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Checklist for opening your own crystal shop: 1. Love nature. Trees, dirt, and, yes, rocks. Loving rocks is important. 2. Be a curious person. Wonder things like “How can I reconnect with myself? And how do I do this thing, life?” 3. Meditate and visualize the future when life isn’t currently how you want it to look.
Bonus: Be named, literally, Diamyn.
The checklist is borrowed from Diamyn Rembert, the owner and founder of Diamyn’s Crystal Bar, part of Pause Cincy in Corryville. “When I graduated from college, nobody told me how hard it was to be an adult, and I felt hoodwinked,” she says. “I was just like, Why did this happen? It was so challenging.”
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Rembert studied journalism and knew she did not want to graduate without having a job lined up. She found a position as an instructional design associate—even though she knew nothing about instructional design.
She learned the job from scratch over five years, during which time she was promoted and began the company’s diversity and inclusion special interest group. Rembert loved the work so much, she started her master’s degree in educational leadership, which she almost finished. But when her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she had to reprioritize her time.
It was a time of transition—and of high stress. So she turned to crystals, which are used as energy conductors in everything from cell phones to televisions. They work similarly with people, Rembert says, helping us tap into ourselves and our energies.
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In addition to crystals, Diamyn’s Crystal Bar carries jewelry and crystal-adjacent products like sage, palo santo, and Florida water. Rembert is also a spiritual empowerment coach and a crystal healer, and she hosts sessions at the shop that focus on mental and physical wellness.
For those interested in crystals but unsure of where to start, Rembert calls amethyst a good beginner stone. It also happens to be the first stone she worked with. “Every morning before I even got out of bed, I would grab my crystal and hold it to my heart,” she says. “It’s essentially saying a prayer, setting an intention [about] how I wanted to feel that day, what I wanted to experience.”
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Diamyn’s Crystal Bar, 2908 Short Vine St., Corryville, diamynscrystalbar.com
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