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Unfair. Unjust. Intransparent

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It’s almost like our food system has the same problem as our US Citizen travel vs Illegal Immigration.
Thank you OrganicEye for not only bringing this subject to our attention but also for FIGHTING for truth and fairness in the organic food industry. This is an obscene use of greenwashing and government-sanctioned persecution of US Organic farmers who are working so hard to provide for us. They are being regulated to death while their foreign counterparts are given basically a free pass. (I’ll post the full article in the comments below).
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Consider this:
On one hand, when a US Citizen flies ✈️ (one of the many reasons I don’t fly anymore), we have to prove who we are, perhaps prove our “health”, have “weapon like” travel-sized scissors and such confiscated, get scanned, groped, and irradiated and our luggage perhaps searched and always x-rayed.
If the US Citizen flew out of the country, they will be asked where they were, what they are bringing home, whether have they been around any agriculture or sick people, and the subsequent answers could mean a fine, detainment, and possible confiscation of personal property. Bonus points 🙄🥴…. we pay big bucks for this “privilege”.
On the other hand, our US borders are wide open and an illegal immigrant can walk across our borders perhaps carrying drugs, weapons, communicable diseases, or any matter of past criminal record with no form of provable identification, and they will receive 💰💰(our tax dollars) for doing so in the process.
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We citizens of the USA are really no different than a bunch of organic grapes 🍇 grown in the USA (versus the “same” grapes 🍇that are imported from another country).
Buy local and know your farmer. Support the farmer who continues to do the right thing against all odds and obstacles placed before them by the US Government.
Their livelihood and your health depend on it.
xoxo~ liz

Young Living February Sale

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Prices like this don’t happen often🙌❤️. It’s a great time to stock up on wellness options and last-minute gifts to keep on hand!
I can’t believe how inexpensive those diffusers are🥳.
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February Diffuser & Oils Sale
Some goodbyes are hard, but not this one. Saying goodbye to candles is a snap with huge savings on our best-smelling blends and diffusers.
Enjoy 20% off Simplified by Jacob + Kait blends:
Summer Collection (Item No. 41094)
Fall Collection (Item No. 42032)
Cozy Cabin blend (Item No. 39625)
Candy Cane blend (Item No. 39628)
Winter Spa blend (Item No. 39496)
Pink Champagne blend (Item No. 39528)
Save on diffusers, starting at only $17:
Feather the Owl Diffuser ($19 wholesale/$22.37 retail/5 PV)
Snowy the Owl Diffuser ($19 wholesale/$22.37 retail/5 PV)
Lantern Diffuser ($19 wholesale/$22.37 retail/5 PV)
Dewdrop Diffuser ($17 wholesale/$22.37 retail/5 PV)
AromaLux Diffuser ($35 wholesale/$46.05 retail/5 PV)
Snag select singles and blends for 20% off:
Clarity essential oil blend, 5 ml (Item No. 3358)
Clove essential oil, 5 ml (Item No. 3320)
Joy essential oil blend, 5 ml (Item No. 3371)
Lemongrass essential oil, 15 ml (Item No. 3581)
Lime essential oil, 15 ml (Item No. 3074)
Patchouli essential oil, 5 ml (Item No. 3570)
Peppermint essential oil, 15 ml (Item No. 3614)
Pine essential oil, 5 ml (Item No. 3612)
Raven essential oil blend, 5 ml (Item No. 3415)
R.C. essential oil blend, 15 ml (Item No. 3405)
Stress Away essential oil blend, 15 ml (Item No. 4630)
Thieves essential oil blend, 5 ml (Item No. 5197)
Christmas Spirit essential oil blend, 5 ml (Item No. 3356) – This goes away for the year after this sale, so grab it while you can!
Ready to replace candles in every room? Buy six or more Dewdrop Diffusers and unlock an extra 50% off each diffuser. Or mix and match six Feather the Owl, Snowy the Owl, Lantern, and/or AromaLux Diffusers for an extra 25% off each already-discounted diffuser.
This offer is valid from February 27 at 9 a.m., MT, until February 29 at 11:59 p.m., MT. Available on one-time (shop) orders only. One-time or first-time Loyalty orders for new customers.

“Created for a Purpose” Event in Ohio

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Shout out to one of our most amazing Young Living leaders, Kristine Lucius, for planning and hosting an incredible health and wellness event in Tiffin, Ohio yesterday!
Terry and I arrived in Ohio on Friday, and it’s been full of fellowship, friendship, and community these last few days (with more to come!).
The event, “Created for a Purpose” was just beautiful🌼, with about 100 attendees.
Already looking forward to next year’s event❤️!
 

Does Everyone Need Hormone Support?

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Hormone Quiz: True or False (answers are at the bottom 🙂 ).
1. Hormones are no longer important after menopause.
2. There is a close relationship between hormones and gut health.
3. Synthetic hormones are safe and closely match our hormones.
4. Adequate sex hormones help protect and can even improve cognition and brain function.
5. Men and women have the same hormones, just different amounts.
6. We have hormone receptors in our kidneys.
7. Our lungs are healthier if we have adequate hormones serving them.
8. Women tend to live longer if they incorporate hormone support during their period and menopause.
9. Getting hormones checked with labwork after menopause is unnecessary.
10. Labs are important, but the most important indicator is how you feel.
11. Hormones play a role in our muscle mass before and after menopause.
12. Hormones don’t play a role in our sleep quality.
13. If hormones are unbalanced or deficient, it can affect the quality of my voice.
14. If I have junk (toxins) in my body that prevents hormones from “docking” on a receptor site, I just need more hormones on board to overcome that obstacle.
15. Phyto (plant-based) estrogens do not increase cancer risk.
 
Are you ready for some answers now? I’ll put numbers by each answer in the rest of this post.
Hormones are incredibly important throughout our body until the day we die! While that doesn’t mean having babies til we’re in our 90s like Sarah in the Bible, they have a profound effect elsewhere in the body. (1) Let’s talk about that, shall we? I’m hitting highlights here, but I think you’ll get the picture….. As our hormone production goes down, various parts of the body suffer. Our gut (and gallbladder) health declines because there are hormone receptors lining our digestive tract, where most of the immune system resides. Why are women more prone to acquiring autoimmune diseases than men? Could it be because our hormone (or lack thereof) production wanes drastically in the event of surgical or natural menopause, stress, or many other factors, and the gut is affected negatively? (2)
We have receptors for hormones throughout the brain. They help maintain cognition. An estimated 80% or more of the people in neurodegenerative facilities likely wouldn’t be there if they had given their brains an “assist” when hormones were waning. (4) This is especially important for progesterone support. It’s been found that those who do not support hormones as they age tend to age at their normal physiological rate (which picks up speed at every decade). Hormone support slows that process down. Yes, men need estrogen and progesterone too….. Just as women need testosterone, in different ratios of course (5).
After the age of 40, hormones begin waning, and another organ that potentially can take a hit is the kidneys. A decrease in hormones often results in a decrease in kidney filtration rate and function. (6)
The lungs in both men and women are especially responsive to progesterone (7) in several ways. Progesterone helps the lungs repair from injury and also helps protect FROM injury. They’ve done some studies during COVID and found that (according to the studies), progesterone appeared to help with lung recovery.
Multiple studies have shown that women live longer, more productive lives if they have hormone support. ( The largest study ever run by the NIH and Nat Library of Medicine looked at 1.5 million women who had estrogen-supportive therapy versus those who did nothing. The outcome? ….. Those with “help” lived 20% longer. (😎
Many doctors quit running hormone labs once you’ve gone through menopause. Is this ok? Noooooooooo. (9) Your hormones continue to require you to be the conductor of your life’s dance and a little labwork can help with that dance. The best indicator tho??? …… that‘s you. How do you feel? If you feel good, great!!! If you don’t feel great, productive, and energetic most days, it’s past time for an evaluation of what’s working and what’s not. (10)
This is your life, and you play the starring role. You’re also the Director of your life’s show. Exercise is important, as is keeping and building muscle mass. The loss of muscle mass happens as we age. It’s hugely common to hear women talking about losing their strength while gaining a few inches around their belly. You can thank lack of estrogen (11) support for that (as well as excess cortisol usually….. Go check out the post on cortisol!).
Sleep is equally important. We cannot heal and recover from anything without sleep, nor can we function optimally without it. Progesterone “deficiency” is one of the key players in the loss of sleep quality. (12) Yes….. why certainly you could take prescription meds for sleep, but there will be consequences (a 33% increased risk of dementia is one of them.)
Perhaps even you hear a change in people’s voices as they age. The quality (range, tone, strength) all begins to deteriorate. This is not surprising. We have hormone receptors on our esophagus and vocal cords (13)…. I think you’re getting the picture, right? Those little hormone receptors are EVERYWHERE.
To compound the problem, fake hormones (also known as endocrine disruptors) are everywhere. (3) Those little suckers plop themselves right into where the hormones are supposed to attach themselves to do their work. Once those receptor sites are filled up, there’s no more room, and what hormones our body IS producing can’t do their work properly. This is why it’s so important to keep toxins out of your body (which also includes synthetic hormones like birth control) and to detox pretty regularly (NingXia Red and SulfurZyme are both great daily gentle adjuvants for that course of action).
Now…… we are all created differently and need different amounts and even different help in some areas more than others. Here’s a picture of my 4 favorite things that have helped me in my journey through menopause and beyond. Others will have other favorites. I love that I can use plants to support my hormones safely (15).
Go through the entire Happy Hormones Class. It’s entirely worth your while. Live your life abundantly….. And you’re gonna need hormones to do just that! 💖
Xoxo~ liz
(PS: how’d you do on the quiz?)
#happyhormones

Young Living Huge Sale

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Even people who don’t use and rely on essential oils as a major facilitator for their health and wellness know that lavender is known for its tremendous relaxing capabilities.
It’s always good to see science🤓📚 backed studies validating that which we already know 🥰. Of course, there’s real lavender and then there’s the fake-o stuff you want to avoid (nobody needs their endocrine system disrupted!🥲).
 
 
BTW, Lavender is HUGELY on sale thru November 18th along with about 100 other health and wellness tools. Not sure where to start? Here’s my list of on-sale faves and why:
 
Digize: (for those times when the digestive system feels 🤢😵‍💫🥴 or💩 is a problem)
 
Frankincense: Yes, it’s baby Jesus’ oil, but why? Historically, this is one of the most healing + wellness essential oils out there, and I use it EVERY SINGLE DAY (so yes, I’ll be buying a few of these) in multiple ways.
 
Immupro: Because adequate sleep is a cornerstone to health, and bonus points for Immupro’s immune system supportive ingredients!
 
Lavender: When in doubt, use lavender on it! (That’s the truth). This is the other oil I use without fail in multiple ways (including my DIY morning face serum) throughout my day.
 
Progessence Plus: Most women who haven’t been working on balancing their hormones are estrogen-dominant. Let’s just say that the world is a better place for those of us (even those of us post-menopausal) because of this oil blend. 😉💖
 
Thieves: If every household had Thieves, the number of sick days used would go down significantly. (ALL the Thieves… essential oil, toothpaste, cleaning products etc).
 
NingXia Red: 🥤If you’ve been itching to do the 14-day Reset, here’s a discounted way to do it! Grab enough to walk thru the reset once, and you’ll FEEL the difference. Promise! (Not sure what this is? Please message me.)
 
There’s so much more, right? If you are already incorporating Young Living in your health and wellness journey, which items were you happiest to see on sale?
Don’t forget…. if you’re new to Young Living, you can use “SHAREYL” for an additional 10% off. Ask your YL friend for their link, or if you’d like to work with me individually, you can use mine too 🙂
 
xoxo~ liz

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