Curating Life: Healing, Growing, and Finding What Works

How to Use Essential Oils: Natural Alternatives for Health and Wellness

How to Use Essential Oils: Natural Alternatives for Health and Wellness
Discover natural alternatives for health and wellness with essential oils. Find out how to use essential oils for cleaning, personal care, diffusion, natural bug repellents, and aromatherapy. Young Living offers a range of essential oils and oil-infused products to guide you towards wellness.
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Frequently Asked Questions About Being a Young Living Brand Partner

Frequently Asked Questions About Being a Young Living Brand Partner
As a Young Living Brand Partner, you have the opportunity to share the benefits of essential oils with others and build a successful business. With Young Living, you can sell high-quality products that are backed by rigorous testing and research, and earn commissions on your sales. Plus, you have the potential to build a team and earn even more.

Becoming a Young Living Brand partner is free. Young Living provides training and support to help you succeed, and there are many ways to sell Young Living products, including in-person events, online sales, and social media marketing.

While building a team is not necessary for success as a Brand Partner, it can lead to increased earnings and a sense of community and support. The Young Living Compensation Plan rewards Brand Partners for their sales and team building efforts, with various levels of achievement and bonuses.

To get started as a Young Living Brand Partner, simply enroll with a Sponsor (me!). Your Sponsor will be your mentor and guide as you begin your business journey, and you can access resources and training materials to help you succeed.
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5 Essential Oils for Better Sleep: Natural Solutions for a Restful Night

5 Essential Oils for Better Sleep: Natural Solutions for a Restful Night
Say goodbye to sleepless nights with these five essential oils from Young Living. Discover how lavender, valerian, cedarwood, vetiver, and bergamot oils can promote relaxation and help you fall asleep faster for a better night's sleep.
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Unlocking the Connection: How a Healthy Gut Can Lead to Optimal Wellness

Unlocking the Connection: How a Healthy Gut Can Lead to Optimal Wellness
I am passionate about promoting the importance of gut health and its impact on overall well-being. Young Living's Life 9 probiotic and Essentialzymes-4 digestive enzyme supplement are powerful tools that can help support healthy digestion and gut microbiome balance. Additionally, Young Living's Vitality line of essential oils, such as Digize Vitality and Peppermint Vitality, can offer additional natural support for digestive wellness.

It's important to note that not all essential oils are safe for ingestion. At Young Living, we have strict standards for purity and quality, and our Vitality line of essential oils is FDA-compliantly labeled for internal use. I do not recommend ingesting oils from any other brand.

By incorporating Young Living's gut-boosting products into your daily routine, you can take positive steps towards achieving optimal gut health and overall well-being. Contact me to learn more and start your gut health journey today.
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Increasing Reach and Engagement on Facebook as a Young Living Brand Partner

Increasing Reach and Engagement on Facebook as a Young Living Brand Partner
As a Young Living Brand Partner, you can utilize Facebook's algorithms to increase your reach and engagement. Learn how to create shareable video content, be consistent with your posts, use hashtags, and engage with your audience.
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✨ My blog exists because I know what it feels like to keep everything jumbled in your head — like a messy pile of clothes you can’t sort through.

 Writing it all down brings clarity, calm, and sometimes even healing answers I didn’t know I was looking for.


Honestly, that’s why I keep showing up to write — it helps me make sense of things. 

 Even if you have no intentions of ever publishing your work, I highly recommend writing stuff down. It doesn't have to be a literary masterpiece or even full, grammatically correct sentences... just dump those random thoughts onto paper... you'll see what I mean.

Hi! I'm AJ Flanagan.

 
Hey there — I’m AJ.

I’m an empty-nester and a widow who had a wake-up call about the hidden toxins in everyday products most of us grew up using. Our parents didn’t know. We didn’t know either. But once you start paying attention, it’s hard to ignore.

Life shifted in 2018 when my husband, Eric, was diagnosed with leukemia — and again in 2023 when we faced a second cancer diagnosis. Supporting him through treatment changed how we looked at just about everything, including how we cared for our home, our bodies, and our day-to-day routines.
We didn’t aim for perfection or extremes. We focused on simple, meaningful changes — reducing toxic load in our home, choosing better ingredients, prioritizing nourishing food, and building calmer rhythms into daily life. Tools like aromatherapy, music, meditation, and intentional rest became part of how we coped and stayed grounded.

Caring for Eric deepened my commitment to living well — not as a trend, but as a way of showing up with intention and grace, even in the hard seasons.

Now I share our story, the lessons we learned, the small changes that made a big difference, and how I'm moving forward. My hope is to make wellness feel more approachable, less overwhelming, and rooted in real life — especially for anyone who wants healthier options without pressure or perfection.

If you’re here to find what actually works for you, you’re in the right place.

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