I wish I’d known about essential oils when I was studying in my final year at school. I’m positive I’d have felt more equipped to stay on an even keel, ward off excessive overwhelm, handle my own moods, focus and study effectively and make sure all the hard work paid off.
Whether you’re a parent reading this and seeking ways to support your child with a momentous and huge final school year ahead or you’re the one in the hot seat, I hope you’ll take away at least three effective and easy ways to enable you to stay calm, centered and resilient while you’re beavering away in this last school year.
The essential oils I’m going to share with you in this post are unique to Young Living because I can always count on them for guaranteed exceptional quality (their proprietary Seed-to-Seal® process ensures this). And they smell amazing! Believe me, it’s no hardship to use essential oils to improve your feelings of well-being. It’s easy and quick to do every single day.
We want to help you to contain and minimise overwhelm and fatigue. And we want to foster your focus, stamina, determination and keeping on track with your higher purpose.
Why are we involving your higher purpose when we’re talking about preparing you for this huge HSC / final school year ahead?
Because amid all of the intensive studying, the assignments, the essays and exams, whenever you feel swamped, you’ll find it extremely helpful to remember the big picture and how all this dedication and hard work will be of value and supportive to helping you fulfill your purpose in life.
Diffusing essential oils into the air is an ideal and super-easy way to use them. Typically most oils can be diffused up to 3 times a day for at least 15 minutes each time but please refer to the labels for further information and suggested diffusing duration and frequency.
CONTAIN and MINIMISE OVERWHELM & FATIGUE
- Getting plenty of good quality sleep is essential. Factor in a wind-down time between study and bed with no technology aside from listening to calming and relaxing music. I mean it! No cheating.
- Young Living Tranquil™ roll-on, cedarwood or lavender essential oils applied to the soles of your feet and inhaled before you go to bed are very comforting and relaxing routines to maintain without fail. You might also enjoy a cup of warm milk with a drop of Young Living Lavender Vitality Essential Oil and a dash of honey. It sounds weird but try it and you might like it. Or just stick with the warm milk or a cup of chamomile tea. It’s as much about setting up a peaceful pre-sleep ritual as what you actually drink.
During each day, the following essential oil blends are wonderful for warding off chaotic energies and feeling like you have too many things to deal with at once:
- Young Living Gathering™ (includes essential oils of Northern Lights Black Spruce, geranium and frankincense)
- Young Living Stress Away™ roll-on or 15mL bottle (includes essential oils of lavender, lime and cedarwood)
BECOMING AND STAYING FOCUSED & ENERGISED
These essential oils are fantastic when you’re studying, creating, brain-storming and working:
- Young Living Clarity™ (includes essential oils of basil, rosemary and peppermint))
- Young Living Brain Power™ (includes essential oils that are high in sesquiterpenes therefore excellent for promoting a sense of clarity and focus, including Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood™, blue cypress and frankincense)
- Young Living En-R-Gee™ inhaled and massaged into the backs of your legs (dilute with a good carrier oil as needed) will help if you’re feeling a bit weary after school. I’d avoid using this in the evening or it might keep you awake past your bedtime
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KEEP UP YOUR STAMINA
- Young Living NingXia Red® isn’t an essential oil – it’s a very tasty juice! It’s awesome for starting the day feeling bright and energised and topped up with anti-oxidants. Just one serve each morning will give you a natural vitality boost. And it tastes delicious, don’t worry!
- Daily exercise and sleep are vital for keeping up your stamina as well as preventing overwhelm and fatigue, so a good walk each day and unwinding with relaxing essential oils before bed (see above) are vital for promoting your resilience and endurance over this long haul of the academic year, too
BE DETERMINED
Young Living Motivation™ (includes essential oils of roman chamomile, Northern Lights Black Spruce and ylang ylang) will help you to get stuck into homework, study and assignments rather than putting them off until the eleventh hour.
KEEP YOUR HIGHER PURPOSE IN MIND
Rather than just focusing on excelling and achieving a certain range of results that you need in order to get into your preferred further study, also remind yourself of how your chosen path at this time in your life will allow you to express your sense of purpose and be aligned with that.
Do you love helping people? Perhaps you’ve chosen a nursing or counselling career. If you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with study, visualise your future self. Jump past this current school study to having already successfully completed your university/college studies and picture yourself helping people through your work. Keep your eye on the prize, as they say, but see that prize not necessarily in terms of a particular set of grades and performance markers, but as the pleasure you’ll get from fulfilling your purpose and making a difference in a way that only you can make. You are unique. Never forget that.
- Young Living Magnify Your Purpose™ (includes Royal Hawaiian Sandalwood™, sage and patchouli) and Valor™ are beautiful blends for helping you to feel centered, self-confident, and to remind yourself of who you are deep inside and how your innate gifts can be of service to others
BE GENTLE WITH YOURSELF
As you progress through this year, remember that you are human. Striving and behaving in ways that you’re proud of are very important in life.
So is balance.
Make sure you’re being fully productive and engaged when you are in class and studying – this is a great trait to strengthen and it will serve you well in working life. Then you can afford to allow yourself downtime and relax and enjoy it thoroughly, too.
- Essential oils are potent, so as always, please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use of authentic essential oils.
- Please ensure you are choosing a brand with complete transparency from seed to seal, such as Young Living. You can learn in this short video why we only ever recommend and choose Young Living oils and love them so much!
This will also connect you up with The Good Oil Team for our personal support and coaching. We'd love to help you on your journey to vibrant well-being the natural way!
Any questions? Please get in touch via our Contact page.
