Does your Brain Ever Feel like a Hamster Wheel?
Does your brain ever feel like a hamster wheel when you lay down to go to sleep at night? You’re SO tired but your brain won’t turn off so you can go to sleep? You follow all the things they say to do but you lie there in bed for what feels like (and may be) hours watching the clock and calculating how much time you have left to sleep.

Anyone?

That was me. I would read when I got in bed and make myself put my book down even though I knew I wouldn’t go to sleep for a long time. Well…let me introduce to you the thing that ended all that for me! From the first night it’s worked amazingly for me! I knew after the first couple nights (I of course thought it was a fluke at first) that I never wanted to be without— Young Living Lavender!

See I had tried Lavender from the health food store (because aren’t all essential oils the same except for price? The answer is a HUGE NO!) and that hadn’t worked at all so I never dreamed that the first bottle of oil I pulled out of my first oils purchase was going to bring me quick sleep every night! I mean, I didn’t even like the smell of this Young Living Lavender! But I’m so thankful that I tried it anyway. 

Of course, after those first few nights when I quickly fell asleep (even when I was just starting to read), I informed Mark that we were never going to be without a bottle of Lavender from YL. We haven’t been and it still works just like it did the first night…every single night.

Fun fact – Did you know that there is more Lavender essential oil and products than Lavender grown worldwide? That’s because a vast majority of the Lavender products on the market are made from essential oil that’s never been a plant but is totally made up of chemicals in a lab. 

That’s one of the reasons I didn’t love the smell of YL Lavender at first…my nose wasn’t used to smelling the real thing with nothing else added in.

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Meet Kara Mayfield

 

Several years ago I was so anxious about life and not handling it well and definitely not sleeping well. My shoulders stayed bunched up and there were days I did more yelling at my girls than encouraging them. No matter if I slept super well (rarely) or not...the afternoons were a black hole for me because I had no energy to do anything. I almost never had 2 productive days in a row because I would be too tired. 


During this same time period our youngest daughter was missing dozens of days of school each year because she got sick with every germ that entered our county it seemed. I was SO tired of getting calls to go get her at school. I was also so tired of being so tired! 


It got so bad, in fact, that I was sure one night I was having heart issues. I took myself to my doctor. He ran tests and quickly determined it wasn’t my heart but anxiety. I left his office with a prescription for meds and told this was just part of my life at this stage of life. I took these for a few weeks, maybe a couple of months, but took myself off because I’ve never been a fan of meds and couldn’t really tell they were helping a whole lot. I still wasn’t in a good place between this anxiety and then having a sick kid home so many days when she should have been at school. But I just decided to paint on a happy face and make do.


A blogger I regularly read started posting about how she was helping her family stay well and feel better. I was super intrigued and wanted to learn more. Since I didn’t know her, I asked around until I found someone I knew to answer my questions and educate me a bit. Once I learned a bit I was sold and ready to go. I’ll be honest though...I thought it was just a neat thing. I had NO IDEA it was going to help me and our family in so many life-changing ways.


I love that I don’t feel wound up tight anymore and can enjoy this life I have been blessed with. Our daughter doesn’t miss school for being sick anymore. In fact, she’s on her 2nd or 3rd year of no missed days for being sick. I have so much more energy all day long and I’m sleeping so much better. I don’t have to paint on a happy face anymore...I actually feel happy and am positively thriving in so many areas of life now, not just surviving.


Guess what? My daughters are thriving too because our relationship is SO much better because they feel better but they are around a mama that is not yelling at them but being an encourager and positive motivator in their lives. It's made all the difference!

Come join our group of mamas desiring to not just survive but positively thrive in our exclusive community and learn how you can thrive in life and not just paint on a happy face. 


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