Love You, Love Your Chocolate : Feel Good Friday

“All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” Charles M. Schulz

(Companion oil: Young Living Valor™)

Love and chocolate. They are inextricably bound. Falling in love? Falling out of love? Longing for love? Love thyself and eat some chocolate.

By chocolate, we’re talking the real deal, authentically chocolatey-chocolate. High in cacao with just enough of the other ingredients necessary for the alchemy of transforming a bean into something worthy of worship.

Around the world, there are a number of chocolate museums that bow at the feet of this legendary bean and its progeny. I remember reading Dale Atrens The Power of Pleasure and having a laugh when he makes the observation that carob should never merit such reverence and hopefully never will. (Dogs of the world excepted.)

Did you know cacao is packed with over 11 times the antioxidants of blueberries?  Get out of here! Cacao is also a rich source of disease-fighting flavonoids and minerals including potassium, iron, zinc and magnesium. All of which make a modest quantity of high quality chocolate great for wellbeing. And it’s also known as a love drug thanks to its influence over our serotonin levels. Click here to fall in love even more with its charismatic chemistry.

Now that we’ve talked chocolate, let’s look more closely at love and topping up your own love tank.  And doing it from within, chocolate optional.

Deep down we all know we need to love ourselves completely and in doing so, everything else is a bonus. If we hope to find a partner thinking it will complete us, on any level, we’re settling for something less than the majestic souls we are.

But knowing it and practising it are two different beasts. The same applies to whatever you learn about growing yourself into the fullness of the unique snowflake you are. The personal growth industry has a healthier pulse than ever before.  For whatever reasons we like to smokescreen ourselves with, we are not implementing the messages we’re receiving. Or maybe we’re not really listening in the first place. How often does that happen in a relationship!

Self-esteem is incredibly valuable. It is faith in ourselves. It doesn’t mean we should be insensitive to other people’s needs, not by a long shot. But without it, you can find yourself clueless as to what your own needs are or doubting every decision you make, and that doesn’t make for a magnetic combination of the positive persuasion.

Each day you can do a quick essential oil routine to help balance your energies and bring forth your courage and confidence in yourself.  Young Living Valor™ and Valor II™ are interchangeable blends of essential oils you can apply to the soles of your feet each morning on arising and each night before bed to strengthen your self-esteem and energetic alignment. You can read more about them here.

Use these blends for a relaxing and centering boost any time you’re feeling a bit fragile.  Valor doesn’t give you something you don’t have.  It brings those qualities inside you to the fore and makes them come alive.  It smells wonderful and you don’t have to understand it for it to work.  But you do need to use it.

And on the relationship side of love since it’s nearly Valentine’s Day, here are a few mood-setters for diffusing that will scent you with togetherness and scatter the petals of romance into the air. Always choose authentic oils that are guaranteed for purity from seed to seal, like the ones we use from Young Living. Discover why we love them so much in this short video.

• ylang ylang (increases relaxation, one of the ‘love drugs’ when it comes to essential oils)
• jasmine (brings joy and harmony to your heart)
• Young Living Sensation™ (a sensual blend of coriander, ylang ylang, furocoumarin-free bergamot, jasmine and geranium)

They can all be diffused, inhaled directly from the bottle, applied topically, and added to carrier oil or bath gel.  Something for everyone.

Essential oils are potent, so as always, please follow directions on the bottle and the usual guidelines for safe use of authentic essential oils.

Have a great weekend, and enjoy the good oil daily.

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