Essential Oils for Health: A Simple Guide


Unlocking Wellness: The Simple Power of Essential Oils

In today’s fast-paced world, finding natural ways to support our health has never been more important. Essential oils offer a powerful and accessible solution, allowing you to enhance your well-being with just a few drops. Let’s explore how easy it is to incorporate these aromatic wonders into your daily life for improved health.

What Are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that capture the natural fragrance and therapeutic properties of their source. These oils are derived from various parts of plants—such as leaves, flowers, bark, and roots—and have been used for centuries in aromatherapy, holistic healing, and natural wellness.

Benefits of Essential Oils

  1. Physical Health Support: Many essential oils have anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, and analgesic properties, making them useful for various physical ailments. For example, lavender oil can promote relaxation and improve sleep, while peppermint oil may help relieve digestive discomfort, colds and coughs.
  2. Emotional Well-Being: The aromas of essential oils can have profound effects on our mood and emotions. Citrus oils like lemon and orange can uplift and energize, while grounding oils like cedarwood and frankincense can promote feelings of calm and balance.
  3. Immune System Boost: Certain essential oils, such as tea tree and eucalyptus, are known for their immune-boosting properties. Diffusing these oils or using them in a chest rub can help support your body’s defenses, especially during cold and flu season.

How to Use Essential Oils

Incorporating essential oils into your routine is simple and versatile. Here are some easy methods to get you started:

  1. Diffusion: One of the easiest ways to enjoy essential oils is through a diffuser. Just add a few drops of your chosen oil to water in the diffuser, and let the aroma fill your space. This method not only freshens the air but also allows you to reap the emotional benefits of the oils.
  2. Topical Application: You can apply essential oils directly to your skin, but always dilute them with a carrier oil (like coconut or jojoba oil) to prevent irritation. A few drops on your wrists, behind your ears, or on your temples can provide instant relief and support.
  3. Bathing Bliss: Add a few drops of essential oils to your bath for a luxurious and therapeutic experience. Lavender or chamomile oils can help you unwind after a long day, while eucalyptus can clear your sinuses and refresh your senses.
  4. Inhalation: For a quick boost, simply inhale the scent of an essential oil directly from the bottle or place a few drops on a tissue. This method is great for immediate emotional support or to alleviate headaches.
  5. Homemade Remedies: Get creative by incorporating essential oils into your DIY wellness products. You can make your own room sprays, roller blends, or skin-care products with just a few simple ingredients.

Curious to try?

Using essential oils for your health is not only easy but also a rewarding journey toward holistic well-being. With their numerous benefits and versatile applications, these natural remedies can enhance your physical and emotional health in a variety of ways. So why not start today? Explore the wonderful world of essential oils and unlock the potential for a healthier, more balanced life!


Holistic Practices for Personal Growth: My Decade Journey


Embracing Alignment: My 10-Year Journey to Becoming My Best Self

Over the past decade, I’ve embarked on a transformative journey of self-discovery and alignment. Allowing myself to get curious about what truly resonates with me has been a powerful experience. From holistic practices to personal rituals, I’ve explored various modalities that help me connect with my best self.

Over the past five years, I’ve faced numerous challenges, and in the midst of caring for everyone else, I realized I was only scratching the surface when it came to my own self-care. This fall, my body and energy have called out for deeper attention. It’s time for a transformation once again!

Here are some key practices that have shaped my path:

Essential Oils: Nature’s Gifts

Essential oils have become an integral part of my daily routine. Their powerful aromas not only elevate my mood but also create a calming atmosphere. I love experimenting with different blends for relaxation, focus, or energy, allowing me to harness the benefits of nature in my everyday life.

Essential oils have been a vital part of our physical health journey, serving as a beautiful reminder that while a pill may provide temporary relief for a symptom, true wellness comes from supporting the body as a whole.

Click HERE for the oils Pam & her family use.

Reiki: Energy Healing

Reiki has opened my eyes to the world of energy healing. This gentle practice helps me release blockages and restore balance within my body. Through Reiki sessions, I’ve learned to tap into my own energy and promote healing, which has been a game changer in my personal growth. As a Reiki master, I am attuned to the energy within, and I empower others to align with their own energy and embrace their personal power.

Meditation: Finding Stillness

Meditation has become a sanctuary for my mind. In a world filled with distractions, taking time to sit in stillness has helped me cultivate mindfulness and inner peace. It’s a space where I can connect with my thoughts, breathe deeply, and ground myself, allowing clarity to emerge.

Journaling: Unleashing Creativity

Journaling has been my outlet for reflection and creativity. Writing down my thoughts, feelings, and experiences has not only clarified my emotions but also sparked new ideas and insights. It’s a beautiful practice that allows me to track my growth and celebrate my journey.

Click HERE for Pam’s Journals!

Healy: Frequency Support

Discovering Healy has been a fascinating addition to my wellness toolkit. This innovative device uses microcurrent frequencies to promote physical, emotional, and energetic well-being. It’s a modern approach to holistic health that complements my other practices beautifully.

Crystals: Connecting with Earth’s Energy

Crystals have fascinated me for years. Each stone carries unique properties and energies that resonate with different aspects of life. I’ve enjoyed incorporating them into my meditation and self-care routines, using their vibrations to enhance my journey toward alignment and self-discovery.

Reflection: The Past 10 Years

Reflecting on the past ten years, I’m grateful for the curiosity that has driven my exploration of these holistic practices. Each one has contributed to my journey of becoming my best self, helping me find alignment in my life. I encourage you to embrace your own curiosity—explore what resonates with you and allow yourself to grow. Your journey is uniquely yours, and every step is a valuable part of the process.


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Stunning Fall Landscape Photography Tips


Capture the Beauty of Fall: Tips for Stunning Autumn Landscape Photography with Colorful Foliage and Sunflare

Fall is a season of breathtaking colors, crisp air, and landscapes that transform into vibrant canvases. If you’re passionate about photography, it’s the perfect time to grab your camera, head outdoors, and capture the unique beauty of autumn. From vibrant orange and yellow leaves to the soft golden glow of a fall sunset, these scenes can make your photos truly magical. Here are some tips to make the most of your fall landscape photography, with a focus on capturing those dreamy autumn colors and sunflares that add warmth and sparkle to any image.

1. Plan Your Golden Hour Shots for Glowing Sunflare

Nothing complements the rich hues of autumn quite like the soft, warm light during the golden hours—right after sunrise and just before sunset. To capture beautiful sunflare, position the sun so it’s just peeking through the trees or behind a leaf. This will create a stunning halo effect and add an extra layer of magic to your photos.

Pro Tip:

Experiment with different angles and settings. Shooting in manual mode will give you more control over the exposure, allowing you to balance the light and shadows in a way that emphasizes both the sunflare and the natural colors. I also shoot in RAW, providing an opportunity when processing the photos to pull up any dark shadows for a more balanced image.

One thing I absolutely love about the image above, is the sun flare and the gorgeous chakra colours that pull out of nature. Can you see the additional colours within the sun flare shining down on the forest floor. Just breathtaking!

Camera – Canon R6MII
Lens – Canon RF 24-240mm f4.5-6.3
This is my newest lens in my bag and one I highly recommend as an all-around multi lens. My only warning is it is not weather sealed like the L lenses. However you can definitely feel the quality in this lens in comparison to the 24-105 kit lens that is sold with this camera. This combination is also much lighter than my R6MII and my L lenses which is helpful for my neck and shoulder at this time!

2. Focus on Fall’s Signature Colors

Autumn colors are bold and bright, from fiery reds to rich golds and deep purples. These colors can create striking compositions, especially when juxtaposed against a clear blue sky or a misty, cloudy morning. Whether you’re in a dense forest or open park, look for clusters of colored leaves, solitary trees, or carpeted paths that showcase the season’s full spectrum.

Pro Tip:

To make the colors pop even more, use a polarizing filter on your lens. This helps to reduce glare and bring out the rich tones of the leaves, enhancing the contrast between the sky and foliage. This can also be done in post production, which I honestly prefer with using some of the settings in Lightroom such as dehaze, contrast, clarity, vibrancy and saturation.

3. Make the Most of Water Reflections

Fall landscapes become even more captivating when mirrored in a lake or river. This adds depth and symmetry to your shots, doubling the impact of the fall colors. Early morning is often the best time for capturing reflections since the water tends to be still and calm.

Pro Tip:

Get low to the ground to accentuate the reflection, and include a foreground element—like rocks or fallen leaves—to give your photo a sense of depth and place.

4. Embrace Close-Ups and Details

While wide landscapes are stunning, close-up shots can reveal details you might otherwise miss. Fallen leaves, raindrops on a branch, or sunlight filtering through a single leaf can capture the essence of fall in an intimate way. These small, intricate details provide a different perspective and highlight the textures of the season.

Pro Tip:

Switch to a macro lens if you have one. This lens is designed to capture close-up details with clarity and focus, giving even a single leaf an artistic flair. Macro photography brings into view the smallest details that are breathtaking in life!

Frosty grass and leaves in the morning. Incredible how perspective can change when we move ourselves and look at things in a different way.

Camera – Canon R6MII
Lens – Canon RF 35mm f1.8 Macro
As an intro macro lens, I highly recommend this lens (and the above zoom as a handy on the go set), although this lens doesn’t provide the same bokeh as my L 100mm and 180mm macro lens, this is a phenomenal lens!

5. Play with Shadows and Silhouettes

Autumn light is softer, creating a great opportunity to play with shadows and silhouettes. Look for natural frames like tree branches, leaves, or even people walking through the scene to create depth and contrast. Silhouettes against a colorful sky can evoke the mystery and quiet beauty of fall.

Pro Tip:

Use backlighting to enhance silhouettes and shadows. Position yourself so that the light source (usually the sun) is directly behind your subject. This technique works especially well for sunset shots when the sky is a mix of warm hues.

6. Don’t Forget to Capture the Mood

Each season has its own mood, and fall is often nostalgic, calm, and introspective. Look for elements that reflect this ambiance, like morning fog, quiet trails, and stillness in the air. By capturing not only the colors but also the feeling of fall, you can make your images more impactful and memorable.

Pro Tip:

Look for foggy mornings or cloudy days as well. While sunshine is beautiful, a cloudy or misty scene can add mystery and texture to your shots, making the fall colors stand out even more.


Final Thoughts

Fall landscape photography is all about capturing the fleeting beauty of a season that doesn’t last long. By focusing on vibrant colors, sunflare, and a touch of creativity, you can create images that bring the warmth and beauty of fall to life. So grab your camera, find the perfect spot, and let the colors and light guide your shots. Happy shooting!


This guide will inspire photographers to explore the seasonal beauty and try out new techniques that bring out the charm of fall landscapes. Let me know if you’d like to add anything more specific, such as location suggestions or camera settings!

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Finding Peace in Change: My Journey in Halifax

Since enjoying the break from life in Halifax, I have been more committed to going internal for me and our home. Breaking those life cycles that during some more challenging times in the past 5 years that brought comfort – but merely in the moment.

To rise early, helps having a pup thats for sure, meal planning and one thing that Ive been reminded is getting the diffuser on first thing at home and at work!

Sleep is a renewal that is often over looked. Dealing with some major neck and shoulder pain I have discovered my best way of sleeping is flat on my back with no pillow! Did I ever feel refreshed this morning!

Its interesting when you can see yourself self sabotaging and can’t pull yourself out. However deeper than that… I can see looking back where I was slipping, where I was loosing pieces of me, because I had loved ones to care for.

This is a challenging push/pull for me, as I would always want to help when I can. At times being put in that situation and having no choice but to be the strong one, can also end up being quite heavy.

Ive been reminded to pay better attention to me, to not just do the surface “work” but to go deeper and within, care for myself like I was a good handful of years ago before the blender turned on. The 2020’s have been interesting and so much of it I feel like I am still processing. A lot of highs and lows, this week its felt like more lows of losses.

Small town vibes vs city pressures, its interesting watching your small town also make a shift, one that feels so unknown.

Amid many changes, there can be growth, there can be shifts that make life make more sense and there is nothing wrong with craving more peace and ease.

In the moment, I will trust, I will immerse in gratitude and I will use my energy as the powerful force that it is to re-align my life and begin feeling great again!

Growth Day Referral Link!

I’m very excited to share this with you! I’ve had Brendan Burchards book, High Performance Habits. He has an incredible personal growth app that isn’t just learning from one or two people, he collaborates with all kinds of people, even “everyday people like you and me”!

I’ve got a custom link to share with you!!!

CLICK HERE FOR GROWTH DAY

One thing I am loving with the app is the various “check in’s” you can do and then track the data. How you feel in your everyday with morning and evening check points, weekly etc! It’s very cool! Plus… not on social media, which can be very distracting vs its own app.

Check it out!!!

Let me know if you have any issues, I can help you!

Wellness Programs | October 2024

I am VERY excited to share this, something that has been bubbling beneath the surface for a bit now, one that felt incredibly aligned…

Personal Development and Holistic Health – Wellness Programs beginning for October 2024!

I was recently introduced to Growth Day and I am blown away at the growth and support available to shift your life in the best directions but also to support your daily growth, as we all know can be like waves in life!

Growth Day – Its a Great Day to Grow – this app offers you daily personalized growth and support to begin, go through and end your day. Click HERE to get signed up!

Within the ap check out this! I am super excited… Sunday night Weekly Intention meeting! Link below. I can help you get signed up, I am LOVING this!

https://share.growthday.com/group/Weekly-INTENTION-Meeting-wk53

October Essential Oil Package

United States & Canadian Package for new people to doTERRA! You will receive the Aroma Essential Package which includes the following oils and diffuser.
Adaptiv™
Balance®
Citrus Bloom™
doTERRA Cheer®
doTERRA Serenity®
Easy Air®
Northern Escape
On Guard®
Peppermint
Wild Orange
Laluz™ Diffuser

US Package also includes the On Guard and Breathe drops, On Guard Chewable Drops (also has vitamin D in them) and a 15ml Harvest Spice + Lemon! When you purchase this package in October you will also receive a FREE Fibre and 5ml White Grapefruit

CANADA Package includes the Aroma Essential Package including the oils and diffuser above as well as a 15ml Harvest Spice. OCTOBER Special – when you order this in October through me you will also receive a 15 ml Eucalyptus, 5ml Laurel Leaf and 5ml Ravenstara!!!

These oils are invaluable! The blends are incredible for uplifting, for protecting, for expanding, for refreshing and renewal and even deeper.

I am excited where Growth Day is going to deepen even more of this. To start each day with clarity and knowing that beginning the day with these choices, will go even deeper and aligned! I am HERE for this growth and feel even more re-ignited to share my vision for… Your Life As Art!

As a puppy mama my mornings have shifted and I am truly grateful for this direction we are now headed in!

Halifax | Celebrating 20 Years

September 25, 2024 my husband and I celebrated our 20th Wedding Anniversary. Honoring our commitment to each other, and our family we made sure to celebrate in the best way!

5 days in Halifax, Nova Scotia and exploring a good part of the province! The beauty is spectacular, the food absolutely incredible and that fresh sea air… we both slept awesome yet not much! Felt extremely relaxed and … oh my… the photos!

The best way I could ever share any of my experiences, words simply cannot do it justice… plus as they say a photo is worth 1000 words 😉

The best spot to view them… CLICK HERE!!!

I just love living this life with you! ❤

The Reminder | Integrity

Last week I was faced with a few “people challenges” last week… all in one day. The icing on the cake was receiving registered letters from our insurance company that my husband and I had both been removed from financial interest of our home insurance policy.

The day began with what should have been a quick software update and resulted in hours downtime, the downfall to everything being electronic and computer based. I did however have time to pick up the garbage bags I had forgotten the week before, small win for me lol!

Smack dab in the middle, while out walking my dog on a walk, I realized that a person who owes us money, who hired us to fix his jobs mistake and promised to pay, was doing a large job locally. I will admit I was triggered in a sudden and big way, so much that I was shaking by the time I got back to the office.

As Ive become more of me, Ive realized that Integrity is something that my energy must have in all areas of my life. My gut has gotten good at giving me a heads up many times, that I am very grateful for. I will admit, I ignored the warning before doing business with this person.

Its truthfully, frustrating, stressful, energy sucking basically to be lied to, flat out and then have the nerve to show up locally. Whats even more frustrating is the provincial and federal governments allow people to hide behind corporations, giving them permission to do this to people.

After you’ve been scorned, whether personally or in business, these triggers can naturally happen. Something I am working on, as there are many times, the apology or payment may never come.

That’s on them. Let Them.

Then I read this…

I cannot fix the world, I can however love me with all that I can and be the best person I can be. By living an honest, truthful, life with integrity and ethics and values for living my best and most authentic life!

When is that most challenging, when working with people on a daily basis. There are some really challenging, liars out there and thankfully, there are waaaaay more really good, honest people out there – those who I align with and am so grateful for.

So let them.

Let their choices be of the devil, that is what lying is, a dark dense and heavy energy. That can become trapped in your body and even begin to cause physical pain. Truth of it is, as much as I want this person to come good to their word, I cannot make them, so me holding onto this anger and frustration, is merely only hurting me. Karma is very powerful, and energy doesn’t lie so it is much healthier to detach and pray what is right will be done and all can move on.

The reminder, the life lesson… only good people can make good choices, if people choose to make bad choices, they can right them, but only if they want to and only if they do the work. I will be the first one to support someone in making the shift, you can heal from lies and betrayal with only the best intentions.

Ironically, truthfully, the planets this week were also shifting – I wont pretend to know all about it, however I do know my energy is sensitive to the planetary shifts and astrology, I actually find that all very cool. I even went for a Reiki treatment to help shift the energy and that was significant!

The real reminder, just be a decent person and live an honest life.

Your Life As Art Photography by Pam

Artist & Intuitive | Pamela Zmija

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