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 | I’m prepping for my week! I’m choosing the story that says {I have time for everything that’s important to me.} 🖤 It would be easy for me to allow the negative mindsets to creep in. It would be a no brainer to allow myself to accept the “busy and overwhelmed” label. We have 7 kids, competitive gymnastics at the start of meet season for Eliza, baseball training that’s beginning for our older boys, a major drama production for Eli with a lead role in only 6 weeks, NOT TO MENTION a full-time business that we are working at intensely right now, meaning oils classes and business meetings multiple times a week. 🖤 But I refuse to let my calendar, and the overwhelm that can come with it, have power over my life! I choose to run my life. I choose to take hold of that power and create a life that gives ME life! 🖤 To do this, I’ve made a life shift. I’m taking it from two ladies I want to emulate... @msrachelhollis and @hol_fit ... Sunday afternoons and evenings are now my time to lay it all out. I prep for the week by going through backpacks, helping the kids lay their outfits out for the school week, making sure everyone has all their gear for practices after school, prepping my lunches, cleaning diffusers, filling our supplement boxes, maybe even taking a detox bath or schedule posts for the week, and then after kids are in bed I do the calendar. That is my opportunity to look over everything with Michael. We make sure we’re on the same page. We talk about things like meal prep & who’s picking up kids which days. Then I make my to-do lists for each day, highlight my top 3 important tasks, set my coffee maker, set up diffusers for morning, and go to bed READY. 🖤 My mindset is the first step. Preparation is the second. 🖤 |
Once upon a time, when we were engaged, deciding if we should have more kids (since we already had our first) we received excellent advice. “You’ll never reach this elusive readiness. If you wait until you are ‘ready’, you’ll be waiting for the rest of your lives.” 💜 That advice has stuck with us for the past 13 years. It’s applied to nearly every facet of our lives. When we feel a nudge from God... when we get a gut feeling... when we see all the doors beginning to open... WE JUMP IN! 💜 If you wait to start that business or do that big thing you’ve always wanted to do, it’s likely that you’ll miss the window of opportunity. There’s something to be said for perfect timing! And it’s my opinion, that when you FEEL IT, that’s your time. 💜 Don’t wait til you know more, make more money, or get more experience. Fake it til you make it. Leap! Right then, when the wind is right. It’s a whole lot easier when that wind is moving in the direction you are going... rather than waiting & struggling against it. 💜
Since Eli found out he was cast as Simba in Drama Club last week, we’ve watched/listened/done all the things Lion King.
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This line practically jumped out of the TV at me last week though, and I haven’t been able to shake it. “You are more than what you have become... remember who you are.”
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Friends, don’t get so caught up in the day to day stuff, the mom stuff, the busy stuff, the goal stuff... it’s all good stuff, as long as YOU don’t get lost in the process.
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I’m learning that I have a tendency to do life so hard, that somehow I forget who I am & WHY I’m doing it in the first place. Last night, amidst some emotions, my amazing husband “pulled a Mufasa” and reminded me that I am more than where I’m at right now. At the perfect moment, our precious 10 year old came into my room & sat next to me, reminding me of WHY I work so hard & of the things I’ve already accomplished. If you don’t have that support system in place, let me sit next to you right now and remind you...
YOU ARE MORE THAN THIS!
YOU ARE ENOUGH!
REMEMBER WHO YOU ARE!
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Friendly reminder to drink your water today! 💦 There are a couple approaches. Some people stick to a gallon. Others say 100 ounces. Or you can take your weight... divide it in half... and that’s how many ounces you should get per day. 💦 Add a citrus oil to help you drink more! I like Lemon, Wild Orange, and Grapefruit the best. 🍋🍊 Just make sure your container is glass or stainless steel so the oils don’t leech petrochemicals into your water. 😝 Whatever your method is, water is life to our bodies. We need it not only to survive, but to thrive! So, drink up my friends.
Calling all my oily friends & personal development junkies!! (I happen to be both, lol) It’s recommendation time! 💙 This book is bringing me to such a deep place and I’m only on week two. Week one rocked me pretty hard as I worked through the physical symptoms of emotional healing & clearing of some lies I’ve held onto. Lies go deep sometimes. Utilizing essential oils to aid in the process of revealing & breaking those lies has made this so much more powerful! Plus, my daily journaling & prayer times have been amazing. I’m being drawn to different oils than usual, craving my daily water to flush toxins (or toxic vibes), and seeing things so clearly. I can’t wait to see what’s uncovered, uprooted, and broken by the time I get through this. Thank you @desireemangandog for this beautiful journey you are guiding us through with your newest book.
💗 I’ve been working on my mindset lately and one of my main affirmations is “Everything I need comes to me at the right time”. Since repeating this affirmation daily, I’ve had more perfectly timed moments than I can begin to explain. It’s been overwhelmingly obvious. 💗 During my morning mindfulness time, I have also been using Rose & Litsea oils. Both of these oils have the ability to raise the electro-magnetic frequency in our bodies. Rose, specifically, has a higher vibration than any other oil that I’m aware of. The higher space that these oils take my brain, emotions, and spirit to is unbelievable. So, yeah. I smell them as I read my scriptures for the day, pray for my babies, do my affirmations, and make my to-do list. You better believe it!!
Get up and try again!!! I played UPS Lady this morning and dropped off 3 months of prize drawings on local front porches. 📦
You may be thinking that this was super sweet. The truth is... summer kicked my butt and I’ve spent the past week just getting my head above water!! I literally just dropped off giveaways from 3 MONTHS ago. Took care of the post office FINALLY after saying I would for a WEEK. AND I didn’t cancel any gym dates for a week. 💪🏻 Don’t give up just because you’ve failed once... twice... or 500 times! Get up and try again. Then lay on the amazing hydro massage bed that comes with your gym membership after a day of errands and legit, devoted work time. I like Thursday, world. I. Like. Thursday.
You may be thinking that this was super sweet. The truth is... summer kicked my butt and I’ve spent the past week just getting my head above water!! I literally just dropped off giveaways from 3 MONTHS ago. Took care of the post office FINALLY after saying I would for a WEEK. AND I didn’t cancel any gym dates for a week. 💪🏻 Don’t give up just because you’ve failed once... twice... or 500 times! Get up and try again. Then lay on the amazing hydro massage bed that comes with your gym membership after a day of errands and legit, devoted work time. I like Thursday, world. I. Like. Thursday.
Today was full of things like eye appointments and bulk trash drop off day and baseball practice and haircuts and dogs. We’ve had 3 days of school now, but the 5:30 AM wake-ups began on Monday. I’m not a huge fan of early mornings. I like late nights better. So, it’s not an exaggeration to say, I’m pretty tired today. BUT I had promised myself I’d do something. I put these shoes on and did what I said I would do... even though I didn’t want to... I went to the gym. I’m working on myself a lot these days. Personal development podcasts and audio books are my favorite all the time, though. I popped my earbuds in & listened (again) to @msrachelhollis read Girl Wash Your Face on @audible_com So there I was, listening to her cute voice in my ears, as the treadmill hummed in the background, when I remembered (sometimes I forget the important things) that I’m worth showing up for. 💥 Seems like a DUH, but YOU GUYS... nobody is going to show up for me, if I don’t show up for myself first!! It’s my job to do it first!!! Therefore, here I am!! SHOWING the heck UP!
Did you know that trauma can be passed down to multiple generations? It has been scientifically proven to change the actual cellular structure for you... your grandchildren... potentially even your great-grandchildren. This type of cellular stress affects emotional health, immune health, and many other general functions in the body. If we continue to dig deeper... we learn that both emotions and traumas can affect specific parts of the body. 🧐 So *what if* your back pain is from a generational fear of not having enough financial support? Or *what if* your elbow pain is a generational fear that your spouse is going to leave you? Guys! This stuff is real! 🤯 Everything connects to everything else. Also... thank goodness we have oils to help. 😉
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Kourtney Owens
I am a mommy of SEVEN (yes 7) beautiful kids! They are amazing, wonderful, hilarious & the greatest babies I could ask for! I am married to my best friend & high school sweetheart, Michael.
In 2010 I began a blog as an outlet for my writing... and also to talk about how cute my kids were. I had no idea where it would take me. In 2012, after the birth of our 5th child, we began Wonderfully Made Birth. That same year, we received an Autism diagnosis for our 3rd child. A year later, in 2013, we joined doTERRA International as Wellness Advocates. The journey is not easy, but it is ours. Join me as I record our crazy life, inspire other mommas, & laugh along the way!
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I love to craft. I love to decorate. I am passionate about natural living & natural birthing. Sometimes I write stuff. I plan parties like my life depended on it. My favorite color is pink. My house is definitely NOT taupe. I typically cannot keep plants alive. I am only allowed to have dogs as pets because all others tend to have the same end result as the plants. Luckily my track record with kids is pretty good! Also, I drink a lot of coffee. And I really like tacos.
I love to craft. I love to decorate. I am passionate about natural living & natural birthing. Sometimes I write stuff. I plan parties like my life depended on it. My favorite color is pink. My house is definitely NOT taupe. I typically cannot keep plants alive. I am only allowed to have dogs as pets because all others tend to have the same end result as the plants. Luckily my track record with kids is pretty good! Also, I drink a lot of coffee. And I really like tacos.