Welcome to The Essential Classroom™ where learning how to lead a life of passion, fulfillment, purpose, and abundance can be acquired through persistence, gratitude, intentions, creativity, faith, & desire. You too can live in joy when you embrace The Essential Lifestyle™.  Change your mindset, change your health & well-being, and change your life.  Are you ready to consciously create and...

My first introduction to learning how to set intentions, began well over a decade ago, when I discovered The Intender’s of the Highest Good community. This community is centered in light and all things positive. It was created by author and visionary, Tony Burroughs. It is the fastest growing grassroots intentional community in the United States, and it has been...

In the quest to bake with the purest ingredients and avoid gluten, I have created a banana bread recipe that is nourishing and guilt free.  I absolutely love baking mini loaves of bread in my Pampered Chef mini loaf pan.  This enables me to freeze loaves and plan ahead for packing school day lunches.  I usually rotate baking my favorite...

Did you know that the percentage of essential oil producing plants on earth is 10%?  In addition, 80% of the world population is currently using herbal medicine.  “Essential oils embody the regenerating, protective, and immune-strengthening properties of plants.” Modern Essentials™.  Essential oils are powerful.  Due to small molecular size and lipid solubility, essential oil constituents are able to penetrate cell...

Is your body toxic?  Does your stomach hurt after eating?  Does it blow up like a balloon?  Digestive issues are at an all time high for people of all ages in the U.S.  Throughout my lifetime, I never had digestive issues – UNTIL I landed in the hospital with injuries that required 3 surgeries and a 2 1/2 week hospital...