Wellness
This summer, don’t just pack sunscreen, snacks, and towels. Pack truth.
Whether you are headed to the beach, sitting by the pool, spending time at the lake, or simply trying to find a quiet corner in your home, let this be the summer you refill your mind with what is good, true, lovely, and life-giving.
When hardship comes, when negativity feels loud, and when your soul feels tired, Gospel-centered content can help clear the junk and remind you of what is eternal.
LISTEN FOR :
A faith-filled summer reset
Encouragement as a wife and mom
A new Christian reading list
Help replacing negativity with truth
A reminder to care for your mind, body, and spirit
Books that point you back to God
A practical way to refill your soul this summer
If you've spent more than five minutes on social media lately, you've probably heard someone talking about GLP-1s.
For some, they're being praised as a miracle solution. For others, they're being criticized as a dangerous shortcut.
The truth?
It's getting harder and harder to separate education from marketing, facts from fear, and real solutions from hype.
As women navigating midlife, many of us are feeling frustrated. We're eating healthier than ever, exercising consistently, trying all the things, and yet the scale won't move, our energy is low, inflammation is high, and our bodies seem to be playing by a completely different set of rules.
It's no wonder so many women are curious about GLP-1s, peptides, and other metabolic health solutions.
But before making any decisions about your health, you deserve balanced information.
If your self care routine still leaves you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained, you may be doing self care all wrong. In this blog, The Well shares how to create a true self care session that actually helps women recharge mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Learn practical self care ideas, healthy habits, nervous system regulation techniques, holistic wellness tips, and simple ways to reduce stress naturally without adding more pressure to your life. Discover the difference between distraction and true restoration so you can finally feel calmer, healthier, more energized, and more connected to yourself again. For busy moms and women seeking balance, wellness, emotional healing, and natural living, this is the reset your body and mind have been craving.
Ready to glow like never before? In this episode of the Glow Up Podcast, we’re spilling all the tea 🍵 on how to boost your energy, support gut health, and rejuvenate your skin — all from the inside out — with three game-changing doTERRA wellness products.
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Whether you're a wellness newbie or a holistic health queen 👑, this episode is packed with everything you need to know about how to:
✅ Hydrate smarter 🧂💦
✅ Balance your gut 🦠🌿
✅ Support youthful skin + cellular vitality 🧬💖
After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?
You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.
Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.
TOP wellness hacks for 2025… acupressure mat benefits, protein intake for wellness, walk with weighted vest benefits, supplements for energy and vitality, and creatine for women, Use collagen with NMN as a search-friendly term for anti-aging and skin health benefits, castor oil packs and Balance essential oils to lower your cortisol!
Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness. Abbie is more than a massage therapist. She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.
This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.
Anxiety is present in all of our lives for various reasons. In the natural remedy world, it’s easy to throw a remedy at a problem but sometimes we forget to get to the root of the problem. This episode is about providing you with the knowledge and tools to put anxiety in its place!
Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness. Abbie is more than a massage therapist. She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.
This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.
It's hard to refill, reset, and restore when your cortisol is out of control. This week's podcast is full of excellent and proven ways to reduce your cortisol and get a handle on regulating your nervous system. We're sharing 27 proven and effective ways to regulate your nervous system.
Denise is a woman on a wellness mission. As a health coach with many certifications, she has been working tirelessly for a long time to help people in her personal life and beyond.
Kari: tell us how you got started living a more non-toxic living health coaching lifestyle.
Denise: At the start of my story, I was married and my husband at the time was going to Iraq. I started having a lot of panic attacks. At first they thought it was something adrenal or cancer, I had several scares initially.
Are you holding your breath as we enter into August? If you still have school aged kids, we’re having to think about the routines and schedules that smack us in the face after a weird, different, or relaxed summer.
What if we did something a little different - what if we “Hold on to Summer All Year Long”? What if we take the freedom that often comes with summer and extend it all year long? I also know that as moms and homemakers, we’re getting set up for the wellness of our family:
Spiritually
Mentally
Physically
Educationally
How to make natural bug spray - a topic of interest every summer!
How do you pick a plant for a bug spray when it varies depending on where you live and what bugs you’re dealing with? You will want to have a general idea of what bugs are in your area because different bugs are repelled by different plants.
Most bugs hate the smell of peppermint, which is an easy recommendation. It’s great too because it’s a versatile oil that you can use for so many other purposes as well to get more bang for your buck.
Spring has sprung - let’s spruce up some self care as we run head on into spring!
Spring is special this year because it dawned early with Easter taking place the last week of March instead of mid-April. The hope of this blog is to spruce up some spring feelings because we all need a change of seasons. Every season has its purpose and is beautiful in its own way. Coming out of winter, with Easter you may be reminded of the newness of life and the renewal that is available to us through a relationship with Jesus. In a less significant way, spring is also a time to enter a renewal for mind, body, and home.
Here are the TOP 10 essential oils for every home:
BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW YOUR OILS ARE SOURCED.
Disclaimer: I am only talking about doTERRA essential oils where I know the strain of the plant, the sourcing, testing and purity. DO NOT use my tips with other essential oil brands!
And the top 10 are:
Lemon, Lavender, Peppermint, Oregano, OnGuard, Frankincense, Digestzen, Tea Tree, Breathe, and Deep Blue
We’re all striving for balance (it’s actually one of my favorite essential oils) but.... is it possible?!!!!?????
Balance between natural solutions and modern medicine?
Balance between using an oil for everything and never using natural solutions?
Balance between living naturally and being over the top about everything being 'bad'!?
Balance in eating healthy and indulging?
Balance in working out and rest days?
Balance in living 'healthy' and YOLO?!
Every day is a new day.
This episode is to challenge you to think about your time and your money in a different way.
This episode is about setting your intentions for the year that you weren’t expecting but might have major impact on how your year goes.
If you don’t give your time and money a job, they will be wasted.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
On The Well Podcast we spoke with Carla Arges who has lived with and come out from battling mental illness. This time, she’s sharing about her devotional book and we share some incredibly encouraging nuggets of wisdom regarding coming “Out From the Darkness”. Join us for maybe some surprising conversation about mental health and mental illness.
October is Mental health awareness month!
We are kicking it off with Kim Harter back on the podcast. Kim is Mental Health Counselor and helps women that are feeling
overwhelmed
exhausted
anxious
depressed
Are you feeling any of those difficult emotions? Maybe you feel like you’re drowning in them. We want you to know you’re not alone.
Encouragement
This summer, don’t just pack sunscreen, snacks, and towels. Pack truth.
Whether you are headed to the beach, sitting by the pool, spending time at the lake, or simply trying to find a quiet corner in your home, let this be the summer you refill your mind with what is good, true, lovely, and life-giving.
When hardship comes, when negativity feels loud, and when your soul feels tired, Gospel-centered content can help clear the junk and remind you of what is eternal.
LISTEN FOR :
A faith-filled summer reset
Encouragement as a wife and mom
A new Christian reading list
Help replacing negativity with truth
A reminder to care for your mind, body, and spirit
Books that point you back to God
A practical way to refill your soul this summer
If you've spent more than five minutes on social media lately, you've probably heard someone talking about GLP-1s.
For some, they're being praised as a miracle solution. For others, they're being criticized as a dangerous shortcut.
The truth?
It's getting harder and harder to separate education from marketing, facts from fear, and real solutions from hype.
As women navigating midlife, many of us are feeling frustrated. We're eating healthier than ever, exercising consistently, trying all the things, and yet the scale won't move, our energy is low, inflammation is high, and our bodies seem to be playing by a completely different set of rules.
It's no wonder so many women are curious about GLP-1s, peptides, and other metabolic health solutions.
But before making any decisions about your health, you deserve balanced information.
If your self care routine still leaves you feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained, you may be doing self care all wrong. In this blog, The Well shares how to create a true self care session that actually helps women recharge mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Learn practical self care ideas, healthy habits, nervous system regulation techniques, holistic wellness tips, and simple ways to reduce stress naturally without adding more pressure to your life. Discover the difference between distraction and true restoration so you can finally feel calmer, healthier, more energized, and more connected to yourself again. For busy moms and women seeking balance, wellness, emotional healing, and natural living, this is the reset your body and mind have been craving.
After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?
You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.
Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.
In this episode, we dive into two of the most profound aspects of our spiritual journey: who we say God is and what God says about us. Our understanding of these truths shapes our identity, our purpose, and our relationship with God.
Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness. Abbie is more than a massage therapist. She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.
This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.
Anxiety is present in all of our lives for various reasons. In the natural remedy world, it’s easy to throw a remedy at a problem but sometimes we forget to get to the root of the problem. This episode is about providing you with the knowledge and tools to put anxiety in its place!
Meet my good friend and massage therapist, Abbie from Rowan Wellness. Abbie is more than a massage therapist. She has such an intuitive way to work on her clients and this comes from her story of chronic pain and even grief after losing her sweet son, Rowan, at just 29 weeks.
This episode will warm your heart as you hear her story and she began moving through grief to help her clients again and she will share how important massage therapy is for your emotional and physical health.
It's hard to refill, reset, and restore when your cortisol is out of control. This week's podcast is full of excellent and proven ways to reduce your cortisol and get a handle on regulating your nervous system. We're sharing 27 proven and effective ways to regulate your nervous system.
Denise is a woman on a wellness mission. As a health coach with many certifications, she has been working tirelessly for a long time to help people in her personal life and beyond.
Kari: tell us how you got started living a more non-toxic living health coaching lifestyle.
Denise: At the start of my story, I was married and my husband at the time was going to Iraq. I started having a lot of panic attacks. At first they thought it was something adrenal or cancer, I had several scares initially.
Are you holding your breath as we enter into August? If you still have school aged kids, we’re having to think about the routines and schedules that smack us in the face after a weird, different, or relaxed summer.
What if we did something a little different - what if we “Hold on to Summer All Year Long”? What if we take the freedom that often comes with summer and extend it all year long? I also know that as moms and homemakers, we’re getting set up for the wellness of our family:
Spiritually
Mentally
Physically
Educationally
Spring has sprung - let’s spruce up some self care as we run head on into spring!
Spring is special this year because it dawned early with Easter taking place the last week of March instead of mid-April. The hope of this blog is to spruce up some spring feelings because we all need a change of seasons. Every season has its purpose and is beautiful in its own way. Coming out of winter, with Easter you may be reminded of the newness of life and the renewal that is available to us through a relationship with Jesus. In a less significant way, spring is also a time to enter a renewal for mind, body, and home.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
Do you feel like you have lost yourself?
Forgot what you used to be like?
Forgot what you used to do all day before you were changing diapers, shuttling kids, making snacks, and overseeing homework?
Motherhood is undoubtedly a gift. While you can enjoy being a mom to your precious children, it’s easy to get so caught up in being a mom that you forget to take care of your needs.
Here are my 7 signs you may have lost yourself in motherhood
Start over next month.
Start over Monday.
Start over in the morning.
I want you to know that you’re never truly starting over. You’re continuing tomorrow.
Whether it’s a weight loss goal, parenting a child with a difficult struggle, or pursuing your business dreams.
We get to change our mindset.
Starting over would mean we didn’t learn from what we did the first time.
We’re not starting over, we’re keeping going. But we’re continuing with the knowledge from where we’ve been.
On The Well Podcast we spoke with Carla Arges who has lived with and come out from battling mental illness. This time, she’s sharing about her devotional book and we share some incredibly encouraging nuggets of wisdom regarding coming “Out From the Darkness”. Join us for maybe some surprising conversation about mental health and mental illness.
Have you been putting off cleaning out the ________ (fill in the blank)?
The pantry.
The closet.
The linen closet.
The garage.
Your messy unorganized house might be the biggest thing keeping you stuck and feeling like the 'hot mess express'!
How to be a mom in 2023…
“Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, underestimate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed food-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalitaritan but also authoritative, nurturing but fostering of independence, gently but not overly permissive, pesticide-free, two-story, multilingual home, preferably in a cul-de-sad with a backyard. Also, don't forget the coconut oil.”
Motherhood is heavy. Even if you’re not normally a “worrier”, motherhood can keep you up at night because there’s just so much weighing on our shoulders.
Maybe we should make our own list for how to be a mom in 2023.
Are toxic relationships wreaking havoc on your hormones and causing anxiety?
Whether it’s summer travel and being around a lot of different people compared to your normal routine, or you have that one relationship in your life that has always been a difficult one and you can’t completely separate yourself from that relationship, I hope to share some helpful insight to work through these toxic relationships. (Notice I said, toxic relationships, not toxic people).
Nothing puts me into a stressful state like managing conflict and tension in relationships. Side note.. this summer, I’m working from home with all our kids home…. did you know that mothers who spend all day with their children produce MORE cortisol (the stress hormone) than 98% of the world's paying professions? Whew.
Below I have compiled a list of 40 biblical truths of who we are according to God. So, if you have been questioning your identity lately, these biblical truths are for you!
On a day where you feel unsettled, anxious, overwhelmed, or even depressed you can read or listen to these scriptures and remember WHO you are based on WHO’S you are!! That is truth, friend, and the truth will set you free!
Have you struggled to lose weight?
Are you in your 30s or 40s and find yourself feeling not like yourself?
Are you struggling with getting a solid nights sleep?
Has your doctor just prescribed a pill for you or your teen daughters difficult menstrual cycles?
We can relate! And that’s why we had coach Rebecca on to share what she’s learned on her journey. We hope this blog post will wet your appetite to head over to our podcast to hear what coach Rebecca has to share.
When you come to THE WELL I pray you find a clean, cold "glass of water" on a hot day.
You get this through hearing good news of God’s love, self care, natural wellness tips and nurturing the good things in your life to design a life you love!
Sometimes, though, there are things that need to be cut out. Toxic thoughts, products and habits that are taking over and are affecting your health.
Forgiveness is key to your self care plan
A lack of forgiveness in your mind and heart will sabotage all of the self care you are trying to practice. You can workout, skip the toxic products, eat well, all the things but if you have toxic thoughts and feelings from a lack of forgiveness in your heart you will be unwell.
How do you want to be remembered? What do you want your children to say about you at your funeral? What are your passions in life? Maybe you want to set new intention today to change what your legacy will be.
I want to be known for certain things. I want to make very clear what I believe. I break down these topics as I discuss what I want my legacy to be.
Are you trying to take better care or yourself but struggling?
Trying to lose weight but the scale isn’t budging?
Are you anxious and stressed and always feeling torn between “all the things?”
Do you feel lethargic after you eat?
Do you get headaches often?
Maybe your “trash bucket” is full and overflowing!
Self care won’t permeate you mind, body and heart fully until you get rid of toxic products, thoughts and relationships in your life.
Book a connection call and I’ll explain programs that will help!
www.calendly.com/karidaviscoaching
Sandra Daher, founder of SandraDeeWellness.com and “The Better You Project”, guides women through being the best version of themselves.
Find the best version of yourself through time blocking.
Sandra guides you to organize your life so that you’re doing what you love but also getting all the things done that need to get done.
Essential Oils
After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?
You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.
Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.
TOP wellness hacks for 2025… acupressure mat benefits, protein intake for wellness, walk with weighted vest benefits, supplements for energy and vitality, and creatine for women, Use collagen with NMN as a search-friendly term for anti-aging and skin health benefits, castor oil packs and Balance essential oils to lower your cortisol!
How to make natural bug spray - a topic of interest every summer!
How do you pick a plant for a bug spray when it varies depending on where you live and what bugs you’re dealing with? You will want to have a general idea of what bugs are in your area because different bugs are repelled by different plants.
Most bugs hate the smell of peppermint, which is an easy recommendation. It’s great too because it’s a versatile oil that you can use for so many other purposes as well to get more bang for your buck.
Karin, a former lawyer turned functional medicine nutritionist. She has been in the wellness space for the past 20 years. She’s the daughter of a doctor who found herself grappling with two autoimmune disorders, but found limited success from the conventional route of medicine.
Now she’s a culinary nutritionist who specializes in using food as an approach for wellness, in a family-friendly and accessible way.
In her clinic, she was seeing alarming statistics on the rise. She saw an increase in cognitive issues for children. In the US, 1 in 5 has mental health issues with a 43% increase in ADHD since COVID.
Spring has sprung - let’s spruce up some self care as we run head on into spring!
Spring is special this year because it dawned early with Easter taking place the last week of March instead of mid-April. The hope of this blog is to spruce up some spring feelings because we all need a change of seasons. Every season has its purpose and is beautiful in its own way. Coming out of winter, with Easter you may be reminded of the newness of life and the renewal that is available to us through a relationship with Jesus. In a less significant way, spring is also a time to enter a renewal for mind, body, and home.
Here are the TOP 10 essential oils for every home:
BUT FIRST YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW YOUR OILS ARE SOURCED.
Disclaimer: I am only talking about doTERRA essential oils where I know the strain of the plant, the sourcing, testing and purity. DO NOT use my tips with other essential oil brands!
And the top 10 are:
Lemon, Lavender, Peppermint, Oregano, OnGuard, Frankincense, Digestzen, Tea Tree, Breathe, and Deep Blue
We’re all striving for balance (it’s actually one of my favorite essential oils) but.... is it possible?!!!!?????
Balance between natural solutions and modern medicine?
Balance between using an oil for everything and never using natural solutions?
Balance between living naturally and being over the top about everything being 'bad'!?
Balance in eating healthy and indulging?
Balance in working out and rest days?
Balance in living 'healthy' and YOLO?!
Every day is a new day.
This episode is to challenge you to think about your time and your money in a different way.
This episode is about setting your intentions for the year that you weren’t expecting but might have major impact on how your year goes.
If you don’t give your time and money a job, they will be wasted.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
On episode 184 of The Well Podcast, Kari sits down to chat with mom, pastor’s wife, and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese. Gianna specializes in work with teenagers and adults but provides services across the lifespan. Here is a teaser of the conversation.
Our world today is not without life’s stressors. While we may not be foraging to find our food or worried about a bear attack out in the wilderness, we still have scenarios that put us into fight, flight, or flee responses. Many people assume we are born with the skills needed to deal with life’s stressors, but we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting, or emotional intelligence tools.
Does it seem like everyone around you is getting sick as we head into fall?
Here are some empowering tips to avoid feeling like a sitting duck this fall as we enter “sick season”. You can be proactive with you and your family’s health with a few quick tips:
We get asked often, what are your top 10 essential oils you reach for most often? While some people have their favorites that switch up the list, the following are deemed doTERRA’s Top 10 Essential Oils. Below we will explain why!
Quick tips for having essential oils while traveling!
Travel doesn't need to be toxic. You can use natural based products with essential oils to stay well and comfortable while you're away. Episode 160 shares quick helpful tips for traveling with oils in your toolbox so you can make sure you have the best trip you’ve been envisioning.
Do you need a cleanse?
Summertime is a fun season and we want to have energy and feel great!
But.... do you have
Cravings?
Have you been overindulging?
Feel heavy, bloated, sluggish?
Not going to the bathroom regularly?
Have skin breakouts?
Getting sick a lot?
Exhausted?
We all have tummy troubles from time to time! I know that after I eat out, when I’m traveling, when I’ve overindulged with fried food, I can just be miserable! Since teaching about essential oils, I have talked more about poop than I ever dreamed I would in a lifetime! If your digestive system is upset, everything is upset!
The best part of bringing doTERRA essential oils into your home is the
EMPOWERMENT
it brings! You get to ditch the toxins and know that all of your products are now effective, but also safe! Try these!!
When you start swapping out your conventional products with essential oil infused NATURAL products you won’t believe the BENEFITS!
When you get started using essential oils, KEEP it SIMPLE!! These quick 5 tips will help you!
I had grown up listening in Sunday school class that frankincense and myrrh were brought to baby Jesus in the Christmas nativity story. It wasn’t until I started using essential oils in 2013, though, that I began to understand why! I fell in love with aromatic compounds (that’s what essential oils are) and all the different plants that have essential oils.
Do you turn the calendar to October and get immediate anxiety, panick and dread?!?
As a mom, wife, business owner, lover of the Fall and holidays and pumpkins and coffee, I don’t want it to be this way!!!
But nonetheless, if this is you, you are not alone.
Are you trying to take better care or yourself but struggling?
Trying to lose weight but the scale isn’t budging?
Are you anxious and stressed and always feeling torn between “all the things?”
Do you feel lethargic after you eat?
Do you get headaches often?
Maybe your “trash bucket” is full and overflowing!
Self care won’t permeate you mind, body and heart fully until you get rid of toxic products, thoughts and relationships in your life.
Book a connection call and I’ll explain programs that will help!
www.calendly.com/karidaviscoaching
Remember those old mosquito killing tennis racket-like zappers? Bzzzz!
Have you experienced any of the following energy zappers!? These things zap your energy and leave you feeling completed exhausted and counting the minutes until bedtime.
When you hear the word LOVE, what do you think of!?!?
Your relationships? Your kids? Your partner? Sex? Dating? Sorrow for what hasn’t been expressed? Do YOU come up in your mind when it comes to love?!
The first tip to stay well at work is take care of yourself!
Lisa DePatie gives you tips to stay well through diet, exercise, rest and stress management, reducing toxic load and self care. Watch this video for her steps.
The holidays can feel threatening in many ways. You may feel the desire to put on a coat of armor and build a wall around your loved ones. Maybe your in-laws will be extra critical at family gatherings. Maybe your sister will make comments about the way you look or your Aunt Lolly will making cutting remarks about your parenting skills.
When people are together, hurt is possible and probable.
JUST BREATHE!
Don’t you hate when people tell you that? It sounds so simple and we are always breathing, right!?!?
NO!
The Virtual Fall Cooking Class with Essential Oils With Carey P and Kari is ready for you!!
I had soooo much fun partnering with Carey P to make these amazing fall recipes infused with essential oils and all plant powered ingredients. You will not believe how healthy and scrumptious they are!
Click here for cooking videos, recipe book AND the essential oils: https://calendly.com/.../fall-cooking-class-cooking-with...
Nutrition + Fitness
After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?
You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.
Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.
TOP wellness hacks for 2025… acupressure mat benefits, protein intake for wellness, walk with weighted vest benefits, supplements for energy and vitality, and creatine for women, Use collagen with NMN as a search-friendly term for anti-aging and skin health benefits, castor oil packs and Balance essential oils to lower your cortisol!
Karin, a former lawyer turned functional medicine nutritionist. She has been in the wellness space for the past 20 years. She’s the daughter of a doctor who found herself grappling with two autoimmune disorders, but found limited success from the conventional route of medicine.
Now she’s a culinary nutritionist who specializes in using food as an approach for wellness, in a family-friendly and accessible way.
In her clinic, she was seeing alarming statistics on the rise. She saw an increase in cognitive issues for children. In the US, 1 in 5 has mental health issues with a 43% increase in ADHD since COVID.
Start over next month.
Start over Monday.
Start over in the morning.
I want you to know that you’re never truly starting over. You’re continuing tomorrow.
Whether it’s a weight loss goal, parenting a child with a difficult struggle, or pursuing your business dreams.
We get to change our mindset.
Starting over would mean we didn’t learn from what we did the first time.
We’re not starting over, we’re keeping going. But we’re continuing with the knowledge from where we’ve been.
Coach Rebecca has 25+ years in the fitness industry and is living the lifestyle. She has a depth of knowledge to speak on this subject after coming alongside countless women to support them on their journey with health and wellness. She is well versed in many areas, but this blog’s focus is about weight loss specifically with regards to moving your body.
Weight loss is one of the top issues people are still grappling with, especially post Covid. Maybe it’s due to getting older, maybe it’s due to many women reaching perimenopause. It’s like a multi-factorial issue as Rebecca will discuss.
Are you ready to jump into living a wellness lifestyle but don’t know how to do it without breaking the bank? Have you been trying to wade in and make swaps, but still feel like you’re nervous about the budget taking a hit? Recently, on the Podcast, Kari and her assistant Ashley talk about how to do wellness on a budget.
They discussed these basic top 10 tips for saving money while investing in your health and wellness for you and your family.
Do you struggle to lose weight?
Maybe you’ve been working out and watching what you eat, trying to sleep more and stress less, and still the scale doesn’t budge?
Sandra, contributor at The Well, understands your pain and has felt the struggle for years until she discovered it was actually insulin resistance that was her issue.
It has taken a TOLL on our bodies!
Are you experiencing any of these symptoms?
Have you gained weight?
Have brain fog?
Low energy?
Rely on caffeine to get through your day?
Hair loss?
Skin and nails unhealthy?
Trying to drop a few pounds before summer?
Weightloss can be frustrating or it can be life giving if you work WITH your body and focus on vitality and strength and your mental health!
In this episode Kari gives 9 tips to lose weight the health way!
HIIT workouts are an amazing way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and tone at the same time! Enjoy!
Videos below will ensure you are doing them properly :)
HIIT workouts are an amazing way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and tone at the same time! Enjoy!
Videos below will ensure you are doing them properly :)
HIIT workouts are an amazing way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and tone at the same time! Enjoy!
Videos below will ensure you are doing them properly :)
HIIT workouts are an amazing way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and tone at the same time! Enjoy!
Videos below will ensure you are doing them properly :)
HIIT workouts are an amazing way to get your heart rate up, burn calories and tone at the same time! Enjoy!
Videos below will ensure you are doing them properly :)
Parenting + Kids
This summer, don’t just pack sunscreen, snacks, and towels. Pack truth.
Whether you are headed to the beach, sitting by the pool, spending time at the lake, or simply trying to find a quiet corner in your home, let this be the summer you refill your mind with what is good, true, lovely, and life-giving.
When hardship comes, when negativity feels loud, and when your soul feels tired, Gospel-centered content can help clear the junk and remind you of what is eternal.
LISTEN FOR :
A faith-filled summer reset
Encouragement as a wife and mom
A new Christian reading list
Help replacing negativity with truth
A reminder to care for your mind, body, and spirit
Books that point you back to God
A practical way to refill your soul this summer
As I prepare for early postpartum, I’m not trying to control every detail, even though this can be much easier said than done at times!
I’m stepping into this season with grace, knowing that recovery may look different from one day to the next. Some days may feel strong and steady. Others may feel slower and more tender. I’m allowing space for both ♥️
In this heartfelt and faith-filled episode, holistic life coach and podcaster Kari Davis sits down with Brittany Poppe, coach, to discuss healing after abortion and overcoming shame through God’s grace and unconditional love. Together, they explore how guilt, grief, and secrecy can keep women stuck—and how God’s message of forgiveness, restoration, and compassion invites true emotional and spiritual healing.
This conversation offers hope for women struggling with shame after abortion, faith-based healing, and reclaiming peace after past decisions. Brittany shares her personal journey of moving from self-condemnation to freedom, reminding listeners that no part of their story places them beyond God’s love or redemption.
If you are searching for Christian healing after abortion, overcoming shame through faith, or understanding God’s grace after regret, this episode provides encouragement, biblical truth, and gentle support. Whether this is part of your story or someone you love, this episode speaks to the heart of the Gospel: grace is greater than the past, and healing is possible.
Do you ever feel like anxious feelings are running the show?
Between busy schedules, constant screens, and life’s daily stressors, it’s easy for every member of the family to feel stretched thin. Anxiety shows up in different ways — restlessness, big emotions, sleepless nights, or constant “what ifs.”
What if you had a gentle, practical way to check in with yourself (and your family), notice where support is needed, and create a simple plan to bring more calm to your body, mind, and soul?
Ready to glow like never before? In this episode of the Glow Up Podcast, we’re spilling all the tea 🍵 on how to boost your energy, support gut health, and rejuvenate your skin — all from the inside out — with three game-changing doTERRA wellness products.
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Whether you're a wellness newbie or a holistic health queen 👑, this episode is packed with everything you need to know about how to:
✅ Hydrate smarter 🧂💦
✅ Balance your gut 🦠🌿
✅ Support youthful skin + cellular vitality 🧬💖
In this very special episode, I’m joined by my amazing stepdaughter, Teagan, as she celebrates her 15th birthday! 🎉 Together, we dive into an open-hearted conversation about what it’s really like being a teen today — from navigating faith and friendships to health, social pressures, and living between two very different homes.
Teagan shares her perspective on what matters most in this season of her life, what helps her stay grounded, and how she’s learning to balance wellness, identity, and connection in a complex world. Whether you're a parent, a stepparent, or a teen yourself, this honest and inspiring conversation offers valuable insights into building bridges across generations and households.
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
After Abbie lost her first son, Rowan, she never knew if she’d be a mother again after sudden infant loss. So having her baby girl with natural childbirth, she navigates old grief, postpartum naturally with essential oils and herbs, listening to her body
In this episode, we're talking about simple summer swaps that help moms of all ages step out of survival mode and into a season of ease, joy, and gentle restoration. If you're already feeling the pull of the next school year creeping up, pause here. Let’s talk about how to use summer as your soft reset — with nourishing self-care, low-pressure fun with your kids, and intentional choices that lighten the load (without adding a giant to-do list)
Have you ever found yourself exhausted by 9 a.m., and not just physically—but emotionally and spiritually drained too?
You’re doing all the things—laundry, dishes, meals, work, homeschooling maybe—but still feel like it’s never enough.
Sometimes the source of our overwhelm isn’t what’s on our to-do list—it’s what’s underneath it.
How to make natural bug spray - a topic of interest every summer!
How do you pick a plant for a bug spray when it varies depending on where you live and what bugs you’re dealing with? You will want to have a general idea of what bugs are in your area because different bugs are repelled by different plants.
Most bugs hate the smell of peppermint, which is an easy recommendation. It’s great too because it’s a versatile oil that you can use for so many other purposes as well to get more bang for your buck.
Karin, a former lawyer turned functional medicine nutritionist. She has been in the wellness space for the past 20 years. She’s the daughter of a doctor who found herself grappling with two autoimmune disorders, but found limited success from the conventional route of medicine.
Now she’s a culinary nutritionist who specializes in using food as an approach for wellness, in a family-friendly and accessible way.
In her clinic, she was seeing alarming statistics on the rise. She saw an increase in cognitive issues for children. In the US, 1 in 5 has mental health issues with a 43% increase in ADHD since COVID.
Do you feel like you have lost yourself?
Forgot what you used to be like?
Forgot what you used to do all day before you were changing diapers, shuttling kids, making snacks, and overseeing homework?
Motherhood is undoubtedly a gift. While you can enjoy being a mom to your precious children, it’s easy to get so caught up in being a mom that you forget to take care of your needs.
Here are my 7 signs you may have lost yourself in motherhood
On The Well Podcast we spoke with Carla Arges who has lived with and come out from battling mental illness. This time, she’s sharing about her devotional book and we share some incredibly encouraging nuggets of wisdom regarding coming “Out From the Darkness”. Join us for maybe some surprising conversation about mental health and mental illness.
October is Mental health awareness month!
We are kicking it off with Kim Harter back on the podcast. Kim is Mental Health Counselor and helps women that are feeling
overwhelmed
exhausted
anxious
depressed
Are you feeling any of those difficult emotions? Maybe you feel like you’re drowning in them. We want you to know you’re not alone.
How to be a mom in 2023…
“Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, underestimate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed food-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalitaritan but also authoritative, nurturing but fostering of independence, gently but not overly permissive, pesticide-free, two-story, multilingual home, preferably in a cul-de-sad with a backyard. Also, don't forget the coconut oil.”
Motherhood is heavy. Even if you’re not normally a “worrier”, motherhood can keep you up at night because there’s just so much weighing on our shoulders.
Maybe we should make our own list for how to be a mom in 2023.
Does it seem like everyone around you is getting sick as we head into fall?
Here are some empowering tips to avoid feeling like a sitting duck this fall as we enter “sick season”. You can be proactive with you and your family’s health with a few quick tips:
Do you struggle to lose weight?
Maybe you’ve been working out and watching what you eat, trying to sleep more and stress less, and still the scale doesn’t budge?
Sandra, contributor at The Well, understands your pain and has felt the struggle for years until she discovered it was actually insulin resistance that was her issue.
August is here and while for me that used to mean summer, my birthday, and vacations, it now means younger kids are getting ready for school and older kids are getting ready to… head to college! 😭
Back to school is an annually important topic for the wellness space because we want our children to have strong immune systems, be able to focus well at school, sleep their best so they can go to school rested, and learn how to have productive and sustainable routines to prepare for adulthood. We want our kids to be happy and healthy.
On The Well podcast, we spoke with certified sleep consultant Deneris, who has been supporting families with newborns through adolescence in their quest for better quality and increased quantity of sleep. She provides parents with tools, gentle strategies, and healthy sleep habits as well as accountability. While she specializes in pediatrics, you may glean some helpful tips from her knowledge.
Sometimes, though, there are things that need to be cut out. Toxic thoughts, products and habits that are taking over and are affecting your health.
What would you tell your 11 year old self?
Middle school brings all the drama, self doubt and curiosity about what in the world is happening to your body! I feel so much for these kids as their mom.
Adulthood brings many of the same concerns. Here is the list of things I would say to my 11 year old self, listen to the podcast for the full story ;)
How do you want to be remembered? What do you want your children to say about you at your funeral? What are your passions in life? Maybe you want to set new intention today to change what your legacy will be.
I want to be known for certain things. I want to make very clear what I believe. I break down these topics as I discuss what I want my legacy to be.
I see you mama!!
The keeper of the secrets,
Knower of the family’s schedules
Seeker of all the missing things
The cook
Boo boo kisser
The emotion healer
The cheerleader
The one that believes in ALL things 💗
You work so hard every day on all the seen and unseen daily tasks.
How do I truly know when I am seeking my purpose in life?
Writing this blog feels very full circle to me, so stick with me as I try to put the pieces of my mom brain together.
My husband and I recently celebrated our 10 year anniversary (during a global pandemic!) and as I’ve been reflecting over the last decade, I have been wrestling with my purpose.
We have never experienced a Back to School season like this one in 2020, have we?
Will we have school?
Should we send the kids or do virtual?
We they stay well?
Are we doing the right thing!?
Parents have had a lot of decisions to make and need a Daily Survival Plan for...
Back-to-School brings “all the things!”
From new shoes to new backpacks and new teachers to new friends.
From new schedules to new routines and new classrooms to new teachers.
And, as much as this “newness” can bring about all kinds of emotions for our kids, it can do the same for us, too, as their Mom!
I had no clue about Wabi-sabi until I googled “imperfect nature” in a quest to illustrate to my daughter that things can be beautiful even if they aren’t perfect. In my searching, I discovered Wabi-sabi, a Japanese worldview based on the concept that emphasizes finding beauty in imperfection.
Picture this. My daughter and I were sitting at the table and I had given her a matching letters activity. Her job was to find the matching letter, I would put down some glue, and she would stick on the matching letter. Several times after sticking the matching letter on the page, she started crying and exclaiming, “No, it’s not perfect, I want it to be perfect”.
You aren’t crazy! Many of us are feeling a little crazy right now. Listen as a great friend and counselor explains why you might be feeling “off” emotionally and physically! Is it triggering past loss? betrayal? grief? trauma?
“ Almost all trauma occurs under a certain set of circumstances. Victims are unable to escape. The circumstances or perpetrator invoke(s) fear in the victim. There is a power struggle that the victim loses – against another person, system, or nature. At some level, a betrayal occurs (I’ll have to explain that one in another blog!).
We have to eat and feed kids and families EVERY DAY, don’t we!?!? (Video below may help!)
If you take care of kids you know how many decisions have to be made EVERY DAY!
You have to think about ALL. THE. THINGS….. AHHHHH!……
*meals
*snacks
*dessert or special treats
*organic or not
*healthy or unhe
Do you know this scenario?!? If you are a parent I’m sure you do! The battle of the wills!
I have had the pleasure of giving births to three very strong willed children. They express their desires and ‘non-negotiables” very differently but nonetheless, I have been in this situation MANY, MANY times!
I have also been the little girl. Daily! I have a very strong will. I set expectations about the day or the outcome and I am VERY frustrated when I don’t “get my way”.
You too?
Your kids too?
Your partner too?
Your parents too?
Your “_______________” (fill in the blank) TOO!?!!?!
What do you expect!?!?
nfrared sauna may offer a relaxing way for women in midlife to slow down, recharge, and support overall wellness. In this episode of The Well, Jen Heller of Homes That Heal shares her powerful healing journey and discusses infrared sauna, heavy metals, thyroid health, weight loss, and practical sauna tips for women navigating perimenopause, menopause, and beyond.