Category: Wellness

  • Common sense! How will we as a society react to emerging from isolation?

    Common sense!  How will we as a society react to emerging from isolation?

    It is 7AM here in good old Indiana. The weather professionals are predicting a fairly nice day for today and then back to rain for tomorrow. Spent the morning so far putting a picture in a frame that I have been meaning to do for months, wiping down the bathrooms and the kitchen hoping that…

  • Essential Oil recipes to try for headaches.

    Essential Oil recipes to try for headaches.

    I can not take credit for these recipes for headaches. Passing along recipes for headaches found in various books for people to try. Hoping that one of these recipes might benefit someone who suffers from headaches, that can be very incapicating. There are different kinds of headaches, cluster, sinus , migranes and the stress tension…

  • Relationships! What is important.

    Relationships! What is important.

    This is an update from a blog originally written December 29, 2018. I figured an update would be good right about now as the cold and dreary days are starting to wear. To me, the most important skill is good communication.  If you do not have this you are heading for trouble, even if the…

  • Exercise, a great way to begin to tone up.

    Exercise, a great way to begin to tone up.

    We are almost a month and a half into the new year and hopefully still trying to work on good health goals for this coming year. We all say we are going to exercise and lose inches and weight . It is easy to talk about it but getting ready to start takes will power…

  • Essential Oils and those wrinkles!

    Update from blog written 10/07/2019 Most people , more than most, develop wrinkles as they age. Oh boy you wake up one morning and say to yourself, WRINKLES. How did this happen to me! You may be one of the lucky ones whose wrinkles don’t show up very much, but eventually they will. We all…

  • Gifted child, special needs child, or twice exceptional child? Learn to advocate for your child.

    Posted by SELECTIONSFROMBARB ON AUGUST 5, 2019 If the above sounds interesting to you, please visit and read this blog to work on learning the language available to help you act in the best interest of your child and make #educated choices. The ABCs of special education is #packed full of words and definitions used…

  • Diets and more diets. Do you care? Should you care?

    Diets and more diets.  Do you care?  Should you care?

    Who is talking about diets and for what reason. There are diets, numerous diets and diet plans all over the internet, in magazine, on televisions, in books. You name it and there is a diet. Some are fads and should really be checked out before you run out and buy all kinds of things you…

  • Buy back your health.

    Buy back your health.

    Buy back your health, is that what you want to do? Can you do that? Sometimes the long wait of no life style changes has been too long! Unbelievable thoughts! Are we as a society just lazy or are we so busy trying to keep up with everything that how and what we eat becomes…

  • What should be on a label!

    What should be on a label!

    Looking at labels for essential oils I used a Young Living label. Highest quality essential oils have this information listed. Not listed take another look, perhaps the essential oil might have been adulterated or could be an indicator of an essential oil of lower quality. Here is what is on the Young Living Essential Oil…

  • Surprising cleaning with thieves! Essential oil infused household cleaner.

    Surprising cleaning with thieves! Essential oil infused household cleaner.

    In a blog a few weeks ago we talked about wiping down our master bedroom closet with Thieves and what an outstanding job it did. No streaking, no strong smell, just nice, clean and fresh. Also talked about previously the unbelievable coffee stain on the carpet in my office. It was huge. Used Thieves on…