When I was young, I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I was older.  I remember when playing make-believe with my siblings, most often I wanted to play school, and I was always the teacher.  I took aptitude tests in high school that determined what possible careers would be a good fit, and none of the possibilities resonated with me.  After high school, I worked a few jobs, and I remember being frustrated working a 9-5 with a boss looking over my shoulder. It became clear to me pretty quick that I would be much happier being my own boss.  I love creating things, building stuff, and learning everything I can get my hands on.  This I did know, and working for a boss always gave me this feeling of being stuck or boxed in.  So when I  got married and had my first beautiful daughter, I was able to stay at home and raise her.  Being a stay at home mom was wonderful and I felt so blessed to be able to do that.  However I had all these aspirations and desires to do something creative or connect more with others.  This led to a couple different network marketing companies over the years.  I enjoyed being able to let my creative juices flow and get out of the house once in a while.  Now that my 4 children are growing up I’ve been feeling that pull towards finding out how I can use some of my gifts and talents.  

I have always had a passion for health and wellness.  I never drank, smoked, did drugs or anything like that because I didn’t want to put anything in my body that may harm it.  This extended to even choosing not to take something like a decongestant when I had a head cold, because I felt like it took the power away from my body to do what bodies do best, ‘heal’ themselves.  Most of the time I would only use meds if it was absolutely necessary.  I became fascinated with herbs and still love to wild harvest and grow what I can to help support my body.  Herbs are God’s medicine, and our bodies know what to do with them.  I had been researching essential oils and trying to find a source I trusted for mine and my children’s health at this time.  I wasn’t going to use just any old oils because I know that within minutes of rubbing that oil on your skin, it’s in your bloodstream.  So when I found DoTERRA Essential oils, I felt at peace that I had found what I was looking for. We use essential oils to support our health because they are very concentrated forms of the herbs themselves and are amazing.

Around this same time, I stumbled upon a book that talked about white flour being not much more than a gluey substance with little nutritional value, as well as the negative impact of refined white sugar.  After reading this, it was like falling down a rabbit hole into everything nutrition and what happens to our food after we eat it.  How does our body utilize our food?  So many questions like this and more were running around in my mind.  Have you noticed how chronic illness seems to be crazy rampant?  So many people are seeking for answers on how to fix their bodies and feel better.  I have many friends and family members that are suffering from crippling illnesses and not really seeing a lot of light at the end of the tunnel.  This makes me frustrated beyond belief, so I have been digging, learning everything I can to help them.  There has to be a better way to approach our health rather than throwing a band-aid on a symptom.  Why is our bodies reacting the way they are?  What are they trying to tell us?  Through much of my research, I was led to Ayurvedic Medicine, one of the oldest systems of medicine in the world.  While I have learned much about Ayurveda I want to be able to help others more, so I am working on becoming an Ayurvedic Health Counselor.  Part of that journey has included doing my Yoga Teacher Training.  Yoga is a sister science to Ayurveda and it brings me more balance, connection and peace.  The practice of yoga helps you to keep your body strong throughout your life and I want to have vitality long into my years. 

It makes me smile sometimes to think about this whole journey.  Sometimes I look back and say, “why couldn’t I have figured out what I was passionate about fresh out of high school?”.  But the simple truth is, it wasn’t the right time, the resources that I needed didn’t exist then, or they weren’t accessible to me.  I look forward to what possibilities lie ahead of me, and can’t wait to use all that I’ve learned to help others, wherever they are at on their journey.