From Our Founder, Jerusalem Truth:
In Spring 2020, the idea for Temperance Candle Company was born while searching for holistic ways to help my mother with her chronic migraines, and looking for unique care package ideas to send to friends and family during quarantine. I came across aromatherapy as an alternative, and decided to try and make her candles with fragrances known for aiding with migraines. Then, thinking about all the other people that were not receiving the medicine or treatments necessary to maintain their daily lives, I noticed the various ways modern medicine tries to solve the health dilemmas people may experience. True healing is a continuous journey that people undertake everyday, and cannot be prescribed away. Temperance candles provide people the space to consider their whole selves when lighting them.
Temperance Candle Company grew out of a desire to aid people in their spiritual, mental, and emotional health journeys by providing small batch candles intended to inspire self reflection, growth, and positive change within one's life. Temperance Candle Company was founded out of a desire to provide even the smallest contribution to the betterment of the lives of those who seek to heal and thrive, even and especially when the world does not want them to do so. And in the words of Audre Lorde, “Our visions begin with our desires.”