Candice Della Sala looks to offer healthy, faith-based products through Overflow Wellness
By Brett McMahon
When Candice Della Sala launched Overflow Wellness in 2021, she faced a number of challenges, but despite a slow start, her venture is now beginning to thrive.
She got the inspiration for Overflow Wellness in seeking a business she could operate from the home that would allow her to care for her four school-aged children while sharing her love of scripture, faith, and healthy lifestyle alternatives.
The first offering from Overflow Wellness is Grains of Grace, a program where Della Sala offers bread, cookies, and other baked goods made with stone-ground, organic flour from Janie’s Farm, a family-run farm in Iroquois County. Initially, these products were offered at the local Farmer’s Market in Oakwood. But, thanks to the passage of legislation allowing Cottage Food Providers to sell online and for delivery, she is now able to offer healthy alternatives on a much wider scope.
Della Sala also uses eggs from Foraging Feathers, a farm in Vermilion County, when available, and honey from a local honey bee farmer goes into her Empower Bars. Initially, she admits some adjusting was needed with the natural products to make her recipes line up properly.
When Grains of Grace started, she was juggling the baking and packaging of products then transporting them to the Farmer’s Market for sales and taking care of her kids, one of which requires special needs, all on the same day. Now, she is able to offer products online and work on her own schedule to meet the needs of those in the community and surrounding areas.
Preparing food for her children led to the idea of offering healthy alternatives for breakfast, lunch, or snacks to families seeking options outside of processed foods. Prices for her baked goods are around $22 per dozen with loaves ranging from $6-$8 each.
As yet another means of helping people in both local and online communities, Della Sala launched her Prophetic Dance segment of Overflow Wellness in 2022.
“I offer creative ways to connect to God and His Word through dance/movement, through colored dance scarves, through imagination and The Immanuel Approach (a connection approach used in inner healing),” Della Sala said.
She initially wanted to offer the experience at the YMCA or church, but with a special needs child, she was unable to be as reliable as necessary.
So, Della Sala and her husband transformed a portion of their garage into a fitness studio. This allowed her to not only operate from home, but also offer an online alternative for those seeking a faith-based, spirit-filled program they can experience in their own space as well.
“In the Prophetic Dance Fitness membership program: I teach prophetic dance exercises from my Overflow Wellness Exercise Library; I provide daily deep dives that include prayer activations, praise declarations, and instructional videos. I host monthly group inner healing sessions using the Immanuel Approach, and I host weekly live Prophetic Dance classes on Zoom where we practice the exercises to scripture and worship music,” she said.
Information on the Prophetic Dance program can be found on the Overflow Wellness Facebook page. Della Sala runs monthly challenges that allow those interested to try out the program before joining. A monthly subscription runs $29.99.
Overflow Wellness will also soon have its own web page, overflow-wellness.org, but this is still under construction at this point. Aside from the Overflow Wellness Facebook page, Della Sala can be reached at 217-597-1601 for more information on the services she offers through the Overflow Wellness program.
