Aging

Don’t Miss These June Freebies: Essential Oils and Supplements Worth Stocking Up On

Liz James · June 1, 2025 ·

June.

Are you ready for the summer? What’s on your list to go, do, accomplish, vacay? (Do tell! Let us know in the comments so we can either cheer you on or be excited for the cool places you might be headed to!)

YL is always thinking ahead when they plan our gifts with purchase for the month.

Tea Tree: This might be one of the most well known essential oils (next to Lavender). I mean, even people who don’t know the power of 100% pure essential oils know about Tea Tree! Just a few things it’s good for….. skin care (have you tried it on a zit?

), respiratory health, insect deterrent, wound care…… it is another Swiss Army Knife (like lavender!).

Copaiba: One of my personal all time FAVES, and not because it has a dreamy aroma. It’s actually very mild in odor. You know the phrase, “speak softly, but carry a big stick”? That phrase reminds me of this team player. It is gentle enough for use on a baby, but powerful enough in supporting healthy inflammatory response that you can “handle things at home”. (This is one oil I’ll never have more than a “few” bottles on the shelf of!). It can be used internally or externally. Tell me one of your Copaiba stories (and I’ll tell you one of the dozens I have of my own!). What a hero in a bottle

this one is!

AminoWise: Many people tend to think of branched chain amino acids as “just for gym rats”. True…. BCAA’s are fantastic for post workout recovery and muscle building…… but there are many other life moments where BCAA’s would also benefit the body. A day filled with yardwork

or hiking

. But what if someone has muscle wasting because of an extended illness….. or as a natural part of aging (PS: this is why eating proper amounts of protein as we age is SOOOO important!). AminoWise is for everyone….. not just

! I do love that Young Living has been gifting us supplements recently. This is a beautiful opportunity to try some thing for free…… give it a 30 day test run, if you will…. and see if you don’t notice a difference!

Happy June! ….. and do tell, don’t forget to share your Summer plans

. While I don’t have anything huge planned for June (other than picking blackberries daily for the month in our garden… they are getting close to being ripe, and we’ve got about 250 plants), I’ll be taking this time to prep for some big travel in July!

xoxo~ liz

essential oils and muscle recovery supplement free gifts with purchase from Young Living in June 2025

From Blindness to 20/20: My Aunt’s Incredible Eye Health Journey! 👀❤️

Liz James · February 19, 2025 ·

Y’all, I’d like to introduce you to my precious Aunt and tell you about our phone call yesterday.

We have a strong family history of an eye disease called macular degeneration. My grandmother (her mom) went blind from it about 10 years before she passed away. Both my Mom and my Aunt have it, and have for several years. My Aunt was diagnosed a few years ago with cataracts on top of the macular degeneration. This apparently compounds things and can make cataracts surgery a little more complicated. My Aunt waited until she was almost completely blind before finally agreeing to the cataract surgery (they did each eye separately, about 6 weeks apart)

About 3 or 4 years ago, I encouraged my Aunt to start taking NingXia Red and Illumineyes daily in an effort to help salvage whatever we could on her eyes. She has been so faithful in taking both daily……

Well!!!!! She has been telling me how much better she is seeing after her cataract surgeries, and I totally imagine that she was, but I had no idea…. yesterday she called me after her Dr’s appointment. Not only did the doctor tell her she has 20/20 vision, but they also can find no evidence of the Macular Degeneration! (This is largely considered an incurable eye disease).

They asked her to take the vision test twice

…. and then she told them she drinks a red drink

and takes a red pill to help with her eyesight.

Love your peepers friends!

#NingXiaRedandIllumineyesforthebigwin

How To Age Well

Liz James · February 10, 2025 ·

Interesting article on aging in Epoch Times this week……a 2024 study notes that around age 44 and again around age 60, the “wheels on the bus” may start to get a little wobbly and then start falling off

The good news is that this doesn’t have to happen if we take care of ourselves preemptively and heed the wobbly wheel warning.

I’m loving all 5 suggestions, but especially #3! Love my #NingXiaRed every day since 2013.

Do you NingXia too?

Get Ready To Reset Now

Liz James · December 21, 2024 ·

Enjoy the holidays, but if you are so inclined to be thinking about ways to improve your lifestyle in 2025, and would like a community to step into, there is a HUGE reset FB community online making life-changing (and in a few cases, probably lifesaving

) waves as a community.

The missing piece of a health journey is frequently lack of community and/or lack of support and encouragement as you “do the thing”. People often pay big bucks for that in the form of private or group coaching and not everyone can afford that. This is where the resetter community steps in. Learn from one another, find a buddy, and move forward. Baby steps lead to giant leaps!

If you are ready to get your toes wet, I’d like to offer you a couple of complimentary coaching sessions to boost the success you are reaching for. Please reach out to me privately for details.

When you feel your best you are more apt and able to live the life God has intended for you

xoxo~ liz

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Pelvic Floor Health

Liz James · February 7, 2024 ·

I’m back from a whirlwind 12-day trip of teaching up North (I’ll post more on my trip soon) ….. and so is yoga, tonight (Wednesday) at 6:30pm at McKinney Fit Body.

Yoga is a form of medicine, and tonight’s class focus will be on improving pelvic floor strength. If you’ve never thought about (or heard about) your pelvic floor, here are a few reasons what, why, and how yoga helps with pelvic floor issues.

The pelvic floor consists of 16 muscles as well as foundationally important ligaments and nerves.

It’s the very base of our core muscles, and supports the bladder, uterus, vagina, and rectum.

Affects WOMEN and MEN. In men, it’s often misdiagnosed as prostatitis and may result in erectile dysfunction. (50% of all women to some degree, and 10-15% of men).

Strong pelvic floor muscles help control the bladder, bowels and improve sex (both genders). Also helps stabilize the pelvis and spine (balance)… we wanna keep this area strong as we age!

The state of the glutes is a window into what the pelvic floor looks like. Weak glutes are a sign the pelvic floor is too tight in one direction only. (in hypertonic state, urinary frequency, interstitial cystitis, IBS, painful intercourse, lower back pain)

For many, the problem is that some of the muscles in our pelvic floor are too tight: Hypertonic: resulting in urge incontinence- This is where yoga comes into play… the muscles need to learn to relax thru specific exercises which promote relaxation & deep breathing techniques which positively affect the pelvic floor.

There’s also a hypotonic (weak muscles) state many people have. That leads to leakage with no warning and is often improved with core strengthening (which can be achieved through your workouts and also through yoga).

Because of the complex workings of the pelvic floor, the body needs to re-learn to self-regulate and it can do this through exercises that BOTH STRENGTHEN AND RELAX the pelvic floor.

If you have experienced any of these things, there’s a high probability that your pelvic floor could use some TLC:

Pregnancy, sitting too much, lack of exercise, surgery (use it or lose it)

Some people actually have overly tight pelvic floors from bad posture or sitting too much. Overly tight in one “way” makes it weak in all the other ways it moves.

Other people have an imbalanced pelvic floor because they always cross the same leg or stand putting majority of weight on the same leg or always using a dominant leg (like a soccer player)

Ultimately, poor pelvic floor tone will lead to bladder leakage, digestive problems, back pain, and poor posture.

A healthy pelvic floor is also linked to better balance and bladder health….. especially as we age.

Yoga is functional medicine friends. Come tonight and get your stretch on! Message me for details if you’re local and would like to come. Walk-ins are always welcome, and no experience is necessary!

xoxo~ liz

#mckinneyfitbodyyoga

PS: Essential oils that you may find helpful for pelvic floor spasms include AromaSiez, Marjoram, Roman Chamomile, Lavender, Ylang ylang, Clary Sage, Geranium, Cypress, Lemongrass (DILUTE heavily with a carrier oil… it’s a hot one!). Apply to the lower area of the abdomen as needed.