How My Anxiety Led Me to Essential Oils

So here’s the thing.. I have had anxiety for as long as I can remember. I am talking debilitating anxiety. On a daily basis I would get extremely dizzy and break out in hives. I would have panic attacks leaving me in the fetal position crying and I couldn’t tell you why. The dizziness made doctors test for vertigo, diabetes, you name it.. they tested for it. Yet nothing. Enter medication. I was on daily medication for anxiety and an arsenal of Valium & Xanax. I would also take Tylenol PM nightly to help me sleep. I would drink copious amounts of alcohol when I was out with friends just so I had the strength to talk to them. All that Alcohol would usually lead to me sitting on a closet floor crying. I was a freaking mess.

I had finally had enough and started doing some research into how to deal with these feelings. Someone recommended I go to a naturopathic doctor. Sure, I’ll go to the witch doctor, why not. You want to know the first thing he did? Test me for food allergies.. my other doctors had never suggested this. Guess what the results showed.. not only was I deficient on multiple vitamins/minerals, I had a lot of food allergies. One key allergy: wheat. Which if you haven’t been following the fad, wheat (gluten) is in every good thing God gave this earth. Kidding (sort of).

I started cutting wheat out immediately (the other sensitive foods would have to wait, I mean how do you give up black pepper?) and saw a tremendous difference. The constant dizziness I had been feeling was gone.

Let’s fast forward to living a life wheat-less. Trying to navigate this new lifestyle was challenging at first and I read EVERY single label to see if the food or product had wheat in it. Here’s the thing, wheat isn’t always called wheat.. and it’s in a lot of beauty products, only labeled as different names. I started googling every ingredient I didn’t know. YIKES. I was shocked at how many synthetics and chemicals are in products like makeup, skincare, medications, etc.. I made a vow right then and there, I was no longer putting crap in my body.

This moment, is when I was introduced to essential oils. Replace the Tylenol PM I was using for sleep, with Lavender. Feeling head tension, try Peppermint. Shark week cramps, Clary Sage. These are literally the oils I started with. Anytime something came up for me, I googled “essential oil for _____” and I went to the store and purchased the recommended essential oil.

Enter the eye rolls from my family and friends. As if I wasn’t already “hippy” enough, let’s throw snake oils into the mix. Natural deodorant (I smelled awful). “Do you know what’s in tampons?!” - - this is a whole ‘nother topic that requires it’s own blog post. Yep, I was that person with word vomit, trying to get everyone to understand what they were putting in their body and trying to offer them a natural solution.

I think it was my mom who first suggested I “sell” essential oils since I was basically throwing them on everyone we knew. First, I had a full time job in the corporate world. Second, you want me to do direct sales, MLM, Pyramid Scheme? No thank you!!!

But I had tried doTERRA oils and I knew they worked so freaking good. The second I compared the store bought Lavender to doTERRA Lavender, I was actually shocked at the difference.. the smell, the strength, doTERRA was too good. IF I was going to “sell” essential oils, I needed to know that I was promising people a good, clean, pure oil. I also wanted to make sure that the company I would be working for, was a company worth repping. I did my homework on doTERRA against the other big name companies and there was no comparison. I knew that I was being called to work with doTERRA.

I’m writing this blog post a year after enrolling with doTERRA and I have never felt more at home. My life has been completely changed & blessed by this company and these oils. I am forever grateful for the path that led me here. If you are here reading my post, I can only assume you are either using essential oils or curious about them. Let me tell you friend, there is a life of freedom and abundance on this side. Grab my hand & jump in.