NorthStar Wellness

06/18/2026

🙏Thankful Thursdays! 🙌 A friend of ours is a reading teacher, and she’s helping us bring back the lost art of letter writing as a meditation on gratitude. Every week we will share a theme, a prompt, and a suggestion for who to write to. A simple letter template is pinned to our profile if you want a starting point.

This week’s theme is freedom and resilience, as we celebrate Juneteenth. We want you to write to a community leader or activist whose work moves you. Someone who is showing up, speaking out, or quietly making things more just. Tell them you see what they’re doing and how it matters to you.

Leave us a comment if you like this idea and plan to participate in our weekly prompts when you can!

There is something about gratitude in your own handwriting that lands differently than a text, comment, or email . 📝

06/18/2026

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06/17/2026

You go outside for five minutes and come back covered in bug bites? 🌿 We just got our new Murphy’s After Outdoors Balm in stock! Eucalyptus and andiroba oil calm and comfort irritated skin. No added fragrance and no dyes. It’s a tiny stick that fits right in your bag. Come visit with us and grab one!

06/14/2026

While we are very thankful all our Waller family mammals are safe, we are so sad that we lost at least one of our leafy green family members tonight. This is Misti 3, a tree my mom planted as child (a baby of the tree that my grandparents had planted at the old house they lived in before they built ours now) that has watched our whole family grow up. We are glad the winds were in our favor but will miss her shade for decades to come. 💔🌳

06/13/2026

Our store will be a little hard to get to today and will require side street parking, but we would like to invite you downtown today to join the Richmond - Missouri Area Chamber of Commerce’s celebration! Just remember it’s still a shorter walk from the parking lot at Walmart to the milk aisle! 😂

Reminder: Celebrate 250 Week begins tomorrow in Richmond.

There will be patriotic fun happening throughout the week, and we hope the whole community will join in.

June 8 kicks things off with the Duck Kick Off and finding ducks hidden around Richmond.
June 9 is Best Dressed House, so be sure to call the Chamber to nominate your favorite.
June 10 is Red, White, and Blue Day and You, so take a photo and post it.
June 11 is Decorate Windows, with businesses showing off their patriotic spirit.
June 12-14 is Fly Your Flag, so be sure to put your flag out all weekend long.
Then on June 13, join us downtown from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for the main Celebrate 250 festivities.

We are excited to see Richmond come together for a full week of community pride, patriotism, and fun.

06/12/2026

You know that soap in our restroom everyone asks about? It’s Zum hand soap, handcrafted in Kansas City with plant oils that leave your hands soft, not stripped. This Amber scent is warm, cozy, a little earthy. We carry it in several scents on our shelves. Come sniff your favorite 🧡

06/11/2026

Annie’s Ginger Elixir is back on the shelf! This one sells out fast and we get why. Organic ginger, honey, lemon and elderberry, brewed in small batches. Folks tell us it helps tummy troubles, achy inflamed joints, and keeping the sniffles away. Come grab yours early 🫚

06/11/2026

Masking is one of the most under-recognized parts of Autistic life, partly because it is so effortful and so invisible from the outside. Many Autistic people don't even realize they are masking until they learn about it and realize that not everyone else is moving through social space this way. For more on what neurodivergent camouflaging and masking is, you can check out Wednesday's glossary post.

Masking isn't good or bad. It's a high-cost activity connected to burnout, mental health difficulties, and increased substance use, and it also helps keep people safe and provides certain privileges that not all Autistic people have access to.

For more on Autistic masking you can read our full article on it (linked in comments).

https://neurodivergentinsights.com/what-is-masking-in-autism/

06/11/2026

Since we have changed booking software, if you’re having trouble booking online you will need to go through the “Forgot Password” process to create a new password in our Vagaro platform. We hope this info helps! 😅