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The Soulful Journey

Marlyn Quast-Frank

Integrative Health & Nutrition Coach
Aligning the Mind & Body for Optimum Health.


Essential Oils & Natural Products



Manage Your Symptoms and Reduce the Impact of Inflammation and Flare-Ups
I’ve used essential oils for years as an effective tool in supporting and managing the symptoms of chronic inflammation and autoimmune disese. They have made a huge impact throughout my journey by allowing me to successfully manage pain symptoms, improve mood and brain function, support digestion, aid in sleep issues, balance hormones, boost the immune system, and in reducing inflammation by replacing toxic chemical products with natural solutions. Due to the amazing results that I have experienced myself, I’m very passionate about helping my clients explore how they can also incorporate essential oil products in their daily routines.



REDUCING Toxic Overload


Choosing Natural Solutions over Toxic Chemicals for Autoimmune Conditions.
When your body encounters an injury or an offending agent like viruses, bacteria, or toxic chemicals, it activates your immune system. Your immune system sends out its first responders: inflammatory cells and cytokines (substances that stimulate more inflammatory cells). These cells begin an inflammatory response to trap bacteria and other offending agents or start healing injured tissue. The result can be pain, swelling, bruising or redness. But inflammation also affects body systems you can’t see. Chronic exposure to toxic substances adds to the body’s ‘toxic inflammatory burden’. The body will do its best to deal with foreign invaders by using up its store of antioxidant vitamins and minerals. However, when these systems run out of steam, a decline in health results. When thinking about environmental chemicals, we typically think about toxins in the air such as diesel and petrol fumes. While this is correct, the toxic substances we are exposed to in our homes every day may be equally as damaging. The products we use regularly are often the worst culprits such as powerful household cleaners, laundry detergents, room sprays, candles, cosmetics, lotions, perfumes, soaps, and shampoos. Silicon contained in many everyday toiletries and hand washes can build up over time and disrupt normal cellular function. Herbicides and pesticides can harm the gut microbes and therefore increase the toxic inflammatory burden. This is why, if you already have an autoimmune condition, it is imperative to remove as many toxins as possible.


My Take on Essential Oils vs. Over The Counter Medications
I believe there is always a time and place when medications are required, but it's also important to note that taking too many can cause more serious health problems than most people realize. Abusing OTC drugs can lead to health problems including memory loss, kidney failure, heart problems, and death. (READ MORE) In the case of one such client, she was suffering from heartburn, headaches and severe allergies and was taking over the counter medications daily to relieve her symptoms. The combination and overall amounts, in my opinion, were far too many. You must decide what risks you can and will accept in order to get the benefits you want. For example, if facing a life-threatening illness, you might choose to accept more risk in the hope of getting the benefits of a cure or living a longer life. On the other hand, if you are facing a minor illness, you might decide that you want to take very little risk. My job is to guide you with information, not to make decisions for you. YOU know your body better than anyone. For myself personally, I keep my medicine cabinet stocked with natural solutions to assist with alleviating symptoms for those minor risk incidents such as headaches, nausea, heartburn, cuts, scrapes, burns and seasonal allergies. I feel more confident that when I do need an over the counter or prescription medication, that I am not overwhelming my body unnecessarily. For more information on Essential Oils and Natural Everyday Products, see our resources page.


NATURAL PRODUCTS & ESSENTIAL OILS



My Product Recommendations

While I have used many different essential oils and natural everyday products over the years, I most definitely have my favorites. During my health coaching program, I do touch base on the importance of eliminating toxic household cleaners as well as bath, body and facial products and can make some amazing recommendations upon request. I also offer education classes separately from my program that can be done in person or virtually. If you are interested in more information, please feel free to contact me and schedule an appointment.


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Essential Oils

If you struggle with autoimmune conditions, essential oils are very powerful in supporting your body's needs. They can help reduce inflammation, act as a natural form of pain relief, and are also very useful in coping with stress, anxiety, insomnia, brain fog and other autoimmune symptoms. Additionally, choosing natural, safe everyday products like shampoo, deodorant & cleaning supplies, can reduce toxic overload which also contributes to inflammation.

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Coaching

1:1 coaching allows your experience to be personalized and is targeted specifically to your very own bio-individual needs. You will learn how to effectively and confidently inch forward with small weekly action steps to avoid becoming overwhelmed. The knowledge and tools you will gain through my program will allow you to continue with lifelong progress that will put you in complete control of your own health moving forward.

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Recipes & Tips

All things "Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free and Sugar-Free!" Considering a Whole Foods Lifestyle? When we struggle with autoimmune diseases, many trigger foods can cause painful or frustrating flares. I often get asked "What can I eat?" I know it seems hard, so I have complied a list of some of my favorite recipes along with some great tips to help you out. Hopefully it will give you some motivation and inspire you to be more creative in the kitchen!

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Join us on Facebook for a wealth of free information and enlightening conversations geared towards my fellow autoimmune warriors! We offer a wellness-based community for like-minded chats, some great tips, autoimmune related information, helpful free downloads, healthy recipes, autoimmune recovery tools, essential oil information, product recommendations and so much more! Hop on over and I hope to see you there!

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Recommended Links

Click on any of the links below to visit their websites.

  • IIN
  • FOH
  • doterra
  • NUCCA
  • TOL

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