Our good habit we've done every day for last 8.5 years
Can you name a good habit you have done every single day for the last 8 years with the exception of one week? (That was due to a shipping snafu.) 

You know something is beneficial and good if you don’t miss for that long a time. Six months into our proactive wellness journey I redeemed points (like credit) to get two bottles of an antioxidant drink called Ningxia Red. I kept hearing things about it like it was the Holy Grail. I got some 1oz shot glasses at Walmart so I could portion it out so my two free bottles  would last as long as possible.

Mark asked what the big deal about this drink was and I couldn’t answer him, so I started researching. I came back the next day with some mouth dropping testimonies and Mark said some of the most prophetic words, “It sounds like we need to be drinking this every single day even if we have to pay for it if it’s capable of doing those things.”

So began our journey of drinking 1oz each of Ningxia Red every day if your last name was Mayfield. I couldn’t make you use oils or have a diffuser in your room, but drinking Ningxia Red was a non-negotiable in our family. I never dreamed we would be able to see tangible results in our family…it took a few months because after all, our bodies are complex creations.

This post would be way too long to share every single thing we’ve individually noticed from drinking our 1oz daily (Victoria has been drinking 2oz a day for 4+ years now) but here’s a few:

- Pretty quickly we began noticing we had more energy. Not nervous energy, but stamina to do whatever we needed to do that day and feel great while doing it. Victoria went from only being able to play one tennis match in high school tennis to playing two and then going to an hour lesson because she still felt like it.

- Celia used to be HIGHLY sensitive to all things dairy and we had eliminated that from her diet years before. After a few years of drinking her daily Ningxia, she began adding dairy back into her diet and wasn’t negatively affected by it anymore.

  • Celia used to catch every.single.bug that went around her school and missed quite a bit of school. After that first winter of drinking Ningxia Red daily we realized she had not missed any days that year and went on to get perfect attendance for several years after that.
  • None of us have had to go to sick call or felt so bad we’ve had to go to the doctor in the last 8 years. I definitely don’t believe that’s a coincidence.

I could go on, but if you’ve gotten this far you’re getting the idea! While I 100% believe in multiple Young Living products that we use daily/consistently, I tell people that if they are just going to do one thing a day…drink 1-2 oz of Ningxia Red.

It was tested in clinical trials a couple of years ago and the results are pretty amazing, but not surprising to the Mayfield’s since we have testimonies in spades of what drinking this yummy drink everyday for the last 8 years. I’m so very thankful Mark saw the value of making this investment for our short and long-term health!


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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!

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