I don’t know about you, but if I’m stressed, my mind is racing.
That leads to my eyes wide open for hours.
So, I like to add oils to my Essential Rewards orders that can help with stress for many reasons, including sleep.
Some of my go-to essential oils for stress are Stress Away (Premium Kit), Tranquil, Release, and RutaVaLa.
Here’s a list of healthy ways to promote sleep through relieving stress:
For Children
Our kids have been so blessed with the best essential oils for sleep.
It’s become such a part of our routine, they know exactly where to grab what they need and how to apply it.
Here are some of our favorite sleep tips for children:
A toxin-free home, good nutrition, and a routine bedtime are all key to good sleep.
SleepyIze from the KidScents Line is great to do a light nighttime massage.
A couple drops of Peace & Calming on a favorite stuffed animal they snuggle with at night, so they can breathe in the goodness as they unwind during storytime.
A drop or two of Lavender and Stress Away in a warm bath before bed is a great way to start calming down before bedtime.
Massaging your oil of choice like Tranquil on the soles of their feet will help them fall asleep as well.
Dream Catcher Blend: Helps to open the mind, enhancing dreams. Helps children sleep more soundly.
How to Get This Goodness in Your Life!
To avoid the “Bandaid Effect” where we throw an oil on just to get us down one time, I highly suggest reading this.
When you’re ready to see your options, you can walk through everything, step-by-step here.
If you have any questions, I’d love to hear from you!
Email me at andrea@graceblossoms.com and we’ll connect.
I have such fun meeting you all and helping you through this new lifestyle!
If you have a wholesale account with Young Living, you automatically get a referral link.
The same way I can refer someone to my apartment building and get cash or a discount on next month’s rent, I can give my link to someone wanting this lifestyle.
The only break in the link between the apartment analogy and YL is that with Young Living, I then get a kickback every time that person orders whereas I only benefit once from my apartment referral.
We added up how much we spent the first year we only bought Young Living.
Then we added how much we spent the year before with doc co-pays, running to the pharmacy, over-the-counters, and buying everything else we get from YL at the store.
How much did we save?
Over TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
It’s $2,000 less to live a life that won’t harm my organs, immune system, or hormones?
OKAY!
*I did not count in any of the money I made from sharing the referral link. Simply comparing orders from YL with life before it.*
The bandaid effect is the opposite of healthy living.
Your kid falls down, but there’s no scrape or bump or bruise in sight.
They insist they need a bandaid.
It’ll make them feel better. They just know it, Mama.
So you hand them their favorite character bandaid, kiss their boo boo, and magically they’re off running full speed.
We do this as adults, too.
Don’t believe me?
Take a look.
Everyday “Bandaids”
Ever find it frustrating that those cough drops and syrups don’t actually make your cough go away?
That your muscle cream doesn’t fix the strain?
When your sensitive toothpaste doesn’t stop the pain when you drink a cold glass of water?
That’s because the world around us is all marketing us toward the bandaid effect.
A fascade.
A temporary fix.
Root Causes
Raise your hand if you’ve asked a doctor what caused your illness just to hear they don’t know or there’s no known root cause.
We’ve been taught for generations to treat symptoms.
We now hold onto this idea to the point of not knowing what else to do.
Most every time someone reaches out to me about an essential oil, they’re really asking for the bandaid effect.
“Can you recommend an oil for sleep? For acne? For reflux?”
Why are you facing these issues?
Stress? Trauma? Gut issues?
I’m definitely not a doctor, so where do we go from there?
Responsible for Self
We’ve (unfairly) pushed the responsibility of our health onto our doctors then we’re frustrated when all they can give us are prescriptions for symptoms.
It’s time to step up our responsibility and do the hard work.
What does it take to advocate for your health?
You’ve got to get a few of your ducks in a row.
1. Your Lifestyle Products
You can read more about it here, but long story short, everything on the shelves made to look safe and healthy is greenwashed, which is a fancy word for a lie.
Hormonal, immune, organ, and overall body-destroying. The cleaners, washes, makeup, lotions–you name it– are all a marketing scheme.
They sell you a lotion with chemicals that dry your skin. Guess what you need more of?
And those chemicals? It’s perfectly legal even though they’re harmful to your body.
So, we switch to Young Living. Read here to find out why, after 9 months of research, that our family can only land on YL an no one else.
2. Your Food
Pesticides are a bigger problem than we realize.
They’re taking the nutrition right out of the food we need to survive.
I agree that organic (or even better biodynamic) foods are more expensive, and that can make things difficult.
Esepcially on a tight budget.
But here’s the great news.
Young Living as a lifestyle is about $2,000 less expensive per year than traditional in-store shopping (read all about that here).
Looks like your organics budget just blew wide open, friend.
3. Digging Up Roots
You know how your body feels.
And you know its history best.
If you can find a doctor who will dig in alongside you and supplement you instead of medicate you, you’ll be blown away by how much progress you’ll find.
It took far too long for me to find my doctor. Actually, my friend found him, and now I tell everyone about it!
Our mission is to restore optimum function to the body in order to help our patients experience life to its fullest. By removing stressors to the nervous system through chiropractic adjustments, nutrition supplementation, and neurofeedback, we aim to release the innate ability of the body to self-heal and thrive.
To put this into perspective, I fought cystic acne with meds and then finally with my own natural route (applying oils topically) for 17 years in total.
After changing up the type of doctor I saw, I’m almost completely clear-skinned only 8 months later.
And we did it all with zero meds.
You Can Do This!
After hearing a woman in one of my oil classes say she’d have to ask her doctor if she could look into possible root problems, I knew I’d need to write this.
This is your body.
No one else’s.
You can live well because your body was fearfully and wonderfully made to be healthy!
Get Started with this New Healthy Lifestyle!
Your next step toward escaping the bandaid effect is right here.
It’ll walk you through each step and show you all of your options.
However, if you’re in need of some one-on-one conversation to help you through or to get some questions answered, email me any time!
andrea@graceblossoms.com.
I love to hear from my readers. to help your families live and feel like we do is a blessing.
You’ll get exclusive group support, easy and clear directions, and see real results for this cleanse when you get your supplies here.
What is a PetroChemical Cleanse?
It wipes out the toxins stored in your fat cells from years of exposure and helps smooth the cellulite on your thighs, hips, and waistline.
It can even drop some inches, which I’m always down for!
What Do You Need?
Read here about why, after 9 months of research, and over four-and-a-half years using Young Living, we can’t bring ourselves to use any other oils (or lifestyle products) but YL.
Supplies you’ll need:
Citrus Fresh oil blend
Ledum (or JuvaCleanse) essential oil
Grapefruit essential oil
One bag of 00 vegetable capsules (I use Young Living’s Vegetable Capsules)
Cel-Lite Magic Massage Oil (you can read all about this here!)
Your full ingredients list with amounts and directions are in our exclusive group for supporting our members when you shop here.
Important Notes
Don’t skip the Grapefruit capsule.
You’re breaking down toxins and you need the Grapefruit oil to escort that nastiness right out of your body.
Without the Grapefruit oil, you’ll feel rough because those toxins won’t be leaving your body but instead having a little party on your insides.
If you’d like, this would be a great time to supplement with other antioxidants like NingXia Red, or applying Thyme and Clove essential oils to the bottoms of your feet after you apply your cleansing oils.
Drink lots of water.
Flushing requires a “flusher,” and what better to tea, up with the Grapefruit oil than good, ole fashioned H2O?
Ten Ways to Seriously Beef Up Your Results
Working out and eating clean
Dry brushing to stimulate your lymphatic system and helping the cleanse a ton (directions here)
Measure out your water. On a normal day, drinking about half your weight in water is good, so bumping it up a bit will be great!
Add a Fascia Blaster like this one to your targeted zones during the cleanse after you apply your Citrus Fresh/Ledum (or JuvaCleanse)/Cel-Lite Magic Massage Oil combo.
Add products from the Young Living Slique line to your 6 week cleanse.
Make this the time you choose to get to bed around the same time each day. Use oils like Peace & Calming, Stress Away, and Valor (all from the Premium Starter Kit) to diffuse and apply topically before bed for better rest.
Add in Young Living’s Essentialzymes or Essentialzymes-4 right before your biggest meal of the day. I’ve been amazed at what adding enzymes to my diet can do!
Ditch and Switch your products to Young Living’s cleaning and personal care during and after your cleanse to help reduce and seriously knock out sources of petrochemicals.
Stop drinking from, storing, and eating off plastic. Never put essential oils into plastic!
Find times of quiet for deep diaphragm breathing to reduce stress and allow your body to soak in the goodness and release the gunk!
Plateaus
If you plateau, take that as a sign your body has pulled as many toxins out of that area as it can.
This is a one-time protocol.
That means consistency matters.
Long Term Benefits
Once or twice a week for a lifetime can help your body purge the toxins that continue to find their way in.
You’ll not see those obvious changes like you did during your cleanse, but that’s okay.
We know from the cleanse that big things are happening.
Your energy levels and how you’ll feel overall will be all you need to keep this as a part of your weekly routine.
Before + After?
It’s always fun to see how far you’ve come, isn’t it?
Measure around your target areas.
For example, measure around the belly button and at the hips for your stomach.
Measure the widest spots everywhere else.
Keep track of your progress, and get excited for doing something so great for your health!
Snag the printable and follow the arrows with gentle, even strokes.
Remember, consistency is key to results.
How to Get the Oils
Getting the oils is simple. This link will walk you through each step and explain your options for purchase.
If you have any questions at all, let’s chat! I’m just an email away andrea@graceblossoms.com.
I love hearing from my readers and helping you get set up. We can connect, and you’ll be really thankful when you start your oily journey all the support you’ll receive (that you choose how much or how little of!).
I love it, so let’s jump in to learn all about it!
Sourcing
Did you know that women apply over 300 harmful chemicals before breakfast?
And here’s the scary thing: on the whole, people are actually trying to cut back on toxins.
So, we buy the earthy labels that say words like, “non-GMO” and “natural” and even “100% therapeutic” yet use other harmful pesticide-sprayed plant material, fragrance, etc.
Because of this struggle, we only use products like Cel-Lite Magic because it comes from Young Living.
Young Living’s Cel-Lite Magic Massage Oil does the following:
Detoxification
Cleansing
Improving skin texture
Enhances circulation
Provides nutrients
Helps reduce the appearance of fat and cellulite
What’s in It?
Like all other 600+ products from Young Living, every ingredient is fragrance-free, synthetic-free, toxin-free, and pesticide-free.
Here’s the ingredients list:
Caprylic/capric triglyceride (coconut oil)
grape seed oil
wheat germ oil
sweet almond oil
olive oil
Grapefruit essential oil
Cypress essential oil
Cedarwood essential oil
Juniper essential oil
Clary Sage essential oil
How to Use It
It’s super simple!
Just massage on locations where you need some firming and toning. You can use in massage or you can even add it to bath water. Just make sure to shake it up before you use it!
Another great way to use it is after dry brushing. Grab your free printable for detox dry brushing with this oil here.
We only use Young Living products for this reason, so I’ll be sharing ditch-n-switches with them throughout this post.
It’s Easy
The switches are simple!
The best thing about these products is that they’re concentrated.
300 drops of oil in a 15mL bottle. 16 bottles of laundry detergent in one. 29 cleaners in one!
You’ll save money and make your body stronger right away.
Every bottle you ditch for Young Living is a trade from harm to health.
What candle, detergent, or cleaner makes your lungs and immune system stronger?!
Clean Your Kitchen
The plates your food touches.
The counters and sinks and hands that need cleaned.
The oven and stove that need scrubbed.
Everything you’ve got now, even if it’s got an “eco friendly” label, is dangerous for your health.
Like your air clean up, your kitchen products dilute, too saving you lots!
The simple swaps:
Boldly Change Your Over-the-Counters
“An infectious disease specialist…Dr. Louis B. Rice, warned, ‘There are strains out there (bacteria), and they’re becoming more and more common, that are resistant to virtually every antibiotic we have.’ Antibiotics may crumble before these ‘germs on steroids,’ but essential oils do not. The multitude of chemical constituents that make up essential oils present bacteria with a puzzle that cannot be solved. The mosaic of hundreds of chemical constituents simply do not allow for bacterial resistance,” (LifeScience).
Ever wonder why that petroleum-based chest rub doesn’t actually fix your cough?
Or why your synthetic muscle rub doesn’t actually make your pain go away long-term?
I could go on forever, but the answer is: they’re not real.
They’re a fake.
A bandaid.
Young Living’s over-the-counters and natural remedies with their pesticide-free oils has created a home for us over the last 4 years that will never be the same.
Straighten Out Your Hormones
Ladies, hear this: common doesn’t always mean normal.
PMS is not normal.
Men, hear this: your hormones matter.
What are the most damaging items in your home?
Personal care products, makeup, cleaners, and fragrances.
We slather on over 300 chemicals when we’re getting ready for the day let alone all we use the rest of the day.
When you read this graphic, I’d encourage you to really think about what each of these truths about Young Living really means for your family’s health.
Simply amazing!
How to Use Essential Oils
You guys, it’s super easy.
I promise.
Questions?
You’ll have a direct line to me and tens of thousands of people to weigh in on anything you’d like to ask.
Here are the basics:
Carrier Oils
Don’t let carrier oils freak you out.
They’re easy as pie.
Fatty oils like olive, coconut, jojoba, almond, grapeseed, etc. all work.
Use what you’ve got in your pantry for now.
You’ll figure out which carriers you like best as you learn more.
You’ve got this!
In our education communities we provide simple dilution ratios for babies, kids, and elderly to make life even easier.
All Parts of the Home with the Whole Family
My husband, the kids, and I have all learned together on this journey with essential oils.
The friend who helped me get the best oils on the planet heard I’d walked away from teaching to come home to my boys.
She asked if I’d like to tell people about Young Living however I felt most comfortable.
I’d get a huge part of our home’s needs covered financially.
Cleaning, personal care, over-the-counters, natural remedies, makeup, kid care, and dog care.
All covered when I helped other families become healthy, too.
About a year-and-a-half later I was more than covering this part of our budget.
After taking away a large chunk of our financial stability, this felt amazing.
Even better, we were healthier and paying almost no co-pays anymore.
We saw other families changing and becoming healthier.
I fell in love with this company and their mission bigger than I ever thought possible.
Getting to a Farm
I couldn’t believe it!
I’d made it to the Mona farm in Utah.
I got to see the distillation, the growing, the baby plants, the fields.
And I can’t wait to see more all over the world!
This is me taking the picture and my friend, Laurie, who helped me get started is in the purple shirt.
That trip changed how I viewed not just YL but every company I shop with.
If they could create what they do without pesticides or synthetics or fragrance, so could everyone else.
They became my new standard.
I saw with my own two eyes, deep in the heart of those beautiful mountains, on a gorgeous day in Utah what I was sharing here on my blog and in person with the people I care about most.
And it felt good.
Nerd Alert: I Love the Distillation Process!
Laugh it up, friends.
I’m nerdy for distillation!
It is, in a word, fascinating!
I learned more about how our founder studied ancient distillation practices as I breathed in the lavender being distilled that day.
Okay, this is going to sound crazy, but…
The whole farm smelled like Fruity Pebbles, and everyone was at max chill.
Lines like crazy. Hours of waiting. And yet…total…calm.
I was in awe of the huge drums, the oil I could smell and see being made, the steam coming up through the grates.
There were no words.
I just kept walking, eyes wide, taking in all of the careful process.
All too clear was the reason why I could never go back to the way I used to do life.
They’re the first company I’d ever seen actually care about my family’s health.
How I wish I’d been taught to be an oily family when I was making my home from the start!
I’d love to have you come on in! Welcome to our home!
Here’s what it’s like to live this oily life.
Wake Up!
Good morning!
We love how the vitamin D tastes! It just melts on our tongues. Yum!
I don’t know about you, but we just don’t drink enough water if we aren’t super intentional about it.
So, we fill up our water bottles first thing (we’ve been loving these bottles!) and put a drop or two of Lemon oil in there to help boost our immune system and help us drink more water.
In the Kitchen
We start our morning in the kitchen cleaning up after breakfast.
What I love about Thieves Dish Soap is how concentrated it is. We get lots of bottles from one!
It also knocks out grease like an old pro.
With two boys and a dog, killing germs and cleaning dirty hands is important.
Being able to split this one soap into four is even better.
I just grabbed these foaming hand soap bottles from Amazon, poured a fourth of the concentrate in, and filled the rest with water.
Want to guess how many cleaners we had in our house before Young Living?
After clearing out the old and replacing the new I later found 14 bottles in the basement, so…
No telling what we were doing with all those cleaners!
We need the house to smell nice, these homeschooled little nuggets need to focus, and mama needs some chill.
So, we diffuse…all day long!
We had lots to choose from, but Desert Mist is my fave because it’ll diffuse 12 hours.
I’ll put Purification blend in the boys rooms because boys stink and Purification fixes that.
I’ll add something cozy in my room like Orange and Idaho Grand Fir to boost immunity and purify the air, and then some GeneYus from the KidScents line in the homeschool room for the boys.
It’s crazy how our air quality changed when we got rid of old detergents and softeners!
Heading Out with the Family
I’ll pack Young Living Einkhorn granola, water bottles, Young Living sunscreen, Young Living bug spray, and Young Living after sun to make sure we’re ready to go.
Of course we’ve always got those must-haves with kids, like this first aid spray, Owie blend, and lots of bandaids because…kids.
This is just a small sampling of the over-the-counters Young Living provides to make our life easier.
We’ve got our lineup of Vitality oils (those we can ingest) for cooking.
To unwind, the boys’ rooms will get their diffusers refilled with their nighttime oils.
What’s really cool is that since their rooms were diffusing immune boosting and air purifying oils all day, they’re settling down into a an amazing space for optimal sleep.
Of course I keep my standbys in the hall for anything night time can bring:
PanAway for when we’ve got growing pains (in the Premium Starter Kit)
SleepyIze when it’s tough to fall asleep
Seedlings Linen Spray to prep pillows for easy rest
Thieves Chest Rub in case I hear the start of a cough in the night
Peace & Calming for night time wind down in their diffusers and backs of their necks. (in the Premium Starter Kit)
Easy as Pie
Remember getting your first place?
Running out to grab all of your basics?
This time you get to do it right and save tons of money in the process.
We took advantage of the Essential Rewards program to save a ton and budget best, and boy does it work! You can read all about it here.
If you’re ready to get rolling and can see this lifestyle fitting right into your very own, this is your next step!
If you need a one-on-one conversation, I’d absolutely love to hear from you! Let’s connect by emailing me at andrea@graceblossoms.com.
Maybe you could picture yourself making the switch to this new lifestyle after following our family through a day in our oily life.
However you landed here, know you’re in the right place for a healthy change and to save tons of money compared to your old, toxic lifestyle.
First Decision: Wholesale or Retail
We were so sick of putting bandaids on everything and were ready for a real change.
Because we didn’t want to be roped into anything where we were forced to sell or spend any certain amount, we made Young Living fit our lifestyle.
Retail means to buy at full price.
Wholesale gives you discounts and the ability to choose the monthly program to budget (which you can read about here).
Becoming a Wholesale Member
Wholesale makes the most sense if you’re looking for more than just an oil or a bottle of Thieves Household Cleaner.
You’ve got a few different kit options here:
Diffuser Choice with Kit
If you choose the oils kit, you can pick a diffuser.
Here’s a quick break down of each, so you know which you’d like to choose. You get the diffuser FREE in the Premium Starter Kit!
Key Words You Need to Know
When learning how to get Young Living oils, there are a few words to know.
Wholesale: Save 24 – 44% off retail pricing on Young Living products.
You can save even more with exclusive specials every month.
There are no monthly minimum purchases with the wholesale discount, and you never have to sell anything to anyone.
Essential Rewards: If you choose wholesale, you’re eligible to enroll in the Essential Rewards program and earn as much as 25 percent back from each order in the form of points.
These points can be used like cash to get free products!
Farm Visits: No other oil company gives you the opportunity to experience our Seed to Seal process with a visit to their farms like Young Living does.
You’re welcome to show up at any Young Living farm anywhere in the world, anytime! I love being on a YL farm. It’s an amazing experience I highly recommend!
StrongCommunity: At Young Living, you’ll have a close-knit community of support.
In addition to me, our Young Living family is ready to hear your questions.
When you use this link to get started, you’ll get a welcome text and an invite to join our private, members only groups on Facebook.
It’s a great way to learn at your own pace alongside likeminded people.
You can ask questions, get recipes and tips, and snag exclusive education found nowhere else!
Education: Young Living provides ongoing educational opportunities through events, newsletters online, and in person to keep you informed and assist you in your wellness progress.
I also provide private classes.
Ask me how you can attend anywhere in the world, for absolutely free!
2. Make sure “Wholesale Member” is checked so you don’t end up paying retail prices.
3. Be sure the “sponsor ID” and “enroller id”say 3929342 so we can stay connected, and I can get you hooked up with all the freebies! You’ll see my name, Andrea Dawn Marshall there, too.
4. Select which starter kit you want to get. My recommendation would be the Premium Starter Kit. I use these oils routinely!
5. Go through the checkout process.
BONUS Step 6 (COMPLETELY OPTIONAL!)
Start getting YL freebies now!
Here’s an example of what our monthly freebies look like, but the point amounts are always the same for being eligible for the free products each month:
Frequently Asked Questions
DOES SIGNING UP MAKE ME A “DISTRIBUTOR”?
Nope! You aren’t ever required to sell.
When you become a wholesale member, you get a special link you can share with friends and get credit from their purchases, but there are no minimum sales amounts if you choose to use it.
In fact, 90% of the wholesale members in Young Living don’t do the business side at all. They’re buying from Young Living because of the quality.
WHAT ABOUT MINIMUM PURCHASES?
There are NO minimum monthly purchase requirements.
To remain a wholesale member, you have to make $50 worth of purchases per year to keep your membership.
But if there’s a year that you don’t make a $50 purchase, you can reinstate your wholesale membership discount by just placing a $50 order.
If you do find yourself making regular purchases each month, then Young Living has a rewards program (called Essential Rewards) where you can make a nice percentage back in product credit each month on all of your purchases.
So that’s a great program to join if you find that you *want* to purchase regularly (but it’s not a requirement for being a wholesale member).
WHY SHOULD I BUY FROM YOUNG LIVING INSTEAD OF OTHER ESSENTIAL OILS COMPANIES?
It does seem like a new essential oils company pops up every day, doesn’t it?
I can’t speak to the quality of other companies, but I can say that Young Living was the only company in my research of essential oil companies that could answer all of my questions about purity in a way that was satisfactory to me.
Young Living was the only company that:
Has their own farms (in the regions where the plants should be grown)
Could guarantee that no pesticides or herbicides were used in the growing of any of their oils (they use essential oils for pest control and they do all of the weeding by hand). Organic is not pesticide or herbicide free. It’s a step down.
Has their own testing equipment (they do both in-house and 3rd party testing, and use many different testing methods not just GC/MS which only tests for certain chemicals, not whether those chemicals are synthetic or not)
Only uses the first distillation of oils instead of adding chemicals to get more out of the plant.
Young Living also was the only company that was directly in charge of essential oil farming operations.
Every other company I researched goes through some kind of an “oil broker” to buy their oils. Even if they’re “sustainably sourced,” that’s not something you want.
They have to trust that the oil broker is telling the truth, who has to trust that the essential oil distilleries are telling the truth, who have to trust that the farmers are telling the truth about what they say they are doing.
With Young Living, you just have to trust one company instead of several.
I felt the most comfortable trusting Young Living since they’re a full-disclosure company.
ANYONE can visit the farms, participate in the harvesting and distillation, view the Young Living labs, and see the entire process. That’s not an option with any other company!
HOW WILL I KNOW WHICH OILS TO USE FOR WHAT?
One of the benefits of getting a starter kit is that you also get to join our private Facebook group that’s specifically for questions about essential oils!
My weekly usage tips and recipes will text straight to you making life even simpler!
DOES YOUNG LIVING ONLY SELL ESSENTIAL OILS?
The answer to this one was surprising to me when I first got my starter kit!
Young Living uses their pesticide-free, synthetic-free, fragrance free, people over profit model to create over 600 lifestyle products.
Most all of these are concentrated, so it’s like buying bulk in small bottles saving you lots in the process.
Thanks so much for reading and please email me at andrea@graceblossoms.com for any other questions!
I’ll never forget calling my mom back in college freaking out because my microwave had just died.
“How will I make popcorn now, Mom?”
Oh, she had a good laugh about that one, friends. She still reminds me of it to this day (17 years later) it tickled her so much.
Why do we think we can’t live without this thing?
Thankfully, I kicked mine to the curb, and I’ve never looked back.
Here’s how.
The Science
According to Life Science, ” In a study conducted by Dr. Radwan Farag, dean of Biochemistry Department at Cairo University, he discovered that just two seconds of microwave energy destroys all the enzymes in food, thus increasing our enzyme deficiency and altering the frequency of the food. It appears that heating food containing proteins in the microwave for ten minutes changes the molecular structure of the food, creating a new, harmful type of protein.”
How did we end up using something originally used in WWII for radar projects to cook our food?
“In the mid-1940s, Dr. Percy Spencer of Raytheon Corporation noticed the candy bar in his pocket had melted after testing a vacum. This piqued his curiosity, which gave him the idea to put popcorn kernels near the tube. The popcorn popped all over the office, which brought about the invention of the microwave oven, (Life Science). “
So what about my college self and her need for popcorn?
My health has been thanking me for years since ditching the microwave popcorn.
Do you know what’s in that stuff?
I just grab some regular old organic kernels like these, two tablespoons of coconut oil, and toss them into a stainless pot on the stove with some Himalayan sea salt. I
n just a few minutes I not only have popcorn, but this kind tastes way better than the faux microwaved junk ever did!
3. Help your favorite mom unwind with an invitation to her bathtub! Pair this with Young Living toxin-free Stress Away bath bombs, and you’ll have put together a wonderful gift!
4. We’re at home a lot right now, and in the winter being cozy is key. Try these Acorn slippers that are super warm yet durable and cute! Tuck some yummy tea inside with a cute mug to complete the gift!
5. Moms do it all. Run the errands, clean the house, educate the kids, and play taxi. Gifting her a great pair of comfy shoes would be amazing! Add this Calm CBD Roller to help her hold it all together!
6. Hours bent over kids, running here and there, and keeping the house together leaves Mom’s muscles in need of some care. Try this unbelievably thoughtful gift to knock out the soreness, and be sure to pair it with Relaxation Massage Oil.
While I love my Thieves Household Cleanerand Thieves Spray for pre-made, easy deodorizing spray, this one is a way to stretch your oils and put them to good use!
Where Can You Use It?
The kitchen and bathroom are often sources of odors and bacteria, but you can also use this to freshen up linens, closets, drawers, shoes, pet crates, and storage bins!
This first-aid spray is for minor cuts and abrasions. If you have a serious cut or wound, consult your physician.
Pour distilled water into spray bottle. Add the drops of essential oils, and shake to mix.
Clean all cuts and abrasions thoroughly and then spray the area with the first-aid spray.
You may want to cover the area with the sterile gauze to which you have applied 3 drops of Lavender.
This application should be repeated 2 times daily as necessary.
After 3 days, you should allow the cut or abrasion to be exposed to the air, if possible.
Must Know Info:
I can only suggest Young Living essential oils because:
They’re the only pesticide-free grown essential oil (no, not even organic pesticides)
There are zero synthetics added.
There are no fragrances added.
I can see all this with my own two eyes (and have) by going to the farms all over the world myself.
If you don’t have access to these superior oils from the company that pioneered oils in our country, click here.
Your Support will Look Like…
I’ll reach out to add you into my private group and weekly education texts so you’ll never have to do this alone.
You’ll also be able to message me directly to ask any questions.
Finally, I send everyone who made a purchase the month before a monthly newsletter and laminated recipe card, so you can start your health journey right away!
It took me fifteen years to discover acne’s dirty truth.
That’s a heck of a long time to suffer with something unnecessarily.
Seven different doctors, and years of seriously cystic and painful acne.
It wasn’t until I was 37 and on my seventh and last desperate option I finally learned the truth.
If I Hear It’s My Hormones One. More. Time.
Within seconds of dermatologists looking at my skin, they were writing on their prescription pad.
Hormones.
Because the dirty little truth is: that’s as deep as their guess gets.
Why?
Because they’ve figured out ways to manipulate our hormones to make acne go away.
Most of the time.
Until they met me.
Root Cause
It wasn’t until I started to detox my home that I realized I may have a root cause under my “hormonal acne” that docs refused to discuss with me.
When I’d say things like, “What about my acne’s root cause? What’s making my hormones act this way?” they’d either change the subject or just flat out tell me they had no clue.
When I’d suggest we dig in and try to figure it out together, they’d laugh.
Yes, laugh.
One even rolled his eyes.
Seventh Time’s a Charm
What did this seventh doctor do that no one else would do?
He looked at my entire body including emotions, brain function, and spinal alignment.
I’ll break this down more in later posts, but for now, I’ll share that muscle testing, emotional release, supplementation, and spinal adjustments were my path to leaving acne behind.
I’m seven months into my treatment after walking through 15 years of sickness, and I can’t believe how far I’ve come.
Now, I can use my toxin-free maximum strength acne treatment to knock out anything that creeps up before ovulation and my cycle.
I’ve never had my skin look this good.
It’s still not where we’re going to end up, but I cannot believe I’ve come so far!
How to Move Toward Cystic Acne Freedom
The biggest step I took toward health was going toxin free.
What diffuser blends for the new year are you most excited about using in your home?
Before digging in, this is a must-read about quality and safety when choosing oils!
Snuggle Up Diffuser Blend
It’s super chilly out there!
This blend would be amazing in your diffuser curled up with a good book.
Northern Lights Black Spruce is amazing for those winter blues. It’s been known to release emotional blocks and helping you support feelings of balance and grounding.
That makes this a special one to diffuse while you’re walking through difficult times.
Peppermint is fantastic for mental focus and for stimulating our brains, which we can use when the dreary days won’t seem to go away. There’s also a brightness to it that is super uplifting in our home on days like that.
Rosemary is fantastic for mental clarity and focus, too.
This is such a cozy yet clean blend that would be great for those work-from-home days.
My Year! Diffuser Blend
I love the feeling of a brand new year.
It’s a time when all things are possible and lends itself to making joyful plans with what we’ll do with this trip around the sun.
In this blend, you’ll find a bright and joyful set of oils that will boost your health in the new year.
Ylang Ylang is amazing for fighting off anger, boosting self esteem, and filters out that negative energy that can hinder our plans for the new year.
Tangerine is one we use for happiness, calming, and helping with anxious feelings or nervousness.
Cedarwood is one we use for calming and purifying. A great one to use in the new year to knock out any old yucky feelings and usher in joy!
Fresh Start Diffuser Blend
If there’s any time to clean out the house and start fresh it’s January 1st!
This blend will help purify, kick synthetic fragrance, and boost your family’s health.
Lemongrass promotes mental awareness and purifies. It’s got a crisp smell to it, too!
Lime strengthens the immune and respiratory systems. That’s super helpful in the new year since we’re always fighting off one bug or another during germ season.
Purification blend disinfects the air and neutralizes mildew, cigarette smoke, and any funky odors you’ve got going on in the house.
Spearmint is another oil that opens and releases emotional blocks and brings about a feeling of balance and lasting sense of well-being.
If this kinds of emotional support talk from essential oils is new to you, it would be helpful to look up what the oils do in your limbic system.
