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Lifestyle Mindfulness

How To Get Unstuck and Reinspired

our latest offering from The Crystal Press Uni can help you out here <3

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feeling the dreaded influencer burn out?

feeling the pressure to keep up with the latest instagram trends?

feeling uninspired?

We’ve been there.

We started our blog in 2015, and within months we were working with major brands on huge collaborations and partnerships. For years, we worked during all of our free time on our fashion blog, The Crystal Press, doing what we thought we should be doing. We were making money and running a successful blog.

We didn’t even realize we were burned out until we went to create our class The Ultimate Guide to Getting Paid To Be Yourself. We took a step back and realized that we had strayed from our original blog goals. The class includes exercises for new bloggers like finding your mission statements and your WH.Y When we revisited these exercises ourselves we were a little mind blown. Without knowing it, we had caved to the pressure of comparing ourselves to others and put ourselves into the mold that instagram had created.

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SO, we basically took our own class as we created it and along with the exercises there and the ones you will find here, we emerged two pretty different creators. Our personal blogs took off as we realized our individual passions, and The Crystal Press has evolved as well.

There is life outside of instagram. There is room on the internet for you to reach your full potential, and get paid to do so! We can help you get back on your inspired path with the help of a few easy exercises.

NOT A BLOGGER? Just suffering from general burn out? This course is 100% for you too.

We’re looking at you >> super moms, burned out artists and creators, friends stuck in miserable jobs ETC ETC ETC!

Course Curriculum Includes : Our Elevated Monthly Calendar for Manifesting, Guided Meditations and Visualizations, Affirmation creation and journaling prompts.

READY TO DIVE IN?

Beauty Lifestyle Mindfulness

Eminence Organic Skin Care at Scents of Serenity

Eminence products are located at Green Spas all around the world, including local Richmond Spa, Scents of Serenity.

the crystal press eminence organics

As you guys probably saw on instagram, we are excited to be ambassadors for our local spa Scents of Serenity this year! Each month, we get to look forward to trying out their various services to tell you guys all about them. Additionally, we have been trying out lots of Eminence Organics Skincare products, which they use extensively at the spa.

Eminence Organics is a fully green company, whose products are made using the best, natural, Biodynamic ingredients. None of the bad stuff. All of the good stuff. They’ve got healing properties from vitamins that only nature can produce. When you use the Strawberry Rhubarb face mask, it actually has pieces of fruit in it. That’s how you know its truly organic. Plus, the smell! So fresh and so clean (I had to).

Another thing that we love about Eminence is that they plant a tree for every product sold and thanks to their collaborations with spas like Scents of Serenity they have planted 17 million trees so far. Their Forest of the Future program helps to support communities in developing nations, and we love it when a company has heart and is passionate about helping others.

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Cathclaire Lifestyle Mindfulness

Cathclaire Tips: How To Sage Your House


Cleanse your house, space, and spirit with my personal sage smudging routine.

the crystal press sage

I am a big believer in smudging you house with sage. I do it at least once a month around the moon phases.

Some people doubt it’s effects by calling it a placebo but ya know what, placebo or not – I don’t care. I don’t care because every time I sage a space – my house usually – the energy feels magically different. SO much lighter. Placebo or no placebo, smudging my house with sage is always worth it.

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Home Decor Lifestyle Mindfulness

Cathclaire’s Tips To Make Your Home Feel More Luxurious

With staying at home becoming the norm, making your everyday luxurious at home is an art you can’t ignore. Here are some of the ways I keep my days feelin’ luxe at home without having to do any heavy lifting.

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Faux Fur Throws: A faux fur throw is not only soft AF but also brings an element of glam to your space. Layer it over your favorite rug or throw it on your couch for extra texture. This white faux fur throw is in the front room of my house. I love seeing it immediately when I walk in!

Designer Coffee Table Books: While I have a slew of iBooks on my iPad & iPhone, I am a big collector of actual books and a big believer in the frequency of the ones I keep in my house. Designer coffee table books are no exception and are one of my favorite ways to add luxury to my home. For example, this Tom For coffee table book is luxe and larger than life. Each page brings luxurious feelings and inspiration to your home. See more of my favorite designer coffee table books here.

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Beauty Lifestyle Mindfulness Richmond

Plan A Spa Day at Scents of Serenity in Richmond

for anyone and everyone who loves a day at the spa, you’ve come to the right place at Scents of Serenity.

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We cannot tell you how many times we have gotten asked the question “Do we have any spas in Richmond?”

While we have semblances of spas around the Richmond area, we always thought that Richmond just isn’t blessed with a hotel with a killer spa by any means.

Enter: Scents of Serenity Organic Spa.

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Lifestyle Mindfulness

The Meditation That Works Even if You Think You Can’t Meditate

meditating isn’t for everyone, but it does have life changing effects.

the crystal press meditation

If you don’t meditate, I totally understand. Meditation is not for everyone… but what if I told you there was an awesome Youtube video that you could listen to while you sleep that would act as a meditation without ANY effort. Okay, you will need to go to Youtube on your computer or phone and put your headphones in before bed– but that is all!

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Cathclaire Lifestyle Mindfulness

New Moon vs. Full Moon & Manifesting

If you’re ready to jump into organizing your life around the moon cycles, be sure to grab our free download >>

*Elevated Monthly Calendar*

the crystal press new moon

The phases of the moon have always been fascinating to me. Over the past couple of years, I have really enjoyed learning about the phases of the moon and how to harness the natural power of the two most well known moon phases: the new moon and the full moon. During these two phases, the energy of the moon is most felt.

As I’ve said in several of my blogposts here and on cathclaire.com about the moon, mother moon affects the ocean tides, the growth of plants, and (among other things) human beings with her energy.

I’ve shared my full moon ritual here on The Crystal Press and touched on how a full moon is about completion.

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Mindfulness Rebecca Travel

Getaway Shenandoah : Relax, Recharge at Getaway House

Escape the city safely, to relax and recharge at Getaway House

getaway house

John and I went to Getaway House for the first time last summer, right when he got out of school.  It was the perfect way to kick off the summer.  This year, we decided to go right before he goes “back to school” even though that will look different this year. We have both been working our butts off for the past month and the Getaway was MUCH needed.

Back in June when we were reminiscing about our 2019 visit, I thought this would be the perfect chance to escape the city and have a mini vacation during the pandemic, as long as they were up and running and using safe protocols. Sure enough, Getaway has adapted to the times and is using extra safety precautions when preparing for its guests.  Naturally, the entire experience is socially distant, with the cabins situated apart from each other and if you don’t want to see anyone else during your trip, you definitely do not have to. (more…)

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