Why are some days filled with joy and happiness while others are a series of disasters? Often the answer lies in what we choose to notice. Where the mind goes our energy flows. What we think about is what we will see, hear, and feel. Have you ever noticed when…
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Unified Approach to Well-Being
Resilience, Emotional Intelligence, and HeartMathTM Coherence for Personal Growth Importance of Self-Care I don’t know about you, but I want to be the best me. I want to feel the best I can and have the best health possible. With these things in mind, I have expanded my self-care routine….
Saving Our Healthcare System
I don’t have answers. I have ideas. I have questions. Saving our healthcare system means we all must come together to share ideas, needs, understanding, and ongoing learning. We need to understand our own needs and the needs of others. We need to be proactive and learn to be healthy….
What Will You Do and Be in 2025
It is 2025! 2024 has wrapped up. I hope you will shine brightly and live each moment to the fullest. I intend to make it the best year ever. I have taken time to reflect. I received guidance reminding me of the importance of reflecting and being aware of what…
Living with Autoimmune Disease: Part 3
Complementary, Alternative, or Integrative Healthcare Learning to cope with an autoimmune disease(s) or other chronic illness can certainly add to a person’s stress – just what someone experiencing any illness does not need. My number one recommendation is to be gentle with yourself. You don’t have to figure everything out…
Living with Autoimmune Disease: Part 2
Living Your Best Life: Reducing Stress – Relieving Symptoms Having been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, or any other chronic disease, if you are like me, the next step is to figure out how to live your best life. Our quality of life is rarely thought about until something changes…
Living with Autoimmune Disease(s)
My Story In 2013 I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, Primary Biliary Cholangitis. I had been feeling unwell for a couple of years to the point I was afraid I was going to die without knowing what was wrong with me. Now, years later, I am alive and learning…
You Can Get What You Want
Unlike what The Rolling Stones said – you can get what you want – or at least you can get what you need. And remember, be careful about what you want because you just might get it. You can’t always get what you wantBut if you try sometime, you’ll findYou…
Breathing: We All Do It
Are There Benefits to Focused Breathing? In this blog I share a few of my experiences with focused breathing, stress, and health and touch on the physiology of breathing and how the autonomic nervous system interacts with our breathing and stress response. Focused breathing isn’t just woo-woo, there is science…
Synchronicity: Focused Breathing and Essential Oil
Basil – Renewal I’ve slipped the last while and haven’t been doing my meditations, focused breathing, and exercise as regularly as I know is good for me. Sure, I have had a reason, I’ve been feeling physically and mentally exhausted. As a result, I was getting frustrated, easily annoyed, without…
Mid-Year Shake-up: Lion’s Gate Portal – What is it?
Mid-year shake-up or new year, your choice. I know we are past the middle of the year, but hey – close enough or you can start your year now. Afterall, what is time? I only recently heard of something called The Lion’s Gate Portal. It is astrological, spiritual, numerological, and…
Self-Care with Essential Oils
I recently did a ZOOM presentation with several colleagues to introduce participants to essential oils and some self-care uses. I am now sharing that with you. Check out my presentation at the following Self-Care with Essential Oils.pptx Watch to the end and receive a link to a free e-book: 100…
Forgiveness
There are numerous reasons to consider Forgiveness. Health benefits are only one. Forgiving someone does not mean you condone their behaviour or words. Forgiveness means you are choosing to put the hurt aside and move on with your life. Forgiveness does not mean you forget the hurt, again it means…
On Guard: Essential Oil
On Guard has become my essential oil of choice, day in and day out. Its robust and invigorating blend is not just an aroma—it’s an experience. With its sophisticated fusion of Wild Orange, Clove Bud, Cinnamon Bark, Eucalyptus, and Rosemary, doTERRA has mastered the art of comfort and serenity in…
How What You Do and Say Affects Others: The Butterfly Effect
“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” – Leo Buscaglia The Butterfly Effect, Chaos Theory, and Quantum Science have fascinated…
Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender oil is one of the first oils I used. I love the smell and something about the colour – lavender and purple – has always attracted me. One of my own theories about essential oils is that they are like wines, food, and art – we all have our…
Rose Essential Oil
The beautiful rose. I am drawn to the rose for several reasons. I was born in June and the flower of June is the rose. June is also my middle name. And my chosen last name, that of my husband. I believe the essential oils we choose need to be…
Managing Your Mental Health: An Insider’s Perspective
How can we manage our mental health if we don’t talk about it? The media has been encouraging us to talk about mental health and reminding us that “it is ok to not be ok.” But is that the reality? How well do any of us understand what it is…
Who Am I?
Do you ever ask yourself “Who am I?” A big question, but what is even more important is your answer. I am a mother, a wife, a grandmother, a retired RN, and a dog owner. I am a bit of an old hippie at times. I am a complex being,…
What Are You Thinking?
You Can Control Your Emotions Our minds are always working. Many of us meditate and can focus on our breath, or something specific such as the sounds around us, or the feel of the air on our face. But our minds are always at work. Some of our thoughts and…
Touch: Might it Be the Key to Our Well-Being?
Touch, One of Our 5 Senses Touch is essential to our well-being. A June 2022 edition of National Geographic includes an article The Power of Touch by Cynthia Gorney. This article updates us on the importance of touch and what is occurring in the development of touch sensation in artificial…
Being In the Zone
“In the Zone” or “Flow” is a state I enjoy. Or thought I did until I read that to get into ‘Flow’ I ‘should’ set a goal. Maybe what I thought was “Being in the Zone” or in a state of “Flow” wasn’t really what I thought. To me being…
Aromatherapy
Essential Oils for Personal Use I have many memories associated with a variety of scents and aromas. So, it is not surprising that I decided to take an aromatherapy course and become an Aromatherapy Practitioner. Smells bring back many pleasant memories. Are there scents that remind you of special people…
Order Out of Chaos: Bringing Care Back to the World
I first learned about order out of chaos, during my doctoral process. The current state of the world and behaviour of the people demands action to restore or create new order. My doctoral studies, in management and organizational leadership, revealed concepts I liked, Complexity Theory, Chaos Theory, and Complexity Leadership….
You Are Enough: 7 Ways to Overcome Feelings of Inadequacy
7 Ways to Overcome Feelings of Inadequacy What is inadequacy and how do you work through it? Have you ever struggled to feel good about yourself? Do you wonder if you’re good enough? Do you question whether you’re competent enough? Then you may be dealing with feelings of inadequacy. Many…