I’d like to officially dedicate this post to my older brother, whom will not take Fire Brew! But that’s OK because honestly, I was hesitant about Fire Brew at first as well. So let me go over what changed my mind, and hopefully change his 😉
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According to Amazon, Fire Brew is a mix of organic ingredients to help boost your immune system. According to me, I called this, my saving grace during the winter time.
Let me tell you a story. I used to get sick on average about five times a year. It didn’t matter if it was the flu, cold, Covid, swine, flu, eye infection, ear infection, sinus infection, tonsillitis… okay, you get the point. I got sick A LOT!
Honestly, as a kid and when I was in college, this wasn’t a huge deal. If anything, it was an excuse to miss school, which I really needed as an overachieve-aholic (yes, I’m officially coining that term). However, as I started a profession, getting sick multiple times a season was just not ideal. And, I actually WANT to be at work every day because I love my job!
So, when one of my friends mentioned that she had found something that stopped her from getting sick, my ears perked up. She had started working at a daycare and experienced pink eye, an ear infection, and colds and flu’s in just her first few months. But once she started taking Fire Brew, that all went away!
I was in disbelief, I started asking her all of the questions like how much do I take? Why is it so expensive? Is it really worth the cost? And am I going to die from the apple cider vinegar flavor? (Okay that last question might be a bit dramatic).
She answered all of my questions, yet I am the type I won’t be convinced until I try it myself. So what did I do? I went and ordered it!
I usually Feel sick in the winter time, so I took Fire Brew with the instructions in my next section every single day. All of a sudden, the colds and illnesses stopped. But I figured, maybe it’s just a lucky year. So I stopped taking the Fire Brew and decided I’d wait until I felt sick. And no kidding, I have felt multiple colds start in my head, take Fire Brew, and wake up the next morning feeling perfectly fine!
So, how do you take this amazing product? Well, you should probably just follow the instructions on the bottle. However, what I’ve done is to tablespoons morning and night during the winter, and then during the summer only take Fire Brew when you’re starting to feel ill. Keep in mind that I’m not a doctor, but that’s my suggestion.
One thing to know is I take the elderberry flavor, but I had started on the straight apple cider vinegar and that one works too.
to be honest, there are a couple of cons to taking Fire Brew. One would be the taste, this flavor is not lovely at all. It’s basically really spicy apple cider vinegar, and I don’t do well with either of those. Not to mention, when taking on an empty stomach, you might not be able to hold it down. So I always eat a couple of crackers before taking my tablespoons.
The second con is the cost. Unfortunately, this stuff is not the cheapest, so if anyone finds any alternatives that work, please feel free to let me know. I’d be very open to trying it out.
Let me know in the comments, how often do you get sick? Are you open to trying Fire Brew or are you still apprehensive? Any other tips and tricks to not get sick?
No matter how old you are or how long you’ve been in a relationship, there’s a magical feeling to asking to be someone’s Valentine.
With mine (and Amazon’s) help, you can treat that special someone with the surprise they deserve!
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So, what makes asking someone to be your valentine so special? A few things. First, something personal. Unfortunately, I’ve got to leave that one up to you. Second, a sweet treat. Third, a poster of some sort. And, of course, the fourth is flowers.
For women – no matter how much she says she doesn’t want to receive flowers, believe me, she does.
For men – judge all you want but yes, I get my husband flowers. And he likes it! Who declared that plants belong to women? Last I checked, no one. So, go for it. He might just love it!
A Sweet Treat
You can never go wrong with spoiling that special someone with a candy or dessert. And if they’re a health-junkie, get them a healthy sweet treat! Yes, that exists.
When they walk in the room, something needs to say POW! Will you be my Valentine?? Ok ok, maybe not everyone likes a big gesture. I’ve given some different options for your special someone.
I know what you’re probably thinking, but my significant other is a guy! Will he really like getting flowers? Yes. The answer is yes. Try it and trust me.
That’s right, who knew that a movie made for 4 year olds could help a grown adult deep-dive into their emotions? I was so tired of not knowing where my emotions came from or how to handle them. I would react to situations and make decisions based on my emotional response alone. Someone cut me off? Anger. Then say unkind things. Unkind thing was said to me? Sadness. Take it personally. Running late to work? Anxiety. Speed up and text manager at the same time I was maybe going to be one minute late.
So, you get my point. It’s easy to let your emotions rule your thought process and then lead you to make poor or irrational decisions. Not to mention, recognizing and being more in-tune with your emotions can affect how often you feel those emotions. For example, someone cut me off? Empathy. Maybe that person’s rushing to the hospital. Unkind thing was said to me? Caring. I feel bad that person feels they need to put me down to pick themselves up. Running late to work? Indifferent. There’s nothing I can do about it now, other than get to work safely & let my supervisor know I’m running behind.
I’ve learned to flip my emotions to a positive. Well, most of the time. There’s no denying that we will all have bad or off-days. However, being able to recognize and navigate your emotions instead of them controlling you, is a freeing experience. How did I get such a good grip on my emotions? It takes practice and time. An everyday effort to be more self-aware of your thoughts, feelings, and actions. My first step to give you: watch Inside Out.
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What is Inside Out?
This movie depicts emotions as living beings within our heads. Joy, a yellow ray of sunshine with vibrant blue hair. Sadness, a short and blue droopy character who’s always moping. Anger, a red, mean-looking character with a very short temper. Disgust, a green, picture-perfect girl who can’t stand social awkwardness and bad fashion trends. And finally, the last character in the first film is fear; a skinny, purple man that’s afraid of his own shadow.
The movie follows a girl, Riley, from birth to her “tween” years (they left puberty to Inside Out 2) and her emotions during those times. By the end of the movie, one of the themes that I gathered is that our emotions are all there to help us in one way or another. Whether it’s anger or sadness, they each have a role to play in our day-to-day lives.
What are my “negative” emotions telling me?
As I mentioned, in order to hone in on your emotions you must first recognize them and learn to appreciate them. The section below will outline some emotions and why they may be in place to help you, not hurt you.
Can you believe that person cut me off? Why would he use that tone with me, I’ve done nothing wrong! This waiter better bring me some water soon or they’re not getting a tip!
We’re all familiar with these feelings, when your blood starts to boil and ears start to burn. That’s anger, frustration, and sometimes confusion. In the movie Inside-Out, Anger’s head literally light’s on fire when he takes over Riley’s emotions!
How could this feeling be helping me? Start to pay attention to what is making you angry. Is this emotion consistently coming up when you’re waiting for food? In this case, maybe Anger is telling you that you’re afraid of starving. Think of a time in your past when you went without food, what were you feeling then? Your emotions might just be a reflection of emotions or traumatic experiences that you’ve been through in the past.
Stress getting the best of you? Nothing some good ol’ stress balls can’t help with!
Sadness
Why am I not good enough? It hurt when they called me selfish. Will I ever be a better partner?
Man, sadness is a tough one. It was hard for me to believe that this feeling was doing anything other than tear me down. However, recognizing patterns of what kinds of things made me sad helped me to figure out why they were making me sad. For example, whenever my integrity gets questioned I take that very personally and generally get quite sad when my intentions get questioned. Once I recognized that my sadness was trying to tell me that I stand true by my intentions and feel bad when they’re questioned, I was able to stop taking those comments so personally. Instead, I question the comments made in hopes for more understanding.
Disgust
The reason behind disgust is pretty straightforward. Instead of the gross, moldy-bread I’ll take the fresh one. Instead of saying something that makes you “cringe,” maybe choose a more witty thought. This emotion protects children from poison, teens from social embarrassment, and adults from mis-matching their clothing or drinking car gas (despite the smell…).
Anxiety
In my opinion, anxiety can be the most helpful and hurtful emotion of all. Let’s start with a hurtful instance for example, social anxiety. Connection with other human beings is a basic human need, and unfortunately anxiety sometimes talks us out of being around other individuals. Another example would be when anxiety overtakes a beautiful situation. Let’s say you’re at a wedding, and all of a sudden those anxious thoughts of “what if I spill wine on her dress by accident?” Or “what if I make a fool out of myself on the dance floor?” Show up. Unfortunately, these thoughts are common for someone ridden with anxiety.
In my blog post 3 Attachment Styles & How to Overcome Them I give an in-depth view of what an Anxious Attachment style may look like. To give a brief summary, anxiety may cause you to consistently wonder if your partner is cheating on you, wanting to cheat on you, or just doesn’t love you at all.
Those are all examples of how anxiety is not benefitting you and your wellbeing. However, as my therapist asks me, “what are some more positive things that your anxiety could focus on?” At first, I was confused about this question. “What do you mean? Anxiety is only here to stress me out!” But then I watched Inside Out 2, and learned that anxiety can help me focus in on an important school paper, stay ahead of my finances, not forget my husband’s birthday, and so much more.
So next time you’re experiencing a strong emotion ask yourself- What is this emotion trying to tell me? And how can I flip this emotion to a positive learning experience?
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Jewelry
To be honest, no matter how much jewelry a woman has, you usually can’t go wrong with getting her more. There are, in fact, billions of different outfit combinations, and I’m sure she won’t mind having necklaces, bracelets, rings, and even earrings for each one.
Another safe gift list for your special woman. Something that she can hide away and every time she sees it, she thinks of the special Valentines when you gave it to her.
It’s not that you don’t want to spoil your girl. It’s just that Valentine’s Day can be expensive! After a gift, chocolates, AND dinner, it adds up. So, here are a list of gifts for her that were listed under $50 to help you not break the bank.
As you know, we love the cheesy stuff! Whether we deny it or not. This preserved red rose with a necklace to match will make her night! Not to mention it comes with a card and gift wrapping to make your life easy!
Here’s the deal, although fresh flowers are nice, there’s nothing like a flower that never goes away! Not to mention, this one’s dipped in 24 karat gold, which is pretty dang cool!
I’ve got another corny one for you. Although this is a little cheesy, okay maybe a lot cheesy… you can’t go wrong with a candle for Valentine’s Day. So, you might as well make it cute and lovey-dovey!
4. Antique “I can’t help falling in love with you” Music Box LINK
This is my persona favorite! They say the best gifts come in the smallest packages. This is a tiny little music box that sings the song “I can’t help falling in love with you” as you crank it.
This gift is definitely the most personalized of this list. So, if you’ve got a sentimental lady, definitely lean towards getting this engraved wooden box. Not only can you customize the engraving, but then you put whatever images you’d like inside that would be special to you.
Let me know in the comments if this list helped you out! There’s still some time before the big day, so if you comment your suggestions I can go out and search the web for more cheap ideas!
