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Handle the Holidays with Grace—Here’s My Secret Essential Oil Tool Hi Reader, 🕊️ Handle the Holidays with Grace, Calm, and Greater Ease—NaturallyThe holidays can be wonderful—but they can also stretch our emotional bandwidth to the limit. Between travel plans, family gatherings, and mile-long to-do lists, even the most grounded woman can feel overstimulated or anxious. I'm feeling it already! For many women in midlife, fluctuating hormones heighten that sensitivity, making it harder to unwind and stay centered. That’s why I want to share one of my favorite holistic tools for navigating this season with more ease and grace. 🌿 Meet the Parasympathetic™ Essential Oil BlendThis blend from Vibrant Blue Oils is a natural way to bring your body and mind back into harmony. Made with organic clove and lime essential oils, it activates your body’s “calm switch”—the vagus nerve—which helps you shift from fight-or-flight into rest-and-digest mode. 💧 Simply apply a drop behind each ear to feel your nervous system settle and your mood lift. When your vagus nerve is supported, everything else functions better:
This is one of my go-to tools for midlife women who feel easily overwhelmed or overstimulated—especially during the holidays when stress can run high. Why Pure, Organic Essential Oils Work So Powerfully“Pure, wild-crafted essential oils are nature’s whisper to the nervous system—tiny molecules that cross into the brain to soothe, uplift, and bring you back to yourself.” It’s easy to wonder how something as simple as an essential oil can have such a profound effect on mood and well-being. The answer lies in both the purity of the oils and the way our bodies are wired to respond to them. When you use 100% pure, wild-crafted, and organic essential oils, you’re working with nature’s chemistry in its most potent form. These unadulterated plant compounds are made up of tiny aromatic molecules that can cross the blood-brain barrier, directly influencing the parts of the brain responsible for emotion, memory, and mood—particularly the limbic system. Through the olfactory system, scent signals travel almost instantly to the brain, where they help regulate the nervous system, calm the stress response, and restore balance. This is why certain oils can make you feel more grounded, uplifted, or peaceful within seconds of inhalation or topical use. Think of essential oils as nature’s way of speaking the same biochemical language as your body—helping you recalibrate naturally, without the side effects that often come with pharmaceuticals. It’s not “too simple to work”; it’s simply how we’re designed. 🎁 Special Holiday OfferRight now, Vibrant Blue Oils is offering a limited-time promotion: 💧 A full bottle of Parasympathetic™ Blend for just $19.95 ($75.95 value!) 👉 Grab your bottle while supplies last! 💖 A Simple Daily Ritual for Peace and PresenceIt only takes a few seconds a day to help your body reconnect to calm. A drop behind the ear, a deep breath, and a pause to center yourself—it’s a beautiful reminder that you can move through the holidays with grace, calm, and greater ease. Here’s to feeling more grounded, joyful, and fully present this season. References: (1) A review of vagus nerve stimulation as a therapeutic intervention - https://www.dovepress.com/a-review-of-vagus-nerve-stimulation-as-a-therapeutic-intervention-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JIR (2) Vagus Nerve as Modulator of the Brain–Gut Axis in Psychiatric and Inflammatory Disorders - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5859128/ (3) Neurology and neuropathology of the pancreatic innervation - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cesare-Cremon/publication/11477927_Neurology_and_Neuropathology_of_the_Pancreatic_Innervation/links/0deec53340f034ce7a000000/Neurology-and-Neuropathology-of-the-Pancreatic-Innervation.pdf (4) Relations between upper abdominal symptoms and gastric distension abnormalities in dysmotility like functional dyspepsia after vagotomy. https://gut.bmj.com/content/37/1/17.abstract (5) The vagus nerve and the inflammatory reflex--linking immunity and metabolism https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23169440/ (6) The polyvagal theory: New insights into adaptive reactions of the autonomic nervous system https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108032/ (7) Central cholinergic activation of a vagus nerve to spleen circuit alleviates experimental colitis. https://www.nature.com/articles/mi201352 (8) The vagus nerve and the inflammatory reflex – linking immunity and metabolism. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23169440/ Many blessings to you for abundant health, happiness and wellbeing ~ Strong and Beautiful after 50! Sharon P.S Scientists are now using invasive medical devices to stimulate the vagus nerve for conditions like anxiety and depression. This natural, non-invasive approach does the same—no equipment, just the power of essential oils. Affiliate Disclosure: Kuhle Body is a project of Vidya Ministerium, a faith based, private membership association. Services are available to members only. Membership is free and we are always accepting new members. You can opt out at any time. For more information, please read our PMA Declaration. |
I'm a health & fitness coach and biohacker for women who are menopausal and beyond. My mission is to help menopausal women optimize their health so they can thrive physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. Using a combination of nutrition, exercise, habit change, biohacking and mindset tools, menopause becomes a time of positive transformation, energy and growth. I have over 25 years of experience in the health and fitness industry, a B.S in Physical Education, certifications in: nutrition [Precision Nutrition], Wellcoaches, Pilates, Yoga and Digestive Wellness. I chose the name kuhlebody for my health and fitness coaching practice because the word "Kuhle" comes from the African Zulu language which means, "Good, fine and beautiful." Menopause is every woman's opportunity to become KUHLE.
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