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Author of Use the Good China, Darling!
The art of neuroaesthetic living
Lifestyle • design • storytelling • embodiment
Florida soul • old-world

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I’m reading the introduction to Use the Good China, Darling! in this reel.

It feels a little vulnerable to read it ALOUD, if I’m honest… but I wanted you to hear it the way it arrived to me…honest, unguarded, and right from the beginning.

The book is comprised of moments where life taught me about beauty, grief, celebration, friendship, loss, resilience, and the curious habit we humans have of saving the good things for “someday.” This book is about the moments we overlook, the tables we don’t set, the standards we abandon, and what happens when we decide we’re done living like everything is “for later.”

If you’ve ever found yourself waiting for the perfect occasion, postponing joy, or treating your own life as a dress rehearsal, I think you’ll find a bit of yourself in these pages.

The ebook is currently available for preorder for just $2.99.

And if I may ask a favor: preorders matter enormously. They help a new book gain visibility, reach more readers, and give it a stronger start on release day. Every single preorder truly makes a difference.

Preorder here:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H5RS7KG8?spcref=PUBLISHED_PREORDER_LIVE

Thank you for reading, sharing, encouraging, and believing in this little book before it’s even arrived.
❤️ taken in Northeast Florida, USA by @thevalwhite

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Let me reintroduce myself. 🤍

Not because you don’t know me — but because I’ve realized that what I do can look, from the outside, like a collection of very beautiful, very random things.

A nervous system course here. A coaching program there. Something about manners. Something about ancestors. A newsletter about living beautifully.

And I want you to know: none of it is random.

Everything I create lives inside one of five pillars. And together, those pillars form a single vision — a life that is regulated, refined, meaningful, rooted, and deeply, unapologetically yours.

✦ Nervous System Regulation — The foundation of everything. → NSR Programme + Spring Reset Ritual Guide (free)
✦ Aesthetic Living & Design — Beauty is a nervous system practice. → Mind Your Manners, Darling + Aligned Home Guidebook (free)
✦ Personal Standards & Discipline — Not restriction, refinement. → More To You (8-week private coaching with Adam)
✦ Spirituality & Self-Development — Growth is a way of being. → The Curated Life Newsletter (free)
✦ Heritage & Identity — Lineage moves through us. → The Ancestor Experience + Table Stories

These are not five separate offerings. They are five doors into the same house.

DM me the word HOME and I’ll send you the right starting point based on where you are right now.

Or visit valwhite.com/resources to explore every free offer in each category.

This is At Home with Val. And I am so glad you’re here. 🕊️ taken in Northeast Florida, USA by @thevalwhite

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DAY 3 — CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE

Light. Sound. Scent. How do you want your home to feel?

Today, forget how your home looks for a moment and think about how you want it to feel.

Choose three sensory elements:

🕯️ Light — candlelight, lamps, softer lighting
🎶 Sound — music, rain, silence, a favorite playlist
🌿 Scent — coffee, cinnamon, cedar, vanilla, a candle, fresh flowers

Then put them together intentionally.

Ask yourself this:
If my home could make me feel one thing today, what would I choose? taken in Jacksonville, Florida by @thevalwhite

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‘nuf said.

#supportsmallbiz #entrepreneur #quotestoinspire by @thevalwhite

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In today’s picture from my 7 Day Autumn at Home Challenge DAY 2 — USE THE GOOD STUFF - I’m using the ruby king’s crown goblet from the set I inherited from my grandmother… and my lovely little Queen Elizabeth II trinket plate gifted to me by @hoopenj … to drink my gatorade and hold my amoxicillin!
Not even strep throat can keep me from using the good china!

Take something you’ve been saving and use it today.

The good china. The beautiful glass. The fancy candle. The perfume. The linen napkins. The thing you’ve been waiting for the “right” occasion to enjoy.

Today, there is no waiting.

Use it.

And notice what happens when you stop saving beautiful things for some imaginary future version of your life.

Ask yourself this:
What have I been saving that deserves to be enjoyed today?

And, of course:

You are the occasion. taken in Jacksonville, Florida by @thevalwhite

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So much fun filming today! Stay tuned….

#filmingday #entrepreneur #dynamicgayduo #athomewithval #artbyadamp by @thevalwhite

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🍂 THE 7-DAY AUTUMN AT HOME CHALLENGE

DAY 1 — SET THE SCENE

Create an autumn moment.

Today, create one little corner of your home that feels like autumn to you.

It might be a candle beside your favorite chair, flowers on the table, a cozy throw, a stack of books, or simply changing the lighting.

The goal isn’t to decorate. It’s to create a feeling.

Take a moment to sit with it and notice how the space feels different.

Ask yourself:
What can I do to make this moment feel a little more beautiful?

In this photo : At my writing desk I have a beautiful mosaic made by my dear friend @glassartbygina
Designed a bit like a playing card the image on one end represents The Oak King representing the autumn and winter … on the other is the Sun King for the warmer months! by @thevalwhite

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TOMORROW.

7 DAYS.

AUTUMN AT HOME.

SEPT 29–OCT 5.

Instagram + Facebook.

$27 paid participation

🎁 Paid participants enter the Autumn Gift Bundle raffle.

FREE participation also available.

DM AUTUMN. by @thevalwhite

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#sundaysupper

Pepper encrusted rib-eye
Garlic steakhouse mash potato
Hot honey carrots
Pesto cheesy tortellini by @thevalwhite

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🌕 THE HARVEST MOON

There is something rather beautiful about the fact that the Harvest Moon was once a practical kind of magic.

Before electricity, farmers depended on its light to give them a few precious extra hours after sunset — enough light to gather what the earth had spent an entire season growing.

Tonight, I’m thinking about that.

Not just what do I want?
But what have I already cultivated?

The friendships.
The lessons.
The little rituals.
The home we’ve made.
The beauty we’ve learned to notice.
The parts of ourselves we once thought would never grow.

Harvest is not only about planting something new.

It is about pausing long enough to recognize what is already ripe.

So perhaps tonight, instead of asking the universe for more, step outside for a moment.

Look at the moon.

Take stock.

Gather what is yours.

Give thanks for what has grown.

And bring a little of it home.

Because a beautiful life isn’t created all at once.

It is cultivated, season by season, noticed along the way — and gathered with intention.

Happy Harvest Moon, darling. 🌕

— Val
At Home with Val taken in Greenland by @thevalwhite

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#saturdayvibes #saturdayathome

2022 / Asheville taken in Biltmore Forest, North Carolina by @thevalwhite

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