Updates from Cecilia Bruce-Okrzesik

You are receiving this email because you are part of our oily organization!  I am your Young Living Gold Leader and along with the amazing people who cared enough to share Young Living with you, we welcome you to our incredible group that  loves to help people learn how to pursue true health!   We have many Facebook groups for you to get daily education with online classes as well as schedules for our local classes, so please contact the person who signed you up to get added to one of those groups if you are not already!  

To start our holiday weekend out right, here is a Guacamole Recipe that you can make with  your Vitality oils so grab some organic chips and make a batch of healthy oil-infused goodness!   Lime Vitality was a free oil this month for those on Essential Rewards and Citrus Fresh is in your kit!  (you can omit the Lime vitality if you do not have it) 

Join us in Antioch, IL on June 5th, 7 p.m. for an Essential Oils 101 with Passion and  Drive at State Bank of the Lakes.  We will be going over the starter kit and how to use it plus how to have the freedom to choose the life you want with the financial opportunity that Young Living has to offer!  Working from home, willable income, family business, travel, making your own hours, capless income,  sound good?  Free class, registration required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/essential-oils-101-with-passion-and-drive-tickets-45875507879

DAY 1- Welcome to the first day of oily education. Being a mama is hard! We want what is best for our kids but with the internet, how we know whats right and whats wrong? With more and more awareness of the effects of chemicals on our bodies, We know that there is NO place in our home for them.  I love that I can trust Young Living to provide me with good quality stuff without the chemicals, because they have the same mission as me. We are the gatekeepers of our home. Its important that we understand what we are putting in and on our bodies. So, we are going to talk about 10 Days of wellness tips. How we can support our bodies with essential oils and choosing good products that don't make it work extra hard to filter through. I am so excited to teach about this lifestyle. Please if you have any questions, reply to this  message or contact the person who signed you up  and ask!

Day 2- Did you know that not all oils are the same? Most essential oils you get at the store are LOADED with chemicals and synthetic preservatives? I don't even understand the point of it! Unlike store-bought brands, Young Living’s oils are 100% pure. Young Living owns

farms and partners with select growers all over the world. There are no pesticides or chemicals used on these farms EVER! You can visit the farms at any time. I have been to 3 so far! In fact, Young Living WANTS us to visit! They want us to help in the process, HOW COOL IS THAT?! 

Young Living also only uses the first distillation of plant material. Which means you get the good stuff! 

We want the very best for our family, right? Young Living holds themselves to the highest standard. So you’re getting THE BEST products. You can learn more at

SeedtoSeal.com.

Day 3- Most people do not know that our beauty products, cleaning agents and food are FILLED with toxic chemcials. We are breathing it in and putting int on our body every single day. Did you know in just 26 seconds after exposure to chemicals, they can be found in every organ in the

body” according to an EPA flyer called “Top 10 ‘Killer’ Household Chemicals.” Thats not just givens like bleach and insect spray. Thats hand soaps, hairsprays, shampoos, lotions, make ups etc. 

+ The average US woman uses 12 personal care products a day, containing 168 different chemicals.

+ A child born in America today will grow up exposed to more chemicals than any other generation in our history.

+ More than 500 chemicals on average can be found in American homes. And they are not regulated AT ALL! Don't believe me? Check out the Toxic Substance Abuse Act. 

+ Everyone alive today carries within their body at least 700 chemicals, most of which have not been well studied.

+ A study published in 2008 reports that 90-95% of cancer cases are caused by

environmental toxins, and that cancer can be prevented with major lifestyle changes.

These are not meant to scare you, but simply open your eyes.   Its up to us to change what comes into our homes. 

DAY 4-There are 3 ways to use Essential Oils! 

+Aromatically -Add 6-8 drops of oil to a diffuser or smell directly from the bottle/ your hands. Put a drop in your palm, rub your hands together, and cup your hands over your nose.

Breathe deeply, and enjoy!

+Internally- Add drops of a Vitality oil into an empty vegetable capsule, a cup of tea, or a

glass of water. You can even cook & bake with them! I love to add them to my NingXia Red for full body wellness!  Vitality oils are the same as the regular bottle but have a different label to satisfy FDA rules.  Same oily goodness, different label uses.

+Topically- Put a couple of drops right on your skin, sometimes I just need to bathe in them. Don’t worry about being precise. A little goes a LONG way! You can dilute the oil in a carrier oil to if desired,  (olive oil, coconut oil, Young Living’s V-6 oil, etc.), or make a specific type of roller bottle! 

Day 5- Oils & Young Living were made for kids & babies. We have an entire Kidscents Line for kids and Seedlings line for babies but you can feel good about using your kit oils with your kids  too. Without all the added chemicals, you can rest assured that your children will not be getting a daily dose of chemicals. Oils are also perfect for helping children relax and supporting their little bodies to function at their best. Babies also have much thinner, more delicate skin than adults, and tend to be  sensitive to the potency of essential oils. It's recommended to dilute with a

fatty carrier oil, like coconut, olive, sweet almond, or Young Living's V-6 oil.

Diluted in 10 mL of Carrier Oil (size of a roll on)

>> Newborn - 1 drop

>> 2-6 Months - 1-2 drops

>> 6-12 Months - 1-3 drops

>> 1-4 years - 4-8 drops

Day 6- Oils & Emotions 

When talking about emotions, we must mention the limbic system. The limbic system is a system of nerves and networks in the brain that controls basic emotions and drives. It is the emotional brain. It supports five major functions: emotions, behavior, motivation, long-term memory, and sense of smell. Essential oils can be used to tap directly into the limbic system to stimulate memories and emotions. As you inhale essential oils, the tiny molecules enter the nasal cavity and pass by the olfactory bulb. Your olfactory bulb is a part of your limbic system and therefore your response to an aroma is going to be emotional before it can be rational. This is great news! That means you can use essential oils to recall memories, both good and bad. If they are bad, you can use the oils to help you release cellular memories stored in the body, allowing you to process and move past them.

Day 7- The oils in the Starter Kit are the best way to get started and into this. This list below, doesn't even touch the surface of the what these can do, but these can get you started!

Lemon🍋: detoxing, tasty water.

Digize🤢: tummy anything - if your kids like to be barefoot outside during the summer, Digize on the feet daily. 

Lavender💜: sleep, skin.

Copaiba🍂: skin, muscles, baby teefs, digestive

Thieves🕵🏼‍♀️: magic, health keeper.

Citrus Fresh👃🏻: bye stank, fresh laundry, mood booster in diffuser

Panaway💪🏻: happy muscles + joints.

Frankincense🙌🏻: baby jesus, skin, calm, emotional strength

Raven. 🌬: breathing is fun 

Stress Away🌈: kids are still alive.

Peppermint🌱: breathe, muscles, brownies

Day 8- More than just oils, Young Living is a lifestyle company and prides itself on having chemical free and toxic free products. They firmly believe in creating a home that brings health and wellness. Their products support a healthy immune, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, cardiovascular and reproductive system. Benefits healthy vitality and supports the olfactory system. Their products promote a calm environment for restful sleep and a more peaceful, joyful home environment.   Enjoy using your oils on your whole family and pets too!  

Day 9- Get Rewarded- Essential Rewards is an “optional” monthly autoship program for Wholesale members (You become a Wholesale Member upon purchasing a Premium Starter Kit). When enrolled in Essential Rewards you receive awesome perks like REDUCED SHIPPING plus you EARN POINTS to use on future purchases. You can only place one Essential Rewards per month. The minimum to spend is 50PV a month (roughly $50) and you’re able to cancel at any time. When enrolling in Essential Rewards you choose the autoship date as well as the essential oils or products you would like to receive each month!

Day 10- Are you ready to join a tribe of people who care just as much as you do for a chemical free lifestyle? Upon purchasing your own Premium Starter Kit, you'll get added to an education group, have access to a team website,  and we  will help guide your steps on your wellness journey.

If you need a desk reference to help guide you to what to use for what at home, respond to this email or contact the person who signed you up!  We would love to make sure you have one!  

Enjoy your weekend and oil up daily for your health to be "Over the Wellness Line"!

Cecilia Bruce

Young Living Gold

I am part of your Young Living leadership support!  We  wanted to give you an opportunity to attend an upcoming Speed Oiling class in Grayslake, IL on April 28th! Many of your leaders that you know and love will be helping me host this new class we are testing out to put a little fun into learning all things Essential oils!

Registration link below:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-oiling-tickets-44705835357

Come out and join us for a morning of fun!!!! Have you ever wanted to smell an oil before purchase? Do you want to check out some oils that you haven't yet tried and learn what they do, see how they smell and how they work in the body? Do you want to try Ningxia Red shot and learn the benefits? Come to our first "Speed Oiling" class where we will have body system stations for you to visit where you can sample the scent of many  oils and learn about their properties and the amazing things they can do to help you support your health. We will have some fun food and drinks and lots of laughter as we speed through the art of essential oils!

Register early to ensure you get a spot!

Bring a friend who is not yet with Young Living and receive a gift! (note on your ticket)

We will have several raffles and one larger gift for the person who brings the most non-oily friends! 

Here is our second big Oily Event for locals:  May 5th, Mothers Day Spa Event!  Come and pamper  Mom, sister, friend! 

Oily tip for the day:  Diffuse 4 drops Stress Away and 4 drops oil of Joy!  Relax, unwind your mind and get some calm with this mix!  Great to diffuse after school while your cooking dinner and the house needs to unwind or at bedtime for a good send off!

We are looking forward to seeing you at the above local events!

Your Young Living Leadership Team!

Its Spring Time and I hope you all are enjoying the fresh weather around the world! Welcome to the members in our group across the Globe in Norway, Germany, Philippines, Canada and all across the United States!

Here is just a few of our local/online classes that are in our Spring lineup. There are many more that our leaders have more locally to their specific regions. If you desire to attend a class that is more local to your area, please respond to this email or contact the person who signed you up.   We post all of our local and regional classes in our Facebook groups that each leader manages.  We would love to help you get connected or we could come and teach a class for you and your friends and family! We also do a weekly video tip on our Facebook pages that help equip you to learn more about how to use the oils you have invested in to help bring health and wholeness to your family and save money doing it!

Here is our You Tube channel where we are creating videos for everyone to access, especially those who are not on Facebook! Check it weekly where we will be adding more content!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6BbKCaI628

We are preparing a "Cooking with Essential Oils for Summer" class... Stay tuned and plan to attend this wonderful hands on class with lots of oil infused fun foods to learn more about the ways to marinade, spice up a drink, or make a quick appetizer for summer parties with your healthy oils! TBD

Oils and our Emotions Online class- April 25th, 7:30 p.m. Jump on your computer with a fresh class of oil infused lemonade to learn how to use the oils you have to improve your emotional balance! It will be broadcast in our Abundance and Wisdom Facebook group and will be uploaded to our "Abundance and wisdom" You Tube channel that anyone outside of Facebook can access to enjoy the information posted there.

Speed Oiling - Do you want to learn about a wide variety of oils but hate to read?  Come and join this fun local class.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/speed-oiling-tickets-44705835357


Chemical Free Home - so many health issues are caused by effects from toxic products that we use every day.  Come learn how to ditch and switch to healthier products and see your health and household improve!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chemical-free-home-tickets-43952693690



Mothers Day Spa Event - treat mom to this special Mothers Day Skin Care/Savvy Event.  Get pampered with a facial and makeup and special foods for mom!  
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-day-spa-event-tickets-44002530754

Many of you know our Spring/Fall Seasonal Recipe and love and use it daily! When the flowers start blooming and the grass starts growing and being outside gets more and more uncomfortable, this is a great recipe to turn to and all the oils are in your Premium Starter kit! We consistently add new members to our group monthly, and this recipe is so loved and widely used that we love to keep sharing it!

4-5 drops of Peppermint
4-5 drops of Lemon
4-6 drops of Lavender

You can mix this combination in a gelatin capsule that you can purchase from Young Living or a health food store and take internally every 3-4 hours if needed daily. You can also put this mix in a tbs of honey to take for kids above 5 to adult. It is also wonderful to apply to your feet if you prefer or add to your diffuser at night if that is when you need the most support. This combination of oils has so many other uses, and all of them are in your starter kit, it is a great way to make use of this great combination.  Vitality oils are labeled for internal use but as always, that is just a label to satisfy FDA requirements, all of our oils are the same whether its Peppermint Vitality or Peppermint in the green bottle.  Ask if you need clarification!

Do you want to age gracefully? Add a drop of the Frankincense in your kit to your daily moisturizer to help support your cellular integrity, for smooth skin and for some emotional support too! 

Healthy, full head of hair?  16 oz of alcohol free witchazel in a glass spray bottle, add 15 drops each of Rosemary and Cedarwood and Lavender Essential oils!  Spray when you get out of the shower and leave in, dry hair as usual!  Enjoy the benefits!   Great to use when kids go off to school to help them not bring home any unwanted "friends".

Do you want to support healthy gums? Add a drop of your Thieves vitality on your toothbrush with your toothpaste and feel how sparkling clean and healthy your teeth and gums will be! We also have a Thieves line of toothpaste and oral health and household cleaner that will bring health and vitality to your body and home!

Do you need daily support of your joints, bones and muscles? This is a great combination to try and can be take daily. Vitality oils are labeled for internal use and are the same oils that are in the regular bottles, but are labeled for internal use. There is no difference in the contents but satisfy the FDA requirement to have a different label for internal use. All of Young Living oils have the Seed to Seal guarantee and are wonderful to enjoy in so many different modalities. Check our the purity of the oils you have purchased and why we are different! http://seedtoseal.com/en/3-pillars

Put in a gelatin capsule - every 4-5 hours if needed.
5 drops of Idaho Balsam Fir
5 drops of Frankincense
5 drops of Copaiba
2 drops of Clove

This is wonderful to provide daily support or just when needed to soothe and relieve muscles, joints and ligaments.

We would love to help support you in learning all you can learn about the oils you have invested in. Please contact myself or the person who signed you up to receive more resources for your learning!

Cecilia Bruce
Young Living Gold Leader
224-610-9703
https://getoiling.com/ceciliabruce

My name is Cecilia and I am your Young Living Gold leader.   Enjoy the recipes and information below:

 All of you are within my organization and we seek to educate you on all the wonderful products and benefits of the oils that Young Living has to offer.  Why?  Because our purpose to bring health and education to every home.   When you signed up for your kit you made a decision to make a change and we would love to help you make that change.   You will only receive these emails once a month to keep you updated on product use , recipes or classes we are holding!

Myself and many of your leaders have Facebook groups that you have joined for online support and videos but I hear back from many of you that you are not on Facebook and would like the same kind of support.  We have created a You Tube channel to upload videos so you  can go to this channel and watch videos weekly on how to use the oils you have and what oils help with what body system.  Many of your leaders will be sharing their videos on this channel as well and it will be a great place for you to check in weekly to learn all things oily for those of you who are not in one of our private online groups.  

Here is the Youtube link:    Abundance and Wisdom:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHt7r5E8z3Bu6DdGdE7D7vA?view_as=subscriber   
 As of right now have a couple videos on the channel. 1.  Wellness 365   2.  Uses for the premium Starter kit and kids!    We will be continually adding videos to that channel weekly so make sure to book mark it and check it out once a week to see what new content has been added to help you learn!  Also, if there is a topic that you would like us to do a video on, please reply to us and let us know, we want to make sure we meet your needs as I am sure there are many others out there with the same questions and concerns.

Here are some of the online classes that we have in our Facebook groups either tagged  recordings or upcoming:

Keeping it Simple, Healthy aging!  
https://www.facebook.com/events/179709006140328/

The Truth About Household Cleaners!
https://www.facebook.com/events/1977605672488727/permalink/1988425398073421/?notif_t=event_mall_comment¬if_id=1520544492920002

We also have an Oils and Athletes class in the making, as well as Savvy Minerals 101, Lucy Libido/Romance and  many more!  Check out your leaders Facebook groups and keep an eye out for the videos coming out on the You Tube channel as well.Check in with the person who signed you up, they may have more local classes in your area as well, all are free except the Mothers Day event has a small charge for materials.

Here are some upcoming larger  local classes we are hosting in the Northern Illinois area:

Chemical Free Home
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/chemical-free-home-tickets-43952693690

Mothers Day Spa Event
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mothers-day-spa-event-tickets-44002530754

We are always available to come to you and teach a class at your home or if you are out of state or the country, we can do online classes with you to help you have a class  as well.  Please contact the person who signed you up if you are interested in having us help you share the benefits of your amazing oils with friends and family and help you receive a Thank You check from Young Living!

Because we are all thinking Spring and Spring cleaning, Young Living has a generous promotion this month.  Check out the graphic with the free promotional items.  Along with the amazing free Thieves products, here is a video from Jim Haggerton on the importance of getting the toxic chemicals out of your house and away from your little ones.  If you need more teaching, check out one of our Chemical Free Home classes on line or local, we would love to help you improve the health of your home with more education!  Young Living is committed to clean products that have no harmful chemicals or preservatives in them!  

Thieves Household Cleaner....More than a game changer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVs_CmWGq5I

Spray and enjoy the citrus fresh scent every time you clean your mirrors, windows and glass!  You will enjoy cleaning!

Take the frozen chocolate cups and put a tsp of the filling in each of the cups and then pour the rest of the melted chocolate over the top of each cup.  About 2 tsp of melted chocolate covers the top of each cup.  Put in freezer again for 20 minutes and enjoy a healthy Shamrock Peppermint Patti.    Recipe compliments of Silver leader Diedra McGeever!

As always, please reach out to the person who signed you up or reply to me with this email if we can help you enjoy your  products further.

Cecilia Bruce
Young Living Gold Wellness Leader
224-610-9703
https://getoiling.com/ceciliabruce