Winter is Coming! Fight off the flu with essential oils!
Hi friends! Winter is coming, even if it is just Florida's mild temp winters... with the cooler weather, always comes upper respiratory illnesses like the common cold, RSV, and the Flu!
Personally, as a health care worker, I am required to get the flu vaccination (or, walk around in masks for sixth months) However, as far as vaccinations go.... this is one I personally would not receive, if I weren't practically forced to.
In recent years, there has been quite a discrepancy in the targeted flu strains in the yearly vaccination, and the strains actually circulating. (I totally get it, I cannot imagine how hard it is to basically "guess" which strain might be active), which means, even those vaccinated have a very high chance of getting the flu. While, I in no way to intend this post to be focused on vaccination statuses, your beliefs, or mine.... I feel it's important for everyone (even those who vaccinate) to focus on flu/cold prevention!
I'm sure we all know hand washing is key, and while, I am also sure most of us realize staying home with ill children, or symptoms ourselves is key... that doesn't always happen, and is not always an option.
So, I wanted to find ways to beat the winter woes in a holistic, healthy way!
Enter, Brittany McCall! Britt is not only a long time friend, and adopted family member, she is a wizard when it comes to essential oils, and how to use them! She was awesome enough to partner with me to educate us all on ways to stay healthy this season (and, all seasons)!
Hey! I’m Brittany McCall, a leader within doTERRA and the founder of Stop, Drop and Roll Oils!
I know what you’re thinking! Oh, great…another essential oil, witchcraft, voodoo lady! Believe me when I tell you, I used to have the same exact thoughts run through my mind when I heard of someone using oils. I used to think they were just smelly pot things that people used to make their houses smell good. I always wondered why they didn’t just use a candle!
We use oils EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. in our house.
It is now a way of life for us and I know we will never go without. Once you see and feel the difference of doTERRA oils, you’ll never go back!
As you can expect, like all personal care products, oils are not all created equally. I love using doTERRA because I can trust that every bottle is in fact pure oil, free from fillers and pesticides, and is not a synthetic fragrance that just smells like…for instance, Lavender. They’re giving me pure, 100% Lavender essential oil that I can feel good about using in my home, on myself and my kids.
In the two short years that my family has been using doTERRA essential oils, I am amazed at the benefits we have received financially and with our overall health and well-being. If you want to follow along our oil journey and learn more about how these oils could benefit your daily life, you can follow me on Facebook at Stop, Drop, & Roll Oils!
xoxo Naomi
Personally, as a health care worker, I am required to get the flu vaccination (or, walk around in masks for sixth months) However, as far as vaccinations go.... this is one I personally would not receive, if I weren't practically forced to.
In recent years, there has been quite a discrepancy in the targeted flu strains in the yearly vaccination, and the strains actually circulating. (I totally get it, I cannot imagine how hard it is to basically "guess" which strain might be active), which means, even those vaccinated have a very high chance of getting the flu. While, I in no way to intend this post to be focused on vaccination statuses, your beliefs, or mine.... I feel it's important for everyone (even those who vaccinate) to focus on flu/cold prevention!
I'm sure we all know hand washing is key, and while, I am also sure most of us realize staying home with ill children, or symptoms ourselves is key... that doesn't always happen, and is not always an option.
So, I wanted to find ways to beat the winter woes in a holistic, healthy way!
Enter, Brittany McCall! Britt is not only a long time friend, and adopted family member, she is a wizard when it comes to essential oils, and how to use them! She was awesome enough to partner with me to educate us all on ways to stay healthy this season (and, all seasons)!
Hey! I’m Brittany McCall, a leader within doTERRA and the founder of Stop, Drop and Roll Oils!
I know what you’re thinking! Oh, great…another essential oil, witchcraft, voodoo lady! Believe me when I tell you, I used to have the same exact thoughts run through my mind when I heard of someone using oils. I used to think they were just smelly pot things that people used to make their houses smell good. I always wondered why they didn’t just use a candle!
When did you start using essential oils?
Well,
#mommyhood set in. My husband and I have 2 boys who are both in school and
daycare. You know what that means? Yes, GERMS!
We were constantly sick, all four of us! We were missing work to stay home with
sick kids, and missing work because we were sick…and then missing more work for more sick kids. It was a vicious cycle and we were both desperate
to find a solution to end it.
That’s when I was led to doTERRA essential oils
in 2016. I was extremely interested in learning more about the purity and
therapeutic health benefits that these oils have to offer. I had heard of the
OnGuard blend and the infamous IMMUNITY BOMB! I knew I needed these in our
home, STAT!
With this flu season
starting up, you need them too!!
How did you get started with oils, and were you completely overwhelmed?
I ordered a very basic starter kit of oils. I got them in the
mail and yep…I was overwhelmed! I had a supportive friend who taught me all she
knew about them.
I learned quickly how to make roller bottle blends and dilute
them for my kids. I started using the immune boosting oils on the bottoms of
their feet daily and guess what? We weren’t getting sick!!!
At first, I felt
like it may be a coincidence, but soon realized it was no coincidence at all.
Now, don’t get me wrong, essential oils aren’t the cure all! We do sometimes
catch bugs here and there, but now having the oils in our home to go ahead and
start using at the FIRST SIGN of sickness is so empowering. Especially as a
mama! When one of my boys wakes up in the middle of the night with an ear ache
or tummy ache, I don’t have to lose sleep all night and wait until the next day
to get to a drug store to buy something for relief.
(Turns out, those over the
counter drugs are toxic for my babies anyways!)
I can go straight to my oil box
and grab the Tummy Tamer for the belly ache or some Melaleuca for that ear
ache. Throw some Immunity bomb on the bottom of their feet to boost their immune
function and help their bodies fight off the bug, and lavender down their spine
to relax them and BAM…back to sleep we all go!
Not to mention, we are saving a
ton of money by avoiding frequent doctor visits and co-pays, as well as
repeatedly paying for over the counter medications. #momwin
What are your go-to oils for boosting your immune system, and protecting the family?
A
daily routine for sickness prevention in the McCall household looks like
this…
- OnGuard essential oil for all four of us to boost our immune systems
- Diffusing essential oils to cleanse the air and boost immunity
- Probiotics to
keep that good bacteria in our guts
- Whole food vitamins from doTERRA
- And, of
course trying to eat and feed our kids as healthy as possible!
We have done
away with a lot of toxic items in our household such as candles, dryer sheets, and store bought cleaners.
Unfortunately, all of those items are hormone,
respiratory, endocrine and immune system disruptors and they can make us sick, really sick!
(Now, I make our household cleaners with our oils! Yay, another money saver!)
Which oils do you use, and how when you finally do catch an upper respiratory bug?
- We use the Immunity Bomb mentioned above to boost immune
function.. (noticing a pattern here?!)
- We diffuse a lot of Breathe respiratory
blend to open airways, and we use a
- Cough Buster roller bottle, and apply it
topically on our chests. This opens our airways and helps break up mucous.
The
results never cease to amaze me and you know
it’s working when the kids ask for more when they don’t feel well!
If you could only ever use three oils again, which would be your top three??
#1 I’m sure you can all guess my number one love is OnGuard because, umm,
nobody has time for sick kids!
#2 would have to be Lavender because #momlife
and I love to sleep so my kids must sleep!
#3 Lastly, I couldn’t go without our
DigestZen blend because I have a lot of stomach issues, and this blend has been
a life saver for me!
Oh, and kids and tummy bugs in the middle of the night are
no fun, so, DigestZen to the rescue! Bye bye stomach cramping…hello, sleep! Seeing
a pattern here?!
It is now a way of life for us and I know we will never go without. Once you see and feel the difference of doTERRA oils, you’ll never go back!
As you can expect, like all personal care products, oils are not all created equally. I love using doTERRA because I can trust that every bottle is in fact pure oil, free from fillers and pesticides, and is not a synthetic fragrance that just smells like…for instance, Lavender. They’re giving me pure, 100% Lavender essential oil that I can feel good about using in my home, on myself and my kids.
In the two short years that my family has been using doTERRA essential oils, I am amazed at the benefits we have received financially and with our overall health and well-being. If you want to follow along our oil journey and learn more about how these oils could benefit your daily life, you can follow me on Facebook at Stop, Drop, & Roll Oils!
xoxo Naomi
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