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2023 Winter Bucket List

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I don’t think I’ve done a proper Winter Bucket List since the twins were born. So here is my attempt at creating a 2023 winter bucket list that I can do with my husband, on my own, or with the twins!

2023 Winter Bucket List

Already Accomplished

We’ve already knocked off tobogganing, having a snowball fight, and building a snowman off the 2023 winter bucket list.

How To Make It Happen

So to make this happen, I’ll take the remaining items and map out the rest of our weekends this winter to ensure we’re getting things scheduled. After all, we only really have 2 months (maybe 3 if March is still cold) of winter.

Activities To Check Off

If you’re wondering what the Go Anywhere activity is, Mike gave me a gift for Christmas that is basically a date day and scavenger hunt all wrapped up together so I’m excited to tackle that as a day date with Mike.

We loved our dog sledding adventure in 2017 so we’re hoping to book one this year with Escape Huskimo again and take the twins.

I have cold dipping on my resilience challenge for January and I’m excited to do more cold dips in the comfort of our home. But after doing two Wim Hof workshops, we’ve joined a community that meets usually once a week to cold dip in the Ottawa River after cutting a hole in the ice 🙂 So I’m excited to join them this year.

From @jacobmark__’s Instagram

What sort of things do you have on your winter bucket list?

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Setting Up Essential Oil Stations Around Your House

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When I think about setting up oil stations around our house I think of success quotes.


“Set yourself up for success from the very beginning and then focus on maintaining that success.”

“Motivation gets you going and habit gets you there”


When most people get started using essential oils, they buy the starter kit, get the pretty storage box and fill the box with oils.

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The box then begins to collect dust. The oils go unused and you get frustrated about investing in a product that you never use. So let’s get those beautiful bottles of plant magic out in the open for ease of use. Let’s get you set up for success by having them out in the open so you can see them and be visually reminded to use them. This will get you using them more often and allow you to set up the habit of reaching for them daily. Let’s keep the excitement going from the moment you open your order to every day that you reach for a bottle.

Essential Oil Stations

So let’s walk through 4 key essential oil stations you’ll want to set up in your house. I have oil stations in the kitchen, bedroom(s), home office (or at work), and bathroom.

Kitchen

I have 2 stations set up in my kitchen.

Number 1: Oils for cooking or drinks. This is where I keep all the herb oils that I might add to soups or stews, like basil, thyme, oregano, etc. I keep citrus oils here that I like to add to water like Lime, Green Mandarin, Tangerine, and Grapefruit. I also have Cinnamon Bark and Vanilla Absolute here as we add these to warm drinks like coffee or the vanilla cloud drink I have in the evenings.

Number 2: Diffuser station. This is where I keep all the oils I like to diffuse in our kitchen. I keep Abode, AirX, Citrus Bloom, Balance, Northern Escape, Peppermint, and more.

I have accumulated my display cases over the years from the dōTERRA’s marketplace. There are also other great companies that offer different display options.

I like the 2-Tier Resin Marble Essential Oil Display by Oil Life (Oil Life Canada) or the Rotating Essential Oil Diffuser Stand (Oil Life Canada) or the Stone Essential Oil Holder (Oil Life Canada)

Since the new MetaPWR products launched in September 2022, I also have put these out on the countertop so I’m reminded to use them daily. I’m thinking of grabbing a tray like this from Amazon so I can organize and display them more easily and then move them around to wipe down the counter.

Bedroom

I have 2 stations set up in our bedroom as well.

Number 1: Roller Bottles on my nightstand. I bought the holder off of Amazon and actually have 2 of these in my home office and one in my bedroom.

Number 2: Diffuser station. This is where I keep all the oils that I like to diffuse before going to sleep like Adaptiv, Serenity, Lavender, Siberian Fir, and Roman Chamomile. I also keep a bottle of OnGuard & Breathe in the bedrooms for diffusing when we’re fighting colds in the house.

The key to your diffuser stations is grabbing a glass carafe and filling it with water. I love these ones from IKEA so you can easily fill up your diffusers instead of having to always walk them over to the bathroom to fill them up.

Bathroom

If you’re following along I tend to have 2 stations in each room. And it’s no different in the bathroom.

Number 1: Roller bottles, 15ml, 5ml, and face care

Number 2: Diffuser station. Here I keep 4 bottles that I love to diffuse as I get ready for the day: Island Mint, Malama, Sunny Citrus, and Citrus Bliss.

Since I only have 4 oils for diffusing in my bathroom I like the smaller display cases for just a few oils. I still need to get one for our new master bathroom. Something like this would be perfect.

Other options would be the Pixel Oil Display, the AromaTouch Technique Marble Display (this would be perfect because there is a space for a fractionated coconut oil bottle, which I use as a makeup remover), or a small natural wood mini essential oil display (Oil Life Canada).

Home Office

Can you guess how many oil stations I have in my home office? If you guessed 2 you would be correct! And while I do keep the beautiful wooden display box to house my extra oils bottles in my office I still have 2 other oil stations in the room.

Number 1: Roller Bottle Display

Number 2: Diffuser station. Here is where I have the blends I love diffusing for stress relief, focus, or fun blends that I like to make.

The 2-Tier Resin Marble Essential Oil Display by Oil Life (Oil Life Canada) or the Stone Essential Oil Holder (Oil Life Canada) would be perfect in a home office or work office as well.


The goal is to get them out of the box, out of the display boxes, and in plain sight for easier use.

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2023 Resilience Challenge

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I shared in my 2023 Goals & Intentions post that I wanted to complete a monthly resilience challenge in 2023. This is in addition to my 2023 self-reliance challenge that I’m repeating this year.

2023 resilience challenge

Because I’m a big word fan, I normally start blogs out like this by looking at the definition of the word.

definition of resilience

I’ve noticed since the twins were born that I haven’t been able to adjust or recover well from stressful situations. My stress response has been difficult to manage and I’ve found myself battling depression. I want to turn things around for myself before it gets worse. I want to consciously work on building my physical and emotional resilience through monthly challenges.

So every month this year I’m going to focus on one thing. The frequency might be daily, a few times a week, or weekly each month.

My 2023 Monthly Resilience Challenge

  • January – cold water plunges (3 x a week)
  • February – Wim Hof breathing (daily)
  • March – 10 pull-ups (daily)
  • April – 15 mins of daily sun gazing
  • May – weekly friendship dates
  • June – do 1 thing a week that scares me
  • July – reduce phone time by 50%
  • August – no TV (for a month)
  • September – no sugar (for a month)
  • October – daily prayer
  • November – daily time in silence
  • December – 10 push-ups (daily)

Similar to my self-reliance challenge, I’m trialing a new platform to document both challenges over on substack. There will be free and paid content if you’d like to read more about this year’s challenge you can subscribe to the newsletter.

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Essential Oils for Emotional Support

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Most people are drawn to essential oils for the amazing ways they help our houses smell better. Did you know that many people are drawn to essential oils for emotional support as well?

I’ve been teaching essential oil classes since 2016. And one of my favourite classes that I’ve taught is called Essential Emotions. In 2017, I partnered up with Camp Yoga as their exclusive dōTERRA rep. I taught 2 workshops during the weekend. An essential oils 101 class and a class focused on supporting our emotions.

Teaching an Oils Class

I miss teaching these in-person classes, so I thought I could share all the ways essential oils can support our mental health here on the blog.

How do emotions affect our physical health?

Let’s first understand why we would want to use essential oils to support our emotions.

But first a story… I met Deborra Cameron a few years ago now. I was looking for a Naturopath and I visited a clinic in downtown Ottawa that had a health concierge. I met with her and mentioned a few things I was dealing with. She then made recommendations for different practitioners I might want to meet. I did 15 mins meet and greets with a few health practitioners and Deborra fascinated me.

She was a reflexologist and qi gong practitioner AND so much more. She calls herself an intuitive reflexologist and I was soon to learn what that would mean for me. She introduced me to the concept of an emotional blueprint and how certain emotions can affect different areas of the body. One of my favourite quotes from her about page is “Once we heal imbalances, we provide the body with energy and room to heal itself and recuperate.” During our first session, after massaging my feet for a few minutes and without asking me any questions based on the reflexology she could tell that I had a lot of warrior (masculine) energy, but that I was lacking feminine energy. At the time I had just launched the Alpha Female podcast. She also labeled my emotional blueprint as “Love is Insecure”. After calling off a wedding in 2012 and leaving a toxic relationship it was definitely true.

If you read Deborra’s Cycle of Creation blog post, you’ll learn that according to Taoism, emotions are stored in our organs. Fast forward a few years and her cycle of creation chart really started to resonate with me. Over the past 2 years, I’ve been processing a lot of anger from birth trauma to being fired while on mat leave, to how I’ve been treated in the world during a pandemic. And it’s no wonder that I’ve been dealing with liver issues over the past 2 years.

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However, let’s back it up a few years to 2015. I was diagnosed with MS in December of 2014, and the following year, I read the book “When The Body Says No” by Gabor Mate (for which I did a book review). In the Chapter on MS patients, I was shocked to learn that many of Dr. Mate’s MS patients shared similar personality traits, potentially leading to similar ways of handling stress. And many MS patients had been in toxic relationships before their diagnosis. That’s when I truly started taking stress management more seriously and healing from many traumas. My eyes had become open to how stress management and our reactions to stress can really impact our physical health.

Around the same time, I found essential oils and dōTERRA. I was more curious about how to get better sleep and use the oils for green cleaning to reduce my toxic load. Little did I know that I was just beginning to open my eyes to the emotional support properties of essential oils.

How does aromatherapy affect our emotions?

Many research studies exist on the National Library of Medicine. For example this study on “Therapeutic Effect and Mechanisms of Essential Oils in Mood Disorders: Interaction between the Nervous and Respiratory Systems”

The favourable outcomes may be due to multiple mechanisms, including the regulation of monoamine level, the induction of neurotrophic factor expression, the regulation of the endocrine system and the promotion of neurogenesis. 

The simple way I’ve come to understand the science is when we use essential oils aromatically (ex. in a diffuser). We inhale the volatile aromatic compounds of the essential oil through our nose, into our olfactory system which is located close to the hypothalamus and the hippocampus. Which in turn interacts with our brain and our limbic system, and creates hormone productions like serotonin or dopamine.

Different sets of responses would be triggered, such as increased neurogenesis, regulation of hormonal levels, activation of different brain regions, and alteration in blood biochemistry, which would ultimately affect both mood and emotion.

Our body is so complex that this explanation doesn’t even begin to do it justice. Or allow you to understand the mechanisms by which essential oils support our emotional health. But when I started doing this research it was enough for me to see that essential oils could support my mental health. And it was up to me to become my own guinea pig.

The Emotional Root To Physical Ailments

When I first started researching essential oils and emotions, I came across this chart created by another dōTERRA wellness advocate. What I found fascinating about it was being able to match physical responses in the body, to the emotional root of the issues and then what essential oils could be used to support a new emotional desired result.

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As I mentioned above, I’ve been dealing with a lot of anger, and feelings of being stressed and anxiety. Depending on what physical symptoms are manifested, I will look to move from a potentially negative emotion to a most positive one. So if I’m working through anger and I set the intention I’d like to feel more comforted, I’ll look to grab Breathe (Easy Air – as it’s called in Canada). I’ll pop it into the diffuser and use guided meditation to feel more grounded.

In Deborra’s Liver and Anger blog, she writes: “By bringing awareness to the anger, we can allow it, judge ourselves less, and begin to see the anger begin to evolve to acceptance of others and ourselves.”

Just by simply acknowledging that I’m angry, journaling about my feelings, and meditating on the subject, I can bring awareness and acceptance to the emotions I’m feeling and not let them fester in my body and affect my health.

Essential Oils & Intention Setting

I’m a big fan of using essential oils as a tool in my healthcare tool belt. So when it comes to mental health I use essential oils in tandem with other tools. But even before popping an essential oil in the diffuser and doing a guided meditation I focus on the intention behind use an oil.

I believe intention setting is a powerful thing so I always pair intention setting with a mental health tool and essential oils.

Essential Oils & Stress Management Tools

Here are all the ways that I use essential oils to support my stress management habits.

  1. Essential Oils in a Diffuser + Guided Meditation
  2. Essential Oils in an Epsom Salt Bath
  3. Essential Oils on the skin after dry brushing before an Infrared Sauna session
  4. Essential Oils in a Diffuser before bed
  5. Essential Oils in a Diffuser + Breathwork
  6. Essential Oils used in a massage

My Favourite Essential Oils for Emotional Support

I have an amazing resource that I use to teach myself more about the emotional properties of oils. The Essential Emotions book is an amazing resource so here are excerpts from the book on 10 oils and blends and how they can support different emotional states.

Adaptiv: The oil of adaptability. This essential oil blend contains wild orange, lavender, copaiba, spearmint, magnolia, rosemary, neroli, and sweetgum. This oil was created as the “Calming Blend” to support anyone feeling anxious. This oil blend helps us adapt to stressors and fears in more clear, constructive, and confident ways.

Balance: The grounding oil. This essential oil blend contains spruce, ho wood, frankincense, blue tansy, blue chamomile, and osmanthus in a base of fractionated coconut oil. Balance helps us by staying present with a specific plan or idea until it is embodied.

Breathe (US) / Easy Air (CA): The oil of breath. This essential oil blend contains laurel leaf, eucalyptus, peppermint, melaleuca, lemon, cardamom, ravintsara, and ravensara. This oil can help address the inability to let go of grief and pain and become open to genuine love and healing.

Cheer: The oil of cheerfulness. This essential oil blend contains wild orange, clove, star anise, lemon myrtle, nutmeg, vanilla bean extract, ginger, cinnamon bark, and zdravetz. This oil is helpful for those who feel heavyhearted or feel weighed down.

Citrus Bloom: The oil of new beginnings. This essential oil blend contains wild orange, grapefruit, lavender, roman chamomile, and magnolia. This oil is also named the Springtime blend. It’s wonderful for clearing stagnant energy when a chapter comes to a close.

OnGuard: The oil of protection. This essential oil blend contains wild orange, clove, cinnamon leaf & bark, eucalyptus, and rosemary. This oil blend’s protective properties extend beyond physical by warding off negative energies, domineering personalities, and other harmful influences.

Northern Escape: The woodland blend. This essential oil blend contains black spruce, siberian fir, balsam fir, lavender, cedarwood, cypress, hinoki, frankincense, nootka, cananga, and clove. This essential oil blend provides a grounding and inspiring aroma.

Peppermint: The oil of a buoyant heart. This essential oil brings joy to the heart and soul. It invigorates the body, mind, and spirit. It can remind us that life can be happy. Peppermint can be felt most in times of discouragement or despair.

Serenity: The oil of tranquility. This essential oil blend contains lavender, cedarwood, coriander, ylang ylang, marjoram, roman chamomile, vetiver, sandalwood, tonka bean, and vanilla absolute.

Wild Orange: The oil of abundance. This essential oil inspires abundance, creativity and supports a positive mood. It can help us reconnect with our inner child and bring about spontaneity, fun, joy, and playfulness into one’s life.


Would you like to bring these essential oils into your stress management tool kit?


The Aroma Essentials Kit

The easiest way to get started with dōTERRA is with a starter kit. It’s the most cost-effective way to purchase, you’ll receive a free wholesale membership (with the ability to purchase oils at 25% off whenever you want) and free shipping.

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With the Aroma Essentials Kit, you’ll receive the 8 oil blends and 2 single oils that are described in this blog post with the Laluz Diffuser.

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Last but not least, you’ll become a part of my essential oil community. I send out daily text messages around essential oil education from diffuser blends to try to DIY recipes and more. I’d love to help guide you as you bring these tools into your life.

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2023 Self-Reliance Challenge

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I started a self-reliance challenge for myself in 2022. And I’m continuing it this year!

I really loved learning 1 new skill a month. It was enough to challenge myself but not too overwhelming.

Here’s a recap of what skills I wanted to learn and which ones I was able to tackle. The checkmarks are skills I started tackling and have learned a bit about. I’m obviously not an expert in any single one. The circles are ones that I just didn’t get to this year, or wasn’t successful in (that one is reserved for hunting).

2022 Self-Reliance Challenge

A 2022 Self-Reliance Challenge Recap

So how did last year’s challenge actually go? Well according to the checkmarks, I would say it was a 75% success 🙂 I learned a ton of new skills, ones that I’ll continue to improve upon this year and create space to learn even more new ones in 2023.

Sourdough Bread

I taught myself how to make gluten-free sourdough and have just recently started teaching myself how to make a regular sourdough recipe. I’m still learning how to make a regular sourdough but am proud to have stuck to improving upon this skill all year. It’s a lot to feed two starters a day so I’m hoping I’m more successful in regular sourdough recipes and can go down to one. I’m purchasing 1847 flour that does not include added iron so I’ve been able to eat these sourdough loaves of bread without any issues.

Canning & Ferminting

I have successfully canned pickles, beets, peaches, pumpkin, and “nomato” sauce. I use a water bath canning method and that felt very doable for me. I have also successfully fermented sauerkraut and carrots. I’ll continue expanding my food-preserving knowledge but feel very accomplished in this area in such a short amount of time.

Seed Starting

I successfully started seeds in March & April of last year. I was able to grow onions, cauliflower, pumpkin, cucumbers, watermelon, lettuce, squash, zucchini, leeks, kale, and cabbage. Let’s not discuss how many of them survived in the garden but at least I know I can start plants well! I didn’t end up growing microgreens. I just haven’t been eating enough salads to warrant growing these to add on top of them.

Gardening / Weeding / Composting

I had my husband build me 2 gardens. A long rectangular one and a square one with fencing around to keep our dogs and the squirrels out. We miscalculated the placement of the gardens this year and they just didn’t receive enough sunlight to provide the plants with enough to grow. We’ll keep going next year but move the gardens to a more sunny spot. My husband was saying he’d like to put them on the roof but I’m not keen on hauling buckets of soil up there to move them there. We considered even putting them in the front yard but have to look up by-law regulations first.

In regards to composting, I had wanted to organize a back area of our yard but just never got to it so I’m adding it to the list for this year.

Foraging

I took a really great workshop last year on foraging and identifying edible plants. With new book resources in my possession, I’m excited to continue learning in this area.

Volunteer on a Farm

I actually managed to do this earlier in the year while I was between jobs. I volunteered on a farm called Alpenblick Farm. My job was to move cow feed from the shed to the barn, make the feed buckets for the cows, feed the sheep hay, and muck sheep, goats, or cow pens. I learned a lot while I was there. I loved getting to know the owners and asking lots of questions. I was only there for a few short months but am grateful for the experience.

Homeschooling

While our twins are not school-age, I wanted to create an environment for them to start learning. And at 2 years old it’s super simple with reading, learning the alphabet, numbers, and crafts with their hands. I bought them a few key things that they use with us or their nanny. I also simply created a schedule for crafts so they are doing something different every single day.

  • Monday – Playdough
  • Tuesday – Messless Painting
  • Wednesday – Painting
  • Thursday – Colouring
  • Friday – Construction Paper Glueing

We also bought the Melissa & Doug My First Calendar so they could also start learning about months, years, days of the week, seasons, temperatures, weather, holidays, what activities they would do each day, and how they were/are feeling.

Seed Saving

I managed to dry and save seeds from cucumbers I grew and from squash I bought from a local organic vegetable farmer.

Knitting

I ordered two kits from We Are Knitters. In December I managed to knit half a blanket. I’ve got a pair of mittens that I’ll try next. Knitting is so calming and such a perfect stress-reduction tool. I’m putting it on the list again this year but specifying that I’ll learn how to knit a hat.

My 2023 Self-Reliance Challenge

So I’ll take the skills I didn’t learn in 2022 and tackle them in 2023.

2023 Self-Reliance Challenge

I’m trialing a new platform to document my self-reliance challenge over on substack. There will be free and paid content if you’d like to read more about this year’s challenge you can subscribe to that newsletter.

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