Hi! I’m so excited you are here! I’ve become a bit of an essential oil fanatic and love sharing about them because they have changed the way we do life.
One principle that my husband and I are always looking to grow in is STEWARDSHIP! What we do with our one life matters. It matters in the present and definitely for our future and the future of our children. It’s a whole journey of “know better, do better.” Find my article on why it matters for more of my heart on that subject.
I am passionate about living a life of wholesome wellness because there is so much freedom in taking care of our health; physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. I am going to share with an emphasis on Young Living specifically because, while I absolutely love the science and beauty of how oils work within the body, YL has really captivated my focus with their genuine practices. They have an unwavering commitment to quality, purpose and a tight knit community that surrounds them.
I’m not sure where you are in your journey with wellness and clean living, but hope you hear my heart behind sharing what I do! My only regret in our lifestyle change is that we didn’t learn about oils and toxin free living sooner. A Young Living starter kit was an investment that came right before our first babe was born, and it was instantly put into use!
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My family’s testimonies include, but are not limited to:
+ feeling the energy & difference in using powerful, bioavailable supplements
+ mental clarity
+ balancing hormones (which affect every function of our body)
+ natural solutions for sickness, pain, emotions, cleaning, sleep, wounds, birth, babies
+ less sick days & cutting down on doctor visits
+ balancing our body’s PH and antioxidant levels
+ avoiding harmful synthetics IN & ON our bodies
+ easy, chemical free makeup routines
+ clearing up cabinet space (yep, for real – ask us why!)
+ saving money (you think I’m joking? I’m not!)
+ peace of mind – no severe warnings or harmful side-effects or internal damage
+ detoxifying our bodies
+ purifying the air in our home
+ ENERGY
+ health benefiting alternative to candles & fragrance
+ community: friendships, support, get-togethers
+ effectively helping and supporting others when they have health needs
Lifestyle of Wellness
I’ll get to oils in a minute, but I just want to take a moment and talk about a lifestyle of wellness. Wellness isn’t playing catch up whenever your body needs help. Wellness is in the daily choices we make. Those choices include our mindset, our products, our movements, our community and our food. The things we choose to let into our life and body will directly tie to our level of wellness. The goal isn’t perfection, it’s one step at a time.
There are a lot of hidden toxins in the average products and food. (For a resource we’ve used in our journey: Download the THINK DIRTY app or go to the EWG website to check out your household products) I used to spend too much time in store aisles reading ingredients and online checking out which products were truly “clean”. I was overwhelmed and my friend encouraged me to hop on YL’s “Essential Rewards” program. I wasn’t sold (even though I loved YL products), but decided to take her up on her challenge to try it for 3 months. I had every intent on cancelling after 3 months, yet here I am almost 3 years later and LOVING it! It feels a little like my birthday every month when that customizable box comes to my doorstep!
Young Living makes it easy to reach wellness goals by having top notch standards and products for most of our wellness needs. Our body care, kid care, smelling goods, home care and supplements have been replaced with Young Living products that are trustworthy and quality. They have a great program for members called Essential Rewards (ER) that shows up to your door as a customizable autoship wellness box. You choose what you want in your box every month to fit your needs. It will save you time and money! Win.
One of my favorite benefits of the Young Living ER program is that it’s an *easy button*. I don’t have to find various brands of clean products or stand in the store reading labels. I also get lots of points back to use as dollars and free products every month. (read my post about ER for all the juicy details). The goal is that your products BENEFIT you as you work towards optimal wellness.
If you’re still a little unsure on what you would order, or what you should switch out first, please contact me at thegingerscript@gmail.com and I’d love to personally help you curate your first 3 months of orders to fit your health goals. This is more fun together and we have a whole community of support!
So… what are oils? Do they work? How?
Essential oils are the lifeblood or immune system of the plant – they run throughout the plant to keep them healthy & protect them from the environment.
EOs are found in rinds, resins, roots, bark, petals, fruit, leaves, stems… you name it! They are expressed through cold air distillation or cold pressing.
The chemistry is very complex. They have 10s to 100s of different & unique chemical constituents – or therapeutic abilities, if you will. That means they are very versatile! One oil can be used in many ways.
Essential oils work in our body because the molecular structure is similar to our blood & they can easily travel through our blood… Amazing, right?! Do you believe our bodies are smart? Our wounds heal, our emotions balance, we sweat or shiver.. Involuntarily smart. Oils are also SMART. They can interact with & aid every system of our body.
To nerd out a little, there are 40 million trillion molecules in a drop of oil …that is 4 with 19 zeros. Once entering our body, they can reach every cell within 20 minutes.
They smell like the plant! They are quite concentrated and a little goes a long way. Usually 1-3 drops is all you need per application.
3 ways we use them in our bodies:
+ Aromatically – quickest way in is through nose. Diffuse/ inhale
+ Topically – on the spot, temples, vitaflex points, or with a carrier
+ Internally – there are oils that are safe for internal use. Put in vegetable capsules for a targeted result or a health regiment, on the roof of your mouth, put in water for flavor while balancing your PH, add to. food, etc.
So, Where Do You Start?
Since Young Living has been such a part of my journey, I’d like to take a minute and talk about them, specifically 🙂
Young Living has several options to get you started. They have a Thieves Product kit, Ningxia Red kit, a basic starter kit (for you to add specific items to) and a Premium Starter Kit. The Premium Oils starter kit is my favorite way to get started because it is the best value! Choosing a kit is the best way to start, hands down, and a worthy investment into your wellness.
The kits start at $35 USD for a bit of a “build your own kit.” For this one, you start with :
- Stress Away™, 5 ml
- AromaGlide® Roller Fitment
- Thieves® Hand Sanitizer, 1 oz. sample
- Thieves® Mints
- 2 NingXia Red®, 2 oz. samples
- Essential Oils at a Glance flyer
- Discover Your Young Living Lifestyle booklet
- * then add any other quality products to your cart
This oils starter kit is a steal at $165 USD, and valued at over $400 USD retail. It is filled with 12 of the most popular, versatile, everyday oils, a premium oil diffuser of your choice, membership (24% off of wholesale prices) and other goodies! Let me walk you through just a few uses (of many) of the powerful little bottles of plant juice:
Peppermint: Wake-up, occasional head tension, cooling while working out, digestion,
Lavender: everything! Skin, would care, calming, sleep, concentration
Frankincense: top skin oil, grounding emotions (meditation, prayer), immune support, healthy cell functions
Lemon: cleaning, immune support, high in d-limonene (look up benefits!)
Thieves: super immune support, purifying air, keeping you above that wellness line, smells like Christmas!
Panaway: icy relief for any muscular tensions, good for bonks and bruises
Citrus Fresh: purifying air, uplifting aroma, mood boosting, great for on laundry balls
Raven: breath of fresh air, great in chest or throat rub, or to cleanse the air
Digize: digestion! Eat too much, tummy woes? Digize is your go-to. Topical or ingested.
Peace & Calming: mom or child tantrum diffuser, great for sleep or a chill atmosphere.
Valor: Encourages a sense of confidence & boldness, great for chiropractic adjustments
Stress Away: vacation in a bottle. Smells incredible & is great for home, wearing all day or diffusing at the office.
That barely scratches the surface of how to use what is contained in those 12 highly valuable bottles. ( Download a cheat sheet for the uses at the bottom of this post! )
- 2 Ningxia Red packets – super antioxidant packed, great for cell health, eye health, overall body support & ALL THE ENERGY.
- Thieves Hand Sanitizer – infused with peppermint, feels great, smells great, not sticky and leaves your hands feeling nice & moist thanks to the aloe!
- Thieves Cleaner packet or Thieves Spray: disinfect & clean all the things. Tables, carts, airplanes, taxis, toilets etc.
AND… almost done, but the benefits never stop… you get a lifelong membership! What does this mean? It means you get 24% off of ALL of Young Living’s products, which are plentiful. You aren’t locked into anything, you don’t need to do the business, ever (but it’s amazing), you have no purchasing commitments! It’s like a wholesale membership that comes with a kit.
Essential Oil History
Essential oils are no new concept. They were highly valued, traded, and available throughout history. Some oils were costly and some were common. They are widely mentioned throughout Biblical, Egyptian and Chinese routines, to name a few, and used medicinally, for beauty and skincare & otherwise. Egyptian tombs were often found with vats of oil – meaning they were of value to the point of taking them to their “next life” after death. Biblically they were used as gifts fit for kings, holy anointing oil, beauty regimen, hospitality and healing. Chinese medicine is also widely laced with essential oils.
The records are there, the science confirms it – they work, they are old news – we have just learned how to perfect extraction in this modern era.
We can now distill within a fraction of a degree! Each plant and oil has a very complex make-up and needs extreme care in extracting the oils. It’s very fascinating – but that’s not what this article is about! Know that NOT ALL OILS ARE MADE EQUAL (read why it matters, here). If you remember anything from this post, let it be that.
Young Living strives for perfection in their oils and has a promise of integrity called ‘Seed to Seal’, beginning with the extreme measures taken in utilizing clean land where plants are naturally derived, to checking the seeds, hand weeding and harvesting, to one time distillation at the right degree for the exact amount of time per the specific plant to harvest the maximum amount of constituents. If an oil does not meet the perfect standard, it is often recycled and used in the land as a natural herbicide or pesticide. Everything is checked and rechecked through vigorous testing and third party testing and then some more testing to assure the best of the best are bottled to be sent to homes around the globe.
Read more about their procedures or visit a farm if you are nearby!
Young Living is generous and transparent! You are welcome to visit and be part of any of the farms around the world. They are generous to their members and the many humanitarian projects they participate in around the world.
Honestly, these amazing products wouldn’t be done justice if just sold on a shelf. There wouldn’t be the community laced with testimonies and support, rewards and generosity that membership brings. Young Living strives to bring WELLNESS, PURPOSE and ABUNDANCE into every member. These oils and products are so versatile and with FDA regulations, a little hard to properly share and market for all of their worth. There is a LOT of value in one little drop AND in the community.
You are NOT in this alone, friend. It really matters who you sign up with. You want to have that tribe of people that can answer your questions, support you through struggles, pray for and encourage you in life. You are welcome at our table, there’s always room for you.
I also encourage you to grab a friend or family member to dive in with you, it’s much more fun doing this whole shift with a friend.
Yesss, you won’t regret it! There is life change around the corner for you and I’m so excited!
I can’t express to you how stoked I am for you to enter into this journey with us. Not only will you be getting a high quality amazing starter kit, but you will also be getting a community to come alongside you. Our community is GLOBAL. When you join, we will be sure to give you all the resources you need to help utilize your kit to the fullest! With the community, you can ask questions on how to use something or DIYs and/or dilution ratios and so much more! The support is endless. Reach out to me after you sign up so we can get you plugged right in!
How to sign up:
1. Follow this link: http://bit.ly/gingerscript or go to “become a member” on Young Living’s website.
3. Make sure to type in my member ID in both Sponsor and Enroller ID so you can be part of our community if it’s not already filled out.
Abigail: 2554484
4. Click continue & follow the process.
5. If joining ER (Do it! Try for 3 months), make sure your premium starter kit is your first month’s order so you start racking up points immediately! It will ask you to choose some items for your next order – just put some in your cart & you can change that up until the day it processes the next month! No pressure 
P.S. you can apply to use Paypal Credit to make equal payments over 6 months if the $165 is a stretch. But stretching can feel so good… & have lots of benefits!
If you’re already an avid oiler, drop a comment with your favorite oil and what you use it for! If you’re hopping on this exciting journey with us, let me know what you are most curious to try first!
Happy Oiling!
the ginger