A Refresher
When I think of the month of January; I always think of a month of and to rebirth, recharge, refresh, and relax. In honor of the 1st month of the New Year and my Birth Month I will be sharing a recipe for a healthy and refreshing drink that will not only make you feel good in the inside, but will help you glow on the outside as well. Although this is a recipe that my Maternal Grandma Callie used to make to share with her circle of friends when they got together once or twice a month to catch up and share their trials and triumphs and socialize; feel free to revamp it however you choose and to what best suits your taste and taste bud palettes.
Amazing Aqua Refresher(Serves 1 Pitcher).*
What you will need:
1. A Pitcher
2.1 Cucumber and 1 Lemon Washed.
3. Distilled or Purified Water( I prefer Purified, but if all you have on hand is Tap Water and you are alright with it then go for it.
Directions:
1. Fill a pitcher with cold Purified Water.
2.Thinly slice as much Cucumber as you would like; I usually only use 1/2.
3.Thinly slice as much lemon as you like; keeping in mind that lemons are bitter naturally; I usually use about 1/2 as well.
4. Add Cucumbers and Lemons to your pitcher and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes to combine, chill, and mix together.
5. Drink and Share.
* You can also add and or substitute your favorite fruits to your refresher with a sprig of mint if you want to change and spruce things up a bit if you are like me and like things more on the sweet side. Let Your Aqua Refresher cater to your personality and taste pallet.*
A Check In
It is already 2 weeks in the New Year of 2024 and time seems to be moving fast again, but I hope all my Fengshuiers were able to bring 2024 in a amazing, energetic, positive, and refreshing way. January 1st is always a exciting time for me because the very next day is my birth and born day and I usually choose to celebrate my Birthday and the New Year together by choosing to do something exciting and fun and this year is no different. Although I have a full-time career, job, and work schedule doing something I am and have always been interested in and love outside of building, focusing on, and growing my The Fengshui Brand brand Business, and Presence which is just 1 of my many passions which I do in my free and spare time; in between I try to factor in some fun, relaxation, and rest time as well as socializing. Anyone who genuinely knows me knows that I have always been a avid wrestling fan since I was a young child and my Dad would make sure that my siblings and I got to go to a few live shows here and there and that is what made me a fan of some of the biggest names in the Entertainment of Wrestling field. Going to live wrestling shows and watching wrestling on television was a way for me to bond with my Dad and see a fun and relaxed and Human Side of him. In 2022 I had planned on going to see a live wrestling event that was going to be close by where I lived, but all of fast and sudden life happened and started lifeing and I had to put all of my New Year 2023 and Birthday 2023 plans on hold. This year January 2024 I plan to celebrate my birthday by going to The Royal Rumble Wrestling event being held at Tropicana Field here in Saint Petersburg where I will get to see some of my favorite wrestlers in WWE history like Becky Lynch, Naomi, and Natalya of The Hart Family Dynasty and C.M. Punk, and Jey and Jimmy Uso and Roman Reigns of the Anao’I Family Dynasty in honor of my dad Darius Sr. and a as a birthday gift to myself. Fenghuiers; How has your New Year 2024 been so far?
Happy New Year 2024.
Happy New Years 2024 From The Fengshui Brand. May the New Year bring amazing things, clarity, contentness, goodness, happiness, joy, love and respect, peace, power, and alot of shooting stars and sunshine.- Amanda.
The End Of 2023 Is Near.
December 31st, 2023 is almost an afterthought and gone and January 1st, 2024 is almost here and with that comes a whole new beginning of the year. The end of the year is always a good time to focus on certain goals and milestones and your life that you accomplished or want to finish, and a time to reflect on what is most important and make plans and resolutions for the next and upcoming year. Sometimes as a human being and especially a woman we feel like we are stretched thin a lot of the time and seems like 24 hours in a day is still not enough to get everything needed to be done. Sometimes it is hard to find a balance that is healthy between home, play, and work, but it can be done with a little maneuvering. I personally have always liked to set certain goals throughout the year and give myself enough time to complete those goals and if it takes more time than I estimated to complete and finish those goals I go in and adjust and re-evaluate my game plan. When it comes to making New Years Resolutions most people focus on dieting and exercising and eating more healthier; I however like to set small fun resolutions like I did in 2013 when I decided that I would do my makeup and play in my makeup bag and start doing my eyebrows Blac Chyna/ Angela Renee White inspo and style, getting glammed up and wearing make-up a little more because it was a way to distract myself from the affects of Fibromyalgia I felt and had not been officially diagnosed until 2015 and connecting to and honoring my feminine side and my Intellectual Soulmate who always respects and sees the woman in me, and going out more and socializing in the community because I had been a homebody for more than a little while in my 20’s and 2014 when I decided to start cooking more and trying new recipe ideas to wake up my taste palette that had become so used to the same meals over and over again, or that time at the end of 2020 where I said in 2021 I would be learning to perfect my baby hairs which I am a lot better at currently, but still not where I need or want to be( I was better at this as a fresh faced 13 and 14 year old teenager :).Lol.)while going with the natural changes ebbs and flows of everyday life. In 2022 I went through a lot of peaks and pits ; some I could not control and in 2023 I am and was still dealing with the after affects of some of my highs and lows, but I am determined to continue to come out on top and be resilient in the face and midst of adversity. While doing these things I had to adjust my comfortableness and lifestyle to which I am now easing back in to what is the manner to which I have become accustomed and normal for me so in 2024 I would like to continue to build and maintain my business, career, familiar, personal, plutonic associateships and friendships, and romantic life back up to a place where I am content, ecstatic, and happy with, but also familiar in a positive way. Some of my short term goals are finding a car and vehicle that is efficient in every area including budget and finding a suitable apartment and or house that is in my comfort zone. Even as a child I knew change is supposed to be constant and their sometimes is a security that comes with familiarity and I am supposed to go with what feels and is the best for me under the circumstances and decisions whether I chose to change or choose what I am comfortable and familiar with. After I accomplish these short term goals; I would like to start dating again and start traveling again whether it a quick flight to Atlanta and or Savannah, Georgia or a Cruise to some exotic local like Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica where some of my origins and roots are, Mexico and or Puerto Rico. Fengshuiers what are some of your New Year 2024 goals and resolutions if you have any; or are you content and happy with where you are in every area of your life and don’t feel the need to change ? If you are content and happy with how everything is going in your circle, life, and world that is just fine too because at The Fengshui Brand you are free to be and do you freely and most importantly unapologetically.
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas From The Fengshui Brand.
Good Morning and Hello Fengshuiers! I hope that everyone has a Happy, Merry, Peaceful, and Safe Christmas and Kwanzaa 2023. Even if you do not choose to celebrate the holidays The Fengshui Brand hopes that you have a amazing, beautiful, fun, relaxed, and Fengshuid day.
Appreciative.
Good Morning and Hello Fengshuiers! The end of the year Holiday Season 2023 is upon us with Thanksgiving, Christmas, and then the New Year. Can you believe that 2023 is almost over just as quick as it began; What are some of the things that all of you Fengshuiers are most appreciative and or thankful for? I will start by saying that I am most thankful for myself first and foremost and my bright and positive outlook, determination and resiliency to bounce back in the midst of adversity, reality, and a few setbacks, I am also thankful for my health, a career I like ,love, and respect, and good and healthy boundary respecting family and friends who understand the importance of authenticity and genuineness. I am also very grateful and thankful to each and everyone of you who are going to take this journey with me on and through my The Fengshui Brand business, endeavors and oasis on a journey of absolute authenticity, awakening, elevation, enlightment, genuinity, growth, healing, peace, power, prosperity, rebirth, resiliency, revitalization, and renaissance, and zen. Once again I Thank You and Welcome You to my private and public oasis The Fengshui Brand.
Good Morning And Welcome To The Fengshui Brand.
Good Morning and Hello My name is Amanda and I want to first of all officially welcome you all to The Fengshui Brand. The Fengshui Brand is a concept I came about and started developing in my head in 2016. I had moved to a city about 2 hours and 200 miles from where I was living before to take what I called a indefinite hiatus to recharge, recover, regroup, rejuvenate, relax, and unwind from all of life’s demands and the Celebration Of Life and Homegoing of my Dad. I expected to move to this small Tourist City and it be a seamless and smooth ride, but instead I was met with a few bumps and unexpected curves along the way here and there.
I have always had a authentic knack for being encouraging, optimistic, positive, and uplifting so when I had to be in a professional setting closely working with a group of professional women who’s educational background afforded them the recognition and respect among their colleagues and male peers; I was taken aback when I saw how backstabbing, catty, dramatized, sabotaging and vindictive some of these powerful women were to each other for attention, cases, and just for the eternal hell of it. Although I saw this behavior as a child and teenager due to bullies and children who wanted to fit in that I grew up and went to school with and in my early 20’s from girls and young woman in the community and neighborhood who both wanted the same girl or guy romantically; but I did not know that this behavior existed in real life from woman in their 30’s, 40’s, 50’s 60’s and even older; I thought this behavior was only reserved for the most popular movies and rom coms, the most popular reality shows, and the most popular Telenovela's once a woman became of a certain age.
I have always been about Female and Woman Empowerment and Equality so it was easy for me to naturally come up with a way to keep the peace and unity among our young girls, teenagers, us young woman in the middle, and older females and women from all different and unique walks of life in the Sisterhood whether personal, professional, or romantically. Due to my Dad being a big part in my life I was instilled with confidence and self-esteem at a very young age and I was encouraged to be my authentic self , like, love, and respect every part of being regardless of who accepted, liked, loved, or respected it or not; don’t get me wrong just like the average human being I have crossed paths with certain children when I was a child and certain human beings as an adult who always had a negative air and negative outlook on life due to abuse, adult and childhood trauma, chemical imbalances, environmental factors, failed romantic partnerships and lack of personal and or professional growth.
I always have believed in myself through any doubt, hard times, and or setbacks in any area of my life and being relentless and resilient in my quest to be and become a woman that I most importantly, My Dad, Mom, Grandparents, Partner, and one day hopefully soon child of my own can always be proud of regardless of what the circumstances and outcome appear to be and look like. I want each of you who visit this brand, blog, and website to feel the same way each time you come here. I want each one of you to leave feeling clean, content, ecstatic and happy, encouraged, rebirthed, renewed, revived, and uplifted regardless of the day you have had.
Here I will share cautionary tales, feel good vibes, mantras, recipes, stories, coping mechanisms, emotional and mental health and self-care tips including my own, and some of my own brand and product merchandise for consumption and purchase . Officially welcome to my private and public oasis The Fengshui Brand.
Fengshui
feng shui
/ˌfeNG ˈSHo͞oē/
noun
(in Chinese thought) a system of laws considered to govern spatial arrangement and orientation in relation to the flow of energy (qi), and whose favorable or unfavorable effects are taken into account when siting and designing buildings. The way of wind and water.