When Ekka season arrives in Brisbane every August, it coincides rather unfortunately with flu season. Huge numbers of people attend. Often in close proximity. And so many activities result in touching lots of surfaces plenty of other people have been touching, too. At any time of year, that brings increased risks of coming into contact with [...]
I was going to use ‘if life gives you lemons, make lemonade’ as a quote to start today’s post but it’s so overdone, I won’t. (And I think I’ve already used it on a previous post about lemons. I rest my case.) Another option if life gives you lemons is to make lemon oil, though you’ll [...]
Next time you’re buying lemons, try playing the ‘Guess the jelly beans in the jar’ game with the display, then multiply it out to 3000 lemons. That’s how many it takes to produce one kilo of oil. I kid you not. If you ever wonder why authentic, genuine top quality essential oils cost what they do, [...]
Today, we’re rounding up our series of posts celebrating lavender — the universal oil — by visiting Young Living’s very own lavender farm in the heart of lavender country: Provence. This region in the south-east of France, like its closely related Italian counterpart Tuscany, is the stuff dreams are made of. Find an old farmhouse just [...]
“… find out where joy resides and give it a voice far beyond singing, for to miss the joy is to miss all.” Robert Louis Stevenson (Companion oil: Young Living Joy™.) When your heart is heavy, there’s a good chance you’ve misplaced your joy. It can happen swiftly with one of life’s crises and it’s easier [...]
If you have a Leo in your life, there's a very good chance they’ve just thrown themselves the party to end all parties or have one coming up soon — most likely a theme party — and of course, you’re invited! Famous Leos include Barack Obama, Carl Jung, Napoleon, Henry Ford and Lucille Ball. Born between [...]
I’m showing my vintage with today’s post title. (If you’re lost, help is at hand thanks to Fred and Ginger.) Whether cacao or cacao, it tastes just as good to most of us once processed and melded with other ingredients to create one of our favourite foods: chocolate. If you’re with me among the 70% of [...]
From bliss bombs for your bath to Tour de France survival tips (apply to any sporting occasion requiring you to stay up all night) to differentiating between one lavender and the next, it’s been a big month for this particular flowering herb. It’s harvest time, so there’s a good reason why. Young Living grows its own [...]
During the month of July in lavender growing regions, you could almost close your eyes and imagine the sky is tinted purple by the drift of aromatic clouds hanging over the harvests. From Provence to Idaho, July to early August is when the flowering tops are ready for harvesting, processing, preparation and steam distillation to produce [...]
Parts 1 and 2 in our series on fast-tracking spring will have you diffusing floral essential oils and tackling mould from the inside out by making sure you’re including some valuable foods and supplements in your diet — simple things like garlic and ginger — and topping up your Vitamin D the free way (hello, sunshine! [...]
