Tamara & Company

We love a one stop wellness shop!

We’re continuing to grow The Renewal Room and find new ways to serve our clients, and we’re so excited to add massage therapy to our growing list of wellness services!

A little more relaxation. ✨
A little more restoration. ✨
A whole lot of renewal. ✨

Ready to relax and unwind? Text Heather directly at 240-417-4917 to schedule your massage!

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That's $60 in savings and 90 whole minutes just for YOU! ✨

If you’ve never been to Staunton, VA…

If you’ve never done a professional photoshoot with Amanda …

Well, I highly recommend BOTH! 😂

But here’s what I really want to say.

𝔾𝕠 𝕕𝕠 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔽𝕌ℕ!

💃🏻 Something that makes you light up.

💃🏻 Something that makes you laugh until your cheeks hurt.

💃🏻 Something that makes you want to twirl around in a ridiculously fabulous skirt... or three 🙃... in the middle of town.

I told Amanda I thought listening to some 80s music might help me relax during the shoot. What is it about a camera pointing at you that suddenly makes you forget how to act like a normal human being?! 😂 So that’s exactly what we did!

People watched, because who twirls around in a skirt in the middle of town?!

At one point, a complete stranger said, “You look amazing!”

I don’t know about looking amazing, but I sure did feel amazing! 𝕄𝕪 𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕 𝕗𝕖𝕝𝕥 𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖. 𝕋𝕣𝕦𝕝𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖.

When was the last time you did something just because you felt like it?

Not because someone needed you to. 🤨
Not because it was on your to-do list.🤓
Not because you were trying to accomplish something.😒

Seriously, when did we decide everything we do has to have a purpose? Can’t we just have a little fun for the sake of having fun?!

Okay, ladies, where are YOU on the FUN meter?

1️⃣ I’m already planning my next adventure!
2️⃣ I could definitely use a little more fun in my life!
3️⃣ Somebody hand me a fabulous skirt. I’m ready to TWIRL!

Drop your number below! And without looking it up, take a guess as to when Cyndi Lauper’s hit song was released. 𝕃𝕖𝕥’𝕤 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝔽𝕌ℕ!👇🏻

📸 Amanda Shrader Peters
💃🏻 THE SKIRT PROJECT®

There’s a lot more to these pictures than a messy living room…

I think one of the greatest gifts of getting older is the way our perspective can change.

Things that once seemed so important don’t always carry the same weight anymore, and… sometimes the things we might have overlooked become the very things we’re most thankful for.

Life isn’t always easy. Relationships aren’t always easy. And not everything works out the way we hoped or imagined.

But goodness, there’s so much to be thankful for right in the middle of it all.

Today, I’m just happy to have my family together, enjoying themselves. And I felt something I don’t ever want to take for granted.

Contentment. 💗

I’m curious… has getting older changed the way you see or appreciate the little things in your life?

Did you know that permanent lip color can actually make your lips appear fuller without adding any volume? 💋

Take a look at the area I’ve circled in the before photo!

Over time, it’s common for our lips to lose some of their natural pigmentation, especially along the borders. As that color fades, we can lose some of the definition that gives our lips their shape.

That’s one of the things I love about permanent lip color! By restoring color to those faded areas, we can bring back definition and create the appearance of a fuller, more youthful lip.

No added volume. Just beautiful color and definition! 😍

And how pretty are these lips from yesterday?!

Freshly done lip color will soften as it heals, leaving a much more natural, subtle result.

Let me tell you a story about a room full of women, a giant piece of paper, and one of the biggest light bulb moments I've had in a LONG time.

When Molly .balint announced the Soft Business Club retreat back in June, she shared her hope to “renew and inspire your hearts, your business, and your connections with each other.” I immediately signed up.

This week, I headed to Lancaster eager to learn, grow, and gain clarity about my next steps. And goodness, did I ever!

There was something so refreshing about being in a room full of women figuring out their next steps AND cheering each other on. So beautiful!

Then came day two and our hot seats with Mariah from .co. She pulled out a giant piece of paper and started drawing a diagram.

Y'all... LIGHT BULB MOMENT!! 💁🏻‍♀️

I've wondered how everything I love could work together.

Writing. Speaking. Business. Faith. Wellness. Creating.

How do I connect all those dots?

Here's what clicked:

𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙴𝙰𝙲𝙷 𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁. 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝙴𝙽𝚃𝙴𝚁.

💥 My Big Idea.
💥 My point of view.
💥 My ONE THING, as Molly would say.

Everything else can flow from there.

And I knew what belonged in my center.

𝚆𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙻𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚗.

Four words that have been taking on more and more meaning in my life.

Looking back, I see how God has woven every season, experience, and gift together in ways I never could have imagined.

The writing. The speaking. The businesses. The things I love doing, and probably the things I haven't even tried yet. 😂 They don't have to compete; they can all express the same message.

𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨.

I hope you'll take this from my little lightbulb moment: You don't have to have everything figured out. We can be so focused on what's next that we overlook what God has been doing all along.

I don't know exactly what this will look like yet, but I sure am excited to find out! ❤️

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There’s actually a much deeper story behind what happened at this retreat.

I’m sharing some of it in this morning’s The Weekly Exhale… the place where I spill all the tea.

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