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Young Living Convention 2025 Here I Come!

Liz James · July 17, 2025 ·

The last few days have been a whirlwind as the travel, activities, fellowship, and mission of BBHB and YL education accelerates.

Colorado

Wyoming

Utah

Stopped to see my mom

for a day in Wyoming before heading on to Salt Lake City… detoured thru the Snowies on the way there

Arrived in SLC for my healthy body scan appt (thermography!)

Slept briefly

Got set up for 2 days of AromaShare

…. sharing BBHB and my books (Becoming Your Own Health Detective Vol I and II )

Picked up my copies of Sarah Harnisch ‘s new books. I cannot wait to read them!

Visited with BBHB members (some of whom are now also

donors and

recipients from across the country). God is so so good!

Slept briefly

Hugging so many necks, seeing old friends, and making new ones

Slept briefly

Let’s see what today’s blessings hold for us. When passion and purpose and profession align, beautiful things happen beyond the imagination.

Is It Time to Rethink Psychiatric Medication? A Reader’s Reflection on ‘Unshrunk’

Liz James · July 14, 2025 ·

One of the gifts my parents gave me early on was a love of reading. Give me a book any day over screentime. I use them to learn/research, become better myself, and also to relax. This is one I finished last month.

Considering the state of the world’s mental health in general, Unshrunk is an incredibly important book for many reasons, not the least of which is informed consent.

I have had suspicions about the effectiveness of psych meds for years. Not just the efficacy, but also the safety due to the collateral damage the body experiences over time, and in 2023, there was an incredible broad study done which confirmed those suspicions.

I’m happy to have a conversation with anyone on this topic. Mind, body, and spirit are so intertwined. If one is ailing, the others will follow.

If you are a reader and curious…. this book is for you. (Here’s a short blog too: https://www.madinamerica.com/…/the-cat-is-out-of…/…

If you are better with auditory learning, this is a GREAT interview with the author, Laura Delano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PdWKkyooCk

Here is another interview that you may find interesting (for the record, I would never suggest getting off of a psych drug without the help of a medical professional): https://youtu.be/6OMbza-fHrk

When You Need It Most: How PanAway Saved My Road Trip

Liz James · July 8, 2025 ·

I took an epic fall yesterday afternoon walking in my socks on our porch. A nail grabbed my sock, and I literally went almost face plant, but instead, landed hard on the right side of my body. Within 2 hrs, I had a grapefruit sized knot right below my hip bone and it was getting increasingly swollen/uncomfortable.

Enter Panaway.

I slathered that baby up about 5 times in the next couple of hours.

This morning…… no bruise, no swelling, just a tiny bit sore.

Panaway’s my superhero oil of the day this week. I’m prepping for a super long road trip (both for YL and BBHB) and there’s no time to be gimpy!

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And yes…. said nail has been hammered back to its rightful place

I don’t use Panaway often… in fact, rarely. But this is one oil I’m never without.

#WhenYouNeedIt #GoodMedicine #pharmacognosy

Young Living Brings Essentials for Our July Free Gifts

Liz James · July 1, 2025 ·

July’s gifts with purchase are more than summer perks. They’re a celebration of our roots and history.

I’m curious….. how many of you have been saved from seasonal sniffles because you are deeply familiar with our LLPC winning combo?

( If I just spoke an acronym foreign to you…. welcome to our community education page….. your oil and health vocabulary and skillset is about to expand in beautiful ways!….. the ways of our ancestors. )

I wonder how often our country’s

forefathers and foremothers reached for peppermint

and lemon

to aid in their health??

Both were a health kit staple even before Paul Revere rode his midnight ride

, tho lemons were often hard to come by and dear in price in many parts of the world!)

One thing our ancestors didn’t have to worry much with was Magnesium deficiency…. the soil was rich with it and not tainted by fertilizer that bound up magnesium making it unusable by plants (as has been the case since the 1970’s). Nowadays, unless someone is supplementing, it’s estimated that roughly 85% of the population is magnesium deficient. And when you know that magnesium is used about 600 different ways in the body for everything from enzymatic activity to cardiac and gut function to muscle and immune system support to bone health…. well, as you might imagine, a deficiency can be problematic. If you aren’t already using magnesium in your daily supplement regimen…. the freebie supplement this month may just help you with some “not so normal” things going on in your body that you thought were “normal”. (Normal ain’t always normal

Here’s everything you can earn this month:

100 PV loyalty order

Lemon essential oil, 15 ml

Retail value: $17.11

YL tip: Skip synthetic sprays! Add a few drops of Lemon to a spray bottle with witch hazel and water to freshen the air and uplift your space, naturally.

200 PV one-time and loyalty order

Peppermint essential oil, 15 ml

Retail value: $49.68

Pro tip: Dilute and rub Peppermint onto tired muscles post-workout or diffuse it for a crisp, cool pick-me-up on hot summer afternoons (or hot flashes…. which if you have these, we should talk

300 PV one-time and loyalty order

Super Magnesium supplement

Retail value: $93.10

YL tip: Ditch short-term sleep aids. These nature-powered capsules can be taken daily to support restful sleep, healthy energy levels, and over 300 essential functions.

Who is happy to see these three as a way to restock your necessities for free this month?

Happy July friends! How are you celebrating our country

this weekend?

Young Living's free gifts for July, supplements and essential oils

How to Fix Bad Sleep Habits Naturally: Tips from a Retired Educator

Liz James · June 14, 2025 ·

by Terry Billups

Do you get up in the morning because you’ve had enough sleep or because you need/want to get up and going?

I was always the latter!!!

As a child/teenager/college student I hated missing anything, so, consequently, I went to bed late and got up super early for a kid (6:00 AM). I loved all the moments I experienced throughout the day.

As a teacher, I enjoyed the early morning time at school before everyone came in, just to have a little quiet time to do what I wanted in the room… tweak lesson plans, grade papers, move furniture around, put up new bulletin boards… or whatever I wanted. But, I also would grade papers til late at night. Turning the mind off was the hardest thing to do… it still is!

As a principal, I went in to school early to accomplish all the things I knew had to be done that day, because I knew there would be so many interruptions. My time was not mine and there were priorities that had to be completed… so early it was!

Now, I am retired. I have had many years of bad sleep habits to change. For all those years, I may have had 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night. The body needs more sleep than that. That’s when fatigue settles in, our bodies slide into survival mode, and illness hovers waiting to find a crack to slip in. And I can tell you, I was ill more than well the entire 34 years I was in education. Not good!!!

Isn’t it strange that we totally settle for what we feel is a norm, when in fact it is a bad habit.

With retirement, I had to “work” on fixing my bad sleeping habits. I learned that when I sleep, I should go to bed… even for a nap.

I’ve also learned:

to set a time to go to bed

to turn off all electronic devices at least an hour before going to bed

to read something for a few minutes

work on a puzzle… paper and pencil!

to rub Young Living body lotion on my legs and arms (I’m not choosey… I like them all and love the calming sensation they create)

use Deep Sleep Essence and/or ImmuPro right before I climb into bed

rub Valor, Lavender, Tranquil… any of the Young Living calming oils or blends under the back of my big toes… I also rub them on my wrists

when I wake up in the wee hours of the morning, if I feel I need more sleep, I stay in bad and relax my mind (whether I fall back to sleep isn’t the point… I’m allowing myself the time to sleep and rest)

Since I have been addressing this bad habit of jumping up at the crack of dawn and staying up ’til I can’t keep my eyes opened, I am now getting between 6 and 7 hours of sleep. I feel much more rested, alert, and haven’t had so many colds… in fact, I hardly have any everyday illnesses anymore. Running on totally fatigue is a thing of the past.

Are you like me and have had to change this bad habit of living on little sleep?

What do you do? We want to know!!

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