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The Dirty Truth On CBD

December 27, 2018 6 Comments

Hello Everyone! I hope your Holidays were wonderful! I wrote the below blog last week and at the very bottom of this blog I will give you my 1.5 week post review.

We had such a lovely time celebrating with our huge extended family. We even got to celebrate for a few days up the mountain with Glens side of the family. Truly blessed. Below are a few shots of us hiking up to our Chalet ( Sans our three older kids as Glen mom had them! – What a treat! )

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

I’ve been super nervous to write to you guys. I don’t know why? Maybe because there’s a stigma around CBD. Maybe because I’m a Christian? Not that that has ANYTHING to do with it, especially since Marijuana is now legalized in Canada.  I’m not really sure. But to be honest, there is nothing ‘sinful’ or wrong about using CBD. It’s natural, it’s legal and later on in this blog I’ll chat about how CBD cannot get you high as it has extremely low levels of THC ( the component that gets you ‘high’ ). It doesn’t alter your mind & it’s purely used for it calming and medical properties. But today I’ll be talking about CBD from Hemp.

Last week I talked in my stories about CBD and how I’ve partnered with Every Day Optimal to review their product. I thought thousands of followers would unfollow me and I thought I would receive a TON of backlash, but honestly, I didn’t even receive one rude message. Not only that, but I had message after message flood my inbox on their victories using CBD. People struggling with severe anxiety or depression. People who haven’t been able to sleep in years and finally have been able to get a good night sleep. People with severe pain. People with Fibromayalgia. People with Chrons, Disc Pain, Seizures and the list goes on and on. Yes, these were REAL people who messaged me with no agenda singing the praises of CBD.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

I also had a few people message me telling me that they’re now using CBD on their kids. One mama chatted about how her son has dealt with severe ADHD his entire life and other issues – since taking a small dose of CBD a day he’s “normal” and mellow. They’ve been able to completely cut out the toxic medications he was on that were causing so many other issues. How amazing is that?

Another friend I know uses CBD Oil from Marijuana on her little girl and she’s now been seizure free for a entire year and off the heavy medications she was on.

Okay, so before we dive in, I just wanted to say that I’m in NO WAY an expert. I’ve only been using CBD for roughly over a week, but I will be chatting about my brief experience.

But first off, I want to get something clear. The CBD I’m using is made from the Hemp Plant. The Hemp plant and the Marijuana plant are in the same family – but completely different plants.

Hemp has less than 0.3% THC and licensed cannabis producers offer CBD strains and oils that are derived from the Marijuana  plant, which can legally contain THC levels up to 30%

Hemp can produce a CBD concentration of around 3.5%. One would have to ingest a lot of it compared to certain LP cannabis strains where the CBD content in the plant is as high as 18-20%.

Also, before we dive in further, CBD is non-psychoactive chemical of the cannabis/hemp plant. Meaning it CANNOT get you high.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

“Marijuana is harvested for its buds, which contains psychoactive properties known to produce stoned effects. When it comes to hemp, the stalks and seed are the targets of this crop. These plants do not contain enough THC to get anyone high. In fact, for cannabis to be considered hemp, it must have no more than 0.3 percent THC.”

Okay, so lets chat on what I love about CBD.

I’ve wanted to try CBD for over a year but like most Americans and Canadians, I didn’t know a ton about the industry and it’s a bit taboo, so I didn’t dive any deeper.

One day, Every Day Optimal reached out to see if I had any interest in trying their product and I jumped at the opportunity! I started taking both the gummies and tincture oil the day I received it in the mail!

I received these gummies and this tincture oil.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

The first day I took one gummy in the morning. I had woken up with a ton of back pain, neck pain and a bit of vertigo. I was hoping it might help those symptoms. I didn’t really feel it working all day until my husband mentioned that I hadn’t complained about back pain all day and he thought I was more mellow.

The next day I tried the tincture oil and used half a dropper full and let it sit under my tongue for 30 seconds before I swallowed. Yet again, another pain free and mellow day.

I’m now on day five as I write this and I’ve overall been quite a bit more mellow, less snappy and haven’t had much back pain in the last five days.

The Dirty Truth On CBD. My experience with CBD and How it's helping me with anxiety and everyday pain.

I’m on the lowest dose that Every Day Optimal offers, so if you are dealing with more serious issues, I would recommend getting something more potent.

I would like you guys to stay tuned on my journey with CBD as I am hoping to replace my Anxiety medication completely with CBD by April 2019.

Thank you for taking time to pop by the blog today and I hope this helped you understand the difference between the two different CBD sources and what CBD from either source can do for you!

Do you use CBD? Have a success story? I’d love to hear in the comments!

ADDED:

It’s now a week since I wrote this blog and I wanted to write my experience since writing this blog.

I’ve had a lot less pain in my back. I deal with a lot of back pain from my very large chest. I usually wake up sore from the combination of Rhett sleeping in my arms and my chest. Well – it’s helped a lot with that. I also have been less snappy and overall more mellow. I do think to see a real huge impact, I need to take a stronger dose as I can only see slight differences here and there. But it’s crazy how this has helped me how it has. I think it’s an amazing resource instead of taking pain killers, antidepressants and other harsh drugs. Although keep in mind, if you do take those, absolutely NO judgement from me.

I’m still on a very low dose of anxiety medication, but I hope to wean off slowly in the next four months.

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Filed Under: collaborations Tagged With: CBD, Every Day Optimal, Health, Hemp, Marijuana, Natural, Review

Staying Well This Season

September 8, 2016 Leave a Comment

It’s that time of year again. The leaves are starting to turn orange, it’s getting crisp in the evenings and mornings, people are pulling out their scarves & hunters. It seems like everyone and their mom has been flashing their Pumpkin Spice Lattes and kids are now back in school. This is literally one of my favourite times of year. I love everything about it. I love decorating my home, the storms that fall brings, candles & cozy nights sipping tea.

What I don’t love is how cold weather seems to bring nasty germs into our home. When our body is unwell, we aren’t productive. Thus making you take time off work, or keeping kids away from school – and who has time for that?!

This year, I’ve come up with a fool proof plan to help keep our bodies well & healthy. I’m going to give you my plan to keeping our bodies above the wellness line and immune system kicking the bugs to the curb.

Stay Well This Season With Thieves and Purification From Young Living. Stay Above The Wellness Line

 

Steps To Stay Well This Season

-Drop of Thieves Essential Oil On the bottoms of our feet, every morning.

-Remind my kids to wash their hands throughly & Not touch their eyes/mouth when at school.

-Purify our home with Purification Essential Oil & Thieves ( In the diffuser ) * Kills harmful bacteria in the air*

 

I also have a few other steps that we are doing in our daily routine to keep our bodies frequency level higher like take Multigreens, Super B and Ningxia Red. But that’s more to add nutrition, antioxidants, vitamins and minerals to our daily diet.

Keep Your Body Healthy With Ningxia, Super B and Multigreens from Young Living

If you haven’t checked out the many benefits & tests done on Thieves Essential Oil from Young Living, I highly recommend that you do. It’s so intriguing & this article is one of my absolute favourites. It is a very unbiased opinion as she didn’t even use Thieves from Young Living prior to performing these lab experiments.

Our journey so far has been great. We’ve been using Essential Oils since May and haven’t been sick yet. I’m sure we are in for something this season, but I hear the oils bring the duration and severity down quite a bit.

A little quick note as well, Thieves & Purification come in the Premium Starter kit, which is 10% off all month. Super awesome deal to get your hands on this while you can.

Hope you are enjoying a little peace & quiet while your kiddos are in school & hope the germs stay at bay.

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Filed Under: All Tagged With: back to school, blends, Diffuser, Essential Oils, Health, Healthy, Morning routine, Ningxia, purification, thieves, well, wellness

My Subscription Box.

August 14, 2016 2 Comments

As pretty  much all of you know, I’m kind of a die hard fan of  Young Living products. So much so, that I started to become wholesale member a few months ago. This means that I literally and I mean literally, just share how I’m using my oils & products and they gave me cheques for signing up new members. It’s that easy. For three months now I’ve been part of a program called “Essential Rewards” it’s my subscription box. Every month I can choose what I want in my order for that month, cancel it or skip it. There are never any fees of any kind and if I want to cancel, I totally can.

The best part of being a part of Young Living is that not only do they give you hundreds of dollars of products for free for spending a certain amount, but I literally do not have to spend a dime of my own money because I’m getting very very generous cheques from Young Living already that I just put some towards my subscription box.

The last few months have been really really difficult with our home business and the money that I have made from Young Living alone has helped keep our little family afloat and to be able to pay our bills. So I will forever be thankful for this amazing company & the products which have kept me sane.

What's in my Subscription Box, Essential Rewards, Young Living Essential Oils, Best Program In The World, No Fees, No Cancellatino Fees, Free product

 

See this giant box? I paid nothing for it. NOTHING. Below I will give you a breakdown on what I received. I didn’t photograph everything I received as we’ve been using it & some of the packaging is ugly & torn now.

Our Young Living Subscription Box, I Received All This Product FOR FREE, Just through Sharing, Essential Reward is Absolutely AMAZING

 

What was in my Essential Rewards Subscription Box?

  1. Pure Protein Complete 
  2. Multigreens
  3. Agilease
  4. Super B
  5. Cool Azul
  6. Breath Again
  7. Two Young Living BPA Smoothie Bottles
  8. Peace & Calming ll ( FAVOURITE OIL )
  9. Inner Child ( YOU NEED THIS )
  10. Idaho Blue Spruce 
  11. Clarity
  12. Gentle Baby ( EVERY MAMA + CHILD NEEDS THIS )
  13. Bergamot Vitality 
  14. Owie
  15. Eucalyptus Globulus
  16. Thieves Dental Floss 3 PK 
  17. Gary Young Book – Leader In Essential Oils
  18. 83 Essential Reward Points To Spend On Anything Of My Choice

=402.44 USD ( FOR FREE )

 

So, is that not crazy, or what?! The supplements & Protein Powder are far beyond any brand I’ve ever tried. My body is starting to feel like a body again. Not sluggish or crappy. I also have a TON more energy.. and the oils, I’ve written enough on them already, I think you can read some of my more specific blogs on the quality of the oils.

Why Essential Rewards From Young Living Is The Ultimate Subscription Box, I Got Everything For Free Just For Sharing The product, Most High Quality Product Ever.

 

One of my favourite oils in this haul is “Inner Child”. The last few months, but especially last two weeks have been unbearable. These oils can do SO much for your mental state. I’ve been dealing with some pretty unbearable stress, because I’m clearly not meant to own a business and we are doing everything in our power to find a buyer at the moment. But Anyways, the oils can do so so so much for your mental health & Stress. I like to use oils topically, internally and in the diffuser. But the last few days I’ve been applying “Inner Child” directly to my wrists and neck and it has done such wonders for my anxiety attacks. It’s supposed to help you release negative emotions. It’s a must try!

Hope you are all having an amazing weekend. It’s been a long haul for us – but we’re excited for summer to end and resolutions brought to our life and business.

Sorry my posting has been so few lately. We haven’t had much time to do any DIY’s and my brain has been in other areas right now. I hope to get a Rustic DIY up late next week – so stay tuned!

 

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Filed Under: All Tagged With: Be Healthy, Essential Oils, Essential Rewards, Health, Healthy Lifestyle, income, Stay At Home Mama, subscription box, wealth, wellness, Young Living

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Hi! I'm Jessica Sara Morris. Lifestyle Blogger, Interior Designer and Mama to Four. Occasionally spontaneous but mostly a hermit who lives in stretchy pants.

Hey, I'm Jess!
Lifestyle Blogger, Interior Designer and Mama to Four. Occasionally spontaneous but mostly a hermit who lives in stretchy pants.

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