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COMPARISON IS A THIEF!
Did you know comparison is a thief? Comparison, emotionally and spiritually, steals from us. Do you know what it steals? Joy. Theodore Roosevelt said that comparison is the thief of joy. Comparison takes on an identity of its own. It breaks into our hearts and minds, and starts stealing the precious gift of joy that God freely gives to us. That is an assault. Yet, we continuously feed this thief, and welcome him into our homes. Comparison has a partner. Do you know what his name is? Jealousy. They are best friends. They are partners. You can’t have one without the other. They are a package deal. A two-for-one special.…
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AN HONEST LOOK AT SURRENDER
Tears streaming down my face, hands shaking, the words “it is well with my soul” quietly, yet distinctively, playing in the background. Ashamed and broken, I slightly turn my gaze to Jesus… “I’m not worthy,” I cry out. I say “slightly” because today I don’t feel bold. I don’t feel worthy. And the idea of turning my full stance to Jesus just isn’t happening. My filthy rags and wicked desires got the best of me. My first thought is “who can I blame?” Next, after talking myself down from the high place my pride has taken me, I remind myself, “No, this is my sin. This is my weakness. Take responsibility,…
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THREE HEALTH/BEAUTY PRODUCTS I SWEAR BY
There are 3 things that I do every single day. Literally, every day. Every single morning, and every single night like clockwork, there are 3 things that go down in the Werhas household. My new husband probably thinks I’m a complete maniac holistic hippie. He has yet to question me, so I am just going to continue doing my thing. I truly believe these 3 things have drastically improved my health, quality of life, and contributed to looking years younger than I am. So why waste your time and mine? I am going to get right to it. 1. COLLAGEN And not just any collagen. This is not a product…
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BRIGHTEN UP :: PEELING SEASON HAS ARRIVED!
Due to it being the end of summer here in Southern California, the demand for all services/products for hyperpigmentation is HIGH. Almost daily I’ve got texts, emails, calls coming through asking me what can be done to lighten up those annoying and pesky dark spots. The sunshine in SoCal rarely hides. We get beautiful blue skies and a lot of vitamin D all year round, but with that comes sun damage and dark spots. TWO KINDS OF PIGMENT There are two kinds of pigment. One is caused by sun exposure, and the other is caused by hormones, but comes out with sun exposure. The two types are very different, and…
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IT’S TIME TO COME BACK TO YOUR FIRST LOVE
“It’s time.” The gentle whisper my soul has been hearing lately. Life is so incredibly unpredictable. It’s so overwhelmingly busy, always. Those two things will never change. Life around us is in fact always going to be busy, and unpredictable. We are restless beings. Always striving, working, earning, planning, predicting, guessing, assuming, and dare I say it, worrying. I’m not sure there is anything I can write to you, or say to convince myself to simply let all those things go, because it’s not human nature to just rest, and trust. To us, It’s actually not simple at all. We’ve been hurt too many times to just let go, and…
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THE GIFT OF MARULA OIL
The every day product, everyone needs. Literally, you need this in your skincare regime. As an esthetician I say this with caution. There really hasn’t ever been one product I can suggest and recommend to every single one of my clients (obviously except anyone who is allergic to it). Let’s talk about the main benefits and then let’s get to the fun part, where to get this miracle oil. THE BENEFITS Marula oil has more antioxidant protection then almost any other ingredient out there. I stress this, because free radicals are skin destroyers. We HAVE to protect our skin cells with antioxidants. More antioxidant protection means younger looking skin, and…
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THE NOT-SO-NEW FACIAL WE’RE ALL JUST NOW GOING CRAZY OVER
Beauty bloggers are raving about it, clients are hooked on it, and estheticians are choosing it as their favorite treatment to perform. So what is it? It’s the not-so-new, but newly hyped up facial treatment we call dermaplaning. Everyone is talking about this new and amazing facial treatment, dermaplaning. Except it’s not so new, at all. I personally learned how to do the treatment over 10 years ago. It’s always been one of my very favorite facial treatments because the results are so wonderfully consistent and amazing. However, I did shy away from it for a while because clients were scared of it. Today we are braver than ever…
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THE ANTI-AGING POWER OF FOOD
I just turned 34 about a month ago. I’ve been cognizant for over 10 years of the importance of starting young when it comes to preventing aging. However, being aware that I am rapidly approaching my mid-thirties and working in an industry, as well as living in a city, that overemphasizes the value of looking young at all stages of life, I can’t help but feel the pressure to know more and do more. With this being on my mind often, I can’t help but continue to go back to what I find so intriguing… the power of food. I have written and preached for years about the healing powers…
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YOUR PATH WAS PAVED WITH INTENTION
We often derail ourselves from the course set before us. Sometimes we do it daily. Even multiple times a day. It’s scary to really think of that. There is a path that has been paved specifically for our lives. A path that was paved with love and intention. Some of us go so far off the path, we lose ourselves and we lose the truth of our identity. Some of us never come back. Others will spend their lives draining their own resources, swerving on and off the path over and over again. And then there are those that see their path, see the truth, and it clicks for…
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MY GOAL IS GOD HIMSELF
Last week, while my husband and I were reading our devotional before bed together, I had one of those “aha!” Christian moments. It was a moment I am familiar with because it’s happened to me before. The moment where I quickly go from thinking I know something, to realizing I am absolutely clueless. “My goal is God himself, not joy nor peace, nor even blessing, but Himself, MY GOD.” (My Utmost for His Highest) As I read these words out loud, they could have just gone in one ear and out the other. And for a moment, they did pass through my gaze, ready to be forgotten. As I…