- Hey everybody.
I have a wonderful and amazing special guest
so stay tuned because we're gonna help you
have a stress-free holiday.
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So, like I said, I have a wonderful, special guest.
Ingrid is here to teach us how to have
a stress-free holiday, but first,
for my viewers who don't know who you are,
where can they find you and what kind of stuff
do you do on your channel?
- So, my channel is Ingrid Nilsen,
and I make beauty, fashion and lifestyle videos.
I pretty much do a little bit of everything.
So, I like to think of my channel
as a reflection of myself at that time in my life.
So, it's really evolved over the years,
but now I'm just kind of talking
about whatever interests me.
- Yeah, and I like that it's a little bit of everything.
Whenever I peruse, I'm like do I want to learn
how do something today?
Am I wondering about how to style
my fall boots or something?
Ingrid has it all.
So, you can go through her playlist.
That's how I kind of guide your channel
'cause it's like they're broken down very well.
- I love playlists. - Me too.
- I love it when I go to people's channels
and I'm like, you have a playlist?
Great, I'm going to sit here and watch all of them.
- Exactly. I know exactly what I want
and this is what I'm picking.
- Totally.
- So, as we move into this holiday season,
I hear from a lot of my viewers
that it can be very stressful
and it's hard to manage our money
and plan our time accordingly and just ahh.
It's holidays and it's too much.
And so you have put together some helpful
and amazing tips for us.
- Yes, five tips to be exact.
- So, our first tip.
[Twinkling]
- Staying organized and for myself,
I am not a naturally organized person.
So, I really have to work to stay organized.
So, I totally understand everybody out there
that's like, "I am a mess."
'Cause that's me, same.
But I really think, especially during the holiday season,
it's great to create lists and also a budget for yourself.
So, it's not like oh my gosh, I have all this stuff to do
and I don't know how much I should be spending.
So, if you create a list of things
that you know you need and the budget
that you know you you can work within.
I think that can be super, super helpful.
In addition to staying organized,
I think it's also great to have a small, little
extra gifts around because it can be so stressful
if you have a party and then people show up
that you weren't expecting and everybody else
is getting a gift and they're not getting something.
To just go out and find little things
like a jar of jam that you really like
or something small that you love,
that you can keep around as an extra emergency
last-minute gift that's still thoughtful.
So, you're not gonna feel like oh my god,
I'm just shoving this on them.
- Yeah, and that's something that I've struggled with
is when I don't realize a friend is wanting
to exchange gifts, and they're like,
"Oh, let's grab coffee."
And it's December 10th and I don't think about it.
And then I show up, and they're like, "oh I got you this."
And I'm like, "I'm a bad person." (chuckling)
- Yeah, it's like I suck.
I'm awful and you're not awful.
It's just there's a lot of stuff going on
and even if you don't end up using all
of your extra little gifts,
you can save them for another occasion.
You can use them yourself.
(chuckling)
- "Cause they're your favorite things.
- Yeah, exactly.
So, it works all around.
It's a win- win situation I think.
- Number two.
(twinkling)
- Peppermint oil. - Oh la la.
- I may be the number one fan of peppermint oil
because during the holiday season,
it's really easy to feel overwhelmed
and then your body starts to physically react to it.
You know, sore muscles, you feel achy,
and peppermint oil is a really inexpensive, easy way
to help soothe those achy muscles.
So, you can apply this directly to your skin
at your trigger or pressure points.
If you have a sore neck, you can put it here
or you can add a couple drops to your body lotion
that you regularly use or a body oil
and then you'll just feel tingly
and nice all over your body.
- Nice.
- And one thing that I love
so you can take your peppermint oil with you
and you don't have to carry around a bottle like this
is getting a roller ball from Whole Foods
or tons of stores sell just empty little roller bottles.
- Which I didn't even know.
- Yeah, you just have to look for 'em
'cause they're so small you don't really see them.
- It looks like ChapStick or something.
- Yeah, exactly, but they're usually
right next to the Essential Oils.
- Okay, cool.
- And you can just put the peppermint oil in there,
pop this in your bag, and then if you're feeling sore
or stressed, you can just roll it on your wrist,
on your neck, and I think the smell
of peppermint oil is also really soothing too.
- Yeah, nice.
And I love the idea of having it to take with you
because you never know when the stress might strike.
- Yeah.
- Where do you find Essential Oils?
Do you go to Whole Foods or?
- You can get Essential Oils at Whole Foods.
You can buy them online on Amazon.
So, it's really really convenient.
- And number three.
(twinkling)
- I think that being kind to others
and also yourself, is something really important
to remember, just in general.
But especially during a season
where things are getting really, really crazy.
- Yes.
- And I think paying it forward is an action
that also has a reaction to it.
And I know it can be really difficult
to kind of think about doing random acts of kindness
in the big wide world as a tiny person.
Am I really gonna make a difference?
So, in this case, I think it's great
to think about your smaller groups
that you interact with everyday
like your friend group or people that you work with
and do something kind and random
for someone within that group,
and you'll see their reaction to it
and in turn they're gonna feel a little bit better
and hopefully do something kind for someone else.
And that makes you feel good too.
Spreading kindness makes others feel good
and also yourself too.
And with holiday season, I think that
it's also a great time to donate,
and donating is something that I like to do regularly.
So, you can go through your closet,
go through your stuff, have your friends join in.
And really just create a donation box
that you can take and give to people in need
and that's a really great thing to do
for other people and also for yourself
'cause that's a cleansing experience
and that relieves stress.
- I always imagine somebody looking for a job
and being excited that they found a nice dress to wear
to an interview or something.
I'm like somebody's gonna love that.
I'm not wearing it, they'll love it.
- I know and I love going to thrift stores
and consignment stores. - Me too.
- And you feel like you've found treasure.
- Yes, like kinda digging for buried treasure.
Number four.
(twinkling)
- Disconnecting.
So letting go of your cell phone.
- Turn it off.
- Your laptop, just anything, essentially,
that's electronic, just turning it off
or putting it on airplane mode
for one to two hours every day.
I think that's a good starting point,
and just really carving out time for yourself
during the day whether it's in the morning or at nighttime.
Spending an hour with yourself coloring, drawing, writing.
Just doing something that doesn't involve
the TV, laptop or phone.
- Yeah and I speak at schools a lot
and one of the things I'm always telling them
is not to just zone out in front of TV
because we either zone out on Instagram which I'm guilty.
Right, down the rabbit hole.
I don't know why I'm looking at this squirrel
that lives in Louisiana, but I am.
(chuckling)
- And then you're like, so what am I actually doing now.
- Exactly and hours have passed.
And so I always tell people don't just zone out
'cause that's actually not good for you.
It's better to tap-in.
- Exactly. - Versus zone out.
So turning things off and getting reconnected
can help us realize maybe we are a little more stressed.
Maybe we need to put the peppermint oil on.
If we don't take time to actually queue in,
we don't know what we need.
And number five, our last tip.
(twinkling)
- So after disconnecting, I think it's really important
to reconnect with the people that you love in your life
and really focus on your relationships
because I think that's what life is really all about,
the relationships that you have
and I know holiday season can be a really exciting time
but also sometimes a sad or stressful time for some people
because maybe a family environment
isn't exactly your ideal scenario
but I think that you can find family
and find community in so many different areas
whether it's your friends that you really love
or spending time with your pets
and just being with people that you love and care about
that also love and care about you.
- Yeah and I think that's real important.
I've said it before to you guys,
but you can create your own family.
And I think it's important to remember that
especially around the holidays.
Yes, we may have obligations to visit family
but if family's not a happy, loving place
then it might be important for you to create your own
and to be around people 'cause
that's really what life's about.
We get so used to being online and connecting online
which is great and we have a wonderful community
but it's also important to get that human touch
that person to person interaction,
there's nothing like it.
- I know and it's so special,
especially if you haven't seen somebody in a while
or you're going back to where you grew up
and you have some friends there
to make that time to see people and reconnect with them
because I think, even if all of your holiday plans,
end up falling apart, the quality of your holiday
lies within the company that you keep.
- Agreed. Thank you so much
- Yeah. - for sharing your tips
and I hope all of you will hope over.
We did a video on Ingrid's channel.
You can click here to hop over,
and I will put all of your links.
Can they find you Ingrid Nilsen?
- Yep, everything is Ingrid Nilsen
so it's super easy all across the board
although Snapchat has a dot in the middle
of my first name and last name.
- Somebody took it.
- Yeah. (chuckling)
- That's why mine might have a one.
- Yeah. (chuckling)
- Her links will all be below.
I encourage you to go check it out
because she has such wonderful tips
in general on her channel.
And thank you so much for sharing
all of your wonderful insights.
- Yeah, well thanks for having me.
- See you next time.
- Bye.
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- And we have put together, we, sorry.
We did not, she did.
Yes Ingrid is joining us.
- Yay. (chuckling)
- And she has a bunch of tips for us
to have a stress-free free.
Sorry, Ingrid, sorry.
- No worries.
- A stress free. - A stress free. (laughing)
holiday.
- So stress free, so stress free I forgot how to talk.
- I know. (laughing)
- Ahh, I'm not used to having a live.
- I do that too when I go like oh my god.
Sean's like, "Uh, stop."
- Stop touching.
- I've learned to go this, oh it's sad.