The power of essential oils never ceases to amaze me. They not only smell amazing, but they work so quickly. And let’s face it, although practising discipline and consistency in order to achieve great results has plenty of merit, there’s something so wonderful about instant gratification, too!!!

Many years ago Gary Young said to us, “If you put an oil on and you don’t see a change within 19 seconds, you have the wrong oil.”

Sometimes I have seen a change literally within seconds after using an essential oil, especially when we’re talking about emotions. After all, our sense of smell travels to our brain faster than the speed of light. So that aroma from the essential oil really does impact us within microseconds, stimulating our subconscious brain to produce a change.

At other times it can take 5 to 10 minutes to see a change after using an essential oil. That’s because we might be putting an oil on our tight muscles, and it needs to penetrate the layers of skin to get to the muscle tissue to produce its relaxing effect.

Then of course there is a benefit to long-term use of essential oils. One of my friends contacted me a week ago and let me know how much our oils have helped her son (on so many levels). They have been life changing for her and her family, and especially for her son.

I love what Dr. Wayne Dyer said about Young Living at our convention in 2013. He said, “Young Living is a company founded on miracles, teaching the world that there is a better way through God’s bottles of essential oils”.

That is so true. It’s been more than 27 years since I started using the Young Living oils, and I still have wow experiences. I had one last week which is quite personal and even a little embarrassing for me to share about….but I hope it will help you. Enjoy the read!

Hot flashes are NOT fun!

I reached menopause at age 49, and began having insane hot flashes. They came on so suddenly (overnight), that I completely discounted menopause and figured I’d picked up a nasty parasite.

But that wasn’t the case. This was indeed menopause.

I know every woman is different. For me it was awful, despite all my natural tools. I was woken over and over through the night with hot flashes. And because I thrive on 9 hours of good sleep a night and become dysfunctional when I go too many nights without that solid rest, I quickly felt myself falling into an abyss from lack of sleep. I became tired, foggy and couldn’t function at my usual pace.

Many women fall in love with Young Living’s Progessence Plus (USA formula) or Progessence Phyto Plus (AU/NZ and UK/EU formula), as it helps with the emotions that get stirred up with our monthly cycle or with menopause. I’ve also heard wonderful stories about how this oil blend uplifts libido.

Women apply it to the inside of their ankles, inner arms, inner thighs or tummy (wherever the skin is quite thin).

Yet I was one of the rare few for whom this oil blend didn’t work for my body, so I needed an alternative solution.

Eventually I found a wonderful integrative doctor in Tasmania who specialises in hormones, and he helped me out with some bioidentical hormone creams and troches. Over a number of months these brought me back into balance and a sense of returning sanity. I’ve been on those now for many years, and it’s felt right for my body.

HRT versus Bioidentical Hormones

There are several schools of thought around bioidentical hormones. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) can have some nasty side effects because it’s using synthetic hormones. These hormones do not exactly match the hormones our body produces, and interact differently with our hormone receptors and metabolic pathways.

HRT is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, blood clots, stroke and mood disturbances (ie. anxiety, irritability and depressive symptoms),

and a reduced sense of wellbeing. That’s like jumping out of the frying pan of menopause and straight into the fire. I knew HRT wasn’t for me.

However even bioidentical hormones have some risks.

Most bioidentical hormones are derived from plants, usually from wild yam and soy. These plants contain diosgenin, which is a plant sterol that is then chemically converted in a laboratory into human-identical hormones.

So they are lab-manufactured, yet at the same time they are bioidentical in molecular structure to the hormones which our body naturally produces (ie. estradiol, progesterone, testosterone), so at the receptor level our body can’t tell the difference between these hormones and the ones our body naturally produces.

The plus side is that they more closely match our naturally-produced hormones, so our body receives them much better with fewer side effects. On the minus side, they need careful monitoring to ensure you’re not overdoing them.

I had ended up with quite high testosterone from the hormone cream I was on, so 6 weeks ago I decided to pause on my bioidentical hormones for a while, and see how my body would travel without these. It was an interesting experiment, and over that time I noticed three things:

1. I was waking a lot more often to go to the toilet in the night, and this was impacting my sleep.
2. I was no longer accessing those lusciously deep sleep states, so I was becoming progressively more tired.
3. My libido went on holidays.

Naughty or Nice?

A week ago, I decided to add something new to my routine.

I’ve always loved Shutran oil. This oil blend was created by Gary Young, the founder of Young Living. It was intended for men, to help them tap into that yummy sense of strength and masculinity.

I’ve noticed that whenever I’m around a man who is wearing Shutran oil blend, I find it such a turn-on!!! The smell is sensational, and it seems to work like a magnet, calling women like moths to a flame.

Women can use it as well.

So I followed a tip by Katie Cole, and put 2 drops on my Thymus at night. The thymus is 3 finger widths below the throat notch. However instead of using Idaho Blue Spruce (as she suggested), I used Shutran oil (which contains Idaho Blue Spruce, but smells way more sexy in my opinion!).

I also followed a tip by Kylie Bryant, and started using Sclaressence oil. Kylie rubs it on her inner arms each night, whereas I rubbed 4 to 6 drops around each ankle at night, since the ankles contain wonderful reflex points that support the entire body.

Earlier in this blog, I mentioned how quickly essential oils work. No sooner had I applied these oils and massaged them in, than I suddenly realised I was…..hmmmm…..feeling very sexually turned on (which I hadn’t felt in almost 6 weeks). The time lapse between applying the oils and feeling that luscious sense of uplift in my libido was less than 5 minutes.

I LOVE it when I see essential oils work so fast. I had no doubt that the oils were what had helped shift my energy and my mood.

And they relaxed me, too. Many of our essential oils are very calming. I’ve been using these 2 oil blends every night for the past week, and I’m sleeping more deeply. This means I’m not waking numerous times to go to the toilet through the night, which is also a blessing.

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