The sun is becoming a distant memory and your patience with everything—including yourself—is wearing thin. These uncomfortable feelings related to the winter season are what is categorized as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
What is a Good Soda Alternative
Soda is a beverage that many enjoy, but it is also a drinking habit that many would like to quit. Breaking this habit is possible, and it can be an enjoyable experience. Soda was always in my life. I drank it with each meal, yes even breakfast some times. Really, is it any different from…
How to Eat a Pomegranate with Recipe
My Pomegranate Experience I’d like to tell you a story about my experience with pomegranates. When I first discovered them, it was during my third year of university and my roommate energetically brought one into the dorm to share with her roommates. She was so excited to finally find a fruit that she had been…
What are Hot Essential Oils?
What are Hot Essential Oils? Essential oils that have been given the term “hot oils” aren’t temperature hot, the term is referring to how these oils interact with your skin when applied. They can give a burning sensation, similar to how your mouth feels when you have ate a spicy meal. In general it…
How to Eat Healthy in 10 Easy Steps
10 Ways for Creating Successful Dietary Habits I could create a list of “Top 10 Ways to Make Healthy Eating Easy” for you to follow, but most likely the list won’t work. Instead of trying to learn completely new tricks that leads to frustration and disappointment when they don’t stick, observe your own daily habits.…
How I Manage Symptoms of Four Autoimmune Diseases
How I Manage Symptoms of Four Autoimmune Diseases I never imagined that this would become my message to share, disease symptom management. I’m not a doctor, so my story that I share is not meant to treat or diagnose, I just want to share my story in case it will be helpful. Feeling empowered and…
How to Follow the Alkaline Diet Without Cooking a Single Meal
Healthy cooking. It took me a long time to start eating more healthfully because, well, how do you cook a healthy meal? It was so foreign! If it comes in a box or packet with instructions, and has the word “Healthy” on the wrapper, no problem. To make a meal that is good for me, and…
How to Use the Get Up & Go Essential Oils Blend
LEMON + LIME + LEMONGRASS ESSENTIAL OIL BLEND Lemon, lime, and lemongrass essential oils can help to restore a zest for life by uplifting a low mood. Each of these essential oils can be used to clear mental fog helping you to focus more clearly and pursue the day with purpose. When using this in…
On Guard Cleaning Spray Recipe
DIY On Guard Spray The best household change that I have made is cleaning with doTERRA essential oils instead of harsh cleansers. By using essential oils to clean I am making the house smell fresh, not risking a sensitivity reaction to the cleanser, and supporting my health. doTERRA’s On Guard Protective Blend has a pleasant…
How to Harvest Pine Pollen
What is pine pollen? If you live near pine trees, you’ve noticed in the spring time that the tips dump buckets of yellow pollen on everything surrounding them. While this powdery coating may seem like a nuisance, it is nature’s way of giving a free nutrient dense coating to the surrounding ground. Last year I…