September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month! We asked our Living Beauty Marion to share her experience with metastatic ovarian cancer and how The Foundation for Living Beauty has helped her on her journey. Marion was diagnosed in 2006 with ovarian cancer and was given six months to live. She beat the initial cancer, but it […]
Transforming Your Home in Easy Ways By Hillary Lefebvre Fall is knocking on the door and it’s almost time for leaves falling, sweater weather (hopefully we get them sooner rather than later in So Cal!) and crisp cool days. Several years ago, you would have found me in the candle and soap aisles buying up […]
Self-Care in the Summer It is summertime! The sun is shining, summer flowers are blooming, and we are slowly beginning to emerge from the hibernation created by the pandemic. Summer is a time of relaxing and restoring our souls. We often forget to care for ourselves in our efforts to care for others. So here […]
Co-creating: Learn How To Work with the Energy of the Moon By Reina Alejandra Prado Saldivar I have been a follower of the moon cycles since I was in college. It began when I was in a Chicano studies course reading the work of Gloria Anzaldúa. She wrote about Coyolxauqui, the Aztec moon goddess, daughter […]
The Benefits of a Plant-Based Diet/Butternut Squash Soup By Elaine Bryan While there are many different styles of eating these days, as there has always been, research continues to validate the many health benefits of eating more plant-based. And quite a few of us don’t even realize that the foods we eat often have more […]
How to Detox Your Body Every Day By Harvey Slater, Holistic Nutritionist & Wellness Coach Have you thought about doing a detox but don’t know where to start? The word detox is flying around quite loosely these days. People are talking about it a lot! The word “detox” gets almost 30,000 internet searches a month! […]
Basic Tips to Improve Your 5 Detox Organs By Jovanka Ciares Your amazing body has natural built-in mechanisms for eliminating detoxing and self-healing. While your body is capable of eliminating the toxic substances that get in through or are generated through food, water, and other sources, that process can become overwhelmed by the sheer amount […]
The Foundation for Living Beauty provides wellness support to women with any type of cancer and at any stage in their journey. October is breast cancer awareness month and as we work to support our “Living Beauties”, we would like to remind you that early detection and self-checking is an important part of preventing breast […]
Let’s Talk About Colon Cancer Millions of people across the country are mourning the death of superstar Chadwick Boseman, who passed away at the age of 43 from colon cancer. So many of us were shocked, because the Black Panther we knew and loved kept his painful journey a secret. Those of us who are […]
The following blog post was written by The Foundation for Living Beauty Board Member, Brenda Smith. Brenda B. Smith is an L.Ac. Licensed Acupuncturist, applied Clinical Nutritionist specializing in Women’s Health and Stress Management and has been in private practice for 19 years in Pasadena. She wrote this blog for her audience, but the information […]
