up of hands shaping a clay pot on a pottery wheel, with fingers coated in wet clay.

Why We Need To Work With Our Hands

I taught my first craft class when I was eight years old. A few nights prior, after I finished sipping water from a vintage dixie cup emblazoned with seashells, I folded the base up and flattened the paper cup.  Hmmm it kind of looks like an old man, I thought. Instead of tossing the cup…

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