Thrive Simply

ZenGest is by far one of my favourite blends from dōTERRA. It's a digestion blend that is a combination of ginger, peppermint , caraway, coriander, anise, tarragon and fennel. It has a sweet licorice scent to it because of the anise and fennel, but it's mild enough that a black-licorice-hater like me can handle it! haha When I was getting my oils from a different company in the past, I had tried the other company's digestion blend, but I really didn't identify with the scent of the oil. This one, on the other hand, is instantly comforting and is extremely effective. Essential oils are used aromatically, topically and internally. Aromatically, ZenGest is great for motion sickness and a friend of mine has had great success using it  aromatically (by diffusing it) to calm her morning sickness in early pregnancy. Topically, I use ZenGest in a roller bottle on my abdomen when I feel bloated or "just not quite right." My husband uses it for the same, and we...

Since my children don't love to eat meat and pulses and they go to a nut-free school, it's challenging to come up with protein-rich foods that they'll happily take in their lunches. I also find it challenging to keep my tank full with the running, cycling and Ultimate that I do. These wild orange energy bites are fantastic for give us the power and protein boost we need. They're also sweet, so they satisfy our sweet tooth, too! The original recipe is from the dōTERRA blog and it's delicious when you follow it exactly as it's written.  I tweaked the recipe a bit because I need it to be nut-free and also because we don't need them to be quite as sweet and I like having more coconut to keep them from sticking.  The ingredients are pretty simple - Wow Butter, dried cranberries, shredded coconut, chia seeds, honey, pinch of salt and some wild orange essential oil.  To make these guys, you just combine all the ingredients (except for approximately 3/...

No one likes having a cold, but they are especially annoying when they come on just as the weather is  becoming beautiful. Everyone else is enjoying the smell of blossoming flowers and feeling excited about the sunshine while you're all frustrated and stuffed up with a sore throat wishing you could crawl into a hole! Well, this year, just as the temperature was rising, the birds were singing and the sunshine was starting to show its face every morning, I started to feel the tell-tale tightness in my throat. NOOOOOOOoooooooooooo!!!!!!! Fast forward a week, and I was feeling back to my normal self ... completely!! Here is how I did it: As soon as I felt that weird, tight, sore-ish throat, I started rolling oregano essential oil diluted with fractionated coconut oil on my feet at night and in the morning. In the mornings I sipped on a drink of  1 drop of lemon and 1 drop of OnGuard (dōTERRA's protective blend) blended into a 1/2 teaspoon of honey, dissolved in hot water....