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Why Quality Matters with Essential Oils

2017-02-10 By Monica 1 Comment

Does Quality Really Matter with Essential Oils?

I get this question ALL THE TIME. Essential oils have gone mainstream, you see them at virtually every store, farmer’s market, and certainly at every natural grocery store.
In fact, one of my very best friends just told me, “I know all about lavender oil, it’s only good for a few things and I can buy it at any grocery store. I don’t need Young Living.” At first I was a little hurt by the comment, but then I realized that I might feel the same way if I was just starting out.

I started using essential oils in 2008 when a friend introduced them to me. At first, I was skeptical about whether or not they would improve my wellness and be useful in my life. I also considered going to the natural food store to buy oils instead. Since that time however, I’ve learned a lot! Essential oils have changed my life for the better and continue to add value to it everyday. I don’t go a day without using my favorite oils and I ONLY use Young Living because I know they are the best oils in the world and this is why – QUALITY! [Read more…] about Why Quality Matters with Essential Oils

5 Essential Oils No Home Should Be Without

2016-12-05 By Monica 2 Comments

Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts obtained by careful steam distillation, cold pressing, or resin tapping. Pure essential oils are far more powerful than the botanicals from which they are extracted. This makes them powerful allies in your family’s health and wellness, as well as a natural ingredient for your cleaning and self-care products. [Read more…] about 5 Essential Oils No Home Should Be Without

25 Ways to Use Lavender Essential Oil

2016-11-26 By Monica 1 Comment

I love to visit the beautiful lavender farms around Portland. Lavender is also my favorite essential oil for relaxation and for its wide range of uses. I use lavender every day as my perfume, just a drop behind each ear and it is my favorite oil to diffuse in my home. Sometimes I add a few drops of lemon oil with it for a fresh, clean scent. Lavender oil has been called the “Swiss army knife” of oils because it is so versatile. Here are 25 ways that you can begin using lavender essential oil too. [Read more…] about 25 Ways to Use Lavender Essential Oil

6 Practices for Opening Your Mind to Abundance

2013-08-14 By Monica 6 Comments

Feeling Abundant by Overcoming a Scarcity Mindset

How many times have you said, “I don’t have enough time,” “I don’t have enough money,” “I don’t have enough…. love, enough friendship, enough knowledge, enough energy….enough you name it”?

I know I have found myself saying these things, especially about time. I never seem to have enough of it. I’ve been focusing on reminding myself that I have enough time and that I just need to slow down and breathe.

Any time we focus on scarcity, lack, or limitation, we lose focus of our own abundance and actually make things worse instead of better. Stephen Covey coined the term “scarcity mentality” for this principle in his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Covey says, “People with a scarcity mentality tend to see everything in terms of win-lose. There is only so much; and if someone else has it, that means there will be less for me.”

12 Ways Essential Oil Can Help You Live a Healthier Life

2013-07-14 By Monica 10 Comments

“The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patients in the care of the human frame, in diet, and in the cause and prevention of disease.” -Thomas Edison

A good friend of mine in Montana introduced me to essential oils in 2008 I’ve been in love with them every since. I wanted to share with you why I love them and how you can use them in your life too.

First, a quick overview of essential oils. Essential Oils are the natural oils that come from plants through a distillation process. An oil is “essential” in the sense that it carries a distinctive scent, or essence, of the plant. Humans have used essential oils since before record keeping and they are even referenced in the Bible more than 12 times.

Studies have shown that odors have a significant impact on emotional states and that individual scents affect different parts of the brain. For instance, lavender affects the part of the brain commonly associated with relaxation while jasmine affects the part of the brain that affects alertness.

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