BE You, Imperfections Included

Rommy Kirby — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:30:44 +0000

Over 20-something years ago I was a young wife and a mother.

I was also a body-builder, fitness competitor, and a model.

I loved every bit of it…except…

feeling like I wasn’t good enough
thinking about food
throwing up food
not eating food
hating how I looked in my clothes
hating how I looked out of my clothes
pushing my body to physical extremes
trying to lose just 5 more pounds
gaining 5 pounds
trying to fit my agents’ ideal
trying to fit the ad agency’s ideal
the rejection
the cattle calls
the guilt of being imperfect

…and failing, miserably at being me.

It took years and years and years before I found something that would help me like myself, yoga.

And then…I had to ‘learn to LOVE’ myself.

The most important person for you to aspire to be is YOU, imperfections included.

Check out this video.

Oh, while I understand what she is saying, I disagree with the last statement.

You see,

You are your ideal. Eat the foods that make your cells happy, be with the people that soothe your soul, move your body so that it feels amazing, rest when you need to, as long as you need…

that’s how you reach your ideal.

“once someone else has done your makeup, and someone else has done your hair, and someone’s directed the way your body looks, and then taken away your imperfections…then there’s not much left of who you really are”

check out my anthem for no more botox, not more fillers, clean eating, good living and fabulous relationships here

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My Desert Island Oil

Rommy Kirby — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 19:13:15 +0000

I’ve been using essential oils since 2005

I use them to clean my home and to care for my body safely so I could improve my life and reduce my body’s toxic load. At that time, there were no online schools easily accessible and if there were, I really wasn’t healthy enough to a lot of electronic searching, much less retain much of the science heavy courses available.

I wanted practical, simple, and effective ways to use essential oils for my well-being.

So I started reading, learning from others, and experiencing the effects of the oils for my body.

I kept hearing everyone talk about Lavender Essential Oil and how they regarded it as an integral part of their essential oil kit, so much so that they would not leave the house without it.

I could not stand the smell of Lavender. But you know what, I had actually never smelled pure Lavender Essential Oil, I have been smelling synthetic fragrance oils. No wonder I didn’t like the sticky sweet smell I thought was lavender.

Now that I have become aware of the difference between a pure, safe, and unadulterated essential oi synthesized or inferior essential oil, Lavender Essential Oil has become my Desert Island Oil. It is always in my purse, I keep it on my kitchen counter, by my bed and in my bathroom. I use it for everything, soothing savage stress, as skin calmer, pest control and to ease jangled nerves. It’s the first thing I reach for when I feel occasional aches and to relieve tension, whether it’s in my head, muscles, or on my skin.

Want to see a great video about Lavender essential oil?

Send me an email and I will get that right to you.

Are you a science geek? You can learn more here…

PubMed is a great place to learn more about the many ways Lavender essential oil can be used.

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