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t’s easy to lose yourself in the depth of grief
when someone you love dies. The first time
I experienced the raw emotion of loss was in
2004 when my mother died from breast cancer.
After spending time searching for answers, I made
quite a few radical changes to my life, and then
faced my fears and started my own creative agency.
Fast forward 15 years and the wind was knocked
from my sails again as one of my dearest friends
died suddenly in January 2019. We had spent the
last 20 years of our lives supporting each other
through life’s many challenges and just being there
for each other, no matter what. He was always
the first one to tell me to stop only talking about my
business ideas after using the phrase ‘one day I will.’
His death, like my mum’s, was a wake-up call.
I’ve always been convinced of the healing power
of crystals and, like many, I love being surrounded
“Sometimes you’ve got to stop
daydreaming and take that leap of faith”
Following great loss, Karen Davis was spurred into action
- she says death has a way of focusing the mind
by candles. When I’d first had the idea of combining
the two, it had stayed firmly on the backburner as
family life took priority. But I could hear my friend’s
voice in my head, “Sometimes you’ve got to stop
daydreaming and take that leap of faith!”
Within a month I’d turned my cottage kitchen into
an apothecary, banished the family and set about
blending, pouring and perfecting – three months
later my first collection of Serenity Scents soy wax
candles was hand poured and curing. From sweet
orange and chilli pepper to classic lavender and
bergamot, they’ve been crafted to capture emotions
and states of wellbeing, with a healing crystal
embedded in each one to enhance the process.
If you have an idea for a business, or something
that you know you want to achieve in life, don’t
wait, don’t find excuses, don’t say ‘I’ll do it
tomorrow.’ What if tomorrow doesn’t come?LIFE LESSONS
Karen Davis is a creative marketer whose range of healing crystal candles can be found
at serenity-lifestyle.co.uk Follow her on Instagram @serenitylifestyleuk