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.