Women are often asked to wear numerous hats—from mama to business woman, emotional therapist to fitness guru, loving wife to supportive friend, and everything in between, a LOT is asked of women. As women, we need to ensure that we are supporting ourselves in all different aspects of our life. Unknown to many, essential oils can play a major role in supporting the different needs and areas of women’s life. Emotionally, physically, spiritually, and mentally, oils can help uplift and support women in whatever roles you play throughout the day. Below are some of our favorites:
Joy: Creates an environment of romance and warmth. With its combination of floral and citrus essential oils, including Ylang Ylang, Geranium, Jasmine, Palmarosa, Rose, Bergamot, Lemon, and Tangerine, this unique and feminine fragrance is sure to be a favorite. Diffuse it or dab it on your neck and wrists for a natural floral perfume. Apply it to your skull and invite peace and togetherness with its positive aroma.
SclarEssence Vitality: contains a balanced blend of essential oils (Clary Sage, Peppermint, Sage, and Fennel) that align well with common women's wellness practices. We recommend adding this blend to a vegetable capsule and taking as needed for female support, along with FemiGen capsules. This is a great blend to incorporate into your wellness routine to help maintain a calm, grounded feeling.
Progessence Plus: Combining some of Young Living’s most popular essential oils—Sacred Frankincense, Peppermint, Copaiba, Clove, Cedarwood, and Bergamot—as well as wild yam extract and vitamin E, Progessence Plus is a 100 percent plant-based serum specifically formulated for women. Adding it to your daily routine can promote feelings of relaxation, harmony, and balance. Ideal for women over 30, this product is commonly applied topically along the forearms. You can also apply 1-3 drops of this serum to your neck, feet, or inner thighs every day or as needed throughout the month.
German Chamomile Vitality: is used for promoting feelings of calmness, calming occasional nervous tension, and supporting a normal, healthy outlook during PMS.* Try combining this oil with SclarEssence Vitality and take daily in a capsule. German Chamomile has been used as an herb for thousands of years throughout ancient Egypt.
Fennel Vitality: Fennel oil is well known for its health and wellness support. Fennel Vitality can be taken with your daily dietary supplement to support a normal, healthy outlook during PMS. This can be done by adding it to a capsule or by adding a few drops into your morning water or smoothie. Fennel essential oil is also beloved by breastfeeding moms.
Dragon Time: is a proprietary blend of Fennel, Clary Sage, Marjoram, Lavender, Blue Yarrow, and Jasmine essential oils. Its sweet, herbaceous aroma can help support normal, healthy emotions during occasional times of moodiness. You can also apply this oil topically to your abdomen accompanied with a warm compress during emotional times of the month. We love it for its comforting aroma.
Lady Sclareol: is an oil blend created especially for women to enhance their feminine nature and provide a relaxing experience when diffused. It was designed to be worn as an exquisite fragrance because of its powerful feminine nature. This blend is packed full of essential oils that create an aroma of balance and positivity. Coriander, Geranium, Vetiver, Orange, Clary Sage, Bergamot, Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood, Sage, Jasmine, Idaho Blue Spruce, and Spearmint essential oils combine to create a blend that is great for diffusing or topical application. Wear it daily as a personal perfume!
Clary Sage: has an herbaceous aroma that is believed to create a calm and relaxing environment. Many women add this oil combined with a carrier oil into their regimen toward the very end of pregnancy. It is also a great oil to use throughout the month as needed. Apply topically around the ankles or to the bottoms of the feet.
Endoflex is a blend of Spearmint, Sage, Geranium, Myrtle, Nutmeg, and German Chamomile. I can't really pinpoint the smell, it's kind of earthy, but the Spearmint comes through for a lighter smell that's not overly minty.
The Endocrine System is the group of glands (hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, parathyroids, adrenal glands, pineal, reproductive glands (including ovaries), and pancreas) that are responsible for producing hormones to regulate you.
Those hormones are in charge of metabolism, growth and development, tissue function, sexual function, reproduction, sleep, mood, progesterone and testosterone production, and more. Basically, if your Endocrine system is off, you can feel it in LOTS of different ways...(to name a few) headaches, intense menstrual cramps, hot flashes, excess fatigue, or digestive issues anyone?
Endoflex is great to help support the Endocrine System by providing hormonal balance, and promoting a healthy weight and metabolism. It also stimulates relaxation and emotional balance in the mind and what woman couldn't use some more emotional balance? #amiright
A quick breakdown of the oils in Endoflex:
Spearmint: Promotes healthy metabolism and digestion. Supports the respiratory and nervous system.
Sage: Fights mental fatigue and promotes a healthy metabolism.
Nutmeg: Contains anti-inflammatory properties and supports the adrenal gland.
German Chamomile: Promotes healthy liver function and contains anti-inflammatory properties.
Geranium: Promotes a healthy liver, contains antioxidant, sedative, anti-inflammatory, and antidepressant properties.
Myrtle: Decongestant, antibacterial, and promotes a healthy respiratory system.
Where to apply it: Over your thyroid, which is in your neck...do a quick Google image search if you need an exact location. You can apply it neat, or make a roller whichever your skin prefers! You can also apply it to the vita flex point on your feet.
So to sum it up...get yourself some!! This can become part of your daily morning routine because your body needs all of the balance it can get!
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PROGESSENCE PLUS
I've said it before and I'll say it again: This may be the most important product that Young Living has. Top 5, for sure. It is essential for women to understand what this is and how it can help their bodies at all stages of life, from their first cycle through their fertile years and all the way through menopause. Ladies - for our quality of life and for our families, HEAR THIS, it is important.
Let's talk hormones!
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First up is progesterone.
What it is: Progesterone plays a role in maintaining pregnancy. (If you've had difficulty in this area, PLEASE take heart and listen to the hope that is going to be offered). Progesterone is produced in the ovaries, the placenta (when a woman gets pregnant) and the adrenal glands. It helps prepare your body for conception and pregnancy and regulates the monthly menstrual cycle. It also plays a role in sexual desire.
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Too much progesterone:
High progesterone levels are believed to be partly responsible for symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), such as breast tenderness, feeling bloated and mood swings. When you skip a period, it could be because of failure to ovulate and subsequent low progesterone levels.
Too much progesterone can also cause breast tenderness, depression, fatigue, low sex drive, vaginal dryness, and more. Causes include low estrogen levels found in menopause.
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Not enough progesterone:
Without enough progesterone to complement it, estrogen may become the dominant hormone. This may lead to a variety of symptoms, including:
• weight gain
• decreased sex drive, mood swings, and depression
• PMS, irregular menstrual cycle, heavy bleeding
• breast tenderness, fibrocystic breasts
• gallbladder problems
thyroid dysfunction
Basically, things start to hit the fan for us women when our hormones are out of whack. And this is just the beginning! Listen up.
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Moving on to estrogen!
"Estrogen" is the group of estrogenic hormones are uniquely responsible for the growth and development of female sexual characteristics and reproduction in both humans and animals. The term "estrogen" includes a group of chemically similar hormones: estrone, estradiol (the most abundant in women of reproductive age) and estriol. Overall, estrogen is produced in the ovaries, adrenal glands and fat tissues. More specifically, the estradiol and estrone forms are produced primarily in the ovaries in premenopausal women, while estriol is produced by the placenta during pregnancy.
Stay with me.
In women, estrogen circulates in the bloodstream and binds to estrogen receptors on cells in targeted tissues, affecting not only the breasts and uterus, but also the brain, bone, liver, heart and other tissues.
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Not enough estrogen:
When estrogen levels are low, as in menopause, the vagina can become drier and the vaginal walls thinner, making sex painful.
Additionally, the lining of the urethra, the tube that brings urine from the bladder to the outside of the body, thins. A small number of women may experience an increase in urinary tract infections (UTIs) that can be improved with the use of vaginal estrogen therapy.
Oh, and all this junk too:
- Hot flashes
-Fatigue
-Headaches/migraines
-Night sweats
-Vaginal and/or bladder infections
-Incontinence
-UTIs
-Forgetfulness
-Insomnia
-Poor concentration
-Decreased verbal skills
-Irregular bleeding
-Testosterone imbalance (which leads to a host of other problems)
-Lower libido
-Osteoperosis
-Rapid heartbeat
-Depression
-Anxiety
-Emotional instability
-Feelings of despair
-Crying easily
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When you have too much estrogen, that's no bueno either. (Are you seeing our body's need for BALANCE?!)
Symptoms of high estrogen include:
• bloating
• swelling and tenderness in the breasts
• decreased sex drive
• irregular menstrual periods
• headaches
• mood swings
• fibrocystic developments in the breast
• weight gain
• hair loss
• cold hands or feet
• feeling tired or lacking energy
• difficulty with memory
• trouble sleeping
increased symptoms of premenstrual syndrome or PMS
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For our fertility, for our HAPPINESS, for our body's overall function, we NEED to be in balance. Our families will thank us.
That is where Progessence Plus comes into play.
Every woman should be using this serum. Every. Single. Woman.
Dr. Haggerton, a friend of mine who ROCKS and does amazing information videos for us every single day, has a whole lot to say about Progessence Plus. In his words: "Progessence Plus supports hormone balance and helps women's bodies be even more amazing than they already are." (He also went on to say that his bride Cindy is the MOST amazing, but we are amazing too How cute is he?)
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He laid out exactly what Progessence Plus is. It's a serum. It is made up of:
-Miconized progesterone from wild yam complex
-Vitamin E (antioxidant)
-Essential oil blend, including: peppermint, copaiba, frankincense, bergamot, clove, cedarwood, and rosewood
-Coconut oil
It is better than other progesterone creams because:
-it contains no synthetic crap that does more harm than good
-The delivery system (essential oils help it to give us a higher absorption rate)
-You don't have to constantly change up the application
He recommends putting it on our wrists and either side of our neck.
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A little more about the ingredients:
Wild yam complex is INCREDIBLE for women on its own. You should read up on it here: http://natural-fertility-info.com/reproductive-system....
Coconut oil is BANANAS in all that is can do for ALL HUMANS. I highly suggest the book "The Coconut Oil Miracle" for anyone wanting to learn more about it. It has made me dead set on getting coconut oil into my family's bodies every single day.
Vitamin E oil rocks for all kinds of things, including:
-Anti-aging
-Scars
-Dryness
-Sunburns
-Stretch marks
-I could literally go on and on
The essential oils in this are SO worth looking up individually to see all that they can do for our bodies.
-Peppermint
-Copaiba
-Frankincense
-Bergamot
-Clove
-Cedarwood
-Rosewood
It is a KILLER line up of oils, and if you haven't read up on them in your Essential Oils Pocket Reference Guide, you should. Really really really, you should, and please share what you read with other women.
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I will never forget the stories I have been told by women in here about how Progessence Plus has delivered them from heartache and changed their lives. More than anything, it's the stories that have me determined to get every woman using this serum. -from Madison Vining in The Happy Oilers