Dealing with Allergies, Holistically.

                 

   

            It’s that time of year again, where our nose is running, our eyes are puffy. It’s ALLERGY season. Living in Nashville, which is know as the allergy capital of the United States, or so I am told. It’s also the most beautiful place ever. I have never seen so many shades of green!!!

       Last year, my allergies where horrible. Everything from double ear infections, to a 4 month sinus infection. It was HORRIBLE. I think I tried 6 different antibiotics, 3 different allergy medicines, and 2 different nasal sprays. It sucked. I was so thankful for a really great ENT Mark A. Williams, M.D., Ph.D. and his team where life savers! You can check out his practice here ( http://www.entson.net). 

This year I knew my body, mind and spirit could not go thru all of that again. Nor could my wallet. I was spending about $350 a month on medicine, tissues, and everything else. This year a friend introduced me to doTerra Essential Oils. I bought them to try on my mom, for her heart (I’ll blog about that soon). Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant. dōTERRA (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade® essential oils represent the safest, purest, and most beneficial essential oils available today. In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. But I knew I needed to try them on me first. After a week I realized that I didn’t need allergy medicine once a day, I thought maybe it was just the fact that it was simi- nice out. When we where with my mom I realized I had zero post-nasal drip for weeks. The only thing I had done differently was rubbing the oils on my feet morning and night. 

                                                                                          The Holy Trinity:

                                                                     

      We got home and I finally ran out of a few of the oils, I suddenly had an ear ache and a runny nose. I was down for the count.  I immediately ordered more lavender, lemon and peppermint.  I treated my earache with Melaleuca and oregano, just on the out side of my ear and just a tiny drop of each. My earache was gone in days.  Once I got the holy trinity back in my hands as I like to call it. I used 5 drops of each in a shot glass with a tiny bit of water, 3 times a day. After about 2 days, I was able to only use the trinity once a day. Now after a month, I use it only every other day. It’s amazing! I feel so blessed and thankful, that I not only found a natural way to help with my allergies, it is even more cost effective than traditional medicine.  ($30 a month verse $350 a month)

I would love to tell you more about our journey with essential oils , health & healing! Feel free to email me : rebeccasmith9@gmail.com  You can learn more about the oils here. Also I don’t suggest taking essential oil internally unless they are (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade®.

Breaking the Myth of Fear.

This morning my first thought was full of fear. It was so negative. I could feel darkness begin to creep in around my heart before I ever raised my head from my pillow. I swallowed it down and tried to push is aside. The same thoughts, kept coming up over the next hour, it sucked.  I didn’t want to start my day this way. I don’t want to manifest the fear/negative into reality. Then I turned on some worship music. Then I checked Facebook and Christine Caine had posted this photo:

All I could say was AMEN.  I went on with my morning. The fear kept coming in. I checked Facebook again ( may have an avoidance issues) and one of our pastor’s had posted this :

Tim Coleman My PRAYER for YOU today is that you are NOT tormented by fear or anxiety of the days ahead. When troubles come you can face them head on because God is IN you and on all sides of YOU yelling, BRING IT ON!!!

Romans 8:31

I stole it right away... 

then it hit me... 

something is happening today... When Fear walks in FAITH walks out. 

Fear is trying to take over not just me, but others, it’s trying to change the positive that is happening and it’s trying to back us into a corner. That is when I said NO, I won’t let it happen, for every fear filled thought I am going to say out loud the positive, 12 times! ( I have been reading several of Dr. Caroline Leaf’s books) I will not draw the negative darkness towards me and mine. I will believe the positive, the best , the blessing and the favor. Ain’t got time for fear. 

I decided to look up what fear even meant, don’t think I have ever done this... 

fear  

/fi(ə)r/

Noun

An unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat.

Verb

Be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening: "farmers fear that they will lose business".

Synonyms

noun.  

dread - fright - apprehension - funk - awe - alarm

verb.  

be afraid - dread - apprehend - funk - be afraid of

Look at that, an unpleasant emotion caused by belief. ( Doesn't seeing it simply written out break the "power" of fear) Well, I control my emotions and my beliefs. So I have the power to change them. OK THEN, GAME OVER... I DECLARE I AM A FEAR FREE ZONE. MY BELIEF IS THAT I HAVE JOY. MY BELIEF IS THAT I AM BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVORED. MY HOME IS A HOUSE FILLED WITH JOY, BLESSING, AND PEACE, NOTHING ELSE CAN LIVE HERE. 

My day has  been beautiful.  I spent time with people I love, at places that make my heart happy. I won’t let the fear that I have been battling for the last few months distract me from the life FILLED with PASSION that I have been called to live. I won’t let it stop me from starting the business' that have been calling to me for months. I won’t let fear of sickness, lack of money or time rob me anymore. I am walking into my next. I am walking into the purposes of my life. 

It's time friends for us to be who we are meant to be, it's time for the next it's time for us to start.  

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