About me + Slow Living
Hi! It’s me, Monique
I am the owner-artist-esthetician and Leisure Evangelist at Alchemy
(The pup is Fern- scroll down to our pic together)
I make beautiful things slowly because I cannot ‘office’. My first degree is in Recreation and Leisure Studies, I am a licensed esthetician, and I believe in science and magic. Life-long learning is a passion of mine.
The first products I created I made for myself more than 25 years ago because I love the aromatics and herbal properties of plants. I’m still chasing the smells and often do experimental distillations ‘just for fun’.
One of my favorite ways to meet new people is by taking hands-on workshops.
A bit of a home-body, you’re likely to find me nesting in some fashion; small home-improvement projects, knitting or gardening.
My husband and I have been together for thirty years, we love to travel; we’ve raised two kids; we share our home with two rescue dogs.
This quote defines one of my core values:
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
WHAT IS SLOW LIVING?
It’s a radical lifestyle in a culture that considers BUSY the norm and exhaustion a status.
Embracing SLOW is about creating a more contented life by:
re-claiming your leisure time
de-emphasizing “JOB” as a defining metric
acknowledging wellness has more worth than your ‘net’
SLOW is an accessible way of balancing time and energy in daily life and values non-work time and work time.