Essential Oils & Your Life

Picture yourself away from home, you might be at your kid's soccer game, you might be on a road trip, you might be in the office - you're feeling tired, road rage, or maybe a little under the weather, but what can you do? You have a few essential oils on hand and know how to use them with a diffuser at home, but on the go is a different story. What if there...

Headaches can knock you down on days when you have a to-do list running off the page, on those days I pull out my personal ninja blend for head tension! The first step to knock out my headaches is the Serenity essential oils from doTERRA. Serenity is a blend of lavender, Hawaiian sandalwood, cedarwood, ho wood leaf, ylang ylang flower, marjoram leaf, roman...

Cassia essential oil taught me a lesson that I will never forget, and I am making sure to pass on the wisdom. When I first started our business in August of 2010, I had gone on a workshop tour with my business partner Tammy. Although I was only a few weeks old in the business, I already had a fair bit of essential oil knowledge from using them for quite s...

Manuka Touch is native to New Zealand and Australia. It helps to ground and center your energies and emotions. It also helps promote courage and inner strength. Litsea is native to East Asia. It can be used as a spot treatment to help reduce the appearance of blemishes. These are 2 beautiful oils the USA finally gets to try this month. H...

This wonderful essential oil aids in fighting off wrinkles and strengthening ligaments (and even more things)...do you know what it could be? (The title definitely doesn't give it away 😉.) Find out all the secret powers of helichrysum and how you can use it on today's Golden Drop! ​ How do have you used helichrysum in your home? Let us know in the c...

What is Monoterpenes, really? If you are someone who likes to get the simplistic version of understanding the ‘ chemistry and the life force ' within essential oils, then let’s dig in, and get to the nitty-gritty; like having an essential oil that can help to pull toxins out of the body, the monoterpene compounds can do just that, pull toxin...

Learn about a personal health story, an amazing insect repellant tip & trick, and a 'walk in the woods' adventure story that will leave you wondering, how did she do it? If you are a lover of nature and enjoy a great hike in the woods, but you find yourself stuck, dealing with the 'pain in the butt' bugs! Then stay tuned to find out what happened when...

Are 'you' or someone you know suffering from Postpartum? Are your hormone levels completely out of whack; leaving you with big-time mood swing…like you just want to snap and all hell breaks loose? Are you feeling anxiety, OCD, extreme sadness, low energy, and even brain fogs; then mama's you are not alone and you are at the right place to ...

Understanding the 'physical and emotional' chemistry with black pepper; the 'go-to' for many cooking recipes but did you know that this powerful, flowering vine - turned essential oil can be taken internally or used aromatically for a variety of health benefits such as shin splints, bummed knees, weight issues, addictions and works best with the nervous an...

Announcing, the very versatile W ild Orange & the new ' essential oils- reference guide' APP , yes...we are pleased to say, there's an APP for that! Have you ever found yourself needing 'A.S.A.P. information' regarding an essential oil and its uses, but your trusty, handy dandy-essential oils book, is not always at your side, ahhh , but yo...

From the ExCeL center in East London, the wonderful, Sharon McDonald shares just how you can Arborvitae your life! Have you been yearning to get outdoors and enjoy what nature has to offer, but find it stressful dealing with the swarms of pesky bugs like mosquitoes and other annoying insects? Then the best offense is a good defense, even more so when i...

Have you ever found yourself struggling to 'remove' your makeup without using harsh chemicals on sensitive areas, such as your eyes and lips? Introducing, the amazing Renee Roebuck, as our Golden Drop host today. She will be sharing her simple easy to do, makeup remover tips. Let us know if you have any questions about this wonderful, multi-purpose...

Todays, Golden Drop with Sharon McDonald is all about making your life so simple with essential oils. Learn some easy to use ‘tips and tricks- recipes’ on how she uses ON Guard as an all-purpose cleaner for around the home; keeping it fresh and sanitized. When it comes to laundry, and oral health, On Guard works like a charm. Are you ready, to find out h...

Andrea Manus, our host for today’s Golden Drop, would like to welcome, co-host Stephanie Boulanger , a mother of 3, shares her successful, weight-loss journey. Ms. Boulanger was thrilled to find a product that was soy-based free, for those that are allergic to soy; this could be your go-to also. It was hard for her to find any trim shakes that did not...

Looking for new ways to achieve your skincare goals, wanting to stay away from harmful ingredients found in many mainstream products? Then we would like to welcome you, to an in-depth look at the new products that doTERRA released for their Skin Care Line. Today’s Golden Drop talks about how you can utilize these different products; such as the 100% O...

Do you love the orange tree, do you love the smell of a freshly peeled orange? Discover something new, about three essential oils that I am about to share with you and how they all relate to the Orange Tree, are you ready for this? You may realize what a gift it is, to be able to have 'one plant' offer so many beautiful properties for healing, on so...

As an essential oil expert and holistic health coach, Sharon McDonald is often asked, this question, “What should I do in the springtime, what kind of oils will help support my body best?” During the winter season our body needs those warming oils, to keep the immune system up, and as we jump into the ‘spring’ our focus heads into...

As a holistic health coach and essential oil expert, Sharon McDonald, talks about Zendocrine, the herbal complex , gel capsules , and even shares an up-close view of the retro Zendocrine essential oil blend. Learning the difference between these three can mean a world of difference on how to use them. If your organs are taking a beating o...

This week's Golden Drop, brings us the expertise of Melissa Crofoot, who discusses 'Tips and Tricks' to bring in the calm when life gets crazy busy. Melissa is a mother of four and living the 'hustle and bustle - mompreneur life' were self-care or lack of self-care, can get away from us at the drop of a hat. Find out how Melissa struggled with pneumonia...

I'm coming from the great outdoors of Vermont, with the wind in my hair and a spring in my step - thanks to this month’s oil (grapefruit essential oil) and product deals. Let’s jump right into it and find out what was my saving grace for tummy troubles, circulation within the body, fluid retention, emotionally uplifting energy, and so much more. ...