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In this episode of Vetiver Vibes Nikki and Rachael draw from six years of experience running their aromatherapy school, Essentria Aromatherapy School, to share must-know tips for selecting the right program. Whether you're a beginner or advancing your studies, they break down key factors to consider in your journey.

• First Impressions Matter:
  • Assess how responsive a school is during initial contact.
  • Look for schools that offer personal connections, such as Zoom meetings, to evaluate their fit for your educational goals.
• Accreditation is Crucial:
  • Confirm affiliations with reputable associations like the Canadian Federation of Aromatherapists (CFA) or the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA).
  • These connections lend credibility and provide professional support.
• Course Structure & Content:
  • Understand the distinction between foundational and advanced certifications.
  • Ensure programs include essential components like anatomy and physiology.
• Instructor Expertise:
  • Research the qualifications and teaching styles of instructors.
  • Ensure their background aligns with your learning style and goals.
• Financial Considerations:
  • Evaluate the value of tuition fees alongside material or exam costs.

Final Advice:
 Take your time, ask questions, and find a school that resonates with your learning preferences and aspirations.

Connect with Nikki and Rachael for personalized guidance on your aromatherapy education journey.

Listen now to make an informed decision about your future in aromatherapy!

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In this episode of Vetiver Vibes, hosts Nikki Fraser and Rachael Dean kick off 2025 with a joyful reflection on their five and a half years of Essentria and Vetiver Vibes. They share their enthusiasm for the new year by discussing exciting goals:

• Launching a new course for a Level 2 certification later in 2025, perfect for those with prior Anatomy and Physiology education. 
• Introducing new quarterly mini-courses to keep the learning fresh and engaging.

Nikki and Rachael highlight the importance of setting goals and fostering community engagement. They warmly invite listeners to join their Facebook group, "Love Essential Oils with Essentria," for live sessions and interactive content. 

For a boost in motivation, they suggest revisiting a past episode, #24.5 "Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs" as it focuses on overcoming limiting beliefs you may be experiencing. 

The episode radiates optimism and excitement for the year ahead, encouraging everyone to embrace new opportunities.

Links to the resources mentioned:

• Podcast #24.5 Breaking Through Limiting Beliefs https://www.schoolofessentria.com/vetivervibes/breakthrough-limiting-beliefs

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Krista Burch is a Tax Principal at Bateman MacKay with 10 years experience in corporate structures, mergers and acquisitions and tax compliance. She obtained her CPA in 2014 after graduating with an Honors in accounting from Brock University.  Krista is currently in pursuit of her tax and estate planner designation to begin to provide more comprehensive estate planning services. She loves to travel and play recreational sports. 

In this episode, Nikki and Krista talk about

• Some of the biggest mistakes people make before having an accountant
• The feel to incorporate right away, which isn’t the case
• Some tips to help come tax time
• Keeping finances for business separate
• Difference between a bookkeeper and an accountant
• When HST needs to be charged and tips regarding it
• Deductions that can be used as business expenses
  • Home
  • Auto 
  • Food/Entertainment
  • Specific categories
• You can find the full list of deductions here for sole proprietors: https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/forms-publications/forms/t2125.html
  • Page 3, Part 4 - Net income (loss) before adjustments - categories for business deductions
  • Page 4, Part 7 - Calculating business-use-of-home expenses
• The role of CPP in taxes
• The requirements for paying installments for taxes over the year

Connect with Krista

Website: https://www.batemanmackay.com/

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bateman_mackay/

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In this episode, Nikki interviews Amy Williams DeLong about supporting our pets and animals with aromatherapy. 

Amy DeLong is a Holistic Pet Care expert, certified animal aromatherapist, and instructor of Animal Aromatherapy 

In her private practice, Amy helps pet parents find holistic solutions that help their animal friends live the best life possible, including teaching pet parents how to use essential oils safely while giving pets a choice in selecting aromatics.

In addition, Amy brings unique insights into supporting animals holistically through her work as an animal communicator, intuitive energy healer, and Tellington TTouch® practitioner, and other holistic modalities. Amy has supported hundreds of pet parents over the years, partnered with holistic veterinarians, and served as a Veterinary Assistant at wellness clinics on Indian/First Nations reserves.

Amy is also dedicated to helping animals without devoted pet parents by supporting rescues, fostering, and transforming the lives of starved, neglected, and literally mangy mutts.

In this episode, Nikki and Amy go over

• How Amy started in the aromatherapy and animal world
• Does it matter the species of animal we use essential oils with
• The size of the animal isn’t the only thing that matters
• The benefits of hydrolats/hydrosols for birds, pocket pets, and skin issues
• Aromatic use vs topical use
• Topical only for if you can see it or touch it
• Self-selection of essential oils for the pet
• Pets following their own intuition and resonate with the energy around them
• Safety with diffusing around pets - maximum 30 minutes 1-2 times a day
• Using essential oils with cats
• Go-to essential oils that are safer to use with pets
  • Kid-safe essential oils
• Reduce your stress, be present with your animal, be with them

Connect with Amy

Website: AmyWilliamsDeLong.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amy_williams_delong/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/animalaromatherapymadeeasy

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@amywilliamsdelong2731

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In this episode, Nikki interviews Kate Matheson, from Matheson & Co. about top strategies for starting and growing your own business and increasing your bookings. 

Kate Matheson is a business coach for health + wellness practitioners, clinic owner, passionate advocate of health, and long-time entrepreneur, having built 6 businesses over the past 13 years.  She has spent the last 7 years helping practitioners build their own consistent, fully booked practices without waiting years, sacrificing their quality of care or burning out on marketing. Kate is here to help put the right foundations in place (the things your schools never taught) so you can snowball your growth in a way that gets both busier and easier every month.

In this episode, Nikki and Kate go over

• How to get more bodies into seats for your business
• How she started her different businesses, and supporting other in growing their businesses
• The importance of niching down
• Be an expert in your field and group that you support
• The importance of your mindset, having a strong mindset
• Talk like to person you want to be as an entrepreneur
• Celebreate your wins!
• Be clear and precise in your messaging
• Marking strategies, it isn’t always just about social media
• Local brick and mortar, vs global and online
• Going over her Booked Up Blueprint program
• How she supports businesses in clear messaging, and getting more clients to book into their practices
• Don’t forget the low hanging fruit, some simple things can build big momentum

Connect with Kate

Website: www.mathesonandco.ca

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mathesonandco/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MATHESONANDCO

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In this episode, Nikki interviews Noelle Fowler.

Noelle Fowler is a Holistic Declutter Coach who helps busy women simplify their lives to make room for what matters most. She takes a root-cause approach to decluttering - because baskets and bins are just bandaids in “organizing”. Her realistic and sustainable approach to decluttering folds into the rhythms of everyday life so you’re not spending all of your Saturdays tackling that closet. 

Nikki and Noelle discuss

• Decluttering, organizing and minimizing 
• Getting to the root cause of clutter
• The stories we tell ourselves and how to re-write those stories
• Thought patterns 
• The link between the ‘stuff’ we collect and our emotions
• Root causes of the clutter
• How to start decluttering the house - start with less emotional rooms like a bathroom
• Keeping bigger emotional or space rooms for last
• Having a schedule, take it slow
• Maintenance mode
• How to decrease your cleaning by 40% by decluttering
• The silent to do list
• Some essential oils that can help let go, release, self-forgiveness 

Ressources mentioned:

Download - Let’s Make Room: https://roomtobreathe.myflodesk.com/roomtobreathe

The Making Room Membership: https://community.noellefowler.com/invitation?code=63CE4B

Connect with Noelle

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makeroomtobreathe/

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Sandie Gascon is an Integrative Healing Practitioner, Author of Heal Yourself and Founder of The Integrative Healing Academy. She healed herself of migraines, depression, lupus, interstitial cystitis, and cystic acne. Her purpose is to help educate others on the importance of shifting focus to rebuilding and rebalancing the body and removing internal and external stress so the body can heal itself. She lives in Florida with her husband and son, enjoying the sunshine state on her 5-acre farm with her horses and dogs.

In this episode, Nikki interviews Sandie

• What is acne
• The danger of guessing and trial and error
• The importance of running tests
• Common threads:
  • Overall stress on the immune system
  • Detoxification pathways 
  • Hormones
  • Gut
• 3 phases of detox classification
• Reducing toxins in our environment and food
• Food that can affect us
• Topical creams, and what to use on our skin
• The importance of inner work
• Some important tests to take
  • Genetic tests (Ancestry), blood panel tests, DUTCH tests
• The whole-body approach

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Book: Heal Yourself: Body - Mind - Spirit

Amazon US - https://tinyurl.com/3dp67yxv

Amazon Canada: https://tinyurl.com/32am2kzs

Free workshop: https://integrativehealingacademy.info/workshop-registration

Connect with Sandie

Website: www.sgintegrativehealing.com

Website: www.integrativehealingacademy.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/motivated2healnaturally 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/motivated2heal

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In this episode, Nikki interviews Alexis Sams about food allergies. 

Dr. Alexis Sams, is a functional medicine specialist, holistic healthcare practitioner and the founder of Renatrition Health & Wellness located in Phoenix, Arizona.

With a focus on enhancing the well-being of those dealing with chronic pain and symptoms, her signature FoodClues™ unique treatment approach to uncover often overlooked factors in traditional medical practices. She draws on her extensive training in physical therapy, functional medicine, mindset coaching, herbalism and essential oils to help countless individuals worldwide who couldn't find relief through conventional methods like exercises, medications, injections, or surgery. 

Dr. Alexis is a self-proclaimed foodie and the author of Food Clues: Decoding the Hidden Messages Behind Your Food Likes and Dislikes.

In this episode, Nikki and Alexis go over

• How Alexis discovered her support of clients helped decrease their food allergy reactions
• Difference between allergies and sensitivities
• What the Food Clues fundamentals are
• Foundations for health to help bring the body back into balance and out of dysfunction
• The root causes of dysfunctions causing allergies
• Why some people’s allergies come and go, they can eat one thing one day and not another
• How it isn’t about the food
• Food Clues book

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Acid levels in the body video: www.myfoodclues.com/acids

Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/Food-Clues-Decoding-Messages-Dislikes/dp/B0CWY928XC

Amazon Canada: https://tinyurl.com/34r6pr4e

Connect with Alexis

Website: https://renatrition.com

Email: [email protected]

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefoodallergydoc/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dralexissams

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefoodallergydoc

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In this episode, Nikki interviews Elizabeth about the benefits of Forest Bathing, also known as Shinrin Yoku. 

Elizabeth Mintun is a psychotherapist and mindful life coach. Elizabeth has a psychotherapy private practice in Columbus, Ohio and an online mindfulness-based life coaching practice. She also facilitates an online self-care membership called The Calming Ground, which supports and guides women to move from feeling depleted, overwhelmed, and exhausted to feeling energized, confident, and inspired. Elizabeth is the creator and host of The Calming Ground Podcast and she is a certified Qigong teacher and Forest Therapy Guide. 

In this episode, Nikki and Elizabeth go over

• What is forest bathing, and the history of it
• The sequence used, including a tea ceremony ritual 
• The relationship between the earth, plants, rocks etc between us and the land
• Aroma connection during the practice
• Being able to do this practice without access to forests
• How often someone can practice forest bathing
• The benefits of forest bathing include; immune health, blood pressure, cognition, focus, memory, emotional, and spirit connection and more
• Allow yourself to notice your surroundings

Connect with Elizabeth

Website: https://www.thecalmingground.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecalmingground

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecalmingground

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@elizabethmintun

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This podcast is for information purposes only. We are certified clinical aromatherapists and holistic health professionals. If you have a medication concern, please refer to your health team. Everyone’s health is unique to themselves, so the topics and suggestions stated may or may not apply directly to you. Please reach out to an aromatherapist to work with or consider training to become one yourself!

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