About Me

Welcome to the Oily Life! 

 

I started exploring wellness over 6 years ago due to some health concerns actually my husband had. I started concentrating mostly on our food – because food is medicine. We started by entirely cutting out sugar  (totally banned it from our home)and lessened things in our home that contained it like bread. Bottom line, We were not ok with his diagnosis or medicines side effects he was being prescribed.

So let’s go back one step further- because we all know our husbands only do what we make them do- but they are also sometimes what drive us to make better choices  

I joined YL in 2016 after frantically looking for relief for my arms. I was at a point where I was going to need them.

IN 2011, I was in the best shape of my life- yoga was my passion! I found it to be the cure all and so I was committed and addicted to it benefits. It was a plan to start in the fall – teaching yoga to high school football players on recommendation from my son. And tragedy struck.

I was going across a set of stairs at work that didn’t have a proper hand rail- rolled my ankle off of one side- high ankle sprain- tried to catch myself, my foot broke, and I plummeted ricochet style from trying to catch myself to my knees on concrete.

My life the way I constructed it was instantly changed. No more yoga- no more walking the 12 miles daily, no more 45 minute workouts. It was a dead stop to everything i loved.

Insert many months of healing- I wish I knew then what I know now- because of the nights I spent waking up in severe pain sitting on the edge of my bed gripping the window shelf on my wall rocking back and forth in pain crying silently trying to not disturb my husband.

I really could have used some emotional essential oils then like mad- because it didn’t only destroy me physically, but mentally I was a mess. EOs go through your limbic system when inhaled and go to work through memory. You know how you smell something and it brings back a memory? They can calm you, calm a child after a tough day, and restore you emotionally.

I was told by the orthopedic Dr they didn’t even have a medical term to define the damage to my knees. I’m permanently disabled- 45% disability to both knees, 35% to my right ankle and 35% in my right foot.

Literally, through trying to heal and being put back to work before my bone was even  healed – my walking in front of people became much despised. I was so prideful that no matter how much I hurt- NO ONE WOULD KNOW!

Sadly I was told at 42 to retire and walk with a cane. Well pride said no way… This can’t be my reality.

So back to my arms- when my friend came over with the premium starter kit- I was so skeptical.  But I found relief. And I thought if those oils can do that for my arms- what can it do for my knees!?!?

Through that process I discovered that what you put ON your body affects your health just as much as what you put IN your body.

And that’s when I really started to notice that everything I was using from the store was full of toxic chemicals: chemicals that can cause cancer, disrupt your endocrine system, affect your mood, your weight, and more.

I fell in love with YLs  toxin-free products, and started ditching products that contained chemicals and swapping them for YL products.

I’ve never looked back, and I can say that now, I am not my disability… but rather a better new version of my once toxic self  

Join our tribe on this journey. Let us come beside you on your own journey to wellness. 

You wont be sorry! 

See you on the oily side!

 

 

Much Love, Mendy