She Knows Oils
Independent Iowa Essential Oils Distributor

About Me

Hi There!! My name is Kara and I am so happy that you made your way to my site! I want to tell you a bit about myself. I am the mother of two beautiful, crazy, dirty, wonderful children. My daughter Ella is 5 and my son Carter is 3. They keep me on my toes every day! I am also very blessed to have a wonderful husband who helps me every step of the way through this crazy path of life. I am a Midwestern girl all the way….grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and have planted my family 15 minutes away in Center Point, IA where we have a little acreage. Just enough room to run around and get into trouble.

I got started using Young Living Essential Oils in 2013. My son had gone through some pretty horrible bouts of respiratory illnesses to the point where he was hospitalized overnight several times as well as placed on daily steroids and endless rounds of antibiotics. My husband and I were missing work constantly to care for him as well as racking up some pretty high medical bills. I was mentally and physically exhausted, not to mention it made me so upset pumping my baby with all of these chemicals every day.

A friend of mine at work mentioned essential oils to me and I will not lie, I was a little skeptical. By a little skeptical I mean that I thought my friend was a crazy hippie! However, I was in no position to judge and/or turn any alternative away so I decided to give it a try. I decided if I was going to do this I was going in whole heartedly, so I began applying oils to my kids daily! I told myself they would help a little and if it saved me ONE doctor’s appointment I had gotten my money’s worth.

I was floored when a week went by and I didn’t need to bust out the nebulizer. I will never forget the first time Carter coughed about a week after we had started using Young Living Essential Oils. For over a year all we heard when he coughed was this dry, barky, wheezy cough. This time however he coughed and it was loose and productive and he took a big deep breath afterward. My husband and I both looked at each other in amazement, this may not seem like a big deal to all but when you haven’t heard it in so long and it’s all you want to hear…..it sticks with you! That was the first moment I thought my crazy hippie friend at work may be on to something!

Things continued to get better and better, my son is completely off of his steroids, neither of my kids came down with the junk all the other kids got during two winters now. No missed school or daycare days due to illnesses. Nothing could make me happier than watching my family get healthier, so of course I started telling everyone I knew about it. And the rest is history…