The Essential Oil Cleanse That Changed Our Lives...

When people think of a cleanse, they think of making sure they stay close to a toilet, taking the week off work and expecting to loose a bazillion pounds by the time it's over. When I think of a cleanse, I think of the way I got my life back, the way I got my husband back. This is him. Let me tell you his story.

Life has a way of twist turning everything upside down and that's exactly what it did. As life got hard, as seems to be the norm nowadays, the doctor's started prescribing my husband antidepressants. He became a zombie. I began to wonder if his soul was still somewhere in his lifeless body. Life became even harder. He too could see that his quality of life wasn't there. He didn't enjoy things like he used to, in reality he didn't enjoy anything, because well, he didn't feel anything. That's when he decided to get off the meds. Well, that and the fact that we literally couldn't afford them anymore.

​We had four kids, but I felt like I was taking care of five. What once was my amazingly talented, vibrant, caring, hard working entrepreneur of a husband was now a helpless shell of a man. He had ballooned up to 305lbs, which caused even more depression. He became bedridden. The weight kept coming and the depression worsened. I had to go back to work to support the family and feared I would one day get a call or come home and find out something had happened to my husband. I knew something had to change. There had to be help. He was done with doctors, done with meds and ready to be done himself. That's when my every spare second became consumed with research.

​How could I help? What could I do to get to the root of the problem, not just cover it up? That's when I discovered Candida Overgrowth. What is Candida you ask. Candida is the healthy yeast in your gut used to process foods through your digestive tract. So, why is it a bad thing? Well, like most things in life, moderation is good, too much...not so good. As I read, I discovered that Candida Overgrowth is linked to many autoimmune disorders as well as anxiety and depression. It makes complete sense. When you think about what causes Candida Overgrowth, it's all the things that we have unnaturally incorporated into the American diet...refined sugars, flour and alcohol. All these things feed the yeast and the more we consume, the more overgrowth we create.

In the past several years it seems everywhere you look someone is dealing with severe anxiety or depression. I know many people with autoimmune disorders. When you open your eyes to those around you, it feels like a horrible epidemic that's running ramped. So, I furthered my research. How do I get rid of it? Not knowing if this was really the problem or not, I thought, it can't hurt to get a little healthier. If it's not the problem, what do we have to lose. There was a lot of talk about how you can slowing decrease the amount of Candida in your body just by eliminating the sugars, flours and alcohol, but it was a long process. With no push to reduce the Candida, this change takes months or even years to get full results. So, I continued my research. That's when I found the 30 day cleanse. What was even more amazing is that it was created from the essential oils that I already used for our family. A natural way to cleanse? I was all in.

​I told my husband, "you are going to try this cleanse." You need to make a 30 day commitment and I am going to map everything out for you. I'd leave for work in the morning, he was in bed. I came home from work at night, he was in bed. I felt helpless, but, it was time to get some life back into my husband. I was hopeful.

​He started the cleanse January 2015. It's not your typical running to the bathroom, stay close to the pot kind of cleanse. It's very natural. It has a purpose, other than to wipe out all your insides. The cleanse consists of three phases, each 10 days. The first is to eliminate the Candida from your body. The second, to clean the gut and lastly to build back a healthy level of Candida and make sure your gut's in working order. 

I will never forget, it was two weeks in and my husband was out of bed before me in the morning. He was telling me how easy this cleanse was (compared to some juice cleanses I had tried to put him on in the past). I came home from work, he was still out of bed. It was baby steps, but I was getting my husband back. He started talking about working again. I started to see that spark in his eyes that I hadn't seen in several years. By the end of the thirty days, he had dropped 20lbs (which was just a byproduct of the cleanse, not the reason we set out to do it). He was feeling better both mentally and physically. He was now determined he didn't want to go back to the place he had been. He had his drive back. He was taking back his life.

​Fast forward one year to January 2016. Because of how good we felt, we never incorporated back in the sugars and flours. I don't do much baking anyway and don't have much of a sweet tooth, so those things are never in our house and was easy to do. However, my husband is a huge fan of his carbs, especially breads. It took willpower and dedication, but he started finding ways to substitute and cure the craving, like corn tortillas instead of flour and snacking on veggies and hummus instead of bread and butter. Now down 145lbs, from 305lbs to 160lbs and starting a new company, my husband is back to being the man I married. Does depression still strike? Yes it does. But now, it's manageable. I see him fight it, not give up. I see it hitting less severe and further between. I always tell people, "real results aren't easy. There's no quick fix." But, I truly believe that by making small changes and taking control of our health we can control our quality of life. There's no time like the present. Take control!!

​If you'd like more information on what essential oil cleanse and program we use and how to get it yourself for wholesale pricing, email me today.