I am very grateful we have a medicine cabinet full of Young Living products at this time. My 17-year-old is having springs put on her braces that will tug forward on her lower jaw. When held in this “sprung forward” position for months at a time, the jaw will grow bone cells that will lengthen the jaw.

There are three key things that are helping my daughter at this time.

1. Deep Relief Roll On- She applies this to her cheeks over the teeth that are most sensitive to these new braces being put on. During her first week of braces, she used quite a bit of this and sometimes even added Peppermint oil.

2. JuvaCleanse- I put five drops in a capsule once a day and she would swallow this before school. We will do this every day for the next two years while she has braces on. The metals, plastics, composites and adhesives leaching into her gums will have direct access to her blood stream. JuvaCleanse will digest these foreign invaders so they don’t wreak havoc on her nervous system later on.

3. Power Meal- This protein shake has been a life saver as a meal replacement when her molars are compacted with dental cement and she can’t bite down to chew. In her first week, she didn’t even want to bite down because her mouth was so sensitive. A lot of the soft or liquid foods she wanted to eat were on my forbidden list because they lacked nutrition. She was quickly starving in the first 48 hours so I was grateful she was willing to drink a Power Meal shake with a Ningxia Red packet before school. She also took my shaker bottle with Power Meal powder in it to school for lunch. She just added a Ningxia Red packet and some water at school and she was fulfilled for the second half of the school day.

This lasted about 10 days. Her jaw and teeth don’t hurt her anymore and she has adjusted to chewing with dental cement in her molars. She is eating her regular foods even though she tears them into smaller pieces before she inserts them in her mouth.  So after 10 days, we are just taking JuvaCleanse by capsule.

The vagal nerve is one of the 12 cranial nerves. The branches of the vagal nerve innervate (to supply body parts with nerves) many body parts related to symptoms of Autism. It roughly starts an inch behind the hairline, follows the path of the cartoid artery in the neck, goes under the collar bone, through the chest cavity and ends near the stomach and intestines. Therefore, it affects hearing, taste, breathing, heart, digestion and elimination (just to list a few).

Nerves are encased in a protective sheath called myelin. Myelin can be damaged by metals, toxins, and vaccines. Imagine toxins being worms that eat holes in leaves. When there is a hole in the myelin sheath, the nerve is exposed and vulnerable. Each hole in the nerve causes the nerve to send wrong messages to body parts. This means that an Autistic child can have symptoms regarding sensory issues with their eyes, ears and taste buds. They may have reactions to food that appear to be food allergies. They may have chronic diarrhea or constipation.

The basic building blocks to regenerate the myelin sheath are B spectrum vitamins, magnesium, and the hormone pregnenalone.

On page 21 of Dr. Gary Young’s book, Pregnenolone: A Radical New Approach to Health, Longevity, and Emotional Well-Being, he writes, “Pregnenalone is unusual in that it both promotes tissue repair and nerve regeneration while also reducing inflammation (Guth et al., 1993)

Give the body time to heal. Nerves take a bit longer to regenerate. If you are already taking B Spectrum Vitamins and Minerals, then add a Pregnenalone Cream. If you are not doing anything yet for the nerves, you will need all three to regenerate nerves. You can just take Regenolone Moisturizing Cream by itself to regenerate nerves. Sensory, digestive and elimination issues will reverse when the holes in the myelin sheath of the vagal nerve heal.

It is safe for males and females to take Regenolone cream because pregnenalone is found in both males and females. It is the master hormone that the body makes lower sex hormones from.

Click here to learn more how Young Living distributors are helping their children with essential oils to come out of the haze of Autism.

We’d like to thank today’s guest blogger, Julie Hanneman from Gathering Acorns, for teaching us that asthma and allergies are literally an immune system response that causes inflammation. Check out how she learned to work with the body’s systems to make her body work well for her. Thanks Julie!

Lets talk about enzymes. Enzymes in their most basic state are catalysts for change in our bodies. Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions in the cell. There is a really cool video from McGraw-Hill that explains it here. 

Digestive enzymes are what help our bodies process our food. Without enzymes, we would cease to live. Just like we need oxygen, we need enzymes. Our bodies have been created so that if we’re not eating enough enzymes, our organs can produce them for us. Seems like a great idea, right? For survival, yes. For every day living, not such a great idea. The only people who get enough enzymes are people who eat 98% raw fruit and vegetable diet. OH…and grow it in their backyard. You see, during transportation from farm to store, many of the nutrients in our food are lost, including enzymes.

So how do you get enzymes in your diet if you’re not able to eat 98% raw from your backyard? I’m glad you asked! There are lots of great enzyme sources available. Some, better and more complete than others, but enzymes, none the less. Komboucha or fermented tea is a great source of enzymes. So is Kefir. However, if you’re brand new to a chemical free way of life and someone recommends Komboucha or Kefir, you’re likely to run for the hills. I know I was. Komboucha tasted like carbonated vinegar and Kefir might as well have been rotten milk. I like it now, but my taste buds and I have come a long way. The best way for people just starting, and in my opinion, the most complete way to consume enzymes is in a dietary supplement.

We know that when you add essential oils to a supplement, you increase the absorbency of that supplement to 85% in the first hour after taking it. Without essential oils, the absorption rate is 45% in 24 hours. That is a staggering improvement! This is precisely why I only use Young Living supplements. They take the guess work out of it and essential oils are part of each supplement offered.

Julie began using enzymes for asthma

When I first started with Young Living, I was having success with controlling my allergies and asthma with essential oils, but I was still having attacks. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong.  After researching, I realized that I wasn’t doing anything wrong, I just needed to add enzymes to my routine. Tiffany suggested that I add enzymes to my daily routine in an effort to not control allergies and asthma, but to eliminate it altogether.  I was really drawn to Essentialzyme from Young Living. Hang with me, its about to get technical (just kidding!) Essentialzymes are pancreatic enzymes, meaning they help support the pancreas by relieving it of some of its enzyme creation duties.

I did what I call a ramping dose of Essentialzyme.  I took one capsule in the morning and one in the evening for seven days. After that I reduced to one a day in the morning. After the first week, I was feeling better. After the second week, I had almost eliminated all snot. (Gross but true.) After 3 weeks, I realized that I hadn’t had an asthma attack in a week.  I was amazed at how good I felt too. Now, for my fellow picture-minded folks, I say that my pancreas was busy producing enzymes instead of doing its pancreas duties. Once I added the Essentialzyme, I relieved my pancreas of its extra duties, so it could go back to just doing its normal job.

An added bonus, Weight Loss!

A few months after starting the Essentialzyme, I was really feeling like I needed to detox. But I wasn’t drawn to a Master Cleanse or a cleanse of any kind. My friend had a zyto scan machine and I decided to have my first scan. It recommended Detoxzyme. Hmm…detox. This got my wheels turning. I added the Detoxzyme at two capsules in the morning and evening for about 3 weeks. It was great! I lost some weight and had more energy than ever. My body really needed to clean out my colon. After 3 weeks, I reduced to two capsules in the morning. This was mostly because I was lazy about taking them at night. In the fourth week on Detoxzyme, I notice that the mucous in my body had decreased dramatically. I also noticed that I wasn’t craving the bad, greasy, processed foods that were once a major temptation. I now wanted things like fruits and vegetables. This was because I was cleaning out my body and giving my body the boost it needed to fully process the foods I was eating. The longer I took it, the more I craved the good, nutritious foods.

So the moral of my enzyme story is feed your body and your body will work for you. Your body has been divinely designed to work for you and not against you. You just have to put the right fuel into your body to allow it to run at optimum levels.

Aren’t these so cool! What a great way to recycle glass! Once I saw a graphic cycling around Facebook with the word “Abundance” glass-etched on a bottle, I knew that I wanted to make one for my favorite Young Living professional, Adam Green! He liked the idea so I got busy making several bottles for my dearest friends.

  For this project, you will need:
*Drop cloth to cover your working surface
*Masking tape to frame your etched area and as a guide to make your letters straight
*Ruler to find the center of the working area on your bottle
*Alphabet stickers or rub-ons.
*Rubbing utensil like a popsicle stick to press on the rub-ons
*Metal spoon to goop the glass etching cream
*Glass Etching Cream, I used the brand called Armour Etch.
*Glass bottles, cleaned and dried
Here is the video tutorial of how to glass etch messages on your bottle.

I wanted Adam’s bottle to say “Abundance” because he uses the law of Abundance to give and attract more of it. He uses his abundance to sponsor a child in Equador. Adam creates balance between working hard and playing hard.

I spent two hours with Adam late one night after the first day of 2012 Young Living Convention. He knew that his role was to show the upcoming and young generation of Young Living distributors that they can have a full-time income and rewarding life choosing Young Living as their business model. Adam is my favorite business leader because he walks his talk. He is fulfilling his role. Sure enough, while his water bottle was in the mail being delivered to his home in Canada, Adam at the age of 23 received the news that he had reached the rank of Platinum. That means that since June of 2012 (just seven months ago), Adam went from Silver to Gold to Platinum.

Adam is sincere about helping everyone build their success. He is one of the four founders of the YLScents website. I had never seen the back office of this website or even seen a prototype example of it when I did Adam and the other founders a favor by advertising this service on my highly trafficked Facebook page. Adam’s integrity was enough for me to go on and sure enough he has over delivered on all his promises of what this website service provides for distributors building an online presence. Months later, I drove to Oklahoma City where he was giving a presentation to Heather Portwood’s group. At that time, I got to see him sacrifice the agenda on his personal time to fix a glitch in the website hosting server so that his customers weren’t without their websites longer than necessary. He and his partner Aly Bhimji, immediately fixed this problem by securing a backup server so that it would never happen again. Adam was a proud papa as he showed me the back office of his YLScents website baby. It is truly the best service out there for the beginner or advanced online business builder. I am no way affiliated with YLScents so this is my unbiased recommendation. You can learn more about YLScents here. Enough bragging about Adam, let’s move on to my next friend.

I made a bottle with the word “Harmony” on it for my friend Dana Christisen. She is the owner of EA Therapies and she saw a need for animal diffusers and created designs called Oil Wear Pendants. She is brilliant at writing copy, marketing, and business materials. She exploded in success during 2012 by restoring an old Mill and by becoming a Chi To Be coach. She is the co-creater with Stacey Hall of the  Chi-Generating Essential Oil Anointing Ritual Technique. I was there in Missouri when Dr. David Stewart handed her a check as his congratulations for her receiving the rank of Silver. We were attending a dinner for a non-profit organization when the other guests at our table asked Dana her advice about creating balance in stressful times. I will never forget the look on everyone’s faces when Dana answered, “You cannot always have balance in stressful times, but you can create Harmony”.  Dana and I met on the internet through Young Living and she is my dearest Young Living friend because her wise words always bring me back to the mindset that I can create Harmony.

Now let’s brag on Al and Carrie Solorzano. They are the owners of Healing Hands Essential Oils. Al is the genius behind the structure of the business and the networking to get the job done. Because he knows how to structure a business so that its profits are constantly increasing, I made his water bottle with the word “Prosperity”. He and his wife wanted financial freedom so he chose not to return to the work force working for a boss when he lost his job, but chose to become his own boss and work with Carrie from a home-based business.

Carrie is the servant in this business. She has the healing touch and the love to lift and serve others. I made Carrie’s bottle with the word “Abundance” because she has stepped up as an instructor by teaching more and more classes on the uses of essential oils. She has blessed so many as they are healing themselves because of the things they have learned through Carrie’s intelligent courses. The law of Karma has come full circle as Carrie and Al are enjoying the financial freedom that comes from serving others by working from home.

Let me tell you a story about Carrie and Al’s kids. When the Solorzanos visited my family in the fall of 2011, I took them hiking in Hot Springs National Park. We were to collect water from the springs there and I wanted a way the kids would know whose water bottle was whose. So before we headed to the mountain, I gave each of the kids an empty Ningxia Red bottle and a pile of stickers. The way they decorated their individual bottles would help us adults know whose bottle was whose. I didn’t realize what an effect this would have in making drinking water so special. They called their special water “sticker water”. It was so special to them to keep filling up and drinking more “sticker water”. Carrie said that long after they returned home from their trip, they still loved drinking “sticker water”.  This has become a great way to get kids to drink their daily allowance of water.

I made a water bottle for my husband that has the initials of our corporation “PPS” which stands for Preferred Property Solutions, Inc.  I made a water bottle for me that has the word “love”. When I perused the internet, I saw images of drinking glasses where people taped the word “love” or glass etched it with a pretty font.

Putting messages on your drinking glasses began with the work of Dr. Emoto. This excerpt from his website says, “He undertook extensive research of water around the planet, not so much as a scientific researcher, but more from the perspective of an original thinker. At length, he realized that it was in the frozen crystal form, that water showed us its true nature. He has gained worldwide acclaim through his groundbreaking research and discovery, that water is deeply connected to our individual and collective consciousness.

Positive, compassionate words comfort and heal; negative words and insults hurt. Until recently, we knew this only because we could feel it.  Now we can actually see it.  Thanks to the experimental work of Dr. Masaru Emoto, we can look to water, and its frozen crystals, to confirm the healing power of beautiful music, positive thinking, uplifting speech, and prayer.”

Check out this video to learn more. I hope you have fun with this knowledge and make your own water bottles etched with positive messages so that you may etch the frequency of these messages into your cells.

Hello Friends,

In October of 2012, I gave my “two-week notice” for leaving my position as an essential oil educator. I am playing around when I use that term, but I really did give the world wide web only a two-week notice that I was deleting the fastest growing Young Living essential oil page on Facebook. Many of my followers truly did not understand why I could leave something that I worked so hard to build. So, where is Tiffany now?

First of all, let me begin with the successes that my Facebook page, I’ve Got An Oil For That, produced. It was the fastest growing, most recommended Facebook page regarding the use of Young Living essential oils. This means that its followers were so generous and helpful with sharing their personal stories, helpful tips, and useful links that the Facebook page grew into a community who recommended it as a trusted source for essential oil education. It’s photo albums were full of recipes, protocols, how-tos and testimonies that gave beginners the confidence to use essential oils as their first and only medicine. The business tips gave many the boost they needed to begin their own Facebook pages, blogs, and You Tube channels. It has brought me great joy watching the successes of my followers and colleagues.

So let’s move on to the rest of the story…

In April of 2012, my husband, Tom and I, attended an introduction to flipping houses with Fortune Builders. This is the company Than Merrill, Paul Esajian and JD Esjian built to provide a duplicatable system of wealth that you see on their A&E Cable Show, Flip This House. From there, we attended an event where we learned more about this opportunity and were interviewed to see if we even qualified as the elite 1% who make it into their Mastery coaching program. Not only did we qualify as a match for their program, but we were picked to be the first to be interviewed.

I am Christian, so I will say that the Holy Ghost’s presence was very strong during these two events. At the time, we didn’t know exactly what we were getting into, all we knew was that it was the right thing to do. Because of the Holy Ghost’s witness, I had no reservations whatsoever in investing in such an expensive coaching program. Everything fell right into our laps with no effort at all to make this happen for us. Over the next few months, we were awakening to the path that had always been inside of us to fulfill. We were seeing very clearly the work and responsibility God was placing before us. There is a force within us that propels us as if it was the most natural thing to do even though its the most dramatic career change. The work is easy and enjoyable.

Tom and I began coaching with Fortune Builders Mastery in May of 2012. We became incorporated as Preferred Property Solutions in June.

We are not only being coached in how to offer creative solutions for properties with problems, but we are also being coached on how to become incorporated, how to build a paydex score (business credit report score), how to invest our wealth to increase our wealth, and how to obey tax codes, as well as how to fulfill our spiritual potential. We have associated ourselves with the most energizing people we could choose for a support system.

You can imagine the 180 our lives have turned. It is the most exciting miracle to be a part of. It feels as if we have always been Real Estate Investors.

We are laying our foundations now with lazer-sharp focus. We have been coached in how to build a business correctly. If you have read “eMyth” , then you know that we are not only learning how to be good as investors, but to be successful as business owners. With these foundations, we can only expand from here. We look forward to using our wealth to build catastrophe shelters and rental properties that are handicap accessible. We look forward to fulfilling the measure of our creation.

Does heat ruin an essential oil? My official answer is,”I don’t know.” I’m a stickler for truth so if I don’t have a reliable source of information, I choose not to participate in conversations. In our internet age today so many people copy and paste things so much that  we don’t know if we are getting an answer from a reliable source, if we are only getting a segment of a conversation, or if that information was edited to fit the purpose of the person sharing that information. So for today’s topic, I have not included sources that I don’t trust. As always, my intention is to just give you data for you to make your own educated guesses with.  So once you have read the data below, you decide – “Does heat ruin an essential oil”.

First of all, in our early days in Young Living back in the early 2000s, we were told to avoid temperature extremes.

“Don’t let your oils get too hot or too cold.”
“Don’t leave your oils in the hot car.”
“Don’t put your oils in the freezer.”

It appears that with the information Dr. Young had at the time that the science would point to this being true. After all, we use cold-air diffusers so that heat doesn’t ruin our oils.

But, on a recent Young Living discussion board for professionals, one professional was saying that in the last year or so (2011) that she heard Dr. Young say that your oils will be fine if they get too hot. Remember, I’m only including information from sources I trust. This brings me to my next thought.

I have used oils many times that have been left in my vehicle every day in the hot Arkansas summer heat. I have used helichrysum for pain and no matter how hot the oil got it was still effective for my pain. I have used hot Valor for allergic reactions and it was effective. I have used hot peppermint for sinus infections and it was effective. I have lost an oil and found it a year later and it was still effective after months and months of withstanding the hot summer heat. So if the heat fractured the molecules, then my body was able to utilize each fractured part anyway.

This brings me to my next thought. My aromatherapy instructor, Rhianna Harris from France, told us that your body breaks down essential oils into their specific components anyway. She said that a diffuser breaks essential oils into their individual molecules and your nose distributes each molecule where it needs to go in the body.  That made sense to me because I likened it to how the digestive system breaks down our foods into smaller usable parts like proteins into amino acids.

Then, my brain thinks:

“Well, these plants that the oils came from stood out in hot fields, in the dessert soil of Utah or Egypt, in the volcanic ash of Ecuador and many other hot climates. The essential oil in the plant survived that. So they must be able to take some heat.”

“These oils withstand 200 degree temperatures during the distillation process.” (But we also know the temperature has to be controlled in distillation so that the oil isn’t scorched. So…how much heat can an oil withstand?)

“These oils withstand the rising temperatures inside my hot vehicle.”

And then I think of what Dr. David Stewart, a chemist, says in his books. He is talking about going through radiation at airport security but I use that information when I think of oils getting hot. He said that yes that airport screening will fracture the oils but in a matter of minutes the components all group back together making a whole oil again. So if oils can heal themselves coming out of radiation, can they heal themselves after their components have been separated by heat as long as they were not scorched and destroyed?

Maybe we found our answer. As long as the oil isn’t scorched, maybe it isn’t ruined when subjected to heat.

So how hot can an oil get before it is scorched?
How hot does a diffuser get?
Hot hot does the plant matter get when distilled?
How come we can use heat with oil resins but we can’t use hot-air diffusers?

I could make myself crazy over-thinking this? What did you conclude? Please comment in the thread below. What were you taught and which Young Living sponsored event did you hear it at?

I follow my own advice when I say you should ask other Young Living distributors to guest blog for you.  Adam Green and I met on Facebook.  It’s fun being professional colleagues doing favors for each other and I’ve enjoyed cashing in on this favor of having him share with you guys his “personal trainer expertise” on separating facts from falsehoods when it comes to finding the right balance of eating the right foods and the in right amounts. Once you’ve been edified by his great tips below, go “friend” him on Facebook and check out his other great tips.

Nutrition is a key component not only to your fitness program but to life! Food is fuel, and it is important to fuel your body properly and effectively. I highly recommend seeking the advice of a personal trainer when embarking on an exercise program as they can provide you with personalized programs and education specific to your needs. Please read below what I view as some of the top nutrition mistakes people make when starting an exercise program.

1. Skipping Meals/ Improper Meal Frequency

A key mistake often made is skipping meals in hopes of cutting calories to lose weight. However this often works against your goals. Food is fuel for your body and mind.  It is essential to consistenly supply nutrients throughout the day.  My ideal meal frequency is every 2-3 hours consuming 5-6 meals per day.  This will result in more stable blood sugars, less cravings, and sustained energy throughout the day.  To begin with, I suggest setting an alarm on your phone every 3 hours to remind you to eat.  Don’t skip breakfast!!!

2. Not Eating Enough Calories

Your body has a Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) which is the basic amount of calories your body needs to sustain proper function if you were to lie in a room doing nothing. In order to lose weight, you still want to consume more calories than your BMR. Consume any less and your body sees it as being deprived of its essential nutrients and calories needed to sustain itself, so it feels the need to store energy for future use. Stored energy is… FAT! You want to ensure that you are eating enough calories of the right foods with frequent and proper meals.

3. Avoiding Carbohydrates

Carbohydrates get an unwarranted bad reputation. There is a plethora of bad carbohydrates out there with the key ones to avoid being anything processed. Good carbohydrates are essential to your body. Most times good carbohydrates make up 50% of your daily caloric consumption. The key is to consume the right types of carbohydrates such as fibrous vegetables and whole foods like sweet potato, brown rice, quinoa, and fruits. When I am shopping, I purchase items that do not have labels. If they do have labels, I look for single ingredients. For example oatmeal is oatmeal, sweet potato is sweet potato. However look at a box of cereal and you will realize how processed some foods really are.

4. Improper Macronutrient Balance

As a general rule of thumb when working with clients, I traditionally start them with 50% carbohydrates, 30% protein, and 20% fats. Everyone does have their own unique body type and preferences, and after monitoring progress adjustments can be made in ratios to find an ideal balance. Again, the key is not necessarily to cut carbs like many try to do, but to eat the proper carbs, proper lean proteins, and healthy fats. Balance is key. Keeping a food journal is a great way to monitor your food intake.

5. Consuming Diet/Sugar Free Products

Many diet products are marketed as calorie free, sugar free, and as a healthier alternative to sugar laden drinks. There is a lot of research suggesting that not only does the consumption of diet products actually lead to weight gain, but the safety of these products is also questionable. Some big players in the artificial sweetener world are Acephulame potassium (Ace-K), Aspartame, and Sucralose (splenda). I highly recommend anyone looking to become more educated on the dangers of these products read “Sweet Deception”.  A brief summary on sweeteners can also be found on my site here.  I encourage the use of natural sweeteners such as Stevia and Yacon, but ideally, I try to get people to stay clear of sweets in general so they can break those cravings and addictions and get back to the basics of eating good, clean, whole foods.

6. Consuming Empty Calories in Sauces

One look at the labels on most sauces and dips and you will quickly see why they are contributing to your weight gain. These are often loaded with huge amounts of sugar (from High Fructose Corn Syrup) or  artificial sweeteners. I recommend things like hot sauce as a better alternative, and when choosing dressings I go with any kind of vinaigrette. I am a big fan of balsamic vinegar myself.

7. Consuming Liquid Calories

Cut out soda pop of any sort, high-sugar specialty coffee beverages, juices, etc. Cutting out these things can make a big impact on your results. There is no nutrient/health value in many of these drinks and they are sabotaging your success. Even your daily double/double from Tim Hortons can be adding in an extra 280 cals/day into your body, translating to an extra 102,200 calories a year, or approx 29.2lbs!. I personally only consume water flavored with essential oils, 2-4oz of Ningxia Red, Slique Tea, and Zevia (stevia sweetened soda) when entertaining company.

8. Missing Digestive Enzymes

There is a massive amount of research on the benefits of digestive enzymes. We do not get near the amount from our food that we used to due to the highly processed nature of our food supply.

A simple analogy: Food is fuel like logs for a fire. Imagine two different fires, one made with big thick logs, the other is made with the exact same logs but chopped up finely into kindling/tender. Which one will burn better, quicker and more efficiently? The second fire, of course. Enzymes help to break down food inside your body and assist in the absorption of the nutrients so everything you are eating is being used faster and more efficiently. I challenge you to add in Essentialzyme-4 with your major meals, and add Essentialzyme or Detoxyme with your smaller meals and in-between meals. You WILL notice the difference!

Yours in health,

Adam Green
DipKin CSEP-CPT
www.adamgreen.ca
Be sure to check out my Facebook page http://on.fb.me/Essential_HF and follow me on twitter @Essential_HF.

Important, the information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not provided to diagnose, prescribe or treat any condition of the body. The information provided should not be used as a substitute for medical counseling with a health care professional. If you have any concerns regarding this information, please consult your health care professional.

Today’s guest blogger is a member of my organization, Serenity Chandler. Her story is personal to me because I knew how much sleep Serenity was losing as Night Terrors is a whole family problem. When I quit looking at the physical solutions to help her daughter sleep and switched to emotional solutions, I was able to help Serenity find the answers she had been searching for. I feel better now that Serenity feels better because she has less stress, more sleep, and the whole family can get some much needed rest now. Let’s read her story now:

My name is Serenity Chandler. I am mom to four amazing children and wife to one awesome man.

My soon to be 7 year old daughter has had night terrors since she was two. She would wake up screaming or crying usually 2-5 times a night but be completely incoherent. She started sleeping in my bed because I got tired of running so often to her room. Usually by the time I got her calmed down and asleep again, someone else had woken up. She never remembered these episodes in the morning, but she did remember having bad dreams. She always had bags under her eyes even if she was in bed for 12 hours a night.

Over the years I have tried to find ways to help her sleep. I tried dietary changes, I consulted the lady at the health food store and tried supplements and natural sleep aids, we tried numerous things. Nothing ever worked. In December things got worse, she was under a lot of stress at school and started sleep walking. I started looking more diligently for something to help her.

The Solution

One day I was on Facebook and noticed that Tiffany’s “I’ve Got an Oil for That” page was all about sleep issues. I read all of the posts, taking notes, hoping and praying one of them would be right for my daughter. After I read all of them I started muscle testing to see which one my girl needed.  The answer was clear, she needed Dream Catcher essential oil blend. I ordered some and eagerly awaited its arrival.

While waiting, I told my daughter that I had ordered some oil that I thought would help her not have bad dreams at night. Even though she doesn’t remember them, she calls them her bad dreams. She asked me every day when it was going to get here. The day it came she was so excited she could not wait to go to bed. I put it on the little pad at the base of her big toe. I started out with 1 drop on each foot, but after about two weeks we moved up to 2 drops. I put it on as she’s getting into my bed. We then pray, cuddle, read, and sing for 10-30 minutes until she falls asleep.

As I went about my nightly routine I waited for her to wake up, but she didn’t. I went to bed hopeful, but still expecting to be woken up. I kept waking up to check on her, but she barely moved. She rolled over a few times, but she didn’t wake up, she didn’t talk in her sleep, nothing. In the morning she could tell a difference, she said she didn’t have any bad dreams.  My husband and I were cautiously optimistic for the next night, and had the same results. Our biggest surprise was the second morning, the bags under her eyes were completely gone.

It’s been more than a month now; my daughter is sleeping in her own bed most of the time. She still sometimes wakes up and comes to my bed, but she doesn’t wake up because of a bad dream. She was even able to have a sleepover with her cousins and stay all night. Every night isn’t perfect, she woke up with bad dreams the other night and asked for more “dream oil”, but it’s as close to perfect as I could ask for.

Serenity’s email address is: serenmarie@gmail.com

Tiffany’s note: Other essential oils used by Young Living distributors for Night Terrors are:
Peace and Calming
Trauma Life
Three Wise Men
Joy
Frankincense

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