Top 3 Essential Oils For Female Hormone Regulation – With Gavin Poulton

Dr. Mindy
Okay, so receptors, I have got such a fun conversation for you. So Gavin, I can’t thank you enough for joining me for the second time on the recenter Podcast. I’m so grateful that you’re here but even more grateful to share what we’re about to share with the world. So let’s start off with just welcome gab. I’m so happy you’re here.

Gavin Poulton
Thank you What an honor to be back and just a pleasure to be with you. It is a good day to talk about essential oils. So

Dr. Mindy
it’s a great day to talk about essential oils, especially the ones that you and I have drempt up together, you really have fulfilled a dream of mine and put it into action. And for those of you listening, I’ll explain why here in a moment. Now, before I dive into some really cool oils that Gavin has created, I want to talk a little bit about why essential oils because I brought you on to the recenter podcast before. And I told you that when I first heard about essential oils, I was a little bit of a like health snob, I was like, no, come on, you can’t just rub some oils on you, and you’re gonna change your health. And then I heard your liver story. And then from that podcast, my receptors went out and got your liver duo. And from that, we started getting stories back about all the liver, the liver success stories that those oils created. So much so that I have to tell you now all of my treatment plans include those two oils in them when I’m working with a client. So let’s start off by saying why do oils work?

Gavin Poulton
Great question. Great question. I’m glad I’m so glad to hear you’re having great success with that. And the reason is, is because remember that essential oils are the lifeblood of a plant. And I really believe that nature just has this innate power to sustain life. And that is what we’re working with. We’re working with such purity directly from the earth and the gifts that she provides in the soil. But why does it get into the body is really what I think you’re asking. And it’s because of the molecule size of those essential oils. Because even when we apply them topically, they can go through the skin and eventually end up in the bloodstream. So that’s number one. The other piece is because there are so many different chemical constituents that we know from research can be effective essential oils can have anti inflammatory capacity, they can have the ability to bring us down and work with the parasympathetic, right to activate the parasympathetic. There are oils that are great in reference to wound repair oils that are great. Like we’ve already talked about liver and detoxification. I mean, the fastest way to change a state is actually through smell. And when we’re working with both smell and topical application, we are introducing great capacity from nature to the body to help bring us balance. And really we’re made up of very similar elements, right? I mean, that’s why they tend to work so well, carbon and water is something that that is a part of us. It’s a part of essential oils. And it just they just work so well together that way.

Dr. Mindy
You know, it’s interesting, you said this to me a couple of months ago that the fastest way to a good mood is through smell. And when we look at the brain that I can absolutely get that because the hippocampus is the part of the brain where mood and memory is stored. And in fact, Alzheimer’s starts in with a decay in that hippocampus. And one of the first signs that you’re moving towards an Alzheimer brain is you don’t you lose your sense of smell, because the olfactory nerve goes straight up into the hippocampus. And when you activate that olfactory nerve, you activate the mood and memory centers of the brain. So you know, like this is where I kind of geek out and I think we have overcomplicated health was literally like we’re debating antidepressant, no antidepressant. What if it’s as simple as you just need to carry some pure happy around? And like, pull that out of your pocket every time you have a bad day? I mean, do you think it could be that simple?

Gavin Poulton
I believe it is that simple in in one aspect. So let’s be real clear on that essential oils don’t provide long term nutrients. So when someone says to you, I have an oil for that, ah, don’t really buy into that because they can’t do everything. But you are exactly right in reference to the fact that they have a backstage pass to the limbic system. They bypass the cerebral cortex, which oftentimes is the bodyguard and they just have an immediate pass to the back and we’re talking about the hippocampus. And especially when you said like pure happy there have been so many The studies done in reference to just citrus oils themselves to help alleviate feelings of stress in the mind anxiousness and all that comes with mental challenges, right?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, yeah. And I think that’s a really good point. And I hope my listeners know this that I don’t believe in, there’s a magic pill that anything like, you know, the premise of all of my books have been, you’re the hero, you’re the one that does the healing, the medication, the supplement the surgery, like, you know, the oil, none of that does the healing. It’s just helping you magnified what this incredible body’s capable of doing. So I’d love that I did the backstage pass to your limbic system. That’s amazing. So you know, the other thing before we move on to the connection between oils and hormones. The other thing I’m curious, as you know, we talk a lot about the half life of something, how long will it last in your system. So if I’m walking around and have omega, I bought a whole bunch of oils up here. I don’t have pure happy. But let’s say we’re walking around and it’s a bad day. If I go, and I sniff some pure happy, or I put some on my on my body. At first, you can smell it. Mmm hmm. And then if I keep doing it, it’s like, I can’t smell it as well over time. And what what is what happens with that? And do we know how long the activation in the hippocampus lasts with these oils?

Gavin Poulton
Are you ready for this? Yeah. All right, here we go. So there’s a difference in notes, right. So when we talk about notes, there’s top notes, middle notes, and bass notes. And those notes determine or oils are those notes. So citrus notes, they flash or evaporate very quickly. Because they’re top notes. They’re mostly what we call monitor beads. And so they evaporate very quickly, then we have middle nodes that stay a little longer. So when we talk about a top node, it’s going to last in the system or have benefit doesn’t mean it’s going to have the complete benefit for six hours, but we’re looking really between three to five hours on those top notes. And then we’re looking at middle notes are going to be more like your five to eight hours. And then bass notes can have an effect in the system for up to 72. Wow. So bass notes, and we’ll talk a little bit about that with some of these blends that we’ve collaborated together and worked on together. And I’ll teach you a little bit more of why is that in there lots of bass notes. It’s bringing this whole thing together, it’s keeping it where we need to and allowing it to continue to be of great effect on the body. So it really has to do not so much just the essential oil itself. But it’s what the chemical constituents that make it turn into what we call a top, middle or base. No.

Dr. Mindy
Oh, yeah, I’m laughing to myself, because so does that mean? Like what I want to do with pure happy is if it you know, literally every time I smell it, I’m like, oh, yeah, that worked. I’m happy. Like something happens that like derails me. And so after a while, I feel like I just want to like glue it like where maybe wear it like a necklace, where it’s just like coming up into my nose all the time. But what I’m hearing from you is because of the way you put your oils together with these top notes and bass notes, that there should be a continual uplift or effect. So does that mean if I put more on? Am I do? I’m not there’s no like toxicity piece or there’s no like, I can’t overdo my oils.

Gavin Poulton
Well, you can’t you can’t overdo your oils. And let’s step back one second. So oils actually work at a subconscious level. And so you brought up the question, hey, I don’t smell pure happy anymore. But it doesn’t necessarily you don’t have to smell it all of the time. You’re still getting benefit. And so then back to the half life, when we apply something topically, some of that is going to evaporate or what we say when we say flash off. And so that’s why I say you’re not going to get the entire benefit all the time. So am I going to reapply within a little bit? Yeah, no problem. Yeah, now toxicity it is very real because the essential oils are so concentrated so we have to be careful with them. We don’t need to be afraid of them. But we have to be careful. So you’ll notice I always talk about we needed carrier oil when we’re utilizing essential oils topically that carrier oil is like an almost like a time release capsule because we get irritation on the skin. Because of the concentration level of the oil. The body’s going whoa this is a little too much for me right now. And so what we do is we combine it with the carrier Oil and so it has a slower absorption rate, it doesn’t lessen the effect of the oil. It just lowers lessons, how quick it is absorbed. Okay.

Dr. Mindy
Super helpful. Okay with that in mind, let me tell you what I came to gabbing, I don’t know in the spring of or of 2021 as I was writing fast like a girl and once I figured out how to fat the time, different, fast and different foods to people’s hormonal meant to a woman’s menstrual cycle, I started to think, Okay, what else? Could we time? Can we time supplements? Can we time exercise? And the more I asked those questions, I realized a woman should have time and everything we can time literally everything to our menstrual cycle, and postmenopausal women. Again, you don’t have to time it to a cycle. But you still have to think about estrogen, progesterone and testosterone. So yeah, but I came to you. And I said, could you create me some oils that would be timed to the different hormonal needs of women? And you know what’s really interesting, I haven’t told you this part. You of course, you’re so friendly and positive, which is one of the reasons we love you so much in such a big heart. But you were like, yes, of course, we could do that. And then you were like, when do you need these by? And in my brain? I was like, I don’t know, like couple of weeks? Yes, I had no, what is the big oil combination. So here we are six months later after that, ask and you’ve come up with three oils. And this is after lots of testing. And lots of conversations between you and I and bless your heart a lot of understanding about hormones, which is going to benefit you because not only do you have a wife you have three daughters, right?

Gavin Poulton
I have four girls Borger, beautiful wife and a girl dog,

Dr. Mindy
you Yes, you are surrounded by girls, and now you have an oil to balance all of the oils to balance all their. Yes. So for you all listening, what we did is or what Gavin did is he came up with three different oils that match to what I call the fasting cycle. And it’s all written out in the end fast like a girl. But what I wanted him to do on this is go through why these three oils? Why did he pick these, these specific oils to put in these blends? I have to tell you, one of them is my absolute favorite. So but let’s go through it. So if we look at a woman’s menstrual cycle, the first part is where estrogen is coming in. In the book, I talk about it, I call this the power phase, you can power yourself on up on fasting, you can power yourself up on ketones, and now you can power yourself up on essential oils. So the one you created for that is called I am strong. And wow, I will tell you it is I’ve I’ve rubbed a lot of oils on my body. I think you’re happy before I before you brought me I am strong was my favorite. I am strong is absolutely my favorite blend I’ve ever put on my body. So is it because I need more estrogen? Maybe. But can you explain to us what you put in I am strong and why those nutrients you felt would be supportive of estrogen production.

Gavin Poulton
You bet I want to mention something about blending time, and why that’s so important. So when when a formulator looks at creating something, this may be too simplistic, but I’m gonna I’m gonna say it anyway. Let’s say we’re in a car with six or seven people. Not everybody wants to sing music. We want to find the music or the radio station that will benefit all or that’s most helpful for all right, and that’s when we’re looking at a blend, we’re looking to find something going to be helpful for the majority. Right? But then the challenge is, what’s the volume? What volume do we want and that’s where we talk about dilution. And so the body wants a certain music and the dilution or the carrier oil helps us to have it at the volume our body wants. Hmm, there are different times you’re going to be listening to music louder in the car. And there are different times you just want to pull back and you want something smooth and just very chill. And that is what we’re doing with blends and ratio. So the ratio creates the ratio of carrier oil and the blend itself the essential oils is the volume we’re trying to work at. So why is I am strong the way it is. So this blends I also love this.

Dr. Mindy
Oh my gosh. Love is like it I need a better word than love. I mean, that’s how much I like this. Yeah, it’s just it’s it. Yeah, I, here’s a funny backstory. So it has some of the same components that isn’t like, you know, the what everybody knows is on guard. And my family hates on guard, I often would put a guard on and then get in the car. And they’re like, Mom, did you put on guard on? Yeah. And this is not to like debate oil companies. Sure. But I’ve been putting off I am strong on it has a lot of the same components of I am. I have on guard. And nobody’s seen anything everybody. Like nobody say Mom, what did you put on in fact, if anything, they’re more gregarious with me. So

Gavin Poulton
I love it. Talk about I am strong, you bet. So the main components, or the initial component is great for the if you were to compare on guard, there is clove and cinnamon in it. But I’ll talk a little bit more as to why. So when we look at I am strong, really what it is, is an antioxidant blend that is going to create an environment where the idea was to create an environment where you can thrive energy wise, and not so specific to estrogen so much as just allowing estrogen to thrive because you’re in that power phase, which is an energy state, but also really can be considered more like a metabolic piece. Grapefruit has a high amount of D limonene. D limonene is a cellular oil. When you think of a cellular oil, we’re talking about cellular health, cellular repair, we’re talking about detox. This is when talking about di D limonene is something that can be very good for the pituitary. Because what is the pituitary reminds us what the pituitary works with? Can you remind us?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, no, I’m like, Wow, you really listen to me. So when in that first part of the cycle that the pituitary is receiving communication from the ovaries, and the way that it works is when an egg is ready to be released, it actually sends a chemical up to the hypothalamus, and says, Hey, I need more estrogen. And so then the pituitary starts to create a neuro chemical reaction that sends a signal down to the outer part of the ovaries, and says, Hey, outer part of the ovaries, so we call it the thecal cells, we need you to make more estrogen. So this feedback loop is happening really strongly from day one to day 10 of a woman’s cycle. So the fact that you would have an oil in there, that would be stimulating, nurturing, you know, therapeutic to the pituitary. I mean, that’s key for estrogen production. So if you’re an ovulating woman, like let’s say you’re trying to get pregnant, that would be key. If you’re a postmenopausal woman who’s losing estrogen, you want that pituitary to be at its best. So that’s brilliant. I love that.

Gavin Poulton
No, you’re, you’re great. And I’m grateful for that explanation. Because what we want to do great for the same time we want to keep, we want an oil blend that can help mitigate cortisol. Right. And so what grapefruit does is it stimulates the mind. But because of those trace components, even we are creating an environment where we can lower cortisol that really comes in with that second ingredient, coriander. So coriander actually has more of a relaxing piece and I really more of a stress reliever. And it’s what we call a blend enhancer. And so there are oils that they make the entire team just work better. It’s just like humans, when we put a team together. I don’t necessarily want just an all star, I want the dream team who everyone’s components are synergistic. I don’t need just one person to guide it. So coriander helps with that. And then pink pepper is third, which again, is a very stimulating from an olfactory standpoint, internally, pepper can be calming for the system, but olfactory wise is very stimulating. But now we get to this spice component, black pepper, clove, cinnamon, ginger, these are oils specific to glucose. And so these essential oils you get citrus and spice. The reason why I want those together emotionally is because we want to break through emotional barrier barriers. And when you talk to me originally you said gap this is when a woman would want to start projects or finished projects she hasn’t been able to finish because possibly cycle challenges. And this is the oil with that spice component and the citrus that can uplift and get you forward. That was the whole concept of helping you achieve what you want to and breaking through some of those emotional barriers because if you get black pepper a personality, black pepper is like we’re doing And we’re doing it right now. So let’s go. And that’s the same idea with cinnamon cinnamon actually helps provide a level of competence along with clothe. And so there’s so many emotional pieces. And if we talk about a journey with essential oils, my journey and most people’s journey starts with a physical challenge. And then as we graduate into this emotional component of, oh, I’m seeing the emotional benefit, and then in minus become more of a spiritual because we move from this physical to this emotional and spiritual and when we can take care of the spiritual aspect, our emotions improve, and then when our emotions improve, physical challenges begin to diminish, because a lot of those physical challenges may be caused by emotion that’s being harbored. Does that make sense?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, absolutely. Well, and and one of the things that my audience is going to hear from me as fast like a girl comes out into the world is that these hormones dictate our emotions, they you know, we and and because men have testosterone that drives them. And actually, testosterone in a man has to go up into the brain to convert into estrogen. So you are very simply hormonally designed not to you know, discredit how amazing men are, but it but

Gavin Poulton
I’m not doing my hair for you anymore. Getting done up for this, go ahead.

Dr. Mindy
That’s what I love about Yeah. So but but with women, we have to take these three hormones into consideration and they drive our moods. So if you look from a mood standpoint, from day one in today, 10 as estrogen is building, estrogen will be at its peak somewhere about day 10 day 11. As you move into ovulation, estrogen makes us incredibly mentally clear. It makes us incredible verbal processors, which is why we talk a lot. I can’t even imagine what it’s like in your household with all those women around. In fact, I’d be curious if they all they all cycle together and the ones that are cycling, but that but estrogen we need it is it is our one of our superpowers. I feel like estrogen has been sort of like given a bad rap because there are negative estrogens out there that can cause cancer. But they’re positive estrogens that make us great communicators give us great mental clarity. And our superpower I mean, ask any keep us insulin sensitive. Ask any woman who loses estrogen. How she feels as she goes through menopause. So I love that. So okay, one question I have. Because I love this oil so much. I like literally like want to put it everywhere all over my body. I know we put it in rollers, could we could we put them in water?

Gavin Poulton
Theoretically, you could because the fractionated coconut oil is technically an MCT coconut MCT?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, would there be a benefit to it? I mean, we put them in rollers. So

Gavin Poulton
it would be from the fruit? Yes. I mean, the benefit would be, we don’t usually teach internal use. Just because I want people working with a practitioner. And we’re talking to the practitioner right now check it out. So yes, in reference to that you could. And the beauty of that is a lot of the research can reference to glucose and insulin is actually from internal use from some of these spice oils. Yeah. And so could it be a benefit? Yeah. Could we possibly create something in dropper form? Maybe that’s something we need to do in the future, right?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah. And that you all give us your feedback. But what I actually took this, I had a really long day, a couple days ago, where I had to get on a plane, go down to LA and do a podcast interview, I was making a couple other stops. And so I looked at my essential oils and I was like, okay, and you know, I am strong. And so I literally like threw it in my bag and put it on me all day long. To the point that I pulled it out. I forgot i i was using I pulled it out in an Uber and a woman was driving and she was like, What’s that smell? What is that? And like Well, it’s funny you ask it. So anyway, so this is again right now this is until you create something to prove me otherwise, this is my favorite oil on the planet. So love I am strong. Okay, now when we move into ovulation what’s interesting about ovulation is we’ve got estrogen production at its highest. And now testosterone has come is coming in. So in the book, I call this the manifestation phase because we can manifest the baby if we want one or we can manifest a new job. We can resolve conflicts like this is our highlight. of our time, because we have the estrogen at its peak, we have testosterone giving us motivation and drive at its highest and a little bit of progesterone to keep us calm. So you put together another like, amazing oil, called I Am restored. So talk a little bit. And just because I’m a fan of I’m strong doesn’t mean I’m not a fan of these other two. But talk a little bit about why you put the ingredients in, I am restored

Gavin Poulton
well, and they need to be very different in aroma that’s on purpose. One thing we need to mention is the days that you’re talking about and the cycle, we actually put the days on the label to make it easier for individuals. Does that mean that’s a hard and fast rule? Not necessarily a guy could utilize these essential oils and get amazing benefit. And so we just wanted to make it easier for those that continue to follow you to to have an idea of how to use it. So thank you. You bet. So now when we talk about I’m restored, you’ll look. The number one ingredient here is orange. And you say wait a minute, Gavin, we were just with grapefruit, and you said grapefruit is stimulating. But orange is more of a relaxing? Yeah. So by small and simple things are great things brought to pass. So when we look at both of these oils, they have very high amounts of D limonene. But what is it that gives the grapefruit a different tastes and totally different smell is actually point 1% of a chemical constituent. Wow. So when we talk about small things, that’s what I’m talking about is the littlest of things will change what an oil does, they’re called New cadence. And so that is the piece that gives great for what it is. And those trace aspects create that stimulating effect. Now when we’re talking about Orange, orange has, again hide D limonene. But it’s more of a relaxing, because it has different ratios. Again, we’re talking about the volume that your body wants to listen to the music with. So Orange has been shown to studies back in a study in 2013, they found orange is so great with the parasympathetic, whereas rosemary, and something like lemon would be great for concentration. So you’ll see these are together on purpose. Orange gives us that ability it uplifts the mind, but it calms us in some aspect. And then Rosemary is that stimulator for the mind. There’s so much the study was done in reference to Alzheimer patients. And there’s been a lot of study done with with aromatherapy in reference in reference to Alzheimer’s or just latching those things. And so, Rosemary is one of my favorite singles because of its ability to help the mind. Each of these you when we first talk said Gavin, can we create something supportive of digestion, and also river. And so orange is an amazing digestive component, Rosemary also, but all of these haven’t had an adult protective component. Amazing. So the next aspect would be yes, peppermint and ginger. So we’re creating the subtle energetic effect, but with the idea of focusing on the mind. Does that help me?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah. Oh my god, amazing. So here’s the other thing. I’m like, Wow, he really I’m like, he really got it. Like, I’m so excited you and I haven’t had this complete conversation we’ve had, you’ve asked me questions, I’ve responded. But here’s what I want to make sure it doesn’t get lost. Because, you know, the oils are amazing. But I also want people to understand why we put this together. The Pituitary is definitely that Oregon you want to be working at its best in that first part of the cycle day, one through day 10 in that path, first power phase. And if you’re like power phase, what is that again? This is all in fast like a girl. So So you you nailed that one. In our ovulation window. One of the biggest problems that I see with women is they work so hard to produce the hormone and even in menopausal women. You know, we go on HRT, we go on bio identicals to actually produce these hormones. But it’s not enough to produce a hormone you got to break the hormone down. So in ovulation between day 10 It’s usually around day 11 To day 15. It’s the short window with all these hormones. If you have any gut dysbiosis if you’re if your liver is stressed out, it is not going to break these amazing hormones down into usable parts into your cells. So what I just heard you say is that what’s in Iam restored our oils that support not just gut health, but liver health. So could we actually take I am restored and rub it on our gut and liver like we do with pure region and live better.

Gavin Poulton
Yeah, you could. So it’s a little bit different company. walnuts in that orange again. I will I will mention I’m a liver guy, right? Yeah. I’m always going to have hepatic protectives.

Dr. Mindy
Right. Everything Yeah, if you don’t know if you don’t know, Gabs liver story, go listen to the first episode. It’s it’s incredible. So good.

Gavin Poulton
You bet. So I see Rosemary as a great detoxifier. Ginger is a great tonic. Again, these are these have great antioxidant capacity. Yeah, we’re looking at peppermints as well as stimulator. So from a liver standpoint, your major ones here, all of them can be for the liver, pure region would be a greater has a greater amount of stimulants in it. Whereas this would be probably more digestive focused with the sub capacity of liver detox. Does that make sense? Yeah, primary digestion, secondary liver detox.

Dr. Mindy
Great. So when we, when we use I am restored, we’re focused on taking all of these hormones and making them usable to ourselves. That’s what the those essential oils, anything around testosterone is there, can we look at any of the nutrients in there that wouldn’t support testosterone at all?

Gavin Poulton
In reference, I would say, in general, are great for that Sandalwood has been shown and been helpful for that. But I wouldn’t suggest that I am restored is really specific to that. So again, this is where if we try to have a blend, do too many things, we great as the blend, yeah, whereas because I put oils together like this is gonna be amazing. And then you put them in here, like what the what? What I want you to do, right, so we have we want to really work with that. Can we do that? Yes, a lot of that is found in spice oils, a lot of that is found in some of those grounding oils and bass notes. We find I find tests of testosterone in general is great with that with a lot of those bass notes which you have ginger in here, but I wouldn’t my I wouldn’t say yes, it is.

Dr. Mindy
So well. So So here’s what’s interesting about testosterone is and I’ve had a lot of discussions with different hormone experts on this is that if you can’t you know there, we used to think with the other two sex hormones, you can eat certain foods to help support them. Testosterone is not like that. It really the big thing that brings testosterone out of balance is insulin resistance, and toxicity, specifically a toxin called Falaise. Now, this is really interesting, because this is where it ties into essential oils. The number one source of phthalates is our synthetic air fresheners or synthetic fragrances. So it is like the clothes we wear. It is the air fresheners in our car. It’s the fragrances we put in our laundry detergent, all of that is destructive to our testosterone levels. So could I don’t know if if you’ve had very many people, like especially men, this is a big deal for men where I know it’s a new oil, but they could where I am restored, to help detoxify because I’ve heard you say that in there. There’s some toxins, to detoxify some of the ballots that may have been accumulated causing testosterone to go out of balance.

Gavin Poulton
So I am restored is going to be more of a citrus minty scent and aroma. But because of that mint aspect, it is going to have a very, very cleansing component. So cineole, which is the main component, and rosemary is really that strong. Well that strong cleansers within it. So what I hear you saying is Gavin detoxification is such a key point for that testosterone. So then yeah, we’re taking a plus b, which something that can be helpful and support normal detoxification, combining it with something that does that. Right, then yes, can there be an aspect of testosterone? Yes, but I’m not willing to say yes, this is a testosterone well, because you and I talked again, remember where I said my goal was to help the body create the environment? Yes. Where the hormone can thrive as opposed to making some claim that this helps spas this specific hormones. Yeah. And my idea was, let’s just let’s create that environment where you because as you mentioned before, the body is the gift, the body is the gift and the oil is the messenger. The oil is that communicator that helps the communication where there’s a break down to allow that to happen. So the body can say I’ve got this

Dr. Mindy
Yeah. Oh my god, I love that. Now, I have to say that I’m also thinking I’m in Uber’s a lot because I travel a lot. I’m thinking that I’m going to carry a couple of bottles of I am restored around because one of my pet peeves is when I get into an Uber with a with somebody who has really strong cologne, right maybe what a Christmas tree hanging you No air freshener, and I’m gonna bring out I am restored and be like, Excuse me, I just want I want to protect your testosterone levels because you’re driving around in this all day I hadn’t mixed the Cologne and I’ll just throw the Christmas tree out and I need from your rear view mirror and give you I am restored that’s what I’m thinking I’m gonna that’s gonna be my gift to Uber drivers going forward loving this.

Gavin Poulton
I’m loving this my favorites you get in that Uber and they turn on Oh, you need some hair? I’m like, yes, but not with that thing in the middle of the bed because I don’t want it in my face. Right?

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, you know what I do? I actually think that Ubers when I get in and there’s nothing and no smell in their eye so that they so you know, you want to you want to reward positive behavior. So

Gavin Poulton
I think I’m just gonna say it’s I’m bald because of those air fresheners Will you please turn that off? Oh my god, that would be amazed testosterone right. So moving forward,

Dr. Mindy
moving forward. So okay. So I am restored is for the manifestation phase, which those of you the manifestation phases is laid out in massive detail in fast like a girl so you can understand it. What GABA has done is really put the the the dates of your cycle on the label so you can see it and you can time it. Now coming out of ovulation, we have another dip in hormones. So I call this power phase two, you go from this really high estrogen progesterone state are high estrogen and testosterone state to like no hormones. And so you’re in a in another down moment. So what we would recommend is that you put I am strong back on. And when we look at the Oregon there is again, we’re back at the pituitary because the pituitary needs to come into action to really bring progesterone levels up so that you can actually have you shed and have your habit period. So we wanted Iam strong to be for both power phases. Now, on day 20, you’re really getting progesterone and progesterone is coming in, in a massive way. And progesterone chills us out progesterone when it hits its peak that causes the uterine lining to shut. So what you did this is create an oil called I am still and I just want to say that I love the affirmation oils, I love that we have affirmations with these because when I went to name, the different cycles, I wanted them to really have a name that embodied what you would the vibration you would step into. And so in the week before our period, we not only need glucose glucose to be higher, we not only are more insulin resistant, we’re not only more inner, but we need to chill out like we should not be doing a lot of things. So when I got I am still the first thing I gotta just tell you, is I smelt it, and I was like, oh, there’s lavender in there. Okay, I get why you put lavender in there. I tried to actually smell these before and guess what was in them like, like a sommelier, like an essential oil sommelier. But then I was like, Okay, wait, there’s something else in here that is making me really calm. Now for a menopausal woman to tell you that something made her calm. That’s like the biggest compliment on the planet. So talk about the other key oil you put in here that might be my favorite, and I probably should take a bath in it. So oil compared with lavender,

Gavin Poulton
let’s go back to this volume piece that we that we introduced in the beginning. Because like you said, we want to be still. And you talked about frequencies. And essential oils are affected by intention because they’re an energetic modality, as there will never be a pharmaceutical, when we try and treat them like a pharmaceutical, it just doesn’t work out, right? Because they’re not that they’re not supposed to be. And the beauty of this is we bring in the lavender and Lavender has been shown, like I mentioned before to be so helpful in engaging the parasympathetic. But at the same time, it also can help with in both emotional and physical stressors. And when we bring in vetiver vetiver is arguably the most complex oil on the market. It has a root, it is a root, it gets down deep, it grows quickly. The root system is massive. And so when we get this root system and we go back to this concept of through small and simple things are great things brought to pass. There’s not one major constituent in vetiver that just outshines the rest. It’s all point zero 1% here point 1% here, and it embodies He’s a true dream team of essential oils and constituents. But what it then does because it pulls so much from the soil is great for things like nervous exhaustion. It’s great for chronic just challenges with stress and adrenals. And at the same time, some aroma therapist some clinical aromatherapy, we’ll talk about this idea of progesterone and the ability for vetiver to help you manage that. And so again, it’s not creating it, but we go back to the book, we go back to the comments of DHEA. We need that to be where it needs to be. So that progesterone can thrive. And so this oil when I was blending it, I have five oils in mind. And I just felt strongly Simplify, simplify, simplify. That’s how we came up with I am still

Dr. Mindy
you know, what is so beautiful is I just got chills from that I just because the simple simplification of I am still it, I feel it. Like when I put it on, I literally feel calmer. And I do this kind of thing with anything new that I try, is I try to prove that it’s wrong first. So if I do if I take it, and I have like a feeling of like, oh, yeah, of course the bottle says I am still. So I must be feeling calm. And then I tried to prove myself wrong, like really come on Monday, was that the placebo effect? Why did that just happen? So I keep trying it in different ways and in different environments. And in the anxious moments that can happen in a day, if I put I’m still on, it’s I feel like somebody puts like, it’s like somebody putting my hand their hand on my shoulder and saying, it’s gonna be okay, it’s gonna be okay. It is the most grounding combination. And I don’t did Has anybody ever put lavender and Bedivere together like this?

Gavin Poulton
No, they go well together, because again, lavender is a blend enhancer. But why they go well, is because vetiver enhances what lavender already does? Well. That’s the beauty of it. So this is what we mean by truly synergistic. And when we can create a blend that one plus one equals 11. I believe that’s what these two do so well together.

Dr. Mindy
And you know what, it’s such a compliment, again to the other two oils. Because if we go through the cycle, and we look at the cycle, and we look at the modern world we’re in, you know, there’s a lot of estrogen imbalances because of toxins in the pituitary. And so you’ve created that, and I am strong of nourishing the pituitary. There’s so many women that are struggling with ovulation because of gut dysbiosis and overload on the liver. And then we’ve got, I am restored to support that. And when we come into that week before our period, it’s really I’m just gonna say, as a woman, I am so grateful for this oil, because we’re supposed to slow down that week. But yet we live in a world in a patriarchal society that doesn’t say, oh, it’s the week before your period, go ahead and take a few days off, you should probably sit on the couch and watch and watch next Netflix and eat some pizza. Know the world that we live in, especially if you’re in a driver corporate job is produced produce produce, and that is really affecting our progesterone levels. So I’m thinking and tell me what you think on this is that if I’m in that driver role I have to really perform and produce in a day, when I get home at the end of that day, I would want to lather myself up with I am still to rebalance my hormones out it can we use it that way?

Gavin Poulton
That is accurate. Because too often when we start to drag, we think stimulate, stimulate, stimulate, stimulate, the body’s a break, it just needs a break. That’s all it needs is the nature of a moment of relaxed, and that is a perfect and that’s actually how I use this actually could go really well with another oil we called have I am enough called aiming. Yeah, yeah, two of them worked well together. But again, we we wanted this, like you said to be complimentary to that phase. And I believe vetiver because of its complexity is the perfect oil to help us work through the challenge and the last two years in particular have create, right and that’s why I felt strongly needed to be in there.

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, I just I absolutely love that. Because when we look at the consequences of stress on our hormones, it as women, it’s we suffer the most because of exactly what we’re talking about. Progesterone, you cannot make progesterone when cortisol is high. So if cortisol goes high, you’re not going to get progesterone just ask. No menopausal woman who’s losing progesterone, how well she handled stress. She it’s not very well. And so we need resources for women. Because I can tell you as a as a driven woman, I don’t want to chill out, I just want to know how right I want to know how to create rebound rebalance for what all the things I want to do but be able to protect my my hormones. So this this, this one’s great. And then I also want to talk about I am I am enough, I we put the trio together, I am strong, I am restored, and I am still to match the fasting cycle. But the fourth oil they could add in would be I am enough and just use it throughout the whole cycle, don’t you think?

Gavin Poulton
Yeah, most of our customers when they they call us they say this is the oil one when the day is just getting, it’s just too much. Or I’m just hitting that. Let’s just say it’s anger moment, that irritability moment. That is when I’m enough, because really that anger is a secondary emotion. And oftentimes we just feel like, we’re not. We’re just not enough for the day and what’s demanded of us, I look at my wife and four very energetic girls, and a husband that can throw a curveball at any given moment. And what she has to do, right? No,

Dr. Mindy
no, no, come on. You’re the perfect husband, Gabby.

Gavin Poulton
Well, let’s let’s get her on here one of these days. Carrie, can you give us the truth in this moment? Let’s lay this down. But in reality, I just watched her but that was also part of why I wanted the affirmations for this line is to keep the frequency where I believe it needs to be. But also to remind my daughters, other daughters and women out there that you are enough. And yes, you can be still and it’s okay. And you are strong. And yes, you can be restored. You’re not broken.

Dr. Mindy
Oh my gosh. You made me cry. Thank you. But it takes a lot to make me speechless. That was so beautiful. Yeah, I don’t even know what else to say after that. Because you what I just heard in that statement is how much you get women and how many resources women need because we are struggling in in the stress of this modern world. And we don’t realize it we give it labels of you know, I’m depressed, I’m anxious. I’m, you know, got weight loss resistance, but at the core of what’s happening for women’s health right now is exactly what you said, which is we don’t feel like we’re enough. That’s, that’s a core wound for so many women. We don’t know how to steal ourselves because we want to, we have too many things on our plate. And we are hopeless that we can reset our health. So when we look at I am strong, I’m restored, I am still and I am enough you I mean you literally hit all the the wounds that women are going through. So yeah, I know, I just want to cry. So just I really, really appreciate that. And you know, what I want to say as we as we close this down is that I also feel so hurt by you gab like I had a vision with fast like a girl. I really wanted to teach women their hormones and how to use a free tool like fasting to really let those hormones shine. And I’ve shared this vision over and over and over again with so many people men and women. You are one of the rare few that just got it at the deepest level possible. So I have to just honor you and thank you for that. It really means a lot to me, but it also means a lot to the women that follow me so thank you for that. Okay, where do I go from here? I do have one question before we close it down. And my final parting question is doesn’t matter where we put these could I like I’m wondering could I put them over my my ovaries like could we rub it on our ovaries and that first half of the cycle I am strong.

Gavin Poulton
Absolutely. So remember, this is a cleansing oil, there’s cleansing and each of these oils have anti inflammatory capacity. So we haven’t obviously gotten into all these can do but the goal the same time I feel like the core of so much as inflammation and so you can create an oil that provides an environment with less inflammation that’s the goal there so ovaries the so if I’m looking at I am strong I love right here in the left. I love to bring it down. Yes in the lower lymphatic system could be great place for that. Even if you wanted to I am still I like to put it right where the adrenals are and then I’ll massage it down towards the sacrum right and root shot thorough. And then I actually like I am restored. I actually like it right on the sternum. I appreciate as it’s, it’s that area of creativity that I feel and it is so cleansing for my mind. Whereas I’m strong is that optimistic, it’s an optimistic motivator, I’m restored is that fresh, just that revitalizing cleanse that I need, then I am still it’s just safety enroll on. That’s so that’s how I would use them just a few

Dr. Mindy
safety and a roll on I love that. And so just and that was beautiful. And and I don’t know if we have that on your website of where to place it. Because I would agree with you that if we put I am strong in the lymphatics you in around the front of your neck and your inguinal area, now you’re moving that through your whole body, if you put I am restored on your heart or on your sternum area, yeah, you are really opening I mean, you have for women, we have all those hormones in that manifestation phase. So you’re really opening your heart up and letting those superpowers shine. And when you do it on your back for I am still Yeah, you’re calming the adrenals down. And you know, I would say even when you go to put these oils on in those different places, think about the emotions, think about the the vibration, the frequency, how you want to be, you know, one of the things about fasting like a girl and taking our power back is is taking control of the chaos back. And if we are constantly looking outside ourselves for health and happiness, we really can get swirled into the chaos. And what I love about what you just said is when we put the oils on on those places, if we just take a moment and just go inner and go, This is what I’m trying to create in my vibration in my body right now. Yeah, I mean, it’s you’ve taken you’ve taken oils to like a whole nother level.

Gavin Poulton
Well, I think we need to remember to though, when in doubt, smell the oil. If you’re just like, that’s exactly where I need to be just smell on my friends. Just let it happen.

Dr. Mindy
Yeah, amazing. So okay, my final question for you is, we always ask this on the recenter podcast, and this is the end of our season three. And it’s been the season of gratitude. And I’m going to actually, you know, it’s funny, I haven’t really shared this to the world, but I’m gonna say what I’m grateful for. And today, I’m just gonna say, gab, I’m so grateful for you. You really? Yeah, you really like I feel really heard. And I really thank you for that. You really touched me in what you did with these oils, and I am so grateful to get it out to the world. So I’m gonna flip it on you and say, what are you grateful for in 2021? And do you have a gratitude practice? I know you’re you have a deep spiritual connection? Do you have a gratitude practice you do every day?

Gavin Poulton
So my gratitude practice is first I know, I’m just I’m just telling it like it is. I was looking in a journal from 2019 Last night. And I was reading a moment where I was going through great challenge, just great challenge. And at the end, I wrote, Carrie is my hero. Because her challenges with raising four girls managing a household and trying to help manage the up and down emotions of a husband, and having time for her. And so what am I grateful for this year, I’m grateful for the greatest friend and spouse I could ever ask for. And my practice would be, I just have to each day remind myself the key is remind myself suggesting that I am not ridiculously perfect at it. But I will take an oil and I will hold it. And then I will just let it be with me as I breathe. And then I will put it on my wrists or in I will take a roller and I’ll put it right on my hands. And then I’ll cup and I’ll breathe. And then I will write and I will write some things that I may be grateful for, or things that I have learned to help remind me that I am this little speck in this amazing gift that God has given us of life. And the goal is just to help magnify goodness where we go.

Dr. Mindy
Amazing. Amazing. Well, I can talk to you all day and we’re gonna get to meet I think for the first time.

Gavin Poulton
It’s gonna be amazing.

Dr. Mindy
I know. So looking forward to giving you a big hug. And these whales are now on your website. Right? And they’re probably on my website, too. It probably would be. My guess is we have a link that will go over there. We’ll put a link in in the show notes here. I think I also told you that we’ve got an app that’s coming out with the books. So yeah, it’s really exciting. So eventually, if not in the first round, the oils will be linked. So you know where to put the oils and when to use them according to what our app is guiding you through. So, gab, you know, I don’t even know if I have words to just express to you how grateful I am for you. And it’s not just in what you’ve created with these oils. But every time you send me a message or so you your energy just lifts me up. And I know many of us feel that way. Jessica and I geek out on how much we love you, your commitment to your wife, your commitment to your girls, your commitment to women and what I’m trying to do. I don’t know if I’ll ever find the proper words, but I just want you to know how much I appreciate you.

Gavin Poulton
Thank you for the honor of being here and being with you on this journey.