Getting back to Steem, stress and dealing with cancer.

Hi Steemian Friends,

It’s not a secret among the communities I frequent on Steemit that this has been an up and down couple of months for us. With someone in our immediate family diagnosed with pancreatic cancer it’s been a time of not just stress and worry, but also a time of reflection.

For those of you who don’t know, pancreatic cancer is one of the worst and most aggressive forms of cancer around with poor rates of recovery. So, when it raises it’s ugly head in your circle, it really makes you take a step back and re-assess what’s important. (You know - the family, health, happiness bit.)

Personally, I alternate between needing to talk it out and have some sort of release, to just wanting to be left alone, (but still happily knowing that people are thinking of us with best wishes). This would be why posts lately are quite sporadic and I duck in and out of the discord channels like a fleeting ghost!

Sadly, I know that we are far from alone in facing such stressful moments in our lives. Rather than dwell on it, I’m pleased to say that our circle of friends and family has really gathered around to rally and support each other and look at options that will move us forward. I find it much more productive to not focus on the “why did this happen to us”, which I know from my own experience is a trap it’s all so easy to fall into. Instead we look at ways we can support health and wellness, both physically and emotionally.

Lately I’ve been doing a lot of work with my essential oils from the view of alleviating stress, but I’ve found that as I learn more the physical health benefits can be enormous.

They really have become quite an essential (excuse the pun) part of our support for our physical and esoteric selves!

And of course when I find something I really love I can’t help but share it about with everyone else I love and care about😊.

So keep a look out for my future natural health and therapy series (I will get back to more travel with the Amateur Adventures series I promise). Right now health and well being is such an integral part of our life with everything that’s going on. Maybe some of what I share can help others with their journey as well.

I just need to get the legal mumbo jumbo out the way first lol. It's important to note that I am NOT prescribing or recommending specific oils for specific ailments. These are how I use oils in our everyday life and our experience with them. Each person is different and the health and vitality concerns you want to address are different. I can't make specific recommendations to you - but I want to share with you our story, how we incorporate essential oils as part of our greater well-being journey and the benefits we've personally gained in our family.

So, with that out of the way, keep an eye out for the next post in our health and wellness journey. We’ve discovered this nifty little oil called Copaiba – which is pretty much the equivalent of medical marijuana – and totally legal for all those places that mm is not allowed!

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