I'm currently on "holiday". I put it in pretentious parenthesis because actually I'm still working the exact same amount as normal (maybe more!), but I'm doing it in different places. Last week, Sofia, Bulgaria. This week, Athens. Tomorrow, Paris.
And as amazing and astounding as that would already be, I’m finding it even more so, because if you’d told me eight months ago that I’d be doing this, I would have laughed in your face.
Why? Because eight months ago it was all I could do to drive to work, drive home again and collapse on the couch. I was so wrecked. I was one year into living with the diagnosis of a chronic illness, and that, together with the heavy medication I was on, was bringing my quality of life down to record low numbers.
Actually, exactly eight months ago today I was laying on the couch watching Netflix, in the same clothes I had been wearing for 2three days. I hadn’t left my house or seen anyone or really even moved.
If you’re doing the maths on that, Laura, you’ll know that I’m talking about Christmas. I was so down, so weak and so tired, that I locked myself away in an air-conditioned room watching TV over my entire Christmas break.
I had decided that my life was basically over, and all there was left to do was wait it out.
Normally, my mediocre job sapped all my energy so that laying on the couch every night was perfectly fine. But after a few consecutive days of it, my mind was wondering. And I somehow stumbled into a Facebook group run by my mentor Leonie Dawson. She was talking about essential oils.
I wasn’t that interested in smelly hippy stuff, but I was keen on the distraction, so I poked around for a while. And when I started reading some of the testimonials, I started to get interested.
Not jump-up-and-down interested, but maybe sit-up-on-the-couch interested. I thought about it for a day or two. I spoke to some people at work about it (thankfully I was back at work and out of my cave).
Why? Because eight months ago it was all I could do to drive to work, drive home again and collapse on the couch. I was so wrecked. I was one year into living with the diagnosis of a chronic illness, and that, together with the heavy medication I was on, was bringing my quality of life down to record low numbers.
Actually, exactly eight months ago today I was laying on the couch watching Netflix, in the same clothes I had been wearing for 2three days. I hadn’t left my house or seen anyone or really even moved.
If you’re doing the maths on that, Laura, you’ll know that I’m talking about Christmas. I was so down, so weak and so tired, that I locked myself away in an air-conditioned room watching TV over my entire Christmas break.
I had decided that my life was basically over, and all there was left to do was wait it out.
Normally, my mediocre job sapped all my energy so that laying on the couch every night was perfectly fine. But after a few consecutive days of it, my mind was wondering. And I somehow stumbled into a Facebook group run by my mentor Leonie Dawson. She was talking about essential oils.
I wasn’t that interested in smelly hippy stuff, but I was keen on the distraction, so I poked around for a while. And when I started reading some of the testimonials, I started to get interested.
Not jump-up-and-down interested, but maybe sit-up-on-the-couch interested. I thought about it for a day or two. I spoke to some people at work about it (thankfully I was back at work and out of my cave).
There was a special offer. It involved saving a few hundred bucks and a free gift. I felt that I had nothing to lose, so I went for it. At 10.36pm on New Year’s Eve, I enrolled with doTERRA and purchased a Home Essentials Kit.
When my Kit arrived I did what I think most people do – I sniffed all the bottles, then put the couple I really liked at the front, set up my diffuser, and didn’t think much more about it.
Then I started researching with an app or two, getting online and learning about this new medicine I had. Over the next couple of months I started playing around with replacing things I was already using with oils.
In January, a quick application of DigestZen blend on my tummy had me up off the floor of the bathroom and back in bed when I had thought I was for sure going to spend the night in there!
In February I stopped taking a nightly anti-spasmodic medication because my spasms had stopped after daily application of Frankincense (thank heavens, because the meds were also making me groggy every morning. Ew).
When my Kit arrived I did what I think most people do – I sniffed all the bottles, then put the couple I really liked at the front, set up my diffuser, and didn’t think much more about it.
Then I started researching with an app or two, getting online and learning about this new medicine I had. Over the next couple of months I started playing around with replacing things I was already using with oils.
In January, a quick application of DigestZen blend on my tummy had me up off the floor of the bathroom and back in bed when I had thought I was for sure going to spend the night in there!
In February I stopped taking a nightly anti-spasmodic medication because my spasms had stopped after daily application of Frankincense (thank heavens, because the meds were also making me groggy every morning. Ew).
In March, I realised it had been over two months since I’d taken any pain medication, which had previously been an almost daily occurrence. I was managing headaches with Lavender and Peppermint essential oils, and back pain with IceBlue.
In April, I realised that I hadn’t been sick all year, despite everyone around me being almost constantly ill, and my medication weakening my immune system.
By May I was feeling so empowered and in control of my own health that I (working with my neurologist and GP) ceased taking the medications I had been on for over a year. I also left my job to work on my biz full-time.
In April, I realised that I hadn’t been sick all year, despite everyone around me being almost constantly ill, and my medication weakening my immune system.
By May I was feeling so empowered and in control of my own health that I (working with my neurologist and GP) ceased taking the medications I had been on for over a year. I also left my job to work on my biz full-time.
In July I started a new treatment for my chronic illness, one that feels right and empowering. It’s been my choice, my terms and my timetable. When it was first suggested to me at the time of my diagnosis, I was terrified. But I’m not that person anymore.
Which is how I find myself, in August, spending a month working in Europe.
Perhaps this sounds dramatic, but it’s completely true: these oils have changed my life.
Whoa …. I’m gonna get seriously real with you for a second. I just had a Freudian slip – keyboard style. I originally wrote “These oils have saved my life”. And then I deleted it and wrote “these oils have changed my life”.
And then I cried.
Because these oils have, in fact, saved my life.
So how, for the love of any and all things in the multiverse, could I not share them with you?
Which is how I find myself, in August, spending a month working in Europe.
Perhaps this sounds dramatic, but it’s completely true: these oils have changed my life.
Whoa …. I’m gonna get seriously real with you for a second. I just had a Freudian slip – keyboard style. I originally wrote “These oils have saved my life”. And then I deleted it and wrote “these oils have changed my life”.
And then I cried.
Because these oils have, in fact, saved my life.
So how, for the love of any and all things in the multiverse, could I not share them with you?
These days, my doTERRA collection is pretty large, and while it continues to grow and I love and use many other doTERRA products on a daily basis, more often than not it comes back to the original ten oils from my Home Essentials Kit. You can find out how to get one of your own here: http://www.beautifullyplannedlife.com/how-to-sign-up-and-order-oils.html
Spoiler Alert: there is bit to read on this page because I want you to feel really supported in investing in yourself in this way. If you want even more support, shoot me an email and we can work through it together. Fun!
Spoiler Alert: there is bit to read on this page because I want you to feel really supported in investing in yourself in this way. If you want even more support, shoot me an email and we can work through it together. Fun!
The Home Essentials Kit contains the ten most popular oils and oil blends, as well as the signature doTERRA diffuser and an enrolment pack. Each of the oils in this kit can be used for so many things – I’ll just give you my favourite examples for each one:
Easy Air: heading into a two hour meeting where I would be sitting very close to someone who was sniffing and snotting all over the place. One dose of EasyAir and he didn’t sniff again for the whole meeting.
DigestZen: Last week I was in Bulgaria. I’m vegan … the result was BREAD and BREAD and POTATOES and a tummy that looked like I was at least 8 months pregnant (ouch!). Until DigestZen made it all better again. Phew.
Frankincense: I use this one every. Single. Day. Amazing for all things skin related, as well as neurological.
Ice Blue: Technically called the “athletic blend” this one supports my wacky body when it does something “creative” to compensate for my scoliosis. Oh and it also released a nasty hand cramp from colouring-in hehe.
Lavender: Sleep, relaxation, you know all that. What about removing itchiness from bites and rashes, or taking the sting out of sunburn. Yes, really.
Lemon: Finally a way to have lemon water every morning without getting in trouble from my dentist! I also clean my house with this oil in water. No more toxic cleaning products!
Oregano: So much immune support. Together with OnGuard, this is why I never got the colds that were rampant in my workplace.
Peppermint: Goodbye headaches, goodbye spasms. Peppermint is also amazingly cooling, which has been supporting me through my European Summer exploits.
Tea Tree: Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal – I use this one on spots, and I also include it in the water I use to mop my floors.
OnGuard: At the tiniest feeling of sickness, I up my OnGuard applications, and nothing has developed any further.
Easy Air: heading into a two hour meeting where I would be sitting very close to someone who was sniffing and snotting all over the place. One dose of EasyAir and he didn’t sniff again for the whole meeting.
DigestZen: Last week I was in Bulgaria. I’m vegan … the result was BREAD and BREAD and POTATOES and a tummy that looked like I was at least 8 months pregnant (ouch!). Until DigestZen made it all better again. Phew.
Frankincense: I use this one every. Single. Day. Amazing for all things skin related, as well as neurological.
Ice Blue: Technically called the “athletic blend” this one supports my wacky body when it does something “creative” to compensate for my scoliosis. Oh and it also released a nasty hand cramp from colouring-in hehe.
Lavender: Sleep, relaxation, you know all that. What about removing itchiness from bites and rashes, or taking the sting out of sunburn. Yes, really.
Lemon: Finally a way to have lemon water every morning without getting in trouble from my dentist! I also clean my house with this oil in water. No more toxic cleaning products!
Oregano: So much immune support. Together with OnGuard, this is why I never got the colds that were rampant in my workplace.
Peppermint: Goodbye headaches, goodbye spasms. Peppermint is also amazingly cooling, which has been supporting me through my European Summer exploits.
Tea Tree: Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal – I use this one on spots, and I also include it in the water I use to mop my floors.
OnGuard: At the tiniest feeling of sickness, I up my OnGuard applications, and nothing has developed any further.
It’s my genuine hope that you, too, will find wonderful, life-improving uses for each and every oil in the Home Essentials Kit. If you’re ready to get this natural wellness into your life, learn more by clicking here or pasting this URL into your browser:
http://www.beautifullyplannedlife.com/how-to-sign-up-and-order-oils.html
If you're not quite ready to jump in with both feet, you might like to spend some time hanging out in my dedicated doTERRA Facebook group. You can ask questions, meet like-minded peeps, and enjoy some fun tips and tricks. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BPLwithdoterra/
I’m so excited to go on this journey with you!
http://www.beautifullyplannedlife.com/how-to-sign-up-and-order-oils.html
If you're not quite ready to jump in with both feet, you might like to spend some time hanging out in my dedicated doTERRA Facebook group. You can ask questions, meet like-minded peeps, and enjoy some fun tips and tricks. Join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BPLwithdoterra/
I’m so excited to go on this journey with you!
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