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 know what you’re thinking… quit sugar? Lady, do you want me to be miserable? Quite the opposite actually.

I want you to find physical freedom and mental clarity by cutting out processed sugar from your diet.

And I can relate to where your head is, I’ve been there.

You may be thinking… I can’t do that.

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.

There is this brokenness that cuts at the deepest part of your soul.

Do you know the kind?

Its deafening.

Its like what it would feel like if someone broke your back against their knee. Breathless, horror, sorrow, pain, suffering, broken.

We all need support and community but don’t always know where to turn.

We have created the safe place for you to come to up level your health, your mindset and your habits! Think “online wellness center”!

Are you already all decorated for Christmas? Starting to shop? In the Christmas spirit?

Or are you just going through the motions to get to 2021?!?

I was in the camp that I just wanted Christmas to come so the year would be over! It has been rough. So many unknowns. I run into scared, rude people every time I leave my home.

As I started getting into my decorations and ornaments, though, with my favorite Christmas album playing, I can say I can’t wait! The spirit of Christmas has really kicked in.

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!

In this episode Kari and Sandra talk about what freedom means to them and want to know what freedoms mean the most to you! Go to thewellteam.com/quiz and fill it out so we can send you encouragement and resources!

Fall is such a great time of the year!

Pumpkins and leaves and cooler air are my favorite! Even here in Florida we get in the fall spirit! (Please send me pictures of the leaves changing, though! I miss that so much!)

The downside of fall is the beginning of cold and flu season. So let’s arm ourselves and our homes with natural solutions.

In this episode Kari and Sandra talk about how much we miss having connection with other people and tips to get some of it back!

In this episode Kari and Sandra talk about moving through the steps of change or grief that we are going through in 2020, when we lose someone, or when life just plain gets derailed. Be encouraged today!

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.

I asked many people in THE WELL’s community and the consensus is “yes”. Our weight seems to define how we feel about ourselves. You said:

“The scale makes me feel horrible".

“I think about my weight all day long… when people are walking behind me, when I try on clothes, when I’m at my workout, all day long.”

“The number on the scale sets if I will feel good or bad about myself that day.”

“I’m obsessed with weighing myself.”

Simple Steps to help with stress, anxious feelings and the pain that accompanies

Cavan Guenther, coach at thewellteam.com, has tools for stress and pain that you may not have thought of.

Are you moving your body!?!?

I will tell you the 100% truth, remember?

This is a SAFE PLACE FOR WELLNESS here at The Well. You can trust me.

Are you are feeling down?

Uninspired?

Full on depressed?

Sluggish?

Stuck in the comparison game?

Are you carrying extra weight from quarantine or the holiday season?

Here are some tips and tricks I've learned along the way:

• Have some basic tools on hand: a cutting board, a sharp knife, some glass bakeware, cookie sheets, some good pots and pans, some strainers, a veggie steamer that sits in a pot, A GARLIC PRESS!!, a splatter screen for when you put things in hot oil - this will save you lots of clean up, ohhh and a veggie chopper - allows you to chop onions without crying and may or may not help you take out the days anger on an onion (I have to laugh - we lived with a family when we were first married, in their mother-in-law suite… they always knew when I was chopping onions!) Having the tools you will need makes it much less stressful and daunting.

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”.

The narrative of the time has been for people to

WASH YOUR HANDS!

And although we have been surprised by how many people do not wash their hands on a regular basis, I believe we need other tools and strategies to understand and help support and strengthen our immune system.