For the mothers you love, including you

For the mothers you love, including you, give the gift of health this Mother's Day. Within our practice, we only provide natural and organic health therapies and products because we believe true medicine is gentle and safe and this is what you deserve. To show mom or mom-to-be how much you value and appreciate her in your life and her quality of health, you are invited to purchase a gift certificate for:

a 'Flourishing Health' wellness session or package ~ within this detailed consultation, we holistically address a specific health concern

any or all of the 'Sweet Butterfly Mommy & Baby' Aromatherapy Products

the Birth Support Kit

a Holistic Birth Coach

a Foot Reflexology session or package (available in select areas of Northern New Jersey and New York City)

essential oil and flower essence products for eczema, allergies, respiratory health, and other health nourishing products

Once gift certificates are purchased, they will be created and sent to the recipients, via email.

Send an email to Nicole A Tucker at AOL dot com to order, and let us know what you would like to be included on the gift certificate.

Happy Mother's Day...and Everyday!

Nicole
www.NicoleAngelaTucker.com


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Conscious Conception: Factors to Consider When Ready to Conceive

Your intentions of creating a baby:
Is the desire to conceive a baby born out of a place of love, loneliness, fear, or other?

Being honest with yourself as to the purpose of getting pregnant will bring forth clarity and the opportunity to move forward in your decision from a place of consciousness and empowerment.



Feelings about yourself and partner:
It is crucial to consider how you truly feel about yourself, your openness to give and receive love, and the role of motherhood.

What role does your partner play in the decision to get pregnant? Will he or she be present and fully involved in the journey? Will you choose single parenting? What resources would you like to assist you?



How’s the health of your womb?
Preparing the womb space to conceive is essential in ensuring a safe and healthy home for your baby to grow. If there are any health challenges, consider utilizing natural therapies, such as aromatherapy and herbs, as complementary and alternative approaches to address the issue. They are gentle and non-toxic on the body.



How’s your diet!
It is best to consume foods that strengthens, cleanses and nourishes the body; which include appropriate portion and food pairing, moderation and listening to your body when it signals a need for food.



How much and what kind of water do you drink?
It is best to drink ½ your body’s weight in ounces up to 100 ounces daily. For instance, if you weigh 150 pounds, 75 ounces of water is the minimum daily amount. Preferably distilled water – many of the impurities have been removed through distillation.


How clean is the air in the home and work place?
Realize that unless you are getting really clean/fresh air, as well as breathing deeply, you may also be having challenges with the proper oxygenation of your body.

Go for a walk outside and slowly take deep breaths to fill the lungs.



Are you getting the appropriate type of exercise?
Exercise has been known to repair and strengthen the body, improve moods and assists in reducing pregnancy discomforts.

Light, gentle stretches and brisk to medium paced walking are appropriate exercises that promote circulation throughout the entire body.



What are your stress levels and how do you deal with them?
This is a main source of depletion of the essential elements that sustain a person’s body health. Naturally, stress is involved in the life experience, how you deal and address it is key. Meditation and/or listening to soothing music have been known to help with stress reduction, along with an innate belief in trust.



Lifestyle Choices:
Refrain from smoking, alcohol consumption, and recreational drugs. The health ramifications can be quite extensive, including anemia, blood and heart challenges. Most drugs cross the placenta, so if you are already pregnant, this may cause a direct toxic effect on the fetus, including possible and drug dependency. After childbirth, drugs can be passed to the baby through breastfeeding.




Nicole A. Tucker, Lic. LCC is a Certified Aromatherapist and Licensed Natural Health Care Practitioner and Educator, and owner of a holistic health practice. Nicole’s mission is to put pleasure back into pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, and the family collective. She is available for private sessions, via telephone. 
 
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Essential Oils: Your Family’s Natural First Aid

Scenario: your son trips on one of his toys, falls and cuts his leg. What first aid ointment do you use? How much do you know about the first aid ointment you apply?

Did you know that when you place a combination of lavender and chamomile essential oils on the cut, it heals from the inside out with no adverse effect to your son’s skin and health?

Essential oils are extracted from flowers and plants and their therapeutic properties are used in a gentle way to assist the health of your family. Also known as Aromatherapy, the essential oils have certain qualities, such as natural and safe anti-bacterial, antibiotic, and antiseptic that can be used by every member of your family.

As you may already know, any oil, ointment, cream that is placed on the skin is absorbed into the body and has an affect on your physical body, mood, behavior, and thoughts. Both lavender and chamomile essential oils assist to heal the cut and repair the skin, as well as soothe and relax your nervous and digestive systems. The multi-purpose of essential oils provides added wellness benefits for the user.

Your Aromatherapy first aid kit can consists of essential oil creations for cuts and scrapes, sleep support, coughs and colds, headaches, and so on. It can be used in combination with your traditional first aid kit.

Most traditional first aid kit consists of medicines that have warning labels of potential adverse effects, so research what works best for your family. Always prioritize safety and effectiveness first.

For additional information regarding Aromatherapy first aid support, please contact me at NicoleATucker@aol.com.

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Experience The Feel-Good Energy Of Aromatherapy During Pregnancy Bedrest

Aromatherapy means “therapy or treatment through aromas.” It entails using essential oils, which are considered the spirit of nature’s oldest inhabitants: flowers, plants, fruits, and trees.

This ancient form of healthcare is safe for everyone, including pregnant and postpartum mothers on bedrest. It requires no challenging movement to inhale the aroma or to apply an aromatherapy blend. In fact, the marriage of gentle touch combined with the essential oils helps to promote a feel-good energy within the mother as a type of self-love and self-nurturing.

Essential oils are typically extracted through distillation, and their unique therapeutic properties (such as antiviral, antibacterial, antibiotic, sedative, nervine and digestive) are used to address your health concerns.

The oils may be experienced through inhalation and/or topically (combined with a variety of base oils, such as canola, olive, or almond). The added base oil helps to transport the essential oil into the bloodstream, where it can “work its magic.”

Essential oil preparations can also be utilized as a massage cream application, foot and body bath, perfume, compress, mouthwash and air diffusion.

As an aromatherapy spray, the pleasant, uplifting aroma will positively affect the atmosphere of the bedrest room; this provides further support as frustration and upset can be common responses to being in the same environment for extended periods of time.

Because there are countless therapeutic properties to each essential oil, aromatherapy is suitable to assist the variety of reasons why you are on bedrest. For instance, essential oil of sweet orange assists digestion and promotes positive attitude and mood; this oil would be helpful for a mother who may be experiencing morning sickness, nausea, loss of appetite or any other form of digestive upset, along with possible emotional upsets. An aromatherapy blend can be created for you that can be inhaled, apply on the stomach area of your body, or all over the body.

A positive shift in emotions supports a healthier pregnancy and mommy and baby bonding experience.

Now offered in hospitals throughout the world, aromatherapy is considered a complementary and alternative approach to healthcare. It may be used by itself or in partnership with other healthcare options. Aromatherapy can be used throughout pregnancy, childbirth, postpartum, postnatal, and beyond. I recommend consulting with a certified aromatherapist to have products specially created for your specific health concerns.

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What Is Aromatherapy and What Health Challenges Can It Assist?

Aromatherapy entails using essential oils, also known as the lifeblood of nature's oldest inhabitants, flowers, plants, fruits. The oils are extracted through distillation and their healing properties are then used in a gentle and safe manner to assist your health concerns. The essential oils have certain qualities such as antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiseptic, antibiotic, antidepressant, and/or many other qualities that assist your holistic (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual) health. A trained person can work with these qualities to educate you on how to use these essential oils for your own personal benefit. When inhaled and/or placed on the skin, there is an effect within the body. There are different ways of using essential oils: as a massage oil or cream, air spray, mouthwash, in a douche and more. A massage oil or cream is the method I find most efficient and my clients have found most effective. With a massage oil or cream, essential oils are combined with a carrier oil, such as olive, canola, and almond or in an unscented cream. I educate you in the appropriate essential oils to use and how to use them.

Aromatherapy Assists:

ADHD
Fertility
Allergies
Fibroids
Asthma
Insomnia
Skin issues
Ear infection
Breast milk flow
Menstrual challenges
Post-traumatic stress
Post-partum emotional health
Preventive health
And much more

- Nicole A. Tucker, Lic. LCC
Certified Aromatherapist
Clinical Aromatherapy Student

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Your Holistic Child: Back To School Guide

Your Holistic Child: Back To School Guide

~ When packing lunch, consider the appropriate food grouping for proper digestion and strengthening of the entire body (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual). Protein + Green Vegetables = Yes, Starch + Green Vegetables = Yes. Protein + Starch = No, Green Vegetables + Fruit = No.

~ If your child experiences a lack of appetite, add a piece of grapefruit to her lunch bag/box to eat or inhale the aroma. Essential oil of grapefruit provides appetite stimulant support.

~ Send her to school with her own essential oil (Aromatherapy) hand sanitizer. Containing all natural anti-bacterial, anti-toxic, and antiviral properties, she will like the aroma and the way it feels on her hands.

~ Gently encourage communication about your child's day at school. Find out who her friends are, if there are any challenges with other students and teachers, and so on. Start this process at an early age to increase your child's belief system about healthy self-expression, and communication.

~ Introduce and maintain a holistic lifestyle for your child. This approach to wellness, first, supports healthy living values and commitments for your child, as well as, minimizes sick days from school.

*this newsletter information also applies to home schooling environments.


To Your Best Health,

Nicole
www.NicoleAngelaTucker.com

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Make holistic living fun and empowering for your children

Holistic living means to actively and consciously participate and create life choices that support your healthiest physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual (belief system) health. Encouraging this option of living for children helps them to be healthy and grow into adults who consciously choose natural and safe resources to support their best health.

Holistic living options for your child(ren) can include:
- Send them to school with their own essential oil (Aromatherapy) hand sanitizer. Containing all natural anti-bacterial, anti-toxic, and antiviral properties, they will like the aroma and the way it feels on their hands.

- Schedule time together to clean toys. Get a bucket and mix water, clear vinegar, and essential oils of lemon, tea tree, and pine - a gentle, safe cleanser, while your child has fun playing in the solution and being responsible for the care of his toys.

- Camouflage spinach or other green leafy vegetables in cacao, dark chocolate, or carob smoothies (make sure that your child has no sensitivity to these options). Fruit smoothies work well too - s(he) may find the green color interesting and fun! Use a juicer. If your child is transitioning from drinking store/fast food bought beverages, save the container. When you make the smoothie, add it to the container, until he is comfortable with the full transition.

- Give him or her the opportunity to play in dirt, or better yet soil. Encourage your child to assist you to plant and pick herbs that you can use to cook with.


Nicole A. Tucker, Lic. LCC is a Licensed Health Care Practitioner and Educator, specializing in complementary and alternative medicine. Click here to learn more about the practice.

To Your Best Health,

Nicole
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Generous words from Bethenny

Dear Nicole
Thanks so much for your very thoughtful gift. We LOVE IT!
Love, Bethenny
Bethenny Frankel, Celebrity Natural Food Chef, NY Times Best-Selling Author, Star of Bravo's "Bethenny Ever After" and mom to baby daughter, Bryn, New York, New York (referring to "Sweet Butterfly Mommy & Baby" All-Purpose Aromatherapy Blend)

How to Test for Lactose Intolerance in Babies

Lactose intolerance in babies can be painful. It is the body’s inability to properly process or metabolize lactose due to a lack of enzymes in the digestive system. Lactose is a type of sugar found in mammalian milk. In utero, babies can develop lactose intolerance if the mother consumes a nutritionally imbalanced diet, which affects healthy production of enzymes, consequently affecting the development of the baby’s digestive system. There are easy and non-invasive ways to test for lactose intolerance in babies.
Check the stool for blood and mucus. Blood may appear light pink or deep red in color. Using gloves, separate the stool to check for mucus.

Get a stool acidity test, which measures the amount of acid in the stool. Undigested lactose in the colon creates lactic acid.

Check for rashes on the face, the front and back of the neck, the stomach and abdomen, toes and all over. Rashes may appear dry, wet, raised, irritated and itchy. Check for a breakout of bumps on the body.

Gently apply 1/2 tsp. of milk on the abdominal area and note any breakouts within four to six hours.

Crying may indicate pain in the digestive system. Be conscious of crying immediately or two to three hours after milk feeding. Listen for gas sounds in the stomach and intestines.

Self-test by feeding your baby 1 oz. of milk on an empty stomach, noting any digestive upsets that occur within two to four hours. Repeat two more times in a 24-hour period, if necessary.

Enzyme Therapy is a muscle palpation technique administered on the body and feet to test the enzyme status throughout the body. The right enzymes can be placed back into the body with the aid of this process. Recommended for mom and baby, Enzyme Therapy helps to repair the digestive system and process a limited or full dose of lactose. Cow, goat, and bottled milk may still pose a challenge to digest.

Continued breastfeeding is encouraged; however, you may need to decrease or eliminate dairy, sugar and fats from your diet and include the appropriate enzymes, as your baby is directly affected by what you eat.

Aromatherapy is the use of essential oils to promote a healthy body and emotions. This method helps to soothe the digestive system. Add three drops of sweet orange essential oil to one teaspoon of canola oil and apply it in a clockwise motion on your baby’s digestive system. Rub the oil in the palms of of your hands; start applying it under baby’s left breast, moving down the left side of the body, across the abdomen, including the belly button, up the right side of the body, under the right breast and then to the left breast.

As a physical upset can be directly connected to an emotional upset, lactose intolerance may also indicate a challenge with processing change and sadness.

Click here to learn more about Aromatherapy and Enzyme Therapy. To schedule a private session in either modality to address lactose intolerance, email Nicole at NicoleATucker@aol.com.

Laila + Sydney

Congratulations to Boxer Laila Ali and family on the arrival of baby girl Sydney!!! Hope you enjoy our "Ball of Light Belly & Body Oil" and "Sweet Butterfly Mommy & Baby All-Purpose Aromatherapy Blend"!

XO,
Nicole

New All-Purpose Aromatherapy Product for Moms and Babies!

I am excited and pleased to announce the launch of my company's new product, "Sweet Butterfly Mommy & Baby" All-Purpose Aromatherapy Blend!!!

A gentle, natural, safe topical care product that moms can go to for a variety of common health occurrences, it assists diaper rash, teething, cradle cap, nipple care during breastfeeding and much more; the All-Purpose Aromatherapy Blend consists of essential oils and herbal infusions. It is also compact to carry as mom and baby are on the go.

Learn more about this amazing powerhouse, along with other healthy hair and skin care products, at www.wholecreations.com/mommyandbaby.html.


My best,

Nicole