To say it’s been another intense year is a spectacular understatement. Thank goodness for this soul-nourishing community and the YL products to keep us emotionally, physically and spiritually strong, resilient and grounded. Honestly, I don’t know where I would be without this community. Every day I am just so grateful and humbled to be part of the broader YL community and to be part of this Star Anise Essentials community that we have co-created.
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After recovering from 10 days of Covid at the start of January (actually it’s a blessed relief to have lifelong immunity now!), it was so wonderful to bring our Sydney community together at the gorgeous New Years party at my home last Friday 28 Jan and be in the physical presence of each other - finally!
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How do I get my oils for free? This is question I am repeatedly asked. Find out the four ways in this video that I posted on the closed Star Anise Essentials FB group.
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My family and I have just recovered from COVID (or technically omicron) over the past two weeks. My teens were largely asymptomatic and my partner and I were struck with what I would call flu-like symptoms and headaches. The biggest mistake I made was to resume normal activities on day 3 when I started feeling better (thinking it was over) but it returned with a vengeance with debilitating migraines on day 7-9. If you are adrenally fatigued (like I was) any illness will hit you harder. My advice is to rest, rest, rest and wait until you are 100% fully recovered before resuming any normal activities.
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We are opening our doors (and hearts) to a new round of brand partners in our next biz mentorship program on 1 February. We are after those whose values align with ours in wanting to make a genuine impact on humanity at the grass roots level while making an income that ultimately can provide complete financial freedom. We are after those whose steadfastly mission is to inspire and empower humanity at this pivotal time on the planet to lead a less toxic and more nourishing and conscious life starting with the most basic products that they bring into their home.
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So what do Lemongrass, Sulfurzyme and Ningxia Red have in common? Other than being made by YL, of course! I thought I would pass on this brilliant hack that a wise man known as Alan Simpson taught me involving these three superstars.
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For the month of December, if you spend 190PV on your Essential Rewards order, you will go into the draw to win the stunning glass and wood Aria diffuser (valued at AU$363) - this is in addition to all of the free gifts you will receive from YL as part of their monthly promo for hitting that 190OV tier! (Note - this giveaway is available to Aussie residents only).
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One word that reigns supreme in my thoughts of late is “sovereignty”. To me sovereignty is feeling EMPOWERED over one’s own life - physically, emotionally and financially. I have made it my mission in life to help people reclaim power over their physical body (through diet and lifestyle choices), to adopt a fearless, positive mindset and to support them in establishing and securing financial sovereignty. In a precarious world, feeling empowered over one’s own wealth, health and emotional state is paramount.
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We are often asked about natural ways to care for our plants at home and natural ways to manage pests that may plague plants. I was intrigued to learn that Gary Young would use essential oils as a natural form of pesticide on his farms. I picked up a fantastic booklet on this topic at a YL convention a few years ago in USA and I have had it scanned and uploaded into the Essential Oils 101 Guide in a new section called “Gardening with Essential Oils”.
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We had a huge turn out at last Thursday night’s monthly oils group via Zoom on natural perfumery with professional natural perfumerer Deb Mackay, who is a member of our community.
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Just a little reminder that our next free YL community monthly educational talk is THIS THURSDAY 7:30pm via zoom natural on perfumery. I will be joined by perfumer Deb Mackay (from @oiligraphics), who will teach us how to how to utilise our amazing YL oils to aid us into creating stunning natural fragrances.
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I know a lot of people feel stuck and powerless right now - physically, emotionally and financially. I also know that every crisis brings opportunity and the chance to pivot into something that better aligns with our values.
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With Xmas just around the corner, this is a wonderful opportunity to learn how to make beautiful blends for friends and family for Xmas and to introduce them to low tox living by healthy swapping their artificial (and toxic!) fragrances to all natural ones (that are good for their system and smell 100 times better!).
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This Thursday 21 Oct 7:30pm one of our community naturopaths Emily Rose Yates will be running a zoom meeting on how to support your body post C19 vaccines exclusive to members of our Star Anise Essentials community. We ran our first zoom on this topic last Wed night for the broader community and it was extremely well received.
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I never in a million years would have thought that that one little starter kit that landed in my lap in 2016 after a horrific mould issue in my house could have radically altered the course of my life in 4 profound ways.
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Our next free community monthly educational talk (held on first Thursday of every month) is on the hot topic of constipation. I will be co-presenting with Marieke Rodenstein – a holistic dietician, gut health expert, and Kresser Institute functional medicine practitioner.
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I used to be what you would call an essential oils sceptic. Even though I had been dabbling in essential oils for the last 20 years, I just thought that they were nothing more than something that you burned in your house to smell nice or use as a natural perfume. It never dawned on me that they had any therapeutic use whatsoever. And it certainly didn’t cross my mind to ingest them.
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Our community is rapidly growing as more and more people around the globe are turning to more natural forms of health care and wanting to embrace a less toxic lifestyle underpinned by a supportive community and the highest quality products. For all of the new people who have recently joined our community, I thought I would drop you a little welcome video to introduce myself, broadly explain how I use the YL products and how YL changed my life 5 years ago.
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In addition to the phenomenal resources found on the Member Resources page of my website there is also another platform with incredible resources that my community also has access to. It’s called The Thrive Collective via The Mighty Networks app.
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In case you missed it, you can watch the replay on the Member Resources page of my website. This page is full of juicy information exclusive to our community so it is password protected (If you don’t know the password email me ASAP or reach out to your support person). Once on the Member Resources page, scroll down to Monthly Oils Group then hit “Watch Past Recordings Here.”
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