Virtual Assistant Position

March 25, 2024/in Healthy Living

B Renewed Wellness is looking to fill a Virtual Assistant position. If you are passionate about serving others, apply for the Virtual Assistant position. The Virtual Assistant position offers work-from-home flexibility Mondays through Thursdays approximate hours are 9 am EST until 5 pm EST. Note: I’m looking for a 1099 independent contractor.

If you feel you fit the requirements:

1. Email a resume to bonnie@brenewed.com and include Virtual Assistant Position in the subject title. Please include a cover letter within so I can get to know you better.

Your Experience as a Virtual Assistant

Admin

Dropship and invoice client orders using Quickbooks
Prioritize daily tasks using Asana project management software
Compile receipts for monthly and year-end taxes and upload/submit them to our accountant
Communicate with labs and vendors

Client Interaction in a Virtual Assistant Position

Client care and confidentiality are top priorities. We communicate via phone and text.
Compose emails to clients in a timely professional manner
Drop Ship testing kits and instructions
Follow up and respond to client needs via phone and text
Knowledge of or open to holistic health and natural solutions preferred

Marketing

Edit/review blog posts in WordPress
Create images for posts in Canva
Post on social media platforms (may be outsourced)

What You Bring to the Virtual Assistant Position

Experience working as a VA for 1 year+ or relevant position such as office management
Mature and responsible. Loves to show up on time and on schedule.
Upbeat and caring about serving people – enjoys talking to people on the phone
Learns quickly and can hit the ground running on projects
Strong communication skills internally and externally
Pass a background check (credit and drug test)
Have current technology such as PC, laptop, and cell phone
Have a private working environment/office space
Moderately strong in all things technology
Self-motivated, detail-oriented and proactive
2-4 year degree required or equivalent experience in Office or Project management
Prefer someone in CST or EST time zone to correspond with clients’ needs.
The hours can vary from 5-15+ hours per week, Monday through Thursday.

2. Review the responsibilities and requirements and complete the survey:

Complete this brief questionnaire if you feel you meet the above criteria or want to learn more.

A bit more about me…I was trained as a Naturopathic Doctor and Digestive Health Specialist. I’ve been in business for over 15 years. My company is called B Renewed Wellness Solutions. I’m looking for an upbeat, self-motivated, professional team member passionate about holistic health to serve in a faith-based business. We get to work together closely so looking for great energy and commitment to growth!

Thank you for your interest and I will be in touch if you meet the criteria.

Bonnie Schnautz DHS, ND

Your Body Temple or Garage

May 10, 2023/in Healthy Living

Your Body Temple or Garage

Is your body a temple or garage? Stop what you’re doing and ask yourself, “Am I treating my body like a temple? Or am I treating my body like a garage?” Maybe the answer will make you feel really good. Or maybe you won’t be happy with your answer. Either way, both are important eye-openers. Day-to-day life is busy for most of us. We spend so much time inside our own minds that we can forget, we have an entire body we’re attached to. God gave us one body that we’re tasked to love.

God wants us to be happy and healthy. Are you healthy? “Health” looks different to many people. I say it’s not the absence of disease which is how most people define health. However, health is defined as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Meaning, when you were fearfully and wonderfully made by our Creator, the intention was for you to be in good physical, mental, and spiritual health. I’ll ask again, are you treating your body like a temple or garage?

I was recently asked to speak on a podcast about this topic, which happens to be my favorite topic! You can listen to it here: Your Body Temple or Garage. As a Naturopathic Doctor, I love helping women with their health.

This podcast is a Christian perspective on taking care of the body. Nikki Davis is the host on her own journey to find holistic healing and go back to God and nature. Nikki is a Realtor, Magazine Editor, Wedding Expert, Artist, and Hobby Farmer. Nikki takes you along for the ride as she navigates the ups and downs of being an introverted, networking-centric small business owner in Midwestern Life.

Her podcast is called This UnBee-Lievable Life.

You can find Nikki on FB At Revival Farms River Valley

Cauliflower Egg Salad

April 6, 2023/in Healthy Products

Cauliflower Egg Salad

Potato Salad is a staple in the South. At one cookout, there could be 4-5 different potato salads! I don’t know that there is an occasion where potato salad wouldn’t be accepted. According to my Digestive Health Test results, my body doesn’t digest potatoes well. Which is a bummer because I love potato salad as much as the next person. So, I created the best of both worlds! Potato-less Potato Salad! Yep, you heard that right. We’re going to use that vegetable that can replace almost anything, cauliflower. Check out this Cauliflower Egg Salad recipe!

Ingredients

1 head of cauliflower (steamed or boiled)

3 boiled eggs

1/3 cup (appx) veganaise

3 tbs of mustard

3 tbs of pickle relish

1/8 cup of chopped raw onion

salt and pepper to taste

Directions:

Steam or boil cauliflower and set aside

Boil 3 eggs

Mix all together

chill overnight

optional: you can garnish with egg slices and parsley

Is potato salad a tradition where you live? Do you want to learn more about Digestive Health Testing? We would love to chat! Set up your Wellness Strategy here. If you want to try another, new cauliflower recipe, check out this Broccoli Cauliflower and Apple Salad.

Dr. Bonnie Schnautz Naturopathic Doctor, Digestive Health Specialist and Mental Fitness Coach opening the door

Health Information Forms

March 8, 2023/in Healthy Living

Welcome to B Renewed Wellness Solutions! Your next step is to complete the health information forms. This provides the background of your health and the current symptoms that you are experiencing. The more details you can provide, the better I can help you balance your body and manage your stress.

Please complete the following forms at least 24 hours prior to your appointment.

1. Food and Beverage Intake

Be sure to track your food and beverage for a minimum of 4 days. More is better. We don’t need to know calories, just whether you dine in or out and what time you are eating or drinking.

You can track your food in a notebook and share it with me if you prefer. If you use a food tracking app, you can also share that with me instead of using the forms. The more details you can provide, the better I can help you determine the source of your stressors. If you like to use the online form, you can do that here.

2. General Health Assessment

Complete the Health Assessment

3. Hormone Assessment for Women

This applies to women over the age of 13 or who have started menstruating.
Complete the Hormone Survey

4. Mental Fitness Assessment

Curious about what a mental fitness assessment is? There are two parts to the assessment. One is the percentage of time you are being hijacked by the negative saboteurs that we all have. These negative saboteur thoughts are creating loads of stress which is impacting our mental and physical health. Take the Mental Fitness Assessment here.

The second part of the assessment is your total PQ score. This measures your potential for happiness and success in everything you do. Once complete, you’ll receive the results (two separate results) via email. Forward those to me at bonnie@brenewed.com.

I’m looking forward to helping you overcome your health challenges and restore your body and mind to wholeness. You deserve this!

If you have any questions, please email or call. Or check out our page of Frequently Asked Questions.

Thank You and God bless.

Bonnie Schnautz DHS, ND

Note: The consultation is not designed to treat, cure or diagnose an illness. This is for educational purposes only.

Rev 1/31/2024

How Adrenal Fatigue Can Develop

May 4, 2020/in Health Issues

My Journey on How Adrenal Fatigue Can Develop

Here’s How Adrenal Fatigue Can Develop. I am sharing my own personal experience with Adrenal Fatigue, not just as a healthcare provider. There are many health conditions that cannot truly be understood until you experience them, and adrenal fatigue is one of those. So, I say God blessed me with Adrenal Fatigue so that I could help others.

Stress was the underlying cause

Stress, whether it be emotional, physical or nutritional is truly at the root of all chronic disease. Regarding adrenal issues, you will hear different labels including adrenal insufficiency, a medical diagnosis, or adrenal fatigue or even burnout. Whatever you call it, it is stress and it impacts the body and mind.

In 2013, a client came to me sharing that she had been diagnosed with adrenal fatigue. I had worked with clients that had various health challenges, but this was a new one. She was already eating clean and working with an Integrative MD, so this was going to be a challenge. The only unique factor was that her stress level was extremely high, as she was experiencing extreme burnout in her career.

To be honest, her symptoms were puzzling. I kept trying to figure out exactly what it was she was feeling and why, but I just couldn’t connect. Usually clean eating, resting and supporting the digestive process was the answer but, in this case, it wasn’t enough and I left it to “I can’t help everyone.”

Approximately one year later, I started to experience signs of extreme fatigue and emotional sensitivity. I remember the thought of performing simple household chores like changing the linens on our bed was equivalent to running a 5K. Some days I couldn’t even perform these simple tasks. When and if I did, I had to lie down and rest even with 7-9 hours of sleep.

Testing for Adrenal Stress

Ironically, at about that same time I decided to add saliva hormone and neurotransmitter testing to my menu of services, and the first thing I do with a new service is put myself through the test. My results revealed that I was in Phase 3 Adrenal Fatigue. I was devastated and scared. It was at that point I started reading and researching everything I could find on the condition. I learned that Adrenal Fatigue is categorized as Phase 1 (Alarm), 2 (Resistance) Phase 3 (Exhaustion).

I connected to a private Facebook group for those with Adrenal Fatigue. I did learn quite a bit from the group, but the negativity was so overwhelming that I decided to stop following. Most of the group seemed to be strong Type A, perfectionists, overachievers and/or controllers, which makes sense why many end up here! I embodied many of these traits which contributed to my outcome.

The adrenal fatigue research scared me. Stats, such as, it takes up to five years to recover or some cases lead to adrenal cancer as well as Addison’s disease. Addison’s is where the adrenals have been damaged and one symptom is a golden bronze skin pigment. Now I understood why people were asking me if I had been to Florida recently or why my skin was so bronze in the middle of winter, in the Midwest! All of the pieces were coming together. It was a wake-up call for me.

What is Adrenal Fatigue

Unfortunately, it is not recognized by conventional medical community. It is not a proven medical condition but a “syndrome” where fatigue and other symptoms are caused by a poorly working adrenal gland in people who are under chronic mental, emotional, or physical stress. They do recognize “adrenal insufficiency” which states that only drugs/steroids can be used to treat it and that supplements could be harmful. So, I asked myself, are my adrenals in need of more toxins to “treat” it or should I use whole clean food and pure sources of supplementation along with retraining my thought processes to balance my body? As a Naturopath, you can guess the answer.

So how did I end up here? Two reasons, one was opening a brick and mortar (physical location) business, which we were renovating. The second was that our adult son was struggling with serious health and financial issues. In my quest to “take care” of him and my business/clients, I failed to take care of myself and ended up in severe adrenal fatigue or Phase 3.

I remember sitting at the table crying and saying, “I don’t think I can do this anymore.” “This” meaning taking care of everything and everyone else. I couldn’t function. My dream of opening a wellness center and serving others started to feel like a nightmare. My temper was short and breakdowns, behind the scenes, were not uncommon. So, instead of taking a “why did this happen to me” approach, I saw it as a way to serve others with the same challenges. God again blessed me with another health challenge, so that I can share and serve others.

The light at the end of the tunnel is that it isn’t going to take me 5 years to recover because I had access to the best holistic health mentors/experts in the world and access to the best whole food products. Read more here on the next steps of my journey.

If you’re struggling to, I would love to help. Book a Wellness Strategy and let’s chat!