Exactly what images pop into your head when you hear the words “lye soap”? Does it conjure up pictures of a hardened hunk of white matter? Maybe it even crumbles when touched? Perhaps it smells like rancid pig fat? YUCK! That doesn’t sound too appealing, right? Wait! It gets better worse. Origins of the Stigma Maybe you see you see…
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My soap making journey began in one of the darkest times of my life. Life was like a charred debris field, the fiery consequence of domestic violence. What did I have to offer when all that remained of my life was ashes and rubble? There is nothing left, right? Wrong. Did you know homesteaders of old used ashes to make…
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Failure. Nobody wants it. In other words, we pretend it does not exist. Social media makes matters worse. We fill our feeds with the best view of our lives, for instance. Meanwhile, finding hope in failure becomes hard. Further, culture rewards success. Awards go to the best in the class, the most successful employee, and the first to finish the…
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