Self Care Sunday | Forest Bathing + Oils

I love when Sundays have adventures. Especially those weekends when we have more priorities than free time. An hour escape into nature can feel like the most beautiful reset.

Our Gunner, loves riding in the side by side! His dad made him a seat extension so that he can safely sit in the middle between us and wearing his harness he is also safely strapped in like us! My hubby knows how amazing nature is at resetting my nervous system!

The view through the trees to the water just makes my heart feel so happy, my soul takes the deepest breath!

Much of the day was spent with my laptop, but not doing fun things like photos and blogging. I am getting excited, nervously excited for a big change at work, one that has been imminent for a while, that has pushed all my growth edges and even made me question if we just stay status quo. We are finally reaching the other side and I am soon about to have more time back for me-in many ways! The bonus, the breaks I took from work today, I got my laundry done, and not only done, its also organized and put away!

Ending my productive and relaxing day with a salt and oil bath for a little me time! This space, is close to our hearts <3 if you asked me 2 months ago, I hated it, it was taking forever – and truthfully it did and was. Now, we are here. Its been a long time coming – trust me. However multiple life factors including my hubby’s accident. What I will say, I am amazed honestly at all the renos we have completed in our home – its been the entire house – nothing has been rushed, which in the moment oh my goodness I just wanted it done. Everything happened in the time it was meant to and the space is perfect. We couldn’t have chosen a better way to lay it out and if we had pushed through 6.5 yrs ago I wouldn’t be this happy with it. This is a small glimpse into our new ensuite. This vanity was purchased in 2019. The shower, that was purchased last year, the irony, they damn near match perfectly! Still have some paint touch ups, the barn door and finishing the outside wall. Just goes to show, one day, things can feel heavy, never ending, like everything feels so hard… and suddenly, its like a breath of fresh air.

A salt bath with oils and a good book – perfect!

• Clove – The Oil of Boundaries
• Petitgrain – The Oil of Ancestry
• Frankincense – The Oil of Truth
• Copaiba – The Oil of Unveiling
• Elevation – The Oil of Joy

I am always astonished at how my intuition chooses the correct oils always at the correct time, even when I may question – my soul knows! Especially for the ways I have self sabotaged on myself.

The book I grabbed to read, “When You’re Ready This is How you Heal” by Brianna Wiest Ive had this book over a year, this is probably the 3rd time Ive picked it up. Its flowing better now.

I put the book down after finishing a chapter and she said…

“Close this book for a moment.

Take one second just to breathe and look around.

There is more here than you would ever realize.

There is more waiting than you would ever assume.”

I set the book down, I was in the bath tub, something I had been dreaming of for years, there IS more here than in that moment I had realized. The stress of even a couple weeks ago with the house, with work, has simmered down and settled. A space that I had envisioned in many ways and the real life version, is so much better!