Goals as Self Care, an Interview With Our CEO
Goals as Self Care, an Interview With Our CEO

…I’ll be the first person to admit that doing this level of planning can feel like it’s keeping us from the actual “doing,” but it’s such a necessary first step. When I say pre-planning I’m talking about big ideas. Long term-plans. Your values as a person. Who are you at your core? What’s important to you? Where are you headed in ten years? What about three years? I think starting with values is such a big idea I couldn’t possibly cover it here. But if you can make your goals match your values as a person, that’s the magic right there.

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Dropped your New Year's Resolutions? Don't worry, here's what to do now
Dropped your New Year's Resolutions? Don't worry, here's what to do now

You can diligently plan your resolutions and goals in nitty-gritty detail, but eventually we all slip up. When talking about setting goals, there is often little focus on what I call the “emergency plan.” It’s all about how to achieve your goal-- but what happens when you stray so far off course that you’ve lost sight of your goal? What happens when you eat a whole pizza?

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Setting Goals for Real Change
Setting Goals for Real Change

Once you’ve established why you want to set this goal, how you create and go about achieving it is just as important. Remember, if you don’t build the right foundation for your goal, it will stand on shaky ground. One reason why many New Year’s Resolutions fail is that they are too vague. How do you know when you have reached your goal when your resolution is to “be in the best shape of your life?

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Mental Wellness, Healthy Living, Self-careGuest UserWellness, well-being, goal setting, Mindfulness, mental health, personal growthComment
Farewell to 2020
Farewell to 2020

This year has been, for lack of better words, a trash fire. 2020 has left a sour taste in everyone’s mouth, even if not directly impacted by this year’s challenges. And with those challenges have come painful, beautiful opportunities to learn and grow. As we ring in a new year, it’s important to recognize the struggle as well as the triumphs of the past in order to bring about positive, hopeful change for 2021.

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Self-care, Mental Wellness, Healthy LivingGuest Usermental health, gratitude, grieving, personal growth, selfcareComment
Your Secret Place Away from Stress

Think about places or times in your life that you feel the most at peace. It doesn’t have to be a cool spot in nature, like a mountain top or the beach. It might be somewhere even more simple, like a cozy cafe, or a bookstore, or even the bathtub after the kids have all gone to bed. Or maybe a day at the spa…

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3 Rainy Day Self-Care Activities for Oregon Winter
3 Rainy Day Self-Care Activities for Oregon Winter

Some of my favorite ways to fill a rainy day is to feed all parts of myself— Mind, Body, and Spirit. This approach to self-care focuses on each part to achieve a well-balanced life. You don’t need to set a whole hour aside for each portion— 5 to 10 minutes each is enough. Here is my recommended agenda for a holistic self-care day.

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Healthy Living, Mental Wellness, Self-careLily Lunnemannselfcare, rainy day, spa day, skincare, bath, mental healthComment
WTF is Acne (and how do I make it stop)
WTF is Acne (and how do I make it stop)

Acne, pimples, blemishes, zits-- whatever you call them, they SUCK. Not only can they be painful sometimes, but they can also have a big impact on your self confidence. Trust me-- I’ve had 15 years of personal struggle with it. I am sitting on my couch writing this, acutely aware of the volcano-sized pimple hiding out just under my jawline. It got me thinking-- what even is acne? And, probably more importantly, why? Maybe, by talking about it, I can somehow shed light on how to get rid of it once and for all.

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Discovering Your Personal Core Values

Once we have a set of core values, they can become an invaluable rudder to steer us in the direction that feels most authentic to us. When you’ve done the homework of discovering the core principles which are most essential to how you live and operate, you can lean into those values when things are feeling unclear or confusing. I know often times I’m not quite sure why I’m feeling off. I’ll feel as if I’m having a day that just isn’t the greatest, but I just. can’t. quite understand why. It’s almost a pit-of-your-stomach feeling that something is off kilter. This can be an opportunity to check in with your values to see if there are things you may have overlooked where you are operating out of alignment with your values.

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Self-care, Mental WellnessSean VierraTHE PEARL DAY SPAmental health, goal setting, goals, core values, values, ethics, moralsComment
Four Simple Ways to Make Self Care more Environmentally Conscious
Four Simple Ways to Make Self Care more Environmentally Conscious

The environment. It’s kind of a big deal. So is wellness. But a lot of the time, self care and wellness routines aren’t the most environmentally friendly. The spa and cosmetic industries have yet to make significant changes to their practices, and problems like greenwashing make it difficult to determine what is truly impactful as a consumer. Here are some tips and pointers if you are looking to make your wellness and self care routines, both at the spa and at home, a little more eco-friendly.

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Healthy Living, Self-care, Skincare & BeautyPearl Dayspaselfcare, health, wellness, skincare, ecofriendly, sustainablilityComment
5 Reasons Fall is the Best Time for Chemical Peels
5 Reasons Fall is the Best Time for Chemical Peels

Maybe years of back-to-school conditioning have affected me, but autumn feels like a time for new beginnings. Like a switch flipped, autumn has suddenly arrived, painting the hills and valleys of Eugene gold and orange. It’s time to unpack the sweaters, brew endless pots of tea or coffee, and settle into the still of the darker months. Like me, you might be ready for fall and winter-- but is your skin ready? 

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Skincare & Beauty, Self-carePearl Dayspaskincare, facials, peel, chemical peel, seasonsComment
5 Summer Hacks to Cool Off, Spa Style
5 Summer Hacks to Cool Off, Spa Style

Those skincare products you have that normally live in your medicine cabinet are just as at home in your fridge. After a long day doing yard work or hiking, I like to put on a chilled sheet mask-- I recommend the Celavi Cucumber or Aloe Sheet Mask. Similar to a cold compress, cooling your sheet mask reduces puffiness around the eyes. But, unlike a cold compress, sheet masks….

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Massage & Bodywork, Self-care, Skincare & BeautyPearl DayspaComment
Resilience in the Face of a Hectic World
Resilience in the Face of a Hectic World

You may have heard discussions about resilience as of late. Resilience, or more specifically psychological resilience, is defined as “the ability to mentally or emotionally cope with a crisis or to return to pre-crisis status quickly.” In other words, resilience is your ability to experience the knocks of life without being down for too long. While there are a lot of contributing factors that determine resilience, like mental health and genetics, there are skills that can be learned and improved upon to help yourself through tough times. This might be why, since March, some of us have been feeling like an emotional wreck, while others are outwardly happier than ever. Let’s take a look at the basic tools you can use to build resilience through these uncertain times.

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Mental Wellness, Healthy LivingPearl Daysparesilience, mental health, Wellness, communityComment