So many beautiful flowers in the mountains and deserts on this trip. I wish I could tell you the name of each one. I love how we drove through the bigger shrubs and trees, scraping the car, and smelling the oils they released into the air.
It is amazing to me how each of these tiny plants holds their own secret super powers. How generations before us knew what to use and when to use them.
I love learning about the power of plants! I love learning about the power of essential oils.
On the drive home from the middle of Nevada today I realize how grateful I am to have spent the last 16+ 4th of July's in Sonoma. It is magical!
We passed people tucked in every nook and cranny on the side of the road along 395, 89, 88, and Hwy 50. People seeking a place to spend their 4th.
We've been so lucky to be able to walk and bike to all the festivities all these years. Yes, this year is different but my heart is still full of gratitude.
Said so well by my friend
Anne Kay
... IF you don't think it matters where you buy your essential oils. If you think all essential oils are all the same. This might help you understand!Original Post by @Forwearesaltandlight
I was talking to a friend the other day and out of nowhere she says, “Okay, I seriously don’t get your obsession with essential oils. We used an entire bottle of Lavender over the course of a month to help our son sleep and it did absolutely nothing.”
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When I asked her where she got the Lavender she said, “Target. It was 3 bucks in the dollar spot section.”
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So here’s the deal friends. I’m gonna say this really loud for the skeptics in the back. IT MATTERS WHERE YOU BUY YOUR OILS FROM!
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I could stand on my soap box and talk about safety and purity for days, but let’s just take a quick look at quality.
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Young Living is the only company that can guarantee you’re getting a first distillation batch of oils.
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First distillation? What the heck does that mean?
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Let’s talk about it from the perspective of coffee. We all understand coffee right?
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The coffee on the left was the first pot of coffee I brewed this morning with fresh ground beans. That’s a first distillation cup of coffee.
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I then brewed another cup using the same grounds as before. Second distillation.
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Making sense?
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I did this four more times using those same coffee grounds getting me all the way to a 6th distillation cup of coffee.
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This is what you’re buying off of the shelf of Target, WalMart, TJMaxx, WholeFoods, Amazon, or any other big box retailer. 6th distillation (or even higher) bottles of oils. On average, most companies are taking these 6th distillations (and higher), adding in synthetic materials, putting them on their shelves, and calling this dirty water, essential oils.
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That’s why they don’t work for you. If this was how Starbucks was brewing and serving up your coffee, I’m pretty certain you’d frantically search for a better option.
Good Morning! 
And I am so grateful for this wonderful morning!
I am so grateful and feel so blessed to be part of a Retreat that I along with 18 other hard-working ladies won because we did ALL THE THINGS!
We were supposed to do this in person on location- but due to Rona- we had to adapt- so we are doing this a Retreat Online! 
This is day 2 of 5 of the transformational shift- 
I am swimming in emotions and whirling in the pool of self-development and relationships with mostly new sisters- learning and sharing, digging and then digging deeper.
Looking inward, and learning how to take that outward!
Speaking truth- to self, and to others, no matter what! ( trust me - this is where one can lose friends.... but then we’re they really ever friends?) 
Sharing uncomfortable secrets you didn’t even know you had... or maybe did- but placed them in that dark hole so deep in your being it was forgotten!
( and- this is a challenge also!)
Oh-Conscious Language!
I am only scratching the surface- 
I was blessed to do a Create Retreat earlier this year- that was life-changing!
This is a Create Academy that we are all part of- it will take everything just a whole lot deeper! 
The world is turning into a different world as we knew it- 
Making a difference in it was always a focused goal... 
Now more than ever that goal rings true!
Having the tools and determination and focus and drive all blessed by Faith and great friends is what helps me do what I do!
Walk thru the fear- because on the other side of fear is Success! 
Is it hard? Is it difficult???
It is if you believe it is....
Anyone can do great things - you just have to believe you can, be consistent and do it- do it scared!!! 
I can’t wait to see what next Monday looks like after this Amazing venture!
I will have walked thru many things by then- there may be some battle scars - but we have oils for that! 
and I will have more tools for my toolbox!
and I will have more tools for my toolbox!For all of you ladies taking this journey with me- thank you for being here-
I already love you all! 
Harding peeps ... did the rest of you jump up and pay attention when all of a sudden your TV is saying somewhere in Searcy, AR???
My kids thought I was crazy, but I'm like NO WAY they just said Searcy! We are all the way across the country in Sonoma! It's an itty bitty town just like us!
I heard this ad at least four times today, yes I was glued to the Disney channel enjoying Wall-E, Inside Out and Monster's Inc. ( don't judge).
