Essential Oils For Home Cleaning

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Essential Oils For Home Cleaning

I love essential oils because they’re so versatile! I use them for cleaning. I diffuse them in my home to benefit from the oils in the air but also because they smell so good! I also use them topically on my skin for certain reasons. However you use them, they’re fantastic for so many reasons!

It’s spring time and that means spring cleaning is in full effect for many of you. Time to freshen up the house and open the windows! Essential oils are a great non-toxic option for many of the cleaning products that you use in your home. They are extracted from plants making them an all natural solution. Plus, their scent is fresh, natural and clean and won’t leave toxic residue in your home.

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General Vitamins and Supplements For Overall Health

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General Vitamins and Supplements For Overall Health

Should you supplement? That’s really the question. Although no supplements are absolutely essential, low intakes or even borderline low intakes of calories, macronutrients and micronutrients are more common than you might think. Of course, it’s better to get all of your vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, healthy fats and more from food but if your diet isn’t well balanced enough, it’s almost impossible. Unfortunately, over the years food quality has declined so many people need to add some basic supplements to get everything they need.

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Essential Oils To Diffuse For Stress Reduction

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Essential Oils To Diffuse For Stress Reduction

Who isn’t stressed out these days? We’re living in a fast paced, high energy world. Whether you’re feeling stress from work, school, family, friends or relationships, it’s everywhere. There are many ways to combat stress including meditation, deep breathing, yoga, massage, reading a good book and so much more. Essential oils can be a fantastic way to beat stress and ease your tension while you’re at home.

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Creating A Healthy Lifestyle: The Weekly Ritual

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Creating A Healthy Lifestyle: The Weekly Ritual

Creating a healthy lifestyle can be exciting in so many ways. The thought of a healthy body and mind motivates so many people. Thinking about it and actually doing it are two different things though. If you’re someone who is busy with life, kids, career, relationships and the various other things that can get in the way, you know that sometimes we’re thrown a curve ball.

Whether you’re trying to create or maintain a healthy lifestyle, lose weight, improve health and health markers or improve at a sport, chances are healthy eating, fitness and stress reduction are all part of the equation – or need to be.

I’ll be honest. I’m someone who has to be prepared or my week spins out of control – FAST. I always tell my coaching clients and fitness retreat clients that being prepared is half the battle. I developed my own weekly ritual to help me conquer food, fitness and fun. Check out my tips below.

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Top 5 Tools For Measuring Weight Loss

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Top 5 Tools For Measuring Weight Loss

You have a goal to lose some weight. Great! Now what? First of all, having a goal is a great start. Establishing both short and long term goals is a good idea to keep you on track. Setting a goal you can reach in a relatively short period of time (2-4 weeks) will help keep your mind and body in the game if you have a longer term goal. Tracking your goal is even more important so you know where you’re at. Here are our top 5 tools to measuring your weight loss progress.

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What To Eat When You're Sick - Foods To Boost Your Immune System

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What To Eat When You're Sick - Foods To Boost Your Immune System

So what should you really do when you’re sick? What should you eat when you’re sick? Do those same old rules “feed a cold, starve a fever” really apply? The truth is, there are some really great nutrition strategies out there to support your immune system so that you can either A) avoid catching an illness all together or B) allow your body to fight off that particular disease more efficiently. Here’s the scoop…

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25 Ways To Tackle Stress

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25 Ways To Tackle Stress

Stress – known as the silent killer is something we have to deal with on a daily basis. Stress comes in so many forms. Whether you have financial stress, partner stress, family issues or you were even late for work – stress manages to show up in big and small ways.

It’s important to deal with stress right away so it doesn’t build up causing more serious issues. First, you’ve got to determine the types of stress you have so you can begin the process of ridding that type of stress or at least managing it. Some

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6 Simple Weight Loss Tips

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6 Simple Weight Loss Tips

Weight loss can be challenging for many people. It can be confusing in terms of what you should and shouldn’t do. There is so much information floating around about losing weight and every article claims to have the magic ingredient for weight loss.

Most of the time, it goes back to good old fashioned eating sensibly and moving your body. Eating healthy and working out are a great start but it’s important to understand how to do that safely. Sometimes, it’s a matter of changing just a few simple things. These simple tips can help get you going in the right direction.

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