STREAM WITH HART
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Welcome to my alternative to social media: no politics, no pressure, no sales pitches.
Simply a place to scroll content intentionally designed with ease, good energy and everyday empowerment in mind.
I will be sharing my own thoughts, experiences and insights along with a variety of resources that I find of value.
I’d love for you to follow along and make this space part of your routine. Bookmark the page, sign up for occasional notifications so you don’t miss what’s new, and feel free to connect with me directly anytime. This stream is here to support you.
November 2025 - October 2025 - September 2025 - From the Vault
11/10/2025
Essential Oil of the Week
Friday night I went to the high school football playoff game to support my “hubs” team. After sitting in the cold I woke up in the middle of the night with a sore throat. I immediately got up, went downstairs and popped an OnGuard + soft gel and doused my glands with my go-to germ fighting oil blend containing the OnGuard Protective blend essential oil (recipe below). I went back to bed and woke up in the morning with no sign of it at all! For good measure I used it throughout the day to keep it at bay and have been feeling fine since.
Throughout my years of essential oils use I have learned to listen to my body. I no longer ignore annoying sore throats, tight chests, aches, sniffles, fatigue etc… Instead I realize that the sooner I take action, the shorter those symptoms hang around and the less likely they are to take over.
Essential oils do not treat or cure ailments. They simply send messages to parts of our body that need to step up and get to work, such as our immune system. Think of them as the mom who nags at you to wake up, get moving and tells you exactly what you should be doing when you are slacking.
Our bodies get run down and even sludgy with toxins and lifestyle choices causing some systems to become lazy. But when an oil enters the bloodstream through the skin, olfactory system by smell or ingested by mouth, it circulates your whole body within 30 minutes and depending on what the chemical constituents of each particular oil are, depends on what messages are sent to your body so it can do more easily what it was designed to do and that is heal itself.
So the next time you feel something setting in be on guard and take action so it doesn’t take you down.
My go-to FLOOT blend I have made up and on hand year round! I combine about 8 drops of each in a roller bottle topped off with fractionated coconut oil. Great for the whole family to use and will last a long time so you will definitely get your moneys worth especially since all of these are available in starter kit with even more savings.
Frankincense
Lemon
OnGuard
Oregano
Tea Tree
11/10/2025
SIP (Self Intelligence Principle) Card of the Week
Sense of Self
Who – What – Where – When – Why – How
Whenever I’m sharing my thoughts, creating content, or working with clients, I’m always holding the full sense of self in mind. We are never just one thing. We’re an intricate blend of layers, each shaping the way we think, behave, relate and choose. The way I see it, we’re made up of the following:
Who you are is expressed through your personality characteristics. Whether you’re witty, serious, sarcastic, calm, warm, edgy, generous, quiet, or bold, these qualities shape your outlook, your behavior, and the way you treat others. They often determine whether people feel drawn to you or keep their distance.
And every personality trait you own strengthens the clarity of your sense of self.
What you are good at comes from the skills you’ve practiced and refined over time. Playing an instrument, fixing things around the house, excelling athletically, writing, designing, organizing, cooking, typing quickly without errors. These are learnable capacities that support specific parts of your life.
And the more you work on your skills, the more grounded and capable your sense of self feels.
Where you are in life reflects your current season. Maybe you’re a student, a parent, career-building, empty-nesting, retired, single, married, caregiving or traveling the world. Each phase brings its own set of responsibilities and perspectives that influence how you see yourself.
And your ability to enjoy your current season strengthens your evolving sense of self.
When you were born simply means your age, and your age shapes a great deal. Childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, mid-life, later years, each stage influences how you show up, make decisions, carry yourself, and understand the world.
And recognizing the wisdom, boundaries and abilities within your age stabilizes your sense of self.
Why you do what you do comes from the stories you’ve lived. Your childhood, your relationships, the way peers treated you, what you enjoyed for fun, your history with confidence, the environments that supported you, and the ones that didn’t, all of it forms your internal reasoning system.
And understanding your “why” deepens the truth of your sense of self.
How you do things best comes from your strengths. We all have access to the same 34 traits, but each person uses them differently based on the order and blend. The names may carry stereotypes, but the way your strengths combine is shaped by your who, what, where, when, and why. You are the only person who has your exact mix of traits, experiences, skills, and perspectives.
And when you honor your unique “how,” your sense of self becomes empowered rather than compared.
Each of these layers matters. Awareness brings clarity. Understanding brings compassion. Acceptance creates ease. Embracing invites confidence. And learning to manage all of it, your who, what, where, when, why, and how, allows you to feel empowered by your fullest, most authentic sense of self.
11/9/2025
The Power of “Let”
It started with “Let It Be”, the song famously sung by the Beatles about a dream Paul had during a stressful period of his life where his deceased mother Mary came to him with the advice let it be, encouraging him to find peace and acceptance during times of trouble.
And then, of course, there’s Elsa’s “Let It Go,” which I am sure all of us have joined in when she belted it out from her icy place of isolation in Frozen. Many of us have felt the same frustration she carried being forced to hide what she was capable of. Yet as the song unfolds, she stops fearing her own power and finally accepts it.
And now, who hasn’t adopted the Let Them theory that Mel Robbins touts yet was actually a poem years prior written by Cassie Phillips. The “Let Them” poem is about affirmation and ultimately an attitude that people should adopt in order to not be taken advantage of. This poem is made up of two distinct parts, with the first focusing on the way people are sometimes treated, while the second deals with the way in which people should be treated. Some have interpreted the title as a kind of passivity, however, the poet uses it to show a positive attitude of acceptance while standing your ground.
Together, these three “lets” reveal a clear path, each one meeting us at a different point when life gets stressful.
“Let It Be” softens the urge to control what isn’t ours.
“Let It Go” releases the weight we were never meant to carry.
“Let Them” loosens our grip on who we think others should be.
What they all share is acceptance, not as resignation, but as the recognition that we all have our own way, our own wiring, our own timing, our own truth, our own personal process.
And the moment we stop wrestling with that, something shifts inside us.
This is where the real power of “let” lives.
Not in letting people walk away or walk all over us.
Not in ignoring ,dismissing or pretending.
But in allowing each person to follow their own internal process rather than the one we imagined for them.
There’s a quiet order to life when we stop micromanaging everyone’s role in it.
“Let It Be” steadies us.
“Let It Go” frees us.
“Let Them” reminds us we’re not responsible for reshaping anyone else’s path.
And in that steadying, freeing, reminding, we rediscover our own clarity. We stop absorbing what isn’t ours and start honoring what is. We stop clinging to the version of others we wish existed and start relating to the one who actually does.
Acceptance, in this sense, isn’t passive. It’s the foundation for getting along better.
Because when we honor the truth that every person navigates life through their own personal process, we step out of the frustration that comes from trying to rewrite them.
We let in space for understanding.
We let in room for respect.
We let in the conditions where relationships breathe through acceptance.
Let… and watch peace rise where tension once lived.
11/7/2025
When Knowing Isn’t Enough
This came up during a conversation at my Coffee with Champions meeting. We were talking about imposter syndrome and how understanding your strengths can take the edge off that “I’m not enough” feeling.
But someone said something honest and important:
“Yes… but just knowing them isn’t enough.”
And she’s right.
Awareness is only the doorway. It’s the spark, not the flame.
Self-intelligence isn’t a single moment of insight. It’s a progression. It moves through awareness, then into understanding, acceptance, embracement, management, and finally empowerment.
Each layer supports the next, like leveling up your own internal operating system.
But many people pause somewhere between awareness and understanding. Not because they’re doing anything wrong, but because life gets busy, the old habits feel familiar, or the new clarity hasn’t fully settled in yet.
And from that half-built place, frustration still shows up.
Especially when we’re trying to lead, communicate, kick that imposter syndrome, or get along better with the people around us.
So “when knowing isn’t enough,” is a signal that there’s more depth waiting to be explored.
Your strengths are designed to work for you, but they take time, attention, curiosity, and patience to unfold.
You deserve to feel the full benefit of who you are, not just a glimpse of it.
And when you keep going past awareness into the richer layers of understanding and application, that’s where everything becomes clearer, easier, and more aligned, both within yourself and in your relationships.
A small reminder: knowing yourself opens the door.
Actually living in that knowing is what changes everything.
11/6/2025
The Root Cause of All Stress
Take anything you are stressed by in your life and when you peel back the layers it will always boil down to this one thing!
Don’t believe me, try it for yourself and take something that causes you stress and explore how your own or someone else’s behavior is at the root of it.
Not seeing it, send me the situation and we can explore it together (free of charge)
Keep following along and I will be providing specific examples.
11/5/2025
Can You Look at Yourself in a 2-Sided Mirror?
We all like to think we’re self-aware, that we know our strengths, our quirks, our limits. But the truth is, most of us prefer the parts that feel good to look at. In fact Harvard Business Review’s study shows that 90% of people think they are self-aware, although only 10-15% actually are. We like the confident, capable, funny, kind parts of ourselves. The other sides, the reactive, controlling, defensive ones, we tend to explain away or avoid altogether.
But real growth doesn’t happen in comfort.
It happens when we’re willing to see both sides of ourselves without letting ego get in the way.
Every strength has a shadow.
Responsibility can become micromanaging.
Empathy can lead to assumptions.
Positivity can turn toxic.
Awareness means noticing when we’ve tipped too far in one direction and choosing to recalibrate, not criticize.
That’s why it takes courage to do this kind of inner work because it’s not about being “good” or “bad.” It’s about being honest. And honesty asks us to look in the mirror with compassion, not perfection.
So here’s something to think about:
When someone reflects a truth back to you, maybe something you didn’t want to see, do you listen, or do you defend? Do you open up, or do you shut down?
The goal isn’t to get rid of the hard parts. It’s to understand them. Because when you do, you stop living on autopilot and start leading your life with awareness, balance, and grace.
The people who can hold both sides of themselves, the proud and the mindful, are the ones who grow the most. Not because they’re better than others, but because they’re willing to be open.
I used to take feedback so personally, even when it was meant with care. I wanted to be seen as capable, kind, and strong, and anything that challenged that felt like a threat. But over time, I realized that being seen fully, even in the moments I’d rather hide, was actually freeing.
That’s where Self-Intelligence came alive for me.
Learning to honor my strengths and be honest about my shadows didn’t make me less confident, it made me more real.
Now, when I catch myself slipping into my struggles, I don’t shame myself (or let others shame me either). I simply notice, breathe, and come back to center, in my top strengths where I thrive most.
That’s what I want for you, too - not the restriction of perfection, but freedom in the peace that comes from seeing yourself clearly.
11/4/2025
How to Get Along Better with a Daydreamer
You struggle with keeping up with their constant new ideas. Or you have a hard time connecting because they spend so much time in their own head. But when you learn how to not only understand but appreciate their beautiful mind, instead of getting frustrated because they don’t think like you do, you’ll get along so much better!
11/3/2025
Essential Oil of the Week
Many of us think that happiness is the ultimate goal. But I believe “happy” is just another emotion like all the rest. You experience it, process it, and move onto another from it. And the fastest way to not be happy is to always chase the elusive accomplishment of happy.
In my mind, peace is where it’s at! Some may say that peace is just a feeling as well and that may be true. But I view it as a contentment that is at play behind the scenes no matter what emotion is on stage. For instance, I may be sad about something but I can still be at peace within. I can even be raging mad yet know that I am content with myself.
Peace is an umbrella feeling that cocoons us at all times when we allow ourselves to let go of what we can’t control and keep focused on within. Even though I know this and am mindful of it, there are times I struggle with letting myself feel it. That’s when I reach for doTERRA’s carefully curated blend of essential oils that made up their Peace blend which is part of the Emotional Aromatherapy Collection.
Stay tuned to future posts where I share my skepticism about the emotional benefits of essential oils.
11/3/2025
SIP (Self Intelligence Principle) Card of the Week
Solve problems with persistence, knowing that every challenge holds a path forward
This Personal Process: follow the compass within card represents the Restorative strength. For those who have it high, this message resonates with you. You do not shy away from problems. In fact, you have a natural ability to not only solve them but to find the value in diving in, peeling back the layers and find the deeper meaning and message it may represent in your life. You take a challenge and learn from it.
However, when the Restorative strengths falls in the lower part of your personal process profile, you may find you have an aversion to facing problems and tend to view people who focus on them as negative.
No matter where it shows up for you and those in your life, there is no right or wrong, good or bad. There is just Self-Intelligence. How well you are aware of, understand, accept, embrace, know how to manage and feel empowered by this strength will determine how well you see the value in it, within yourself and in others.
Not sure where it falls for you or are struggling to appreciate it, feel free to reach out!
11/1/2025
Are you Coachable?
When thinking about “coachability” we tend to think of kids playing sports. You often hear coaches or parents express frustration when kids don’t listen to direction, aren’t open to learning, think they already know what they are supposed to do or act as if they have all the answers, but this frustration also translates into the adult world as well.
Somewhere along the way, we confuse age with wisdom and experience with mastery. The truth is, the most successful people never stop being coachable. They stay curious, ask questions, invite feedback, and remain open to growing in ways they didn’t know they could.
Being coachable isn’t about being told what to do. It’s about being willing to see what you can do better.