Nickie’s Nook: Oils and Books

Welcome to the nook where I talk about all things oils and books. I’ll also share my personal journey toward healing. Visit my LinkTree to find my favorite oils and the other places I hang out online!

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    • Dress Up Your Hot Chocolate with Doterra Essential Oils

      I love Christmas Time! There’s so much to enjoy during the time around Christmas or any other wintertime holiday you might celebrate. I love the music, the gifts, the food and the cozy feelings all around. That said, as I deal with all of my chronic pain and physical and…

    • Gratitude in the greatest challenges: How CRPS and Other Challenges Have Helped Me Grow

      In no way am I grateful for my pain itself. I’m grateful for the things I’ve learned due to my challenges, but not my pain itself. but I have found things I’m grateful for which have come into my life because of my CRPS and other tough stuff. It’s almost…

    • What I’m Reading

      What book are you reading right now? That’s a dangerous question! I’m almost always reading multipple books at a time. Usually it’s one or two new books and then a few books I’ve read many times. The one I want to mention right now though is the book “The Chronic…

    • The beauty of Bogos

      It’s that time of the season! The time when all of us Doterra lovers watch our email and wonder “What is Bogo Week going to bring this time?” i love my Bogo weeks because it’s a great time to get the oils I know I’ll use and maybe in the…

    • How to Support A Friend with CRPS or other Chronic Illness

      Earlier, I did my best to describe Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. If you have a friend with CRPS or another form of chronic pain, I’m sure you want to support them, but you may be wondering how you can best do that. While I may not know that person’s situation,…

    • Color The World Orange

      I’ve mentioned my chronic pain before, but I’m not sure about how fully I’ve explained it. my main pain condition is called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (type I). This was formerly known as Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy and since I was diagnosed back when that term was common, I tend to…

    • Get ready to Bubble with Holiday joy without counting drops

      As I’ve mentioned before, counting drops of essential oils can be challenging to those of us were blind, at the best of times. It’s exciting for me to share one of Doterra‘s holiday offerings. For special occasions they offer the bubble diffuser. This time, it’s paired with their Holiday Joy…

    • Support Your Sleep with Serenity

      You’d think sleeping would be easy. Just lay down, close your eyes and snore (at least I admit I snore right?). But sleep is actually pretty hard for me. Some of it is pain and some of it is blindness. Many of us who don’t have much light perception struggle…

    • Drops in the dark: How to use essential oils when you can’t see what you’re doing

      Using essential oils can seem overwhelming to any new oil user, but when you’re blind, it can feel even more so. In the following post, we’ll be discussing ways to make using essential oils as easy as possible, even when your eyes don’t work.

    • The problem of poorly managed pain

      This post isn’t going to be my usual type of blog post. Usually, I try to write about topics lightly. In my previous blog, I wrote anything and everything. My goal for this blog is to focus on the more positive aspects of my life, using oils and the progress…