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Easter has come and gone and although our monthly newsletter dropped last week, I failed to supply the registration for our upcoming local Raindrop class!
The weather here in southern Wisconsin is changing and we are back to our monthly classes! Come join our April Raindrop class where you will learn how to use this technique on your own family for pennies compared to paying someone in a salon. Raindrop is great for animals, humans and helps with chronic pain, sleep and skeletal issues.
Free ITOVi scan for every attendee. We ask if you want the scan, to arrive 10-15 minutes before class or stay 10-15 minutes after class!
Class is free, friends are welcome and refreshments will be served!
Registration below! 👇
Have you read about the benefits of Lemongrass? It’s inexpensive (5ml $7.25 and 15 ml is $13.25. The 5ml is vitality which is the SAME exact oil but different label to satisfy 3 letter agency rules for labeling! It’s a better deal to get the 15ml!
In our essential oil desk reference (it’s like an encyclopedia for YL oils and y’all need one, let me know if you need help finding one) Lemongrass has hysterically been used for hypertension, inflammation, working as a sedative and digestion. It’s great for bladder issues, (internally and topically) respiratory support, great for torn ligaments/muscles, parasites, dilates blood vessels and improves circulation. Many people take it daily internally for lowering Cholesterol with great success.
It’s also pretty amazing for cleaning houses!
I used to clean houses for extra money while I was raising my kids and homeschooling, before my YL income drastically replaced this without me leaving my house! 🙌 I always insisted on using natural cleaning products because I wasn’t going to damage my health (or that of my kids who came with me while I worked) for someone’s house.
I had one client who just asked that I used a chemical cleaner just for her master shower only. I relented for a time thinking it wasn’t that big of a deal since I only cleaned her house every two weeks. That commercial cleaner was so strong that I used to have to wear three masks (and I still smelled it) and spray the shower walls, and close the door as I ran out to let it sit for 10 minutes. This commercial shower cleaner is in most peoples homes.
I would hold my breathe as I quickly scrubbed after letting it sit and rinse as fast as possible and then run out and shut the door with the fan on so it would air out. I did it a few times for her and my lungs hurt every time I left and I had a terrible headache which is not normal for me so then I finally just told her I could no longer do it. My body and lungs were screaming “hello NO”.
So today I am cleaning my shower and I thought of that time because today I used a capful of Thieves cleaner and 6 drops of YL Lemongrass for my shower spray and I got inside my shower and closed the glass doors so I could spray them down before I scrubbed the walls and all I could do was inhale and breathe a sigh of relief that what I was breathing in was so good for my body, my mind, my emotions, my hormones and it is the best cleaner out there with its power coming from potent essential oils and the cheapest one I can find. Even cheaper than the harmful commercial cleaners that do oh so much harm.
I’ll go back to my cleaning now, happily!!! ❤️
While we are chatting oils…. Have you tried Spearmint? It’s also inexpensive!! $12.75 for 5ml.
Once my youngest daughter opened her own YL account when she turned 18, she would frequently purchase Spearmint! I always ordered Peppermint monthly for all things digestive and inflammation but I had never personally ordered Spearmint. She just said she absolutely loved the smell. Well y’all, I use oils for their medicinal properties not usually because of how they smell so I looked it up one day and man, it’s got some great benefits.
One of the main benefits of Spearmint is that it helps bile flow. Yep. Supports that angry gallbladder you have. If you have an angry gallbladder, please reach out. I can help you with some tried and true tips to calm that little monster down and help it on a better path to working efficiently! Spearmint also can increase metabolism, it’s a digestive aide, and it has all the anti’s like most of our oils. Anti-tumor Al, bacterial, spasmodic, inflammatory, mucolytic!!!! It also helps with opening and releasing emotional blocks so get out your diffuser and diffuse this beautiful oil while you work or relax or sleep. I have diffused it twice now and it smelled so relaxing and yet refreshing!!!! Try it and let me know if you like it!!! It’s great to diffuse with lime or other citrus oils too.
One of our well loved Raindrop oils is Wintergreen! Do you have a bottle? It’s another very inexpensive oil for all the incredible properties it has.
I personally don’t put this on babies or kids younger than 3. It can lower blood pressure so be aware of that when you are using it. Using it in moderation produces so many wonderful benefits.
Deep Relief anyone? A Young Living longtime favorite!!!
My husband twisted his ankle the other day, right as he got a call for extra work this weekend. He climbs 16 ft ladders and does very physically demanding work and he cannot be limping! We took this gem and applied it 4-5x a day for two and a half days and by late last night he said it didn’t hurt anymore.
Deep relief has wintergreen as one of its amazing ingredients and wintergreen is wonderful for your bones and muscles when they need attention. It’s also great for blood pressure. What a beautiful multi-tasker.
💥 bam. Our oils are amazing when you use them!!!!! I received this oil for free by the way, one of Young Livings many monthly promotions stocking my wellness cabinet, and the cost of my husband missing 3 days of union work is huge.
Our oils save soooo much money. ❤️. If you’re not using your account, you have no idea what you’re missing!
Do you need to make your oils stretch? Take 1/4 cup of coconut oil or Jojoba oil in a glass jar (cheap at Hobby Lobby or Walmart) and add 20 drops of the oil or oils (mix well) when you need to apply to a specific area. It helps apply the essential oils to a larger area (say your hip or thigh or back or even making your own face serum with anti-aging oils) and it also stretches the oils to help keep you within budget. 🙌
Did you know PanAway is restorative to nerves and bones? It has Helicrysum and Wintergreen which are both incredible oils to help you get back on your feet!
Have you tried this before? 👇👇
Lastly, for all of you locals: Mothers Day is coming up!!
We have about 5 racks left that my hubby built for a custom project that someone wanted. “I” want the space in the garage 🤪😂 for my larger baking equipment and so he can have space to continue with our own building projects!
They sold for over $300 but we just want $50 for each as they need to go to release the space.
The white one pictured is ours in our bathroom but you can use them for spices or Knick knacks too. We have an oil rack in our bedroom as well very convenient!
They each come in a custom shipping box but we are not willing to ship at this time as the cost is astronomical. Local pickup only. ❤️
The lighting is not great but some of the ones we have left are pictured below with different spices and oil products on them to show sizing of compartments. We do NOT have any white ones left. We do have one natural wood so you can paint or stain your own and the rest are custom dipped in various stains. Please text me if you’re interested and I can send you the pics of those that are left!
The paint job was professionally hand dipped, Custom built, hand made, hardwood. All jointed and corners screwed. Solid. Wall mount holes on back.
Text me if you’re interested ❤️
I hope you have a wonderful week and please reach out if you need product education, how to use oils on a budget or if you would like to host a gathering in your home to get your oils paid for!
Be blessed!
Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik
Young Living Gold Leader
224-610-9703
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It’s April 1st and Young Living has come out with a new oil, Pickle oil! It’s Limited supply and is only available today, April 1st! If you love pickles, make sure to grab yourself a few bottles.
Why did the tomato turn red? Because it saw the salad dressing! 😂
As we approach Easter this weekend, I would love to share one of my favorite recipes! Have you ever made your own English Muffins? I have been making these for about a year and love them! We make an entire batch, slice them and toss them in the freezer. They are very easy to make and you will never buy store bought English muffins again. I guarantee it.
Start Easter breakfast off with a beautiful Ham and Egg muffin sandwhich or spread some cream cheese and jam on a toasted muffin. You will fall in love. I cannot eat gluten and have not been able to for years but I have been able to eat this Sunrise Mill Flour without any tummy aches or bloating and it feels so good to eat a healthy grain that is processed like grains from long ago. Let me know if you like them. Here is the recipe:
I know the weather is 78 one day here in southern Wisconsin and 32 the next. It’s typical whip lash weather here lately. Yesterday I had my flip flops on and today I had a jacket and gloves. BUT Spring is on the way and I always encourage you to prepare for the next season.
Do you have allergies? Young Living has an allergy trio of oils to use daily for your seasonal needs or our new Seasons. Essentials! I encourage people to put the oils in a capsule and take internally every 4 hours or as needed. They have worked for thousands of Young Living members and are a safe way to calm those itchy eyes, sniffles, itchy skin and sneezing as the weather changes!
Many times allergies and skin issues are a sign of a strained liver. An easy and gentle way to cleanse your liver is to drink organic celery juice. You can find a juicer at a resale shop or grab one online and enjoy juicing to improve your health. Adding cilantro helps to detox from heavy metals and adding carrots or an apple will help the juice go down! Your liver will love you for it!
Because of our heavily sprayed crops here in the US, it’s best to use organic celery. Our LiverTone supplement or our GLF (Gallbladder Liver Flush) are also great to add to your cleanse. If you have questions about those products or juicing celery, please reach out. I would love to chat!
Are you taking advantage of our free monthly products? This is the best way to stock up on great products to keep your family healthy and making the most of your money. 💴 Remember, ordering on Loyalty and getting points back monthly to redeem for items you want at no cost to you and getting our free monthly promotions help build a strong wellness kit! Oils at the ready when sickness or injury occur!
Purification: A summer must have is free this month at 100pv Loyalty. It’s great for swollen glands, apply topically on the glands several times a day, and great to absorb any and every odor. My husband made fish tonight and I can tell you, I want the fish smell out of my house immediately after we consume it. We diffuse 8 drops of Purification right away and within 20 minutes the odor is gone. We diffuse in our car and home for odors, we use it in our carpet cleaner, and we spray it on for a bug free summer. It’s great to apply to big bites of all kinds as we head into summer parties and outdoor weather!
Thieves oil blend! A must have to keep on hand at all times. When you wake up with fever or congestion, Thieves for the win. A capsule every 4 hours will kick its butt quick 😍. It’s free this month at 200pv for shop or Loyalty.
Detoxzyme - free this month with 300pv purchase (with the other oils as well)
Did you know that nearly 10 percent of your daily energy is spent simply digesting and absorbing food? That’s where digestive enzymes come in. They help the digestive process and prevent oxidation, giving your body the assist it needs to break down the food you eat.
Young Living created Detoxzyme dietary supplement, one of our many enzyme products, to help support your health and digestion. Learn all about this herbal supplement, how to share its features and benefits, and what makes it stand out from the other products on the market by visiting https://library.youngliving.com/en/us/Detoxzyme-PowerPoint-presentation/142841598 and downloading our PowerPoint presentation.
What day is it????
Bath day! Who grew up with “Bath day”? When I was young you didn’t take a bath daily, it was scheduled. 😂😂😂. With 10 people in the house, we had to have a schedule. Your fruit and veggies need a scheduled bath day too!!! 🍎🍉🍇🍓🍋🥭🍑🌽🥒🥬🥑
Recently Jim and I were traveling and we always pack yummy healthy snacks. I grabbed a bag of organic apples and admittedly I did not wash them. I ate one while we were driving and within 20 minutes i had broken out in a massive rash and itching all over my body. I hadnt had anything yet that day except coffee hours earlier. I took an allergy blend of oils and It all went away but my daughter scolded me for not washing my apples like I usually do! Noted!!!!!! 👍
Wash your produce, wash your produce, wash your produce. Growing up in a family business with fruits and vegetables you have NO idea how many hands touch your stuff. 😳😳😳
Thieves fruit and veggie wash has the power of Digize and Purification blend for so many reasons!!!
The packaging has been changed but the formulation is still the same!
Did you know you can grab a YL Premium starter kit on your shop or Loyalty Rewards order even if you have already purchase one? This is how I have a diffuser in every room of my house and 12 oils with each purchase. ❤️❤️
I hope your family has a hope filled and peaceful holiday with friends and family!
If you would like to host a gathering in your home or via zoom or chat about your health and how to take care of it naturally, please reach out. I would love to chat!
Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik
Young Living Gold Leader
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“March is the best time to start again, because if Spring can do it, so can you!”
Well the world is a little bit stressful right now! Are you using your oils daily to reset your nervous system? They work when you use them. My personal choice has always been Frankincense because of what it can do to our cells and the way it immediately calms my nervous system down but Young Living has so many other choices for all types of budgets!
Apply any of these to your wrists in the morning and anytime throughout the day! Especially before bed when you can’t calm your mind to sleep.
Stress Away, Orange, Sacred Mountain, Peace and Calming, Rutavala, Joy, and Roman Chamomile to just name a few!
If you’re watching the news…..
Top 5 ways to add Stress Away to your life!
Benefits 🙌🏽
Stress Away can help induce relaxation and reduce occasional nervous tension. Vanilla contains eugenol which may combat occasional nervous tension, while cedrol found in Cedarwood essential oil helps to promote relaxation.
💚Calming
Rub 1-2 drops on the back of the neck, temples, chest, shoulders, wrist, and back.
💚Relaxation
Diffuse into the air or inhale directly from the bottle
💚Tranquil Bath
Mix with 1/2 Epsom salt and dissolve in warm bath water for the perfect, tranquil experience.
💚Combat the day
Wear as a perfume by applying 1-2 drops to each wrist
💚Frustration
Rub a drop of oil over the heart and on the bottom of each foot
Our recipe for the month is a vegetable Frittata made in a cast iron skillet. I have made these for years and last year started to make it in a cast iron pan. They are so simple to make for a holiday breakfast or just an every day starter that you can make the night before and warm up the next day!
Remember the dangers of microwaving your food. My mom never allowed us to have a microwave and I raised my kids without one. Why would we take fresh, healthy food and destroy all the nutrients by microwaving it?
Ditch the microwave and warm your food up in an old fashioned pan! Yep, it works and you get to enjoy better tasting left overs and you get to know you’re not killing the nutrition in your food! Enjoy the recipe! Let me know if you make it and love it!
Have you tried Young Living Cortistop?
With the stress we are all under right now in the world, it’s even more important than ever!
If you are going through some high stress situations, this product is pretty incredible. I keep it on hand and use it only when I need it whether it be grief or intense times at work or school or if the work just has you stressed. Used for men and women. It’s a must have for your emergency wellness kit.
I use this product daily in times of high stress! It is meant to be used situationally, for a specific amount of time, not daily like a vitamin supplement!!!
Read the amazing benefits of Cortistop! 👇👇👇👇
CortiStop is Young Living’s supplement that helps to maintain natural balance and harmony, especially during stressful times. It seems like everyone these days are looking for a way to effectively manage stress. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that up to 70% of doctor’s visits are because of stress. People report a variety of symptoms: headache, weight gain, or stomach upset. The real cause is underlying stress.Let’s talk through the stress response, the ingredients in Cortistop, and some safety points to consider.
To Understand Stress We Have to Understand the HPA Axis
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis is an elegant hormone feedback loop that controls stress. It starts in the center of brain in the hypothalamus where corticotrophin releasing hormone (CRH) is produced. CRH signals the anterior pituitary (‘ant pit’) to produce adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). ACTH then travels in the blood to the adrenal glands. Here, it signals the adrenals to product cortisol. Cortisol is the primary stress hormone in the body.
When Cortisol Levels are High, Feedback Occurs
To halt the stress response in the body, cortisol feeds back to a Stop Signal to the ant pit and hypothalamus.
When stress is chronically high, the body produces excessive cortisol over time. The high levels of cortisol disrupt this feedback loop, making the body hypothalamus and ant pit less sensitive to the Stop Signal.
This is the root cause of adrenal fatigue. Adrenal fatigue can bring with it negative health consequences such as fatigue, weight gain, and cardiovascular disorders.
Another Important Hormone: DHEA
Dehydroepiandrosterone is basically the opposite of cortisol is many ways. Cortisol is catabolic and breaks things down, and DHEA is anabolic and builds things up. The balance of these two hormones is critical for a normal stress response. During times of stress, even as cortisol levels rise, the ability of the body to produce DHEA falls.
The consequences of elevated cortisol and reduced DHEA are many. The immune system suppresses in places where you need it (like battling infection), and is enhanced where you don’t (like when you put essential oils on your skin and get a massive reaction). Insulin function alters and blood sugars rise. Salt and water is retained. Thyroid function reduces, slowing metabolism and lowering body temperature. Fat stores more readily in the body. Stomach ulcers may develop. Mood disturbances like depression, insomnia, hunger, and pre-menstural syndrome may occur. Reproductive function may change and lead to infertility. Memory and learning is affected. Sleep quality falls. This decreases the amount of growth hormone (GH) produced in the evening. Reduced GH means that you may experience accelerated aging. The list goes on and on.
About CortiStop
CortiStop is a supplement that helps to provide herbs and hormones to naturally balance the stress response.
Here are a few key ingredients of Cortistop that have been may help balance the stress response naturally.
Pregnenolone. Shown to reduce corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) in experimental models. CRH is the first step in the production of the stress hormone cortisol.
DHEA. Provides the body with DHEA, which may be reduced as a consequence of stress.
Phosphatidylcholine may protect the brain, liver and stomach during times of stress.
Phosphatidylserine helps to balance the HPA axis, and may blunt cortisol production. And the effects may be more pronounced in people under chronic stress.
Black cohosh helps stop stress responses, and may elevate mood.
Clary sage and frankincense have uplifting energy. Fennel and peppermint can help soothe the stomach.
How to Use CortiStop
Take 2 capsule in the morning before breakfast. If desired, for extra benefits, take another two capsule before retiring. Use daily for 8 weeks. Discontinue use for 2-4 weeks before once more resuming.
Are you enjoying the free promotional products for March? They cover all things liver and digestive system! Who needs this? Me 👌
Are you taking advantage of our Loyalty program?
Benefit of being on Loyalty ❤️
These are all the free items given this year in 2025.
Every year people ask me how I have such an abundance of product and this is why. I order what supplements and oils I use monthly and get all these freebies to stock or to try if it’s new to me.
Our oils don’t expire so it creates an abundance.
Are you taking advantage of Loyalty?
For people who have a liver and who want it to “keep on keepin on”!
Apply daily over your liver or take in a capsule daily and drink your Lemon water daily to help flush your body to handle all that hits us! All of our Juva products are designed to support a healthy liver!
If you do not have this oil, please grab it on your next order! WOW. I always knew Fennel was good for digestive support, but when you look it up in your desk reference it is good for SOOOOOO much more! It’s free this month with 100pv loyalty order! It is not to be used for pregnant women unless your in your last week of pregnancy and want the baby OUT!!!!!!
Ladies, all of you who struggle during that time of the month or while us older ladies are aging gracefully in that special time period, this is a wonderful oil to have on hand.
It helps digestive and urinary tract support. It helps with the bodies natural response to inflammation, bumps and bruises and for our aging skin!!!!
Check it out in your desk reference, you will be blown away at its benefits!!!
Need digestive support when you eat?
This is by far the best enzymes on the market and believe me, I have tried them alllllllllllll!
I just had to try this trick myself years ago when I first started using these. I found a video on the internet with someone doing this same experiment with Digestzyme from Young Living and I wanted to do the same with the Essentialzyme-4's that I take daily with meals. Here we go.....now I didn't take a video because I don't know how to cut them apart but I think the pictures show the process.
One batch has no enzymes in it, even after 8 hours the oatmeal was still thick and glumpy.
The yellow tinged oatmeal has the Essentialzyme-4 in it. It started breaking down and getting soupy within 20 minutes and hours later was almost like water.
Our products speak for themselves!
So cool.
Read your desk reference and try things out! Great way to learn daily how to care for your health!
Essentialzymes-4, I love this product! You will too! And it’s FREE this month!
Have you tried Detoxzyme?
Inflammation doesn’t always show up as pain.
Sometimes it looks like bloating.
Pressure.
Sluggish digestion.
That heavy, uncomfortable feeling after you eat.
When food isn’t properly broken down, it can sit… ferment… irritate the gut lining… and trigger an inflammatory response in the digestive tract!
Detoxzyme helps address that at the root. 🌿
The concentrated enzyme blend works to break down proteins, fats, and carbs more efficiently, while cumin, anise, and fennel essential oils help calm and soothe the digestive system.
Better breakdown → less irritation → less internal stress on the gut.
Supporting digestion is one of the most overlooked ways to calm inflammation in the body. If your gut is constantly inflamed, everything downstream feels it.
This is one of those simple, foundational tools that can make a big difference when your stomach feels “off.”
This is one of my personal favorite oils because I love the smell and that alone calms me down. I may not deal with anxiety but stress gets to all of us and this oil blend here is designed for kids to give them courage to start a new school day or do something they have never done before but don’t let that fool you, it works on adults too! Give it a try and let me know how much you love it!
Do you struggle with kidney stones? Gallstones? Of course we always need to focus on what we are eating for optimal health but a fermented apple cider vinegar is known to break apart stones AND lower blood sugar. This isn’t a recipe for eat anything you want and this is a quick fix cure, as we need to take responsibility for our health and our food choices and what we use on and in our bodies but this is known to work and I have seen it work within my own family.
Fermented apple cider vinegar with the mother in it is itself known to help prevent stones, relieve pain and break them apart when taken in larger doses in an acute situation.
Daily maintenance is one tsp a day in water preferably with lemon (helps balance your ph and help your body be more alkaline and getting your lymphatic system to move, but when your feeling like you have a stone or stones taking 1 tbs every couple hours with lemon juice or oil, it is known to help the pain subside and break apart the stone with consistent use for several days to a week.
Apple cider vinegar, a tsp in water before each meal also preventatively helps clear the skin and help digestion and lowers blood sugar when taken daily. It works and it works.
Juniper oil is great to add to a capsule or your water when dealing with stones as well and is wonderful for your kidneys health!
Do you have things getting on your nerves? Well, I mean your physical nerves? Pure Essential oils are wonderful to support healthy nerves!
Remember, this advice does not apply to inexpensive adulterated oils. They will not produce the same cellular change.
The state of the world is outside of our control, so pray big, take care of your health and oil up daily! I guarantee you will see a difference when you use that stress oil of your choice daily on your wrists and neck!!!!
If you need assistance with your products or shipping or would like to host a gathering in your home to share your love of oils and receive a paycheck from Young Living, please reach out, I would love to chat!
Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik
Young Living Gold Leader
You are receiving this email because you are part of our Young Living group. This is for educational purposes, this is not a solicitation.
Welcome to February. It seems that my son in Florida received more snow than we did here in Wisconsin. Y’all know I am a sucker for a good snowstorm. I’m loosing hope that I will get my wish in 2026!
“The time is always right to do what is right and courage is contagious”
Have you ever made a Raspberry Cheesecake? We have raspberries in our garden each summer and so for Valentines Day I always make my husband either homemade ice cream (so I can control the ingredients) or a cheesecake. Key lime is our favorite but last year I made a raspberry cheesecake with our garden berries from the freezer and it was definitely the second best one I have ever made. Key lime still being the first! Have you ever made a cheesecake? Once you do, you will NEVER buy one again. They are SOOO easy! So for this month, I will share my recipe and I hope you enjoy it with someone you love!
Have you seen the free oils for this month? Blue Tansy, I just can’t contain myself. It has so many beautiful uses and this oil is $108.75 wholesale price but this month it’s FREE for qualifying orders. So order your supplements, your Balance and Burn, your Thieves Home Cleaning kit or your skin care products and get your freebie oils and enjoy their amazing properties.
Blue Tansy is known for skin and hair, it’s also anti-inflammatory, anesthetic, antifungal, anti-itching, a relaxant and hormone like! It’s in so many of our most powerful blends and is amazing to add a couple drops to your skin care roller to make it stretch. You’re going to not only love the results but you will love the smell too!
It’s great for emotions, hair (put it in your shampoo) and for your aching back discomfort.
Here is a quick fun fact:
Despite what its name and hue may imply, blue tansy flowers are actually a bright shade of yellow! During the steam-distillation process, the compound chamazulene is formed, giving Blue Tansy its intense blue hue.
It may also stain clothing (but our Thieves Spray takes it right out, ask me how) but is phenomenal when adding a few drops to your evening body lotion for dark spots. Will take some time and be sure you wear your YL sunscreen, but they will lighten. It is believed by many in the natural wellness arena that dark spots may also be a result of a congested liver so adding JuvaTone caps to your supplement routine is also a good idea.
Gentle Baby is not just for babies. It is wonderful during pregnancy and helps reduce stretch marks and scar tissue, improves skin elasticity and reduces wrinkles! Add it to your favorite carrier oil for an inexpensive moisturizer or your favorite lotion for beautiful skin.
Its also great for diaper rash and calming for little ones emotions.
Patchouli, either you love it or hate it but I can guarantee that Young Living Patchouli does not smell like the cheap kind you smell at a hippie store! I love to diffuse it with Tea Tree or Lime oil. It smells so good and is so good for your emotions and purifying the air.
You can take YL Patchouli internally to help with digestion, nausea and irritated bowels. It’s great for deep skin issues and inflammation. Did you know it relieves itching and is a natural bug repellant? It’s got these uses and so many more.
A favorite nighttime blend of mine, one of many; 4 drops Orange Oil and 4 drops Patchouli! Tell me you don’t love it after you try it!!
Because we are focusing so much on skin supporting oils this month, have you tried our new
Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream? Mother’s Day is coming up……just sayin!
Sandalwood Boswellia Firming Cream is 15% off when you add it to your February Loyalty Order! It’s the perfect time to add this luxurious finishing step for firmer-looking, deeply nourished skin to your regular skincare routine.
I get asked consistently how we use so many oils in our home. Well, we just use them. We don’t purchase cold medicine, pain killers, chest rubs, antibacterial ointments, antibiotics, prescriptions, wound ointments, heartburn medication or pills and so much more that most people spend money on because I have been using Young Living for going on 15 years and our oils do all that and more. They are great for wellness, sickness, skin care, wound care, internal support, cellular support, emergency care, cleaning your home, purifying the air, focus and memory, gut support and pain management. All in these tiny little bottles when you know how to use them.
Before 2020 we had classes weekly, and we gathered in each others homes and at bank halls and church’s and we listened and learned and smelled and shared and laughed and cried together all while learning how to care for our families naturally without harm and side effects.
It has always been the model of Young Living. We are not sold in stores because we are a relationship based business and our oils need explanation. You can buy a cheap bottle of Frankincense in the health food store and there is no education on how to use it or that it contains chemicals that they use to extract a higher yield so the company makes more of a profit on a lesser quality oil.
With Young Living we share about our farms all over the world and how you can visit them, to see for yourself how we enrich the soil, plant the seeds, (you can be part of that too) harvest the plants and even watch them distill your oils. It’s a beautiful thing.
Education is a beautiful thing.
Sharing your knowledge is a beautiful thing.
Gathering with friends is a beautiful thing.
Teaching your family the gift of health is a beautiful thing.
So break open a bottle of oil that you have set aside on the shelf and if you don’t have a desk reference to tell you how to use it, call me or just start applying it three times a day to your wrists and let your body tell you how amazing it is. It will wake up your cells and raise your frequency and you will love every single tingle that your cells give off!
Have you tried our Candy Hearts blend? Oh my, it’s worth every drop in your diffuser! And you can purchase it already blended if you don’t have these oils on hand.
REMEMBER…..this Candy Heart Blend may smell like childhood candies but it’s working at a cellular level when you’re inhaling it. These oils not only help with inflammation but they are powerhouses when it comes to anxiety and stress! Feel your troubles melt away and there is no harm to your liver and brain like there would be with candles.
Have you heard the studies with memory and focus and essential oils? These three oils are known for energy, focus and memory! Use them individually or together topically, internally or aromatically for all of the above benefits and more. I love to use Lemon and peppermint when I am driving with my car diffuser especially on long road trips when I need to stay awake.
Rosemary is in our DIY hair tonic spray for luscious hair and also memory retention and respiratory function. Apply a drop to your pituitary gland daily if you’re struggling with memory.
Diffuse during homework time, morning breakfast to get everyone moving with a good attitude or at your next home gathering. Just NEVER at night when you want to sleep!
So much is going on in the world that it’s hard to focus on each other but when you do, the oils are a perfect addition to spice up the love life!
Our Lucy Libido class has been one of our favorite classes and for obvious reasons, the most fun!
Does your man need a boost of natural testosterone? This is the blend for him and you will reap all the benefits!!! Really!!!!
How we used our oils this weekend was for emergency care. Yep, this is why it’s so nice that our oils don’t expire. We keep Frankincense and Helichrysum in hand for special uses and not everyday use. They are more expensive but cheaper than a doctors visit and prescriptions and benefit our bodies and restore tissue when other options don’t do that.
I was working in my office on Sunday night when my husband flew into the room holding his bloody hand and told me he was going to the emergency room. I quickly got off the phone and walked through a path of bloody drops down the hall leading to the front door where he was getting into the car. He was having trouble opening a panel with a knife and it slipped and sliced his hand pretty deep. He works with tools and knives every day at his job so this was quite the surprise.
He was able to get it cleaned quickly and wrapped before we went to the ER. For smaller cuts we would use oils to close them up and heal them quickly but this definitely needed stitches.
For pain management he is taking our forever loved blend of oils in a capsule so we protect his liver and keep the pain at bay. 5 drops each of Copaiba, Frankincense, Idaho Grand Fir and 3 drops Clove. Every 4 hours. Yes, it works!!! Taking NSAIDs often take a toll on your liver, joints and heart. So we choose to stay away from them.
We have a roller ball of Frankincense and Helichrysum with apricot seed oil to roll on his incision as soon as the stitches are out. We roll oils on his forearm now but if we use oils on the incision now, it will heal so quickly that they will not be able to remove the stitches so we wait to add that oily goodness. If they were dissolving stitches you could use all the oils right away.
We received Wintergreen oil for free a few months ago and the Wintergreen plant is what aspirin was originally made from many decades ago so we are using that to apply to his arm just for added comfort.
The oils help restore the cells and tissue so they are doing double duty for pain management and restoration.
We have used this routine for after surgery care, torn ligaments and tendons with great success!
Many of you are trying out our new Balance and Burn and have had questions about the timing of the packets. I hope this helps!
I am loving the energy I am experiencing with this and the loss of inches! It’s a beautiful thing. I can’t wait to hear your experiences as we go forward.
Here's something interesting about B and B and our body. (Courtesy of Suzanne VanOver)
Behind-the-scenes science moment
Here's an interesting thought about urine smelling stronger or different when using Balance & Burn.
That question actually tells me something important:�Our bodies are responding
Here’s the physiology behind it:
When the body begins to shift how it uses fuel, several things can happen at once:
• Fat mobilization�Stored fat doesn’t just hold energy, it also stores metabolic waste and environmental toxins. When fat is broken down and used for energy, those byproducts are released and filtered through the kidneys.
• Metabolic fuel switching�Ingredients like berberine, polyphenols, and plant compounds are known to support insulin sensitivity and healthier blood sugar signaling. When the body becomes more efficient at using glucose and fat, waste byproducts can temporarily change urine odor.
• Gut microbiome changes�Supporting beneficial bacteria (like Akkermansia-related pathways) shifts fermentation, short-chain fatty acid production, and detox signaling. As the gut adapts, elimination patterns can change, including urine.
• Botanicals + essential oils�Certain plant compounds and essential oil constituents are volatile. They’re metabolized by the liver and excreted by the kidneys, which can absolutely affect urine smell.
What helps?� Adequate hydration� Mineral support with Celtic Sea Salt or Mineral Essence� Giving the body time to adapt.
This isn’t something to fear or be embarrassed about, it’s something to understand.�Movement doesn’t always look pretty, but it’s often a sign the body is finally doing what it’s designed to do.
Education builds confidence and confidence keeps us from quitting too soon before seeing results.
I hope you enjoyed this months education. If you need further information on product usage, or would like to host a gathering of friends and family in your home to have us come educate either in person or virtually, please reach out.
Live in peace, love much and oil up daily!
Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik
Young Living Gold Leader
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With so much illness going around right now, what are you doing to support your body? Cough Syrup and Tylenol don't assist your body in healing. They suppress symptoms. When your body coughs, it is trying to rid itself of the infection inside. When your nose runs, or you sneeze, its all the mechanism that your body uses to expel what it is fighting. A headache can be caused by many things, dehydration, hormone imbalance and more but its the body's way to signal to us that something needs attention. Not that we want to be in pain, or sick, but when we are, its your body screaming at you to support it. To up your vitamin D3, to take Vitamin C hourly because your so deficient, to drink more to hydrate because a dehydrated body feels worse during illness, and your usually less hungry during illness, for adults and kids alike, because the body knows that it needs to focus on fighting and not digesting.
Here I am doing a Raindrop on my daughter with the assistance of my granddaughter. She wanted to help and so with much guidance, (so she didn't touch her eyes with the oils on her hand) she did a great job helping out her auntie feel better and the little ones gets the benefits of the oils too when she uses her hands to rub them on her aunties back! Dual benefits!
Use your oils in capsules internally, they are excellent fighters of all the yuck....5 drops in a capsule, 4x a day, really, it works.
Take Vitamin D, twice a day.
Vitamin C hourly, yes, really. Its water soluble, your body will pee out what it doesn't need but we all need it.
Up your minerals.
Sleep more
Drinks lots of warm soups, preferably homemade and bone broth is incredibly healing. You can buy it now in jars in any store if your not up for making it.
Layer oils along your spine, at minimum once a day, twice if possible. This can be done on your kids too. It raises our frequency and aides in our wellness recovery.
Lemon Juice or Alkalime several times a day to balance our PH. Illness can't reside where there is a alkaline body.
YL cough drops - they work and they work and they work and they don't have soy, food dyes, fake sugar or any sugar. (video in our Facebook education group on the garbage they put in cough drops that don't even work)
If you need recommendations to support your respiratory system, or immune system, please reach out, I would love to assist.
Now, let us get to the good stuff!
Our monthly newsletter has already been published this month but I wanted to send this out for all of those interested and that have questions about Young Livings Balance and Burn GLP-1 system. Don’t let that name scare you , because if you have been around Young Living for any amount of time, you know that Young Living has spent 30+ years on helping people all around the globe achieve health without compromise. We have energy drinks that don’t cause the jitters or harm to your heart and organs and actually support your adrenals, we have oils that work to create a hostile environment to virus’ and bacteria as another choice in wellness care when you are fighting something tough and it doesn’t destroy your gut health like normal Anti- bi o tics do. We have vitamins that you can trust are bio-available so your body can digest them properly so you’re not flushing your money down the toilet. And so much more.
If you have tried our supplements you will never purchase any other brand again. If you have tried our oils for real wellness and recovery of any ailment you are struggling with, you will never walk away from these beautiful yet powerful little bottles.
Like this here oil that naturally assists your body to increases Testosterone when taken daily, by up to 30%! Hubba Hubba!
So now to the holistic version of GLP-1! We hear about GLP-1 at nauseum on tv commercials and with online influencers. It’s all the talk because we all want to feel our best and fit into our clothes without the bulge, and if your like me, your a mom or grandma who just wants to be able to run with your kids and grandkids without the struggle.
AND THE PRICE POINT IS LIT!!!!! $135 for a once month supply! Who can beat that? Compared to other GLP-1 options, this is an incedible price.
Does this product contain GMO ingredients?
In regards to our non-GMO standard : from Howard Gurney
These products (Balance and Burn) are formulated without gluten-containing ingredients.
In addition, no ingredients derived from GMO risk crops are used in the formulation.
As a result, the product does not contain genetically modified (GMO) ingredients.
But at what cost? I know I have gained weight since 2020, mainly due to the stress of this world because I eat incredibly healthy and strictly do not use chemicals in my home to cause hormonal imbalance weight gain but I am not willing to personally use a harmful product just to get quick results. I will not compromise my health to achieve a certain weight.
But when Young Living comes out with a new product, I have been to their farms and talked personally with Gary and Mary Young and seen the integrity of the vision to help people find health and healing naturally, that I can trust that they have not developed a gimmic. GLP-1 are the trend and Young Living wants to give people a healthier option without the side effects of many GLP-1 products on the market. No injections, no dosing, no rebound weight gain, no organ damage or cancer. Just healthy ingredients that naturally support your body toward a path to a healthy weight and balanced blood sugar.
Who should not use this product? Please check out the FAQ page here: file:///home/chronos/u-ae5345f5253f8d4c8870a5284a71bd86c64530c9/MyFiles/Downloads/balance-and-burn-FAQ-US.pdf
I’m so excited to start this today with my hubby. As a Gold Leader with Young Living, it has always been my motto to try something so I can speak to it personally and give you a tried and true testimony, not just word of mouth.
So our morning started with Balance and Care packets. You can add it to water, but they have made it easier than that. Do you remember pixie sticks as a child? I do and I so wish I could still eat them! But these little packets here are made to just pour right into your mouth, no water needed. That is there claim so that is what my husband and I did. We didn’t even have a glass of water near us, just so we could taste and see if the claim was true. And it was. It’s easy to just take and go, keep them in your purse and pour in your mouth when you’re sitting at a stop-light. They are delicious and don’t leave you gagging.
Next came our Burn and Control packet. It contains three capsules that you take at lunch time. They contain Berberine which my husband already takes to control his blood sugar naturally. No meds, no injections, Berberine is a great natural supplement that helps one maintain healthy blood sugar levels. Young Living has included it in these easy to swallow capsules for optimum benefit to balancing your blood sugar.
I have a write up on the Balance and Burn system from a fellow Young Living members husband to help us non-science people in the back understand it in layman’s terms.
From a fellow YL member…
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXPLANATION OF Balance and BURN
My friend's husband wrote up this explanation and I wanted to share it here regarding the Burn and Control Capsules, which are two parts of the three part system!
"You'll take the Balance and Care powder in the mornings.
Then you'll take one packet of capsules at lunchtime. It has one burn capsule and two control capsules.
Control capsules are especially great for diabetics, but keep in mind that blood sugar spikes are the main reason your body keeps packing away fat like it's preparing for hibernation.
Control capsules are your midday guard against the glucose rollercoaster. They're packed with highly absorbable berberine phytosome, Gymnema sylvestre, R-alpha lipoic acid, chromium picolinate, and a touch of ginger oil.
How it works…
In my opinion, berberine should be step one for all diabetics. It’s a powerful metabolic switch that strongly activates AMPK, your body's master energy regulator. It’s the same switch the burn capsules nudge, but from a different angle. When AMPK lights up, it tells your muscle cells to shuttle GLUT4 transporters to the surface. Think of GLUT4 as little vacuum pumps that suck glucose straight out of your bloodstream and into your muscles, where it can be used for energy instead of drifting by and getting stored as fat. This is the exact same pump that activates during exercise when your muscles need fuel.
R-alpha lipoic acid jumps in to help burn that incoming glucose for fuel right away, rather than letting it linger and turn into new fat.
Chromium picolinate makes your cells more sensitive to insulin, so your body needs less insulin to do the same job. Insulin insensitivity is where diabetes starts.
Gymnema has been used for 2,000 years in Ayurvedic medicine. In India, it’s called the "sugar destroyer" because it dulls sugar cravings by blocking sweet taste receptors on your tongue.
The result?
• Blood sugar stays smoother after meals (no big spikes, no crashes).
• Less excess glucose getting shoved into fat storage.
• Cravings chill out and that afternoon cookie run loses its urgency.
• Muscles get first dibs on the energy, so you feel steady and satisfied longer.
It's like giving your body a calm, clear message: “We’ve got this glucose under control—no need to panic and store it all as fat.” No deprivation, no nausea, just smarter glucose handling that naturally leans you out over time.
Regarding the Burn Capsule.
Fat isn't dead weight that ruins your beach pics. It's the ultimate rocket fuel storage. We just need to get our bodies to light the fuse.
These Burn capsules are a lunchtime nudge to get the fat out of storage mode and into your engine. Polyphenols from citrus oils (pomelo, grapefruit, orange) with guarana, green tea extract (packed with EGCG), black ginger, and warming essential oils like bergamot, cinnamon, and grapefruit.
How it cranks up your body's natural fat-burning machinery…
Naringin, hesperidin, and guarana boost cAMP levels, a key signaling molecule that activates PKA which is the ignition switch for fat breakdown. PKA tells enzymes called hormone-sensitive lipase to act like a 1000 microscopic piranha, biting off fatty acids from bigger molecules of stored fat. Then those little fatty acids are shuttled directly into your mitochondria which are the tiny energy-generators that power all cells. Like shoveling coal into the titanic’s steam engines.
Black ginger extract boosts mitochondrial efficiency, making those power plants better at burning the fatty acids for fuel instead of letting them hang around.
EGCG, from green tea, amps up more lipolysis (fat breakdown). This is yet another way we’re turning fat into usable energy. U
The result?
Stored fat gets accessed and used as energy, even during everyday stuff like walking or working.
A steady boost in energy thru calorie burn without the caffeine jitters.
Less fat on your waistline over time, plus a little energy boost.
You won’t need a $7 Starbucks when you’re turning your body into better fat-burner on its own. No crashes, or racing heart, just science helping you tap into your natural fuel."
Do you like a challenge? Do you love to win prizes and achieve goals? Join the Balance and Burn Challenge:
Do you live Internationally? Do you have a Young Living down-line you support Internationally? Not all products are available for all markets but we have some good news for you in regards to this Balance and Burn system.
BIG NEWS FOR OUR INTERNATIONAL BRAND PARTNERS!
Starting TOMORROW, January 15, all international markets — except China, Korea, and Indonesia — will have access to our new Balance & Burn System through U.S. NFR orders!
This is a major milestone and a big win for global Brand Partners who have been eager to experience this product firsthand.
• Limit 1 unit per order due to regulatory restrictions
• For personal use only (NFR guidelines apply)
• This product may NOT be publicly marketed or promoted to customers in markets outside of United States
Additional Details: APAC Update
To support this expanded access, all NFR orders for the APAC markets listed below will now ship directly from the U.S. (instead of the Malaysia hub): Brunei | Cambodia | Fiji | Hong Kong | Japan | Macau | Malaysia | Mongolia | Papua New Guinea | Philippines | Seychelles | Singapore | Sri Lanka | Taiwan | Vietnam
Orders continue to be placed through the Virtual Office (select the U.S. flag to access the U.S. NFR catalog). Product pricing and shipping costs will remain the same.
NFR Support Contacts:
If you don’t see a product you’re looking for or have NFR questions, please contact:
• Julia Wamboldt – jwamboldt@youngliving.com
• Tana Clymore – tclymore@youngliving.com
NFR Customer Care:
• APAC: apacnfr@youngliving.com
• All other markets: internationalsupport@youngliving.com
This is a BIG step forward in global access, momentum, and product experience. We’re excited for Brand Partners around the world to finally experience Balance & Burn!
Finally, the Balance and Burn system can be added to your Loyalty Rewards order so you can get your points to enjoy to redeem for other products. The free product each month for a $100 order has to be a Loyalty order but the other two tiers can be a SHOP order to get your free product. This month, with ordering the items I needed for my husband and I to start BB and the Enzymes I needed, I just added a $7 Lemon Vitality oil and a much needed 15ml Lavender to my order to get all three promotional items for free and I earned 25% back on my order. So make sure you take advantage of all the goodness each month that Young Living gives to us for free, along with your 25% cash back in $$$$$ to order the products you love and enjoy daily.
If you need further assistance, or have additional questions regarding this GLP-1 system, please reach out. We would love to help you learn and enjoy!
Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik
Young Living Gold Leader
