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.*
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.
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!
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!
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.
Click HERE for a simple walk through on how to buy the safest essential oils and start a toxin-free lifestyle with Young Living.
Why Young Living Only?
Zero pesticides
Single distillation
Soil hasn’t been touched by pesticides in 50+ years
You can go to any farm in the world to see for yourself
Zero synthetics
Zero fragrance
ONLY essential oil
BECAUSE YOU ARE READY TO TAKE BACK YOUR HEALTH!
5% Rule
There’s a rule that says companies only have to make sure 5% of the oil in their bottles is actual essential oil to be considered “pure and therapeutic.”
Organic oils can even have synthetics and fragrance added to them under this rule, and do.
Young Living oils are the ONLY oils who never adulterate* their oils and have 100% never changed essential oil.
*I consider spraying plants with any pesticide as adulterating the oil.
Why Care About Pesticides?
Anything you put on your skin is in your bloodstream in 26 seconds.
Choosing an essential oil company outside of Young Living ensures you’ll have those pesticides coursing through your veins as well.
Why spend your money on a temporary fix that makes a long-term problem?
What About Organic Pesticides?
When I say ZERO pesticides, I mean ZERO.
Not even organic pesticides.
Young Living is hand-weeded (or sheep-weeded in some cases like the France Lavender farm!) and this is their above-and-beyond calling they call Seed-to-Seal.
Are They Expensive?
The amazing part about Young Living is the concentration of the oils and over 600+ lifestyle products.
For example, the household cleaner makes 29 spray bottles.
One 15mL bottle of oil has around 300 drops in it.
Most people start with the Premium Starter Kit. It comes with 12 oils, a diffuser, and some samples of other lifestyle products at around half the cost as a bundle/kit.
These 12 oils are called our “Everyday Oils,” and the kit itself comes with a 24% discount on all products for life.
From there, the iTovi scanner {click HERE} and Essential Oils Reference Guide {click HERE) are two must-haves for taking on your new life of proactive living.
How Often Do I Have to Order?
That’s up to you.
Our family can’t possibly pass up the thousands of dollars we save every year with the loyalty program called Essential Rewards (read about it HERE).
You can order once in your whole life and never again, you can order with Essential Rewards, or anywhere in-between.
Do I Have to Sell this Stuff?
Nope.
I personally tell everyone I know (including you!) because it feels like a deep down serious moral obligation to let people know there’s a safe way to live with all the disease in this world. You can be a part of one of the greatest changes in someone’s life, and that’s big.
You decide how and when you share, AND if you do, Young Living will send you a thank you check. No strings. No immediate business you’re roped into. Simply a, “Hey, you helped save a family. Thanks!” bonus check!
You can learn how to utilize the Young Living referral program HERE.
What if I Need to Talk This Out?
Email me at andrea@graceblossoms.com, and I’ll answer any questions you have.
This is about YOU.
It’s your decision. Your lifestyle change.
We will go at YOUR pace, within YOUR budget, and with ZERO weird pressure.
I’m Totally Ready. What’s the BEST Way to Start with Young Living?
Premium Starter Kit and Essential Rewards. (Get started HERE).
I will get an email confirming you’ve gotten started.
You’ll have immediate access to our education group online. This is our tribe. We lift each other up. Learn together. Ask questions. And most importantly have FUN!
That icky feeling that makes it hard to concentrate or even sleep.
Thankfully, there are different kinds of natural relief options for you if you’d like to avoid the pain that comes with heartburn without side effects.
Top 3 Single Oils for Heartburn Support
Basil, Fennel, and Spearmint are great options to toss in a vegetable capsule and take for support.
I also find great help in rubbing two drops Lemon and one drop Peppermint directly on my chest undiluted. It provides such quick relief.
Top 3 Blends
Digize, JuvaCleanse, and Citrus Fresh could also be put in veggie capsules for support.
Surprised to find Citrus Fresh in this list, or anything citrus for that matter?
Like all citrus oils from Young Living, they are cold-pressed from the rind, which isn’t acidic.
Top 3 Nutritional Options
The ever-wonderful AlkaLime, Allerzyme, and Essentialzymes-4 are all helpful for heartburn, especially if we want to get to the root of the problem instead of chasing down symptoms all the time.
One of the biggest issues I hear when it comes to living this toxin-free lifestyle are the upfront costs, so let’s go over some real-world pricing .
We’ve already nailed down how much each of our toxic products cost (minus doctor visits for what it does to our bodies), and we’ve added that into our budget, so how do we make the switch without breaking the bank?
