Welcome back to The Simplicity Sessions, I'm delighted that you’ve joined us today. My name is Jenn Pike, your host, registered holistic nutritionist, medical exercise specialist, the best-selling author of the Simplicity Project, and the creator of the women's revolutionary health program, The Hormone Project.

Today, I kick off the episode by covering a question that so many of you asked, overwhelming our inboxes regarding issues with sleep. Given the recent time change a lot of you experienced, we have daylight for longer which is wonderful for our mental and physical well-being, however, it can impact sleep and our ability to fall asleep at night. I will talk through intake recommendations, sleep environment tips, and cleansing advice for everyday simplicity.

If you have a question for me and my team, send it on over to [email protected] or via Instagram at @jennpike and I'll do my best to share helpful insights, thoughts, and advice. 

Now let's get to the heart of this episode, this is a conversation with Erin Oberlander, Doctor of Musical Arts, a Certified Holistic Therapist, Herbalist, and owner of her own company Prairie Soap House & Apothecary. She focuses her practices through her online school, Arcadia Empowerment Collective where she strives to inspire people and to educate them on holistic health and lifestyles.  

To connect with today’s guest, Erin and myself, our social / websites are at the bottom of the show notes. You will also find linked info about our partners and recommended products to try. 

Here are the main topics of today’s episode:

• Introducing our guest, Erin Oberlander
• Popular listener question response - SLEEP
• Intake options and sleep environment tips that can assist with a good night's sleep
• Difference between cleansing and nourishing our skin versus cleaning our skin
• Incorporating the essential oils of herbalism in to our lives
• Our connection to nature historically, at present and moving forward
• How our new reality of home life has changed our relationship with nature
• Seasonal effects on our bodies and how to make the most of what each season brings
• Fresh farm produce vs the far traveled products
• Your skin and your GI tract
• The importance of understanding connections internally and externally
• Joining you on your journey, not just quick advice for this moment, but a deeper knowledge and toolkit for every moment
• Permaculture - a sense of commitment to the long-term.
• Sound healing sessions and creating coherence
• “It can be solved by walking”

“Everything is so grounded in nature. Everything is rooted in coming back home to ourselves”

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You can connect with Erin via Twitter @apothecary_erin, Instagram @arcadiaholisticschool, or to book a free discovery call here. To learn more about Prairie Soap House & Apothecary, https://www.prairiearomatherapy.com/home and for more info on Erin’s VIP Holistic lifestyle makeover, go to https://arcadiaholisticschool.com/vip-11-holistic-lifestyle-coaching 

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Online work with Jenn: 

Register for my signature program The Hormone Project and work with me 1:1 to support your health, hormones, and more via the following link www.jennpike.com/thehormoneproject.

Sign up for The Synced Program to learn how to tune your body to the lunar cycle and acquire a multidisciplinary approach to balance your body in less than 30 minutes a day! 

Interested in registering for the upcoming Audacious Women program? Send us a message via our website at https://jennpike.com/contact/ 

To learn more about the products mentioned in this episode, visit the link I’ve shared on my Instagram @jennpike. There you can discover where you can purchase these products and how you can start to make them part of your everyday simplicity approach. 

Learn more about our Partners:

• Skin Essence is Canadian-founded, organic, non-GMO, not animal-tested- this company is one that we love and have around the house. The Soothe and the Light are two moisturizers that I alternate between. You can even talk to the company to get advice on which products may be right to try first.
• Garden of Life’s mykind Organics liquid iron supplement is doctor-formulated magnesium, Dr. Perlmutter is actually the physician who created this and it's non-genetically modified, Gluten-free, there's no sugar or junk in it and it has a little bit of live probiotic bacteria cultures.
• To calm your nervous system to aid in a good night’s sleep, Valericalm which is a combination of camomile,npassion flower, and California poppy from Saint Francis Herb Farm can help. 

Quotes

• “What did we inherently know from nature then that we have lost touch with now? And how has that affected us? How has it affected our bodies? How has it affected us socially? How's it affected us spiritually. And when we start to look at coming home to ourselves, a healing, the starting point with that often is figuring out how we can become more in touch with nature.

•  “Coming home to ourselves and learning how to reconnect with nature and how she can nourish us.”

• “How afraid people are to really listen to themselves. Because if they start listening, they might have to change... And if this last year has taught us anything, it has forced us into situations where we don't have a choice anymore. We actually have to start listening. So maybe that's the silver lining of the whole situation is that we're learning to listen

•  “Learning to nourish the body with what nature would naturally be giving us in every season...what's going on in our body. What imbalances are going on, but also what does nature have for us in this moment.”

• “I know if I don't teach you the why behind the what. And I don't help you understand all the connections, you are going to end up in the next X amount of time, down the same rabbit hole and repeating the same pattern.”

• “You can be better right now for a short period of time, or we could take a little bit more time and go on a journey together and teach you. And now you can have lifetime knowledge that anytime something happens, you now know how to best support yourself.

• “We do kind of a breaking down of what their current lifestyle is, and then spend the rest of the time building back up...Now you have the knowledge to start to explore that area and there's the empowerment piece.”

• “I believe if we can connect people and empower them with this type of information, it's going to change, not just their lives, but it's going to change how they interact, you know, with what their buying power is with their social presence.”

Additional Information About Jenn:

Jenn studied and graduated with honors in Human Anatomy and Physiology with such a passion that it propelled her to continue her education over many years. Jenn is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist, Medical Exercise Specialist, Registered Yoga Instructor and Faculty of the Toronto Yoga Conference, Pre & Post Natal Yoga Expert, STOTT Pilates trained instructor, Twist Sport Conditioning Coach, Spin Instructor Crossfit Level 1 Coaching, among other certifications she got along the way. She is also a guest Holistic Expert for Breakfast Television, Global, CHCH, Rogers Tv and writes columns for STRONG Fitness Magazine, iRun magazine, Savvy Mom and contributes to Inside Fitness Magazine, The Toronto Star, and Sun. She is also a proud educator and ambassador to Genuine Health, Nature’s Emporium, and Juice Plus.

Jenn is a proud mama to two beautiful souls and her best teachers of life. She resides on Lake Simcoe in Keswick with her husband and two children.