An Homage to Oils and Obligations

I asked my husband to do a guest blog post for me from the guy perspective. If you have a guy in your life who questions your dōTERRA work, please share this with them. I'm sure they can relate to it!

Enjoy

~Cristin

My wife (Cristin) asked me to do a blog post about why I (as a guy) use  dōTERRA  essential oils, but I want to make this about more than just why I use them.  But let me get to that point first.

Over the past year, we have decided to try taking a more holistic approach to our health. And I don’t mean holistic in the hippy tree hugger kind of way. I assure you, and anyone that has met me will attest to this, I couldn’t be further from the hippy tree hugger demographic. With multiple health issues in our family like food allergies and arthritis, among other things, we just wanted to be able to treat them without pumping ours or our children’s bodies full of chemicals. dōTERRA essential oils have become an integral part of my overall wellness plan, and there’s several great options that make them easy to use both while at home and while traveling.

As for me, I’m not in the greatest shape. I try to workout when I can, but with the hectic schedule and the amount of travel that I do, it’s difficult to keep any kind of regular workout schedule or healthy eating habit. Oh yeah, did I mention that I travel a lot for work? Like, A LOT. Those 180+ flights per year don’t just run down my immune system, they expose me to all kinds of nasty bugs and germs. 

Using On Guard, along with xEO Mega Complex is one way that I have been able to help protect my body from environmental threats and support a healthy immune function. Case and point, most of my coworkers caught a nasty bug in Daytona (did I mention that my job is to follow NASCAR around? See? Not a hippy…) and have passed it back and forth for the past 5 weeks. Guess who’s the only guy that hasn’t caught it yet? That’s right. This guy. ::knocks on wood::

Another issue that comes up a lot while traveling is clogged airways and breathing trouble. I like to combat this by using the Breathe oil either topically, or in a diffuser at night. Cristin bought me a travel diffuser that’s meant for a car, but is the perfect size to carry in my bag and deploy in a hotel room.

My job requires me to keep odd hours. I find that the calming and grounding blends do a really great job of helping me relax and promote restful sleep at the end of the day.

I’m also not a big fan of caffeine. I know. Gasp now, then read on. I don’t like the way it makes me feel. Peppermint oil has become my “wakeup juice” on mornings where I just can’t seem to get going.

There’s several other oils I use from time to time as well, a seasonal discomfort blend being among them.

So as you can see, I have embraced essential oils as an integral part of both my mental and physical health. But that’s not the only thing I have embraced.

The other thing I wanted to write about was the other thing I have embraced: my wife’s ambition to sell dōTERRA products as a business.

Now you can say what you want about me using them. Some people, especially guys, view them as hoodoo-voodoo or new-aged hippy crap, and that’s fine, you’re entitled to your opinion (you're wrong though, for what it’s worth). But what disturbs me greatly is the amount of guys that don’t seem to be getting behind their women that have decided to sell them, either as a business or a hobby.  Cristin has met many of her friends through dōTERRA. And it really is shocking to me how many of their husbands are completely unsupportive of their efforts.

When Cristin first approached me about her desire to sell dōTERRA as a business, I will admit I was somewhat skeptical of the products, but never of her desire or ability to take them from a hobby to a career. My only request was that we never pay out of pocket to support the business, aside from the initial investment. And we haven’t had to do so thus far.  And we’ve had a fantastic return on our investment so far. Not only do we get the products we already use at a discounted price, but she makes good money selling them to other people that are also interested in leading a healthier, more holistic lifestyle.

Let me take this out of the realm of just essential oils, and into of the realm of general relationship advice. To put it bluntly, if you don’t support your spouse in their endeavors, whether they be personal or professional, you’re a jerk. Yes, you. So many times our women stand behind us, support us, comfort us, and cheer us on. Don’t we owe it to them to do the same in all their efforts as well?

Stay healthy, live well, and may the beard be with you.

-RB