MELANCHOLY August 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary If you live with chronic illness, then you know that maintaining hope can sometimes feel hopeless. Especially during the depths of winter, when melancholy can once again sink its teeth...
THE WITCHING HOUR July 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary "Insomnia is a kind of revenge for all those thoughts that you refuse to have in the day that are coming back to bite you." - Alain de Botton ...
DARKEST LIGHT June 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary Honouring the magic and mystery of the darkest light, the longest night of the year. Winter Solstice is a potent time of year, a threshold from past to future,...
ART THERAPY May 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary May is the month that autumn really urges us to let go of anything that may be to heavy a burden to bear as we descend deeper into winter. It...
FALLING April 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary Falling back takes a lot of trust, that whatever is behind you will catch you and soften the fall. As we change the clocks this Fall, taking back an hour...
SERENITY March 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary We all aspire to be calm, tranquil and peaceful but these can seem like lofty ideals when our lives are full of tasks, expectations and events that are out of...
ARE YOU AN ORCHID? February 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary "If the average person’s brain takes in 100 pieces of information, the sensitive person’s brain takes in 1,000." - Melody Wilding, Sensitivity Can Be A Superpower Some people are...
ENERGY, ENDORPHINS, EMPATHY January 01, 2025Wellington Apothecary What does energy, endorphins and empathy all have in common? Exercise. According to evolutionary anthropologist and metabolism expert, Herman Pontzer, we evolved to exercise. As we have evolved from ancestors...
EUDAEMONIA December 01, 2024Wellington Apothecary Eudaemonia is a Greek noun for the highest human good, derived from the words eû (good, well) and daímōn (spirit or deity). We use this word today to describe a life...
ANTHROPOMORPHISM November 01, 2024Wellington Apothecary From our biophilic perspective it may seem that we are attributing human characteristics onto plants, and in a way, that is exactly what we are doing! Now, before you brush...
FULL-BODIED September 30, 2024Wellington Apothecary How many times in your life have you stunted your growth, thwarted your goals or denied your desires because you didn’t feel good enough, capable or worthy of living a...
BEAUTY IS A FEELING September 01, 2024Wellington Apothecary My mum always told me to wear sunscreen and that I’d regret sunbathing once I got to my 30’s. She was right. But I like to live by Billie Holidays...