We love using essential oils in diffusers on our bedside table, while soaking in baths, and during our skin care routine. But these drops of Mother Nature’s best are more than just at-home staples—they’re total game changers wherever you go!
Read on for how to utilize the power of essential oils while out and about, during your workday, and yes, also at home (we couldn’t resist!).
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Mother’s Day is just around the corner, and we have some great ideas that will help you show every mother in your life how special she is to you! Whether she needs a little time to relax, some extra energy from taking care of all the things, some time for pampering, a little emotional TLC or just some good old fashioned rest, here are a few ideas that we love!
Relaxation
- Stress Away Roll-On This blend of copaiba, vanilla and lime is like an instant beach vacation that’s perfect anytime. We love the convenience of the roll-on, and the lovely packaging makes the perfect gift!
- Stress Away Bath Bombs For the mom who loves to relax with a long, hot soak, these Stress Away Bath Bombs are essential! All the zen vibes and none of the chemicals found in conventional products.
- Release Essential Oil Blend Moms carry so much. They are the keepers of schedules, preferences, emotions, menus, responsibilities and more, and they often need a big, deep breath to release it all. We love this essential oil blend for daily use. The mix of floral oils makes a lovely perfume!
Energy
- Ningxia Red 2 pack Energy, wellness, vitality. That sums up NingXia Red pretty well, but if you’re looking for more simply search in the ‘Resources’ tab for all the reasons we love this superfood supplement! Antioxidants are essential for energy, and NingXia is packed with them!
- Ningxia Nitro Ever heard of ‘mom brain’? It’s a real thing - women actually lose grey matter in the brain during pregnancy! Add in all the things moms are juggling and no wonder we need a little help. Enter Nitro. We like to call these little shots ‘brain fuel’ because they help us focus!
- Super B Super B vitamins are the real MVP when it comes to energy levels. B vitamins are crucial for all of us, and this B complex supplement is hands down the best on the market!
Pampering
- Sensation Bath & Shower Gel This lightly floral, distinctively feminine bath and shower gel is perfect for daily pampering and for a long, luxurious soak in the tub! Pair it with one of the items below for a gift that any mom will love!
- Coconut Lime Body Butter Give mom a little TLC with this delicious body butter that leaves your skin so soft and smooth! The combination of coconut and lime is perfect for warm weather and summer skin, and the large tub lasts all season long!
- CBD Beauty Boost An absolute MUST have when it comes to skincare! CBD and rose essential oil combine in this serum that is the envy of all high end skincare products! Simply add a few drops to a daily moisturizer or use it to make a personalized glow serum!
Emotional TLC
- Joy One of our favorite essential oils for daily emotional support, Joy is a floral oil that pairs well with Tangerine or Frankincense! Plus, it is incredible on its own and makes a wonderful perfume. This blend is especially helpful for new moms and during the postpartum phase.
- The Feelings Kit The ultimate in emotional support, this kit includes six essential oil blends that can be used together each day to facilitate emotional release and healing - Valor, Harmony, Forgiveness, Present Time, Inner Child and Release.
- White Angelica The friend of those walking through hard times, this essential oil blend is a powerful emotional tool that also doubles as a lovely perfume. It pairs well with Lavender and Orange and is just as lovely diffused as it is worn!
Rest
- Lavender Bath & Shower Gel Infused with Lavender, Davana, Lemon and Myrrh essential oils, this bath and shower gel is a favorite for daily use as well as a nice long bubble bath! Let mom sit and soak in the tub with the diffuser going for a little rest (and maybe even a nap)!
- Lavender Hand & Body Lotion This is the perfect sequel to a lavender shower or bath, and it leaves the skin so soft and nourished! The calming scent of lavender helps the mind and body relax and find rest, especially after a full day of being a mom!
- CBD Calm Roll-On The ultimate in zen rollers, the CBD Calm Roll-on is CBD infused with calming oils like Lavender, Frankincense, Orange, Ylang Ylang and Vetiver. Not only does this roller smell incredible, it brings and instant sense of calm and rest!
Okay so today we are going to be talking about stress and cortisol, and they go hand in hand.
I want you ladies to understand what cortisol is and why that hormone matters in the whole scheme of things.
Here's the thing every hormone matters in some way and they all communicate and intertwine with each other. If one hormone is off it throws everything else off.
So it's not just “oh well I have high estrogen or I have low progesterone” -- it's a domino effect and stress and cortisol play a huge role in our hormones, our weight, our energy, our everything, and it took me way too many years to realize this.
I would honestly say within the last two to three years I started understanding the HUGE role that stress played within my body.
Beforehand I knew my cortisol was lopsided and completely out of whack but I didn't get that the daily choices I made affected and played a role in my cortisol levels and then everything else.
For me, weight issues have been a huge battle since my hormones decided to do their own thing 14 years ago due to 3 months of using Birth Control.
Cortisol matters.
When your body is already in a stressed state, and your body is not having that time to recharge and to heal you then go into that fight or flight mode.
So our body is either going to be in the parasympathetic mode which is the rest and digest or it's going to be in the fight-or-flight mode. Which it is just that, your body thinks it is going to be chased by a bear or it is going into famine and so why would we want to digest food when we don't know when we're going to be fed again?
I will say my body has come so far and so I am very passionate for women to understand that these small things you can do and tweak matter and add up with your hormone health
All right so we mentioned the parasympathetic mode, when your body is in the parasympathetic mode it is in the rest and digest mode. It is saying I am at rest, I am safe and I can digest this food because we are not going into “I don't know when my person is gonna feed me again” mode.
For me, the biggest thing that perpetuated my hormone/cortisol issues over the last 14 years is that I have overworked myself in the gym and then I withheld food with the latest diet.
The whole calories in calories out the whole mentality of is NOT true or good for overall health and sustainability.
I was determined to get this weight off that was desperately holding on to because of all the hormone imbalance that was going on inside my body.
I was fighting myself for years. I’m only two years into this new mindset of “it's okay to rest” and that sometimes can be more helpful than a workout.
I am a person that loves a good workout, I love a good sweat, I love lifting weights, and used to be the biggest gym rat.
I was in school to be a personal trainer, I wanted that life, I loved being in shape.
I still love muscle, feeling strong and capable. I have had to teach myself that it is okay to take a couple of days off and let my body heal and DO IT'S THING.
My body was like “okay I don't know what you're doing but this isn't working for us” and it
shut down on me completely.
All right so cortisol, what the heck is cortisol?
Cortisol is your like get up and go hormone.
When you wake up in the morning you should have your cortisol at the highest and then throughout the day, it should slowly decrease.
Then your melatonin hormone overtakes and that is what makes you sleepy and tired at night.
Cortisol plays a huge role and so overworking your body for a long period of time spikes your cortisol for way too long. A HITT workout can be helpful to move your body because it's a very short amount of time that you are pumping out cortisol and then it can re-regulate your cortisol.
I did the opposite for years and had no clue why I couldn’t lose weight.
If any of this resonates with you, I just ask that you heed what I say even a little bit because
I wish I had someone to say “hey maybe you should think about this”.
There are small simple things that you can do throughout your day.
Small tweaks in your day guys that you can do to start regulating your stress hormones and your cortisol and literally teaching it that it is safe.
In my signature hope and hormone course, we cover all of this and so much more!
This course EASILY TEACHES YOU THE DETAILS OF YOUR ENDOCRINE SYSTEM IN A SIMPLE, EASY TO LEARN WAY.
Then, we dig deeper + learn HOW to implement what you have learned.
I share my complete hormone toolbox with you.
TRUST ME, IT WILL BE WORTH IT.
If you're ready to dig in do it because it's everything packaged up that I wish I could tell the world, so I am.
