The Well - Life Coaching for Christian Moms- Combat Overwhelm, Stress Management, Holistic Self Care, NonToxic living, Essential oils

My new Aussie friend, Elyse Rooney, is here and she is keeping it real and simple to be proactive with your health, home habits and heart life to start 2024!  Elyse is a fellow doTERRA essential oil lover and host of the Wholesome Mumma podcast. She shares today how you can make simple changes in your health, home and heart to see massive impact and closeness to your Father in heaven.  My favorite...

Happy New Year!!   2024 is going to be an amazing year, I can feel it!  But before you feel discouraged not sticking to your new year's resolutions, listen to this episode! Your goals don't keep you motivated, but the feelings you want to feel do! Simplify your intentions by feeling what you want to feel everyday! And jump into the Facebook group and tell us all about it and also what you want to...

Hi friends, Merry Christmas!  From my family to yours I want to wish you a very blessed Christmas!!  I pray you are able to manage expectations, buck perfectionism, rest and create those traditions and focus on Jesus, the true meaning of the season! I'm so grateful for you all - whether you've listened to this podcast one time or since the beginning! I appreciate you all so much!  See you in 2024...

Stay well for Christmas!  There is nothing worse than fighting of sickness in your house and trying to enjoy the holidays at the same time!  I HAVE THE ANSWER! I used to get sick every Christmas but I have been following these 6 essential oil hacks for almost 10 years and now I can help my body fight it off! You just need this list of essential oils to make the recipes I discuss in this podcast ep...

Have you ever wondered why gold, frankinense and myrrh were brought to baby Jesus and what in the world is all the fuss about essential oils?  I hope to strengthen your faith in creation and the provision of God through this episode about the oils of the bible and a deeper dive into the Christmas story! If you don't have these gifts in your home yet, please get my favorite top 10 doTERRA products...

Are you gearing up for the stress and anxiety of the holiday season!? I know you have a lots to do! The decorating, shopping, wrapping, planning, baking, cooking and cleaning, cleaning and more cleaning! I get it! So don't forget to take care of you so you can actually enjoy Christmas and your family can enjoy you! I have put together a list of 8 gifts you can give youself!   Some take time, some...

You will get so much out of this episode with my friend and mental health therapist, Gianna Reese.  Gianna is a mom, pastor's wife, and works with children through adults as a therapist in MN. In today's episode she discusses how we are not born with healthy emotional expression, boundary setting or emotional intelligence.  We need to be taught these skills just like we are taught to ride a bike!...

The best part of spending some time looking into your purpose and what really drives you is the DREAMING!!! You look ahead and think about what's possilbe! What is the "why" that will keep you going on the hard days? What is the _____ that you have potential to create! The options are endless just delete and rewrite those "I am" statements that no longer serve you and then keep your eyes focused o...

It is impossible to live in purpose if you are empty! I see so many women thinking their purpose is go and go and go. Cooking, cleaning, driving carpool, volunteering, and then wondering why they don't feel excited about the future and completely depleted. Your purpose is not to run on empty. Your purpose is to recharge you so you can serve your family and other to a greater capacity that leaves y...

When is the last time you did a personal inventory?  What roles/responsibilites/ habits are no longer serving you?  When you give away your precious time for things that do not light you up you lose your sense of purpose.  In this 2nd episode in our Purpose Series we will start the inventory.  Finish it when you do the PURPOSE PURSUIT digital course:   IT IS LIVE!  This is a self paced digital cou...

Are you growing? Do you push yourself? Have you become ok with being "just ok"?   You should feel alive! You should be excited about something! Give yourself permission to grow Do something for yourself… "For we are his workmanship, created in Chrsit Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:10 Spend some time to find what God has planted in you...

I can't believe it!  My oldest turned 20 this week!   Are you the kind of mother you thought you would be?   Or, like me, have you found that a lot is what you expected and many things never could have been anticipated! Parening is such a joy!   Here are some of my takeaways from being a mom for the past 20 years! oin our WELL Facebook group for more support and encouragement to refill daily with...

If you have been using essential oils for a long time or you are still wondering if they "really work" then listen to this episode!  Kari has been using essential oils for over 10 years for everything from -green cleaning -aromatherapy and emotions -skin care -antiaging -blood sugar stabilization -digestive support -detoxification -mood management and more! Listen in to find out her top 10 oils th...

Mamas,  I know you are exhausted.  You struggle to get it all done in a day.  You NEVER STOP!  But guess what!??  Your family should be helping you!  I'm not sure why we, as moms, try to do it all by ourselves but we are doing our children an injustice.  They build confidence, organization and a positive self image by doing chores!   Responsibility builds Resilience!! LIttle kids can pick up toys...

Dopamine is known as the "feel good" hormone.  It gives you sense of pleasure and rewards.  The problem is we get little dopamine hits all day with our hours spent with dinging cell phones, notifications from social media and auto-shopping on Amazon.  What if you could get big doses of dopamine that don't add to our overstimulation and stressed, anxiety filled lives? Big, good doses of dopamine co...

Do you feel like you have lost yourself? Forgot what you used to be like? Forgot what you used to do all day? Signs you have lost yourself in motherhood: When people ask you how you are you tell them how your kids are. The state of your home is the state of your wellbeing/happiness. Not having sitter is excuse... maybe a reason as well but recharging is so important even if you have to pay for it!...

October is mental health awareness month! We are kicking it off with Kim Harter back on the podcast.  Kim is mental health counselor and helps women that are feeling overwhelmed exhausted anxious depressed Is that you?  She gives her top 7 tips for overcoming overwhelm.  Get better at self care! Learn how to let go... there is no such thing as perfection! Have grace for yourself and others Find jo...

Have you been putting off cleaning out the ________ (fill in the blank) The pantry, the closet, the linen closet, the garage? Your messy unorganized house might be the biggest thing keeping you stuck and feeling like the 'hot mess express'! Today on the podcast Samantha Brown is here!  She is a professional organizer and life coach and she shares how our space reflects the inside!  And "you are th...

Whatever the struggle, I don't want you to feel that you always have to start over! I hear women say this all of the time... "I failed but I'll start again on Monday." "I need to start this new plan because I got off track" I am all for setting goals, but maybe it is time for a mindset shift.   We actually get to CONTINUE ON! With the knowledge, the life experience, the training, the memories you...

Carla Arges is breaking down walls of secrecy and shame around mental illness.   She was on The Well Podcast before in Episode #82 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-well-health-and-wholeness-empowered-wellness/id1561466341?i=1000563991431 As someone with bipolar, trauma experience and borderline she explains so well that e veryone has mental health, tot everyone has mental illness! "Mental...

The Instagram post made me squirm this week: How to be a Mom in 2023: Make sure your children's academic, emotional, psychological, mental, spiritual, physical, nutritional, and social needs are met while being careful not to overstimulate, underestimate, improperly medicate, helicopter, or neglect them in a screen-free, processed food-free, plastic-free, body positive, socially conscious, egalita...

Everyone seems to be getting sick!  The kids go back to school and the whole family goes down!!  You can build a line of defense around yourself and your family!    Put good in!   Keep bad stuff out! Be On Guard!!    Use this link to order the Onguard products you want as discussed in this episode!  You can remove or add the products you need to keep you well this fall! https://doterra.me/Ritb5m _...

We will have to eat and have clean laundry and get to appointments each day, what is your plan to make it all work? I have come up with some systems over the years, but in the busyness of this fall and still wanting to calm my cortisol levels and take care of my own health, it has to be even more intentional! These are not by importance - except for #1!! #1  Schedule self care… workouts, date nigh...

Why do we guard a newborn baby with our lives but then don't give ourselves the care and then wonder why we are stressed, overwhelmed, out of balance and losing it!?? Pay attention to YOU! Just like a baby...  Your nutrition, Your sleep Your Poop and CHILL OUT! Make time every day and if you need assistance tackling some issues, please reach out to me and I'll connect you to the right person! hell...

Does back to school and fall schedules have you stressed out? OR what if you feel stressed and can't manage your emotions and even hormone balance and metabolic health because we are still in the after math emotionallly, mentally and physically from Covid?! I listened to a fantastic podcast with Rebekah Lyons (@rebekahlyons on Instagram) and it made SO much sense! Because we did not handle the tra...