I first started using essential oils back in 2012. At that time, I was a busy, working Mom with one of our kids in university, our oldest still living at home and our youngest was 15 and still in high school. He played hockey in our small community in Northern Ontario, and that means that if you want to play in a league, you have to do a lot of travelling.
It was on one of these hockey road trips that I smelled my first essential oil. We were playing in New Liskeard, which is a 7 hour drive from our hometown. In Northern Ontario, we measure distance by how many hours it takes to get there, not necessarily by how many kms it is.
Anyway, we were staying with a friend of mine who had offered to put us up for the weekend. I was grateful for the offer, since hockey travel is expensive, not matter how much you try cut corners.
My friend’s home was warm, cozy, and so welcoming, but what I noticed immediately was this wonderful aroma as we first entered. It was the smell of Thieves in the diffuser she had in her entryway that I was experiencing. And it was so lovely! I was an instant fan!
Following that visit, I ordered my first Premium Starter Bundle which came with a diffuser and 11 5ml bottles of essential oil as well as a couple of sachets of NingXia Red and a roller cap. I was really excited when it arrived, but other than diffusing the oils, I really didn’t know how to use them. I hadn’t even heard of essential oils until I visited my friend, so I was definitely really new to them, and unaware of their potential to support my health & well-being.
So, even though I had no idea what I was doing, I just started off by putting a couple of drops onto the bottom on my feet every morning. And diffusing them in my home every day.
The whole process of applying the oils took about two minutes every day. That’s it! Just a couple of minutes, and keep in mind, I had no idea what I was doing. I was just putting them on!
But you know what I was doing, that I didn’t even realize at the time? I was taking time for me. I was doing something to support my health, my spirit, my mind, just by prioritizing myself for two minutes every morning. I was training my brain to believe that I was worth taking care of too.
As a busy Mom, wife, and the director of a women’s shelter, I was so used to putting everyone else’s needs before my own. Sometimes, you can forget yourself in the process. You get so busy just doing, just living, just running, that you can forget how important it is to take care of yourself too.
Starting off with this one, seemingly little habit, of applying essential oils onto the bottoms of my feet, I began the process of creating healthy changes in my life. I didn’t realize it at the time, and it didn’t all happen overnight, but it did happen. And it all started with this one small step.
Are you ready to make a shift, to take a small step? It really can lead to big changes!
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