Welcome to my lifestyle blog, where I write about my favorite things: pop culture, travel, career, wellness, fashion, friendship and relationships.
Enjoy! Dareise
All in Wellness
Meet Adrianne Munroe, wife, mother to two boys (Trey is, 6 ½ and Tristan is 4 ½) and a woman committed to her own growth and style as well as that of other women. She’s an entrepreneur, personal stylist, blogger and health coach.
What you're not going to do is rain on my parade! Such a powerful statement, but it can be easier said than done. That one negative comment or gesture someone says or does, can ruin your joy...if you let it. But, let me tell you how I've grown y'all.
By the time I was in my mid-twenties, I’d researched the power of scents and started purchasing scented wax melters to create specific vibes in my home and office spaces.
I still have a love and deep appreciation for aromatherapy and over the past five years, I’ve been obsessed with essential oils and the different ways they can aid in self-care.
We’ve come a long way from the days of having perms and presses being the standard of beauty for hair for Black women, but we still have far to go. I used to get so excited when I was an assistant principal and I saw my young middle-school aged Black girls wearing their kinks, coils and curls proudly to school.
Sheena recently released her first self-published book, the LovMore Journal, a self-reflection guide to “identify your willingness or reluctance to be vulnerable across all areas of your life.” It’s a journey through journaling to develop connection and meaningful relationships.
When you think of self-care, do you often think of massages, manicures, pedicures weekend getaways and nice, hot baths with no interruptions? Those are all great forms of self-care and until I was in my late 20s, I hadn’t thought about, or didn’t know about the many other self-care practices I could use to pour into and empower myself. Since then, I’ve discovered therapy, gratitude journaling, exercising and creating and using a coping kit, among many other tools, for self-care.
I was in my late twenties when I decided to try therapy. I’d always been excellent with self-reflection, ambitious and had a positive mindset, but for about a month or so after a few transitions in my life (job, relationship, move); I couldn’t tap into my spark like I’d done many times before, and I wanted a professional, unbiased view on why.
Five weeks ago, my usual preparation for one of my journeys to Wegman’s or Target consisted of choosing which sweatshirt, jeans and shoes were the most comfortable to wear as I walked around the store placing the items on my shopping list, and many that were not, into my handheld basket.
Four weeks ago, that preparation changed to include a face mask, disposable gloves, hand sanitizer in my purse and a mental shift to remember to stay at least six-feet away from other patrons and fight the impulse to pick up the candles and smell them, or the random kitchen gadgets that I don’t need, but may purchase (my apple slicer and garlic mincer were worthy investments, lol).
What a difference a week made.
