Nurse Gone Crunchy

Oils in the workplace🙌
When you are using aromatherapy to its potential, and using HIGH quality essential oils, you oil for a PURPOSE not a smell.
I look at businesses that don’t use essential oils leaving SO much on the table!!
Increase productivity
Increase focus
Decrease sick time
Increase staff moral
Increase motivation
Decreased feelings of overwhelm

Scent sensitivity is a CHEMICAL scent sensitivity NOT a natural scent.

If you use scented products, like air fresheners, candles, or poor quality essential oils in the workplace you are wiring peoples nervous systems leading to the complete opposite effects than listed above.

Diffuse for a purpose😎
What’s in your diffuser today? Any guesses on mine!!?

Cheers to the “nurses” “exnurses” “retired and fired nurses” redefining.

Education can open many doors…but it’s not always what we think🫶

Circa 2002

It’s happening Grand Forks!
Demetri Karogiannis and I have been busy behind the scenes🙌

My hearts been pretty heavy lately. I have a dear friend in great need🙏🏻 she is a friend a mom a new grandma.

Friends come into your life for so many reasons and I know Lisa was one. She’s has always been one of the most driven people I know….bringing meals to friends, giving out Timmy’s cards to the homeless, and dropping everything to come help you.

But she has gone through SO much lately…She doesn’t want to fight anymore….she wants to HEAL🤍 and this place is sooooo full of hope.

She is a single mom that really needs our help and prayers. See link in bio above to send prayers or financial help!

Love you Lisa Falkingham❤️

Sometimes you need someone to just LISTEN to your whole story.

Sometimes you just want to be HEARD

Sometimes you want someone to troubleshoot with, ask questions to or help guide you to someone that will help.

Our medical/holistic advocates at ReNEWell Care WALK with you through your wellness journey from a BLENDED approach. We not only understand the complexities of the Health Care System, we also are well versed in holistic/alternative ways.

We offer in person (Grand Forks BC)
and virtual support

Www.renewellcare.com
[email protected]

Your path to find wellness shouldn’t be lonely or scary but we know that finding answers can be overwhelming and confusing.

Our practitioners at ReNEWell Care keep YOU and your needs at the core. Our aim is to work with you and find you the answers and help you need.

We have two types of Advocates

✨Medical Advocate:
Someone to help you find clarity and understanding navigating the complexities of the health care system. To attend medical appointments with you or help to clarify medical terminology.

✨Holistic Advocate:
Someone to help you make sense of your situation from a larger viewpoint. If you feel you have exhausted your resources sometimes you need to chat to someone from an outside perspective. We can help you build your care team from a multidisciplinary/holistic approach or offer simple ideas for you to try on your own!

Sometimes you just need to know that someone has GOT YOU. You aren’t alone.

Www.renewellcare.com

Habits….
I’ve realized I love ticking boxes and find I’m more motivated to fit things in if I have a goal list.
Change doesn’t happen over night, it happens when you take consistent action on small steps.
My bank account is also thanking me!
✅Sauna
✅make lunches
✅walk to work
✅10pm bed time
✅walk dog 30min
✅pray

Building a foundation of a new biz takes endless hours of time for creativity to build its foundation. I’ve worked from home for 6yrs and while that was so awesome, the last little bit I was CRAVING human interaction! Its funny, I’ve dreamt of working in a shared working space for the past year…..and THIS space is almost exactly what I envisioned.

Shering Spaces….the cutest place with little offices for people to work but then an open area for us to share morning coffee pot and afternoon teas!

Grateful for all our new connections and friends and looking forward to 2023🥂Let the doors continue to swing open all year long!

The past 7 years I’ve been introduced to the Holistic community. Not only did we make great strides with healing our son and our own mental health, we’ve also watched hundreds of others find hope in their own path.

I’ve been surrounded by friends, you might just see them as friends, but they are way more than that, many of these friends have been faced with various medical challenges (some minor some quite complex) and most of us are on a mission to get to the root of our problems and find healing. We’ve been travelling the path together, sharing support, ideas, perspectives, and experiences.

You know it’s ironic, the more google is cen s o ring access to information to holistic therapies, the more people I meet with incredible stories of hope and healing who have done the work to seek it out, ask the questions, and do the work.
Yet unfortunately many of their doctors say they are quacks....and to be honest seven years ago I would have to. This is why sharing our stories and experiences is so important.

There IS a time and a place for doctors, don’t get me wrong, but they, and other Western Medical Professionals are trained from ONE perspective. They are important aspect to the team but not the leader in my opinion🤷‍♀️ .....you are.

Back to Alternative therapies.....
“But there’s no science proving it” may I ask you who would fund said science, and who will pay for it? Medical companies don’t make money off studying holistic therapies so why would they want it.

Another question....when there are scientific articles or claims by said professionals do you actually read the science and look into it or do you just believe what is claimed🤷‍♀️? These are important questions to ask💕

The “science” for alternative health is HUNDREDS of years of experience and practice. The “science” is hundreds of thousands of people who have travelled the path showing that it has worked. It’s called Experiential Science. Yes there are always cases where it doesn’t work, but did you know 26000 children die a year from adverse drug reactions in the US? Or there is a billion dollar payout for VAERS reactions in the US? Given how “healthy” society is, does it even work? There are extremes on both ends:) There can be a common ground between the two though ..... imagine what that could look like!

Gunna be bold here though, you don’t NEED doctors for everything. There are SO many other practitioners very capable of helping you, and to be honest they are likely going to be the ones really helping you find true healing.

Our bodies are designed to heal using natural ways not synthetic. Sorry medications aren’t “healing” and don’t get to the root of the problem. At times they are necessary, but I can also tell you I bet you can heal your body enough so that you don’t need it and get off of some of you open the door to a holistic perspective but you have to be willing to do the work.

If you have high blood pressure I invite you to ask why and look into it.
If you have thyroid disorder I invite you to ask why and look into it.
If you have auto immune disorder I invite you to ask why and look into it.
If you have eczema/psoriasis I invite you to ask why and look into it.
If you have endometriosis (like I once did) I invite you to ask why and look into it.

You are capable
and there IS hope of you are open to it!
Dig deep. Your body gives clues❤️

We NEED dirt and germs🦠
Did you know the majority of our bodies are made up of microbiome? Trillions and trillions of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, that are MEANT to work together, to create a balanced environment for our bodies to THRIVE.
We need this balance to LIVE. If one outbalances the other, disease and illness set it. Each disease/illness specific to what virus/bacteria or fungi is out. Cool right!!!!
In 2007 and 2014 over 200 scientists within 80 institutions, WITH A 170 million dollar budget, began the HUMAN MICROBIOME PROJECT. The goal was to identify and understand how microbiome affect our bodies specifically linked to illness. Soooo many fascinating articles came from this initiative....I HIGHLY encourage you to look this up!
One study found a specific microbiome (bacteria) linked to digestion of cows milk and that by late trimester pregnancy the biome was found not only in the intestinal tract but had also had traveled to the va**na..... Thoughts are that this is transfered to the baby during labor so that babies can digest milk. Arent our bodies BRILLIANT!
If our bodys are almost entirely made of bacteria, viruses, and fungi, what effect is it having us being EXCESSIVELY CLEAN.
They've linked microbiome imbalances to mental illness, allergies, excema, autoimmune, cavities, cancer, and even insulin resistance.
If there is one thing that I take from this is NATURAL is BEST. Boycott fake and synthetic, and play in the dirt....cause we are dirt! ❤
Anyone feel like a DEEP rebalancing cleanse is in order?! ✌🤦‍♀️🌿

Its SMALL BUSINESS Saturday!!

And its A bIG reason to Celebrate!!

Our family has been absolutley BLESSED by our small family business. Its filled our hearts in more ways than we can count. We didn't start this business 6 years ago with the intention of growing it to where it is today.....we just FELL absolutley in LOVE with the products and how they proved to help us time and time again. We then just simply began to share with others and saw their families transform too.

We've met the MOST amazing friends. We've been humbled. We've been challenged,and yes we've also been criticized. Its not an easy road but its opened SO many doors for us and created opportunities and freedoms for not only our family, but SO many others..... We are SO DANG proud and grateful for the journey we are on, and SO thankful for those who are supporting us now and in the past!
Maybe you are wishing you had more flexibility in your life? Maybe you are wishing you had a few hundred extra dollars a month? Maybe you are looking for a sense of community and feeling like you belong to something more? Maybe you have nothing to lose?!
Our team is ALWAYS hiring whether you are looking for part time...full time...or casual time employment. We work with YOU!
If you aren't looking to start a small business, that's TOTALLY ok too! We also have over 600 plant-based wellness products safe for the whole family perhaps you'd be interested in learning more about.
I hope you take the time to learn more about some of the amazing small businesses out there. Collectively we are the backbone of this country and we need to support eachother now more than ever! If you LOVE a small business near you tag them below I'd LOVE to check them out!


-based

Wellness isn't always pretty.....consider it like peeling back the layers of an onion....working on layers....one layer at a time.
SO.MANY.LAYERS.

Today I'm thankful for....
MY CLEANER.....and I'm not afraid to HUG IT!!!

I do my ENTIRE house with it, my eyes don't water, my lungs don't seize up, my nose doesn't run, my hands don't crack, my pets can be around it, my kids can clean with it, I just need this ONE beautiful product for all the things. Its SO easy and SO cheap....like $1/bottle CHEAP. Does it work?? Well, let's just say since we switched we are all sick way way LESS and we all feel way way BETTER, so ya I trust it!

Genuinely from the absolute BOTTOM of my heart I am SO dang grateful. Never again. How did I ever do it before?



If you LOVE your cleaner would you HUG it?

I have MANY MANY inspirations in my life but this lady here has been one of the coaches that have been instrumental in my growth as an Entrepreneur with not only Young Living, but also branding and vision work with Nurse Gone Crunchy.

I've worked with Meaghan Alton on and off for the better part of 5 yrs. Ive not only LOVED watching her transform as a coach and entrepreneur herself, but I have cherished and found great value in so many of her courses. I also have no doubt she is responsible for massive success in half the successful businesss here in town.

She used to be a biz woman for the Alberta Govt (back in the day), but now she follows her own path of helping entrepreneurs reach their higher potential. She is an intuitive business strategist and uses numberology to craft your design. Its honestly freekin brilliant.

I've had the pleasure of completing a couple of her forecasts and let me tell you.....the amount of clarity and level of assurance I've found for my own path has been priceless. I'm on the verge of another transformation and I've never felt so much clarity in my long term vision....just filling in some blanks right now:)

Anywho.....shes a master of numberology which I find to be a pretty cool tool and shes offering a course teaching exactly what she does! So if this interests you I highly recommend her and checking this out!

https://www.meaghanalton.com/power&prosperity?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.meaghanalton.com%2Fa%2F34788%2FUgNYeUHz

Take your UPPERS🌞
Anyone else feeling ALL THE FEELS lately? Full moon, longest "summer" ever, kids, teenagers, COVID/political blues......gahhhhhh
Sometimes all you need is a little Joy on your heart💗 and a Vitamin B💊
If you dont eat a lot of meat or dairy, are stressed, or deal with GI issues like colitis or celiac you may especially benefit! That being said, that kinda sums up 99% of the population hahaha.
Symptoms of Vit B deficiency are: irritability, fatigue, confusion, lowered immune system, anemia or poor memory.
I call this Vitamin B my "happy upper" Its Essential Oil infused with Nutmeg so its not only highly absorbable its also very supportive on the adrenal glands. Everything is broken down in this B so that our body just sucks it up like crazy and it WORKS like crazy, keeping ME feeling and working at my BEST!
Who else is popping Vit Bs like crazy right about now?🦄

I'm here to get you thinking outside your BOX. I'm here to inspire change. I'm here to share ideas with you that might kinda rock your world.
"If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've already got." Henry Ford

"Healthcare" needs a shake up!
Ground yourself to YOU.
Follow your OWN gut.
Seek clarity for YOU.
Your body will tell you.
Its so hard to make sense right now but if you step outside fear and ground to the here and now.....you can control a lot more than you think you can.
What FEELS right is so much more powerful than what you are TOLD is right💕
Be Brave * Be Bold * Be kind

Relief pain, reduce stress, increase mobility....
Maybe you need to look at Osteopathy! I was blown away meeting with Emma Wolff, Manual Osteopathy therapist with Akasha Health in Penticton BC. I had never understood this practice personally but have noticed an increase in interest lately.
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Emma is beyond professional and is a wealth of information......we could have honestly talked for HOURS! She began her career as a physiotherapist in Germany and since moving to Canada she found a love for all sorts of different Alternative Healing practices from Craniosacral, Aromatherapy, Functional Medicine and has now solidified her practice in Osteopathy.
The practice of Osteopathy assess and treats the body as a whole. She uses carefully skilled palpation with neurological and orthopedic assessments to determine where the body holds restrictions and determines what part of the body to treat to restore function. Osteopathy is the WHY there is a problem. The ROOTCAUSE. Sometimes twisting an ankle, or having your appendix out can cause scar tissue potentially leaving the rest of your body overcomensated and off resulting in chronic pain.
If you have chronic pain, excessive stress, or reduced mobility perhaps Osteopathy could help!

Everyone has a story....
Ive come to realize my purpose is to share it with you and take you on a journey with me while I learn.
I've been WOKE to the holistic world. I had no idea how it worked. Or what it meant before "my awakening". What I DO know though is that I wished I had known about it earlier. I definitely don't want others to suffer like we once did.
Follow along while I learn and explore alternative therapies myself... How they work. What they do. How they can help.
Follow along as I share my own journey through discovery, healing, and transformation. Its so easy to take care of others....but not so easy taking care of me. Figure that one out.
I stinkin LOVE the human body and how it works, especially from different viewpoints, and I LOVE sharing information.....can you tell?
I'm no longer "a Practicing Nurse" in an acute care setting but I'll always be a Nurse💕 it just looks different😊

🌱We deserve the right to feel good.
🌱We deserve the right to search options.
🌱We deserve the right to answers.
🌱We deserve the right to share information.
🌱We deserve the right to share our stories of hope.
🌱We deserve the right to access all information.
🌱We deserve access to the truth.
🌱We deserve the right to HEAL from within.
🌱We deserve a BETTER way.
🌱We deserve to know the REAL answers to health.
🌱My family deserves the TRUTH.
🌱The next generation deserves our help and advocacy.
Why does everything that seem SO right get portrayed as being so wrong?

Full disclosure.....Ive been neglectful of my "physical body" for many years and thats OK! Instead Ive been focusing more on growing my mental and emotional wellness and I feel like I've needed a while to make sense of what I need to do, and what my body needs. Learning about wellness from a holistic perspective has kinda rocked my world. It totally shifts perspective doesnt it?!

I've got it though....Im on a path. Its going to take time and patience and hard work, cause healing holistically does, but I know I'm not alone.

For those of you on a holistic healing journey what motivated you? What sparked you to chose the path your on? I think there is so much value in hearing stories of hope and empowerment💕

Cabbages are in season!!!!
Have you thought of making sauerkraut? This ancient fermentation process has POWERFUL results!! I decided to step it up and add tons of IMMUNE BOOSTING stuff to it. NOW is the time to get our bodies prepared for THE WINTER!

I chose to add in ginger, tumeric, blackpepper, horseradish root, and parsley to the mix.....not only does it taste AH-MAZING, it also packs powerful anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and immune boosting benefits. Its also packed full of Vit C, Vit A, Vit K fibre and protein!
Once it sits and ferments for a few days this mixture will be full of fermented GOOD bacteria which are necessary for optimal gut health. So many of our guts are NOT in balance these days. We all know balance in the gut is critical for overall wellness.
If you have indigestion, blasting, constipation or diarrhea you might want to look into adding this into your diet as having a spoonful of this everyday is said to really help balance digestion.
See my stories and highlights for today's activities!! I honestly have never made this before so it was new to me too.

Recipe👇
https://www.fermentationrecipes.com/immune-boosting-sauerkraut/2529

Girl gangs!!!
What do you value in friendships....what's the glue that holds you together!?
Authentic connection
Mutual respect for perspective
Peaceful discussions
Truthfulness
Acceptance
I have so many friends with different values and belief sets. I love them ALL for their hearts and HOW they treat others....not because they think differently than I do💕 We are BETTER than that✊

YES Books and friends can be amazing resources and guide your health journey too.
Just because your doctor says you are "healthy" doesnt always mean you are.
By the time your body is "clinically ill" you've already had YEARS of symptoms. Often very subtle but collectively they provide clues to a stressed larger system.
Be your own advocate.
Listen to your body.
Follow your gut.
Get informed

Who is your Blended Health Care TEAM?
Wellness is individualized for everyone! What works for one, might not actually work for someone else! Amiright?
Every practitioner can help benefit your health from ONE viewpoint. Some are more versatile and vast than others, yet others are more specialized.
From visiting Medical Doctors for a diagnosis to seeing your Naturopath to find your root cause, each practitioner can help uncover another layer as to your issues. How open are to to uncovering more layers? How open are you to being open to the possibilities that there is another way?
I love exploring all the different healing modalities out there. Anyone else find it fascinating! I've heard countless stories of hope and relief from people who have explored Alternative therapies.
I met Sheriesse a few months ago and we definitely share a passion for Networking. I love sharing the stories......whereas she loves building the data base!! Brilliance collide💥
Sheriesse is the founder of Life Flow Wellness Directory. An Okanagan Directory of hundreds of Alternative Health services and products! A directory at our finger tips!!!
Check it out!

@ Kelowna, British Columbia

Maybe we need to wake up? .
Maybe this time for is here to remind us of what's important? Time to re-evaluate how we do life. From small family units to large organizations...theres no better time than now!
Three years ago I left Critical Care Nursing after 15yrs. Not because I didnt enjoy it or believe in it, but because after learning about Alternative Therapies I felt a passion in my soul.
Level head...no emotion....fact:
Alternative therapies is Health Care.
Western Medicine is SICK care. .
Who else sees the potential of the most amazing Health Care System if we blended it all together and worked together as a team!? 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️
If you could improve our Canadian Health Care system what would you suggest!!??

5yrs ago my son and I had insane outdoor allergies. He would flair up in hives and come in itching sneezing and wheezing daily....also during this time his behavior was almost out of control. I on the other hand, would be a snotty itchy MESS. My tongue would itch so bad, I would make the most horrible sounds coming from my throat, and I would in turn snore like a banshee all night from irritation and inflammation. But....

No one told us.....no one told us there was another way.

We are 5 yrs antihistamine FREE and our once daily puffer use is next to non-existent.

I'm here to tell you there ARE OPTIONS.....that work.....you just need to be open. Medicine is amazing for something's but shouldnt be the answer to ALL things.



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