On Saturday 10/22 at 10:30 a.m., we will host “Breakfast in Bed with The Diva,” an event to officially announce Toma Clark Haines, The Antiques Diva, as our Brand Ambassador. Champagne and light bites will be served as Toma unveils The Diva Bed, which she will create from our vast store of antique linens. The […]
Regenerate and recharge: these two important watchwords jumped out at me from Arianna Huffington’s introduction to her book Thrive, the subtitle (The Third Metric to Redefining and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder) is a long but very evocative one that expresses her discovery as to why she had reached such a […]
Every once in a while I decide to Google how stress is affecting our culture and, more often than not, the information makes me want to crawl into bed! Workplace burnout is not a new subject, I say to myself, so why aren’t busy professionals getting it? Though anyone can experience burnout, there are a number […]
Have you ever bumped into one of those hardcore corporate leaders who give no credence to the fact that wellness benefits the bottom line? My reaction each time I have one of them walk into my stand at Round Top Antiques Fair or my booth at High Point Market? I want to put them into […]
A curious piece I read in The New Yorker last summer, “How Trees Calm Us Down,” is an insightful exploration about how leafy expanses bring healing more quickly than manmade constructs. The article, insightfully written by Alex Hutchinson, opens with an anecdote about patients who were recovering from gallbladder surgery. The people whose hospital windows […]
How would you rate your sleep IQ? The National Sleep Foundation (NSF) has curated a list of 25 facts about sleep (or the lack thereof) that brought new awareness to light for me. I bet most of you know at least a handful of them whether you embrace them as a part of your nightly […]
The subtitle for the beautiful magazine “Where Women Create” is “Inspiring Work Spaces of Extraordinary Women.” Imagine how honored I am to have recently been featured between the covers of the spring 2016 issue! I gleaned the attention of the publication during the Round Top Antiques Fair in Texas when I was putting people between […]
I can’t tell you how many fascinating conversations I have had with Dr. Steven M. Hamilton, a renowned plastic surgeon based in Houston, Texas. Our exchanges encompass how sleep deprivation ages humans prematurely and how reversing premature aging is such intensive work. He’s an expert on this subject, knowledge he has gleaned during the untold […]
I’d like to be the first to welcome you to our corner of the blogosphere, an address I hope will provide you with rejuvenation and inspiration for living a balanced life. I’m Pandora de Balthazár, and my aim is to help readers experience wellness, balance, beauty, romance and nurturing. My desire to do so stems […]