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00:44- Melissa- Hey friend, you are going to be so glad you tuned into the podcast today. Welcome to episode number 45 Aromatic chat with Amy Lechner. If you have ever- and I mean ever in your life- thought to yourself these words: “I am just…” and then fill in the blank with words like a mom, a hairdresser, a secretary, you are in for a treat. Amy has blended together three amazing modalities to create what she calls “Hairapy.” She is a hairstylist, a naturopath, and aromatherapist weaving together wellness in her salon in Pennsylvania. I'm so glad you're here and I know that you will want to hear her story. So let's get started.
1:26- Melissa- Hello, Amy.
Amy- I was thinking about some of your posts about joy and I feel like everything in life is just kind of like you have some ups you have some downs, but ultimately, it's just kind of riding the wave and using your resources.
Melissa- Exactly. And what did we do with the downs? matters so much.
Amy- So I totally agree. I think you're one post like I think you had put about just some of the things that you've been through and sometimes I feel like people see you where you are now. You might be in a good place and they're like, Oh, she's got life so good. I'm like yeah, but you know what's under the soil.
Melissa- I just had that conversation yesterday with my friend. She's always been independent. She's very strong. And she's like, people just always reach out to me and they want me to fix their problems. And I'm like, I got problems. I said, but they don't see it. All they see is the strength. They don't understand that you're struggling just as much as they are.
Amy- One day, I woke up and I was like, You know what? I'm going to talk about my gifts. I'm going to talk about what I have to be grateful for. I'm going to talk about something good because I'm not advertising for the devil anymore.
Melissa- Well, my husband and I are watching survivor. We're like watching survivor season 16 I mean so like we're not trendy, okay? But he goes, “what is it about this show that people love?” Because the longevity of the show It can't be matched. I said “well, misery loves company.” You know if I watched this show and those people are backbiting and struggling and fighting and they still make it then I can too. I said there's something weird about it. You know, where, we want to see how badly people are doing because then it makes us feel better. You know, if Amy can survive that, surely I can too.
Amy- As a side note, sometimes Mark and I randomly pick out a season of Survivor to watch when there's nothing else.
Melissa- I told my husband, though, I want to see a season where instead of Survivor they're showing us the behind the scenes. I want to see the team that comes up with all of these challenges. I want to see who builds them.
Amy- I know. I know. Where do they come up with that stuff?
3:48 Melissa- So how are you? How are things? Did you recover from the conference?
Amy- I did. It was really, really good. I thought they did an amazing job at integrating. I feel like all of us can agree like wherever you stand with the whole pandemic and COVID we can all agree that it has redirected every one of our lives in some way shape or form. And it's kind of like what we started the conversation. You know, it's all in how you look at it. I feel like the hardest part is I mean it's any of the conferences when they have like two speakers in the same time slot and you have to take one it's like, No! I can't! I want both. I just barely have enough time to get done all of the extra classes that I seem to have an addiction to.
Melissa- I understand.
Amy- I just don't know where I would fit one more thing. And I'm just gonna say that that's the fullness of my life. Like that's not a complaint. I mean, I start my day out with you know, just please let me just be a blessing to whomever really just needs to know you or feel you or whatever. And so yesterday, my first client, it was so chaotic. Like, I feel like today's gonna be a Yahtzee cup day like you just put the dice and roll it and whatever comes out we're gonna go with it.
And so my first client brought me this mug. It had this beautiful thing like I prayed for you today. And it was like this little thing. I was like, Oh, I'm gonna set that on my station. I feel like someone's gonna need to see that. My next client comes in “I am such a mess. I can't stop shaking.” And I'm like, “Would you like to smell some oils?” And she was like, “will it help?” I'm like, “Yes.” I said I'll give you one, now. I will wait a little bit. I put them on a strip. And I was like, I'll give you one in like 20 minutes because she was going to be there for a while. So when she was done, she was like, “you know, I feel a little bit better.” And I was like (whispers) “Thank you, God.”
And then my next client comes in and she has all of these health things going on. And just a lot and you know, health care sometimes so frustrating. And I said, “Do you wanna smell some oils?’ She's like, ‘No, I don't.’ I said, Okay. She said, “Well, maybe.”
Melissa- Well, if you're gonna be pushy, Amy
Amy- and I just put like, a diluted blend because like in the salon there's way too many. So I just put it on a scent strip. I walk away. And so when we were done, we were just about done and I made some comment and she threw her head back and laughed and she said, You know, “I just can't remember when I laugh like that. Thank you so much.” And so I felt like, Thank You God because that was my request. And then the rest of the day seemed to go okay, so I feel like we just needed to have a little TLC.
Melissa- Yeah, that's good. When things are really hard. I think the best thing to do is look outward and focus on other people and helping them. And when you're focused on helping other people it just, I don't know, it just changes everything.
Amy- I agree. And I think that I love like you put that in the notes and I really love that because it was such a good reminder because I feel like because of the role that I have as far as my profession, I do that professionally. But then sometimes when I'm at home, then the opportunity is slightly less. So, it was good for you to put that in there. It was a nice reminder.
7:10 Melissa- I'm so glad to get to talk with you again, because I know we did the special AIA episode together.
Amy- Yeah, very lovely.
Melissa- Yeah. So great to have you on for a full-length episode just focused on you and what you're doing in the aromatic world.
Amy- Thank you so much for asking me.
Meissa- So I always love to start with just the story like how in the world did you end up doing aromatherapy because, and this seems to be the thing that I keep saying in all of my interviews, I don't know of any people in our age group who thought to themselves when they were little girls or boys. I'm gonna grow up and be an aromatherapist someday.
Amy- I don't even think it was a thing.
When I was little, I always loved plants and nature like it was always so fascinating to me. So, as I got older, you know, I just have always just enjoyed working with plants and stuff, just kind of as a hobby. I was in school for my-I am a traditional naturopath- so I was doing my training for a naturopath and one of my friends said hey, come to this. This lady speaking at this Shavers Creek Park. She's talking about essential oils. And I was like, oh, okay, I like plants. I like oils. I'm game. And it happened to be Liz Fulcher.
So it was like about 20 years ago. And I mean, I would go to the library before Google was even a thing and bring home a book and read. And so I had read a few books, but I came home started reading right around that time, my son and he was an infant was diagnosed with asthma. So all of my very well meaning friends were like, Oh, you need some respiratory oils? Well, we all think, you know, like all of the oils that you can't use with infants and with asthma. And so, I think I just must have read it somewhere or something and I was like, it just gave me a shovel really to start digging with. And so then Liz offered this 40 hour introduction to aromatherapy class. I took it and I was hook line and sinker- I was in. It's just been every step of the way that like it's just been like one more, you know, one more level of curiosity and then I just start digging more and after that, I finished my naturopath stuff and then I did online from ACHS- so I did my certificate of aromatherapy with the chemistry intensive. I have been learning ever since.
Melissa- And that's a common thread among aromatherapists, though, is the continual learning, the continuing education because it's changing so much all the time. I mean, the chemistry doesn't change. Science is science, but the applications and how we view them and how we use them and how we blend them. It's changing all the time. We have to stay on top of our education.
Amy- Absolutely. And I think that you know, just from the very first few books that I have, and you know, looking back through those and you know, there would be recipes and there would be the botanical name and things like that, but there wasn't there was chemistry in it, but there wasn't the emphasis. And then of course, I feel like the pendulum swung so far to the other side. That like the whole art side of aromatherapy started to be like “But wait, there are oils and they smell beautiful and they make you feel things.” Like the chemistry is so valuable. Yes, indeed it is. But let's not forget we're working with. So, I feel like now it's starting to come kind of back into just balance. Like that's my perspective of it anyways.
Melissa- Yeah, well, and then the other thing I was thinking that changes sometimes is the botanical names since you brought that up. The botanical names change and if we're not continually educating, you know, we might be talking about a plant I mean, the plant is still the plant, but the botanical name has changed and you're not even gonna be able to identify it anymore.
Amy- Yeah, I don't remember I just took a hydrosol class with Liz and there was one of the plant I don't even remember what it is. Now. I would have to go back and look at my notes. But one of the plants, the name had changed and I was like, Well, now, why do you go and do that?
And I think because like as aromatherapistw, and it's kind of what you said like looking back to when we were younger and we didn't talk about oils. I don't even know if they really even exist. I'm sure they existed but it wasn't like now where it's like you see it's so commonly used and almost to some degree abused in certain situations. You know, and I think wow, so crazy.
Melissa- It is crazy. The other thing I think about is like how we've come full circle. All medicine started in the plant realm, and then we kind of moved away from it really relying heavily on pharmaceuticals and medical and now people are coming back to the natural remedies and trying to take care of themselves at home before the need to go to a doctor. I love how it's come full circle.
Amy- I completely agree. And just seeing how that, you know, like in my own kids’ lives, like how that's changed over you know, over their time. They're adults now and I can see, you know, when they were like when my son was an infant and my daughter was 10 and I was just discovering it was hard to resource a lot of the stuff that now you know, because of the internet because of the availability I could order anything and have it to my home in like three days.
Melissa- Not so much here on Guam, you know?
Amy- Yes, I do feel like well might be might be a few days…
Melissa- It's so funny though, because you know, Guam is situated very close to Australia, but the companies that they use to ship are not the same companies that we use in the US so it's like, it takes just as long for me to get something from Australia, as it does for me to get something from the US. It’s really funny. From the movie Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou? “It's a geographical anomaly. We're just two weeks from everywhere.”
Amy- It's kind of not funny, but it is. I mean, as long as you know that going into it, you just order accordingly.
Melissa- Yes, exactly. And I order and I just, I just you know, I just sit here and wait. But I don't wait like “oh my gosh, am I gonna get it?” I just you know, It’ll show up when it gets here.
Amy- Right. So, the next time I check for my package. I'm just gonna hear your little voice: “We're two weeks from everywhere.”
Melissa- Everywhere. Like I ordered a couple of different essential oils and resins recently. And I keep getting messages like have you gotten your package yet? Have you gotten your package yet? Because it said it would be there in three days and I'm like, no, no, no. That's three days in the US. Ten-14 Days for Guam
Amy-Well, when you get those resins they're gonna smell so good.
14:17 Melissa- Okay, so back to you. So um, you're not an aromatherapist only. You did mention you're also a trained naturopath and I know you do have another modality as well. And I'm gonna call it a modality because the women who do what you do, don't just do the thing that we go to you for.
Amy- Yes, that is so true. I am a hairstylist. I own a salon that I've done for a long time. Over 30 years along the way, I've just been able because what you said like you know, yes, I do people's hair, but it's I call it “Hairapy” because it goes way beyond. Way beyond doing hair. And so there's a lot of times and I've had people ask me like why do why don't you do like more wellness and I have found like when I started, like finishing up with school and started doing all of my naturopath and aromatherapy stuff. I'd have people that will come to me for their wellness sessions and they would be some of my hair clients. Then inevitably, nine times out of 10 If they had 50 or $100 to spend they cancel their wellness appointment and get their hair done. I was like hold on a minute.
Because like don't we want to be well? And then I was like, but that's all of me. So you know, I just quit trying to fight it all. And I was like, You know what? When I'm standing behind the chair, they're talking through a screen through a filter. In the mirror, it's super relaxed. Like I'm playing with their hair. They feel good. I get all kinds of information. If we're sitting face to face, it's different. It's different for all of us. I feel so blessed to have been able to just take the all of the things that I love and integrate them into this experience where like I said to you, you know like somebody is having a bad day. Would you like to smell some essential oils? I know they work. I don't really have to say anything because I just hand them the strip walk away and they do their job.
Melissa- Right. Well and then the other thing that people don't realize is our hair is tells us a lot about our health. So youu have a very unique skill set with your hairapy, and your ND, and your aromatherapy because you're touching their hair and you can feel the mineral imbalances and the oil imbalances and all of the things that our hair tells us.
Amy- Yeah, and I mean you know it's so funny because hormonally our hair changes and I've been blessed to do people's hair like through a couple pregnancies, you know like through other hormonal changes and it is so interesting to me. Like I've had people who have natural curly hair get pregnant, their hair goes straight. I had this one girl who she was pregnant, didn't know she was pregnant wasn't really even wasn't even on her radar. But she had two other kids and I said I was highlighting her hair and I said “you know, if I didn't know better, I would say you're pregnant.” And she was like, Oh, haha! Two days later, she called me. I called my mom and said, “I have to call Amy she's the only person that knew.” And I said, you know, there's no scientific studies to support that but 30 years behind the chair doing the same people for probably 25 years.. There's a lot that I can see in your hair, your scalp. Everything you're right.
Melissa- So you're like the hair doctor?
Amy- Yeah, yes. Yeah. And I tried to not you know, cross any…I mean, if somebody asks, I'll say something or if I feel like it's really something that needs to be said I'll find a gentle way to say it. But sometimes I just observe and wait for the right opportunity.
Melissa- Which is better because you can't force anyone to change or be better or want to be well, They have to want that
Amy- You know, I mean I feel like any one of us who has insight or information, you know, if you just kind of blurt it out all the time, then people I feel like kind of tend to feel like you're being you're judging them whereas if you let them bring it up, then that makes them feel more in control of the conversation.
18:37 Melissa- Absolutely. So we know you're an aromatherapist, an ND, and Hairapy practitioner, and I'm just curious. So if you were to take all of those things into consideration and just kind of look at just an overall picture. What is the most common problem that people come to you for?
Amy- Oh, hands down stress. Stress is the driver of most of the buses. You know, like if your hair's falling out, I'll ask a few questions. Especially now it seems like that's just I mean, we're all kind of just got a lot going on and I feel like life moving at warp speed, the result of stress so anxiousness, feeling overwhelmed, feeling sadness, of all of the modalities that's probably the most common thread through them all.
Melissa- Yeah, and even in your hairapy practice, like you said, people come in and go, Oh my gosh! because for generations now, the salon chair or the barbershop chair, was the therapy couch.
Amy- Yes. And I try to be pretty honorable of that. Like if they come in and they need to be quiet. I try to be mindful of that. I mean, the environment of the salon can be noisy, but I just try, you know, like when I'm shampooing our hair, sometimes they just close their eyes. So I just let them be in that moment or try to be extremely mindful of that. Because it is like that retreat, sometimes.
Melissa- Well, as someone who does get their hair done. Just say thank you for that. So important and not every stylist is able to do that. I don't know if people thank you for that. But I'm thanking you for all of us.
Amy- Well, thank you. I do have some people that thanked me on occasion.
Melissa- Good. Because it is important. It is important to be able to read that person and I don't know that I know. That's not something they teach in cosmetology schools. So…
Amy- when I got when I got out of high school, I didn't go to college because I did hair. And so in your 20s when you're like super worried about what everybody else thinks about you, that really bothered me. And so I kind of carried this I'll say like this undercurrent of lack of self-worth because I didn't go to college like in my mind, that was where it was. So I heard this psychologist he was a psychologist who closed up his shop to study the salon industry because he was like, you know, I have told patients to do this, that or the other thing they come in and say, but my hairstylist told me to do this. And so, I want to find out about you. So he became a motivational speaker for matrix. So, when I worked for Penny’s, we would do these leadership development, training things and when I heard him speak, it changed everything about how I saw myself as a hairstylist because he said, “You are not a medical professional and your license to touch and that breaks down all barriers” and then he went through you know, like your work is in baby's first haircut. The first day of school, the and I'm, I'm crying. But it changed every single thing about how I viewed what I did.
Melissa- Yes, hair stylists are there for all of the big moments.
Amy- Yeah. And I love that like, I probably spent easily five to eight years looking at- it's like kind of what our little casual prior conversation was about, like, what are you looking at? What are you focusing on? Because I was focusing on what I didn't have and what I didn't do. As soon as somebody shine their little flashlight on the other side of the coin. Everything changed. And that was kind of also right around the time I was doing a lot of my natural health stuff. So it was kind of all just coming full like into this big ball of me now.
Melissa- That's beautiful. I love how you how you meshed that all together. You have a very unique niche. I'm sure people just say oh, it's Amy's hair salon and go and get my hair done. And not realizing you've got all this other stuff. Making the Hairapy happen. That's awesome. My mom was a stylist and my sister was a stylist and it is such an underappreciated, very underappreciated industry in the United States. I don't know about the rest of the world but in the United States, I feel like stylists are treated worse than servers.
Amy- That's really changing. There was probably a decade where that was the case, but it's really starting to change a lot. Or I see that changing and maybe it's you know, maybe some of it's just my own level of awareness changing but yeah.
Melissa- That's amazing. I love how you've meshed it all together. And I just love you being an example. Hopefully our conversation here will help other stylists realize they're valuable and they are valued.
23.42 Amy- All of us are so devoid of touch. If we have someone who, like we live with a spouse or significant other, we have that touch but it's a it's a touch with a level of commitment. My policy is what happens in my chair stays in my chair, so you can tell me anything you want and I'd be like Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that. Rub your back a little bit. Change a subject, no commitment. You feel a little bit better. and on we go. We're just gonna relax now.
Melissa -I did see on your website that you're also Reiki trained. How does the energy come into play in your salon?
Amy- Well, you know, interesting because I've really kind of gone back and forth with that. I want to give all glory to God for what I have in my gift of touch. I will say that how that factors in is if you're sitting there and you're really upset, and I don't know what to do, I pray to God. And then whatever happens from that is the result of all of that. And so, you know, it's it's kind of funny how I tried to figure out how it fits in my life. And it was funny because I would pray about it. I realized that there is a gift in my hand that when I touch people, it's not words, and it's not anything that any worldly thing that I obtained. It is a gift from God and if I don't use it, I am not bringing glory to Him. And so that's how it works.
Melissa- I love that. That's beautiful, because I feel the same way.
Amy- Yeah, yeah. And I think that in our circles, sometimes it's kind of I don't want to say hard because it's not hard, but I just feel like sometimes people are like, Oh, okay, yeah, but that's okay.
25:29 Melissa- I had people at the last live conference, pull me aside, and like whisper like hush hush. Like, I don't want anybody else to hear this. Thank you for your blog. I really appreciated that. You know, I wrote a blog post about Bible study we had done and how God had impressed upon me to make these blends for everybody in the study. Oh, but not we're not going to stop there. Tell them what I see in them. Oh my gosh, I'm not a prophet, but you're going to do this. Okay. And then I had people they're like, thank you for that blog post. Like Yeah, real hush, hush because as believers, w’ere on the outside of the aromatherapy community.
Amy- Yes. Yeah. Yeah. So I've really, I mean, I've had to just kind of take a little, like, see where I am in all of that and who I am and who God's saying I am like, I just, you know, so anyways.
26:28 Melissa- You know, I love it. I love it and I'm we're on the same page. So, you’re in good company. I love that. What is one story about a client that just has you falling in love with essential oils again and again, every time you think about it.
Amy- this one moment, like when I think about it, it makes me want to cry because it was so profoundly moving. So this man who has some learning disability was really, really, really struggling emotionally. A family member had reached out to me and I said, you know, I'll talk to him. He was having trouble getting into like, a mental health therapist. I said, you know, it's not my qualification, but I'm be more than happy to just meet with him. He was so nervous. And it was hard for him to really like he's a processor mentally. So, it was hard for him to kind of just articulate what he was feeling. And it was just really deep for him. So, we kind of just did a few things and I explained to him that I would put essential oils on a scent strip and as I do that and introduce the oil, I just talked to them just casually. And I just usually say you know, tell me if you like it on a scale of one to five one is I hate it five is I love it. And if you don't like it, we just throw it away and do something else. So, we had gone through a few of these and you could really just see him starting to digest he knew exactly what he didn't like. And so, when we got to a couple that he liked, and I was asking him a few questions and then we kind of just unpacked this really deep feeling that he was carrying around with him. When he said that I was so blown away because he had struggled to really articulate much of anything that he was feeling. I took the oils which it was kind of funny because you know you have your anxiety, essential oils and there was a little bit of sadness, a little bit of grief and so you have all of your oils that you know you're going to use well he didn't like most, most of any of them. And I just I just remade the blend for him a couple days ago. And it was just this amazing dichotomy. I think there was like peppermint and vetiver I don't remember what the two other oils were, but as soon as I blended it, I put one in an inhaler stick and one in a roll on. He breathed in the aroma after before I bottled it and he looked at me and everything about him started to relax. And he was like, I love that. It smells so amazing. How do I use it? And then when we did our follow up, I had given him instructions and I said, How did it go? And he said great. I said how do you feel? He said I feel really good. I said how did you use it? And he looked at me and he tilted his head and said the way you told me to…well, of course…because everybody does their word not a lot of words but the little bit of words and when he got to the place of trusting or being able to or maybe a little both, say what was really really hurting him. It just reaches you on a level that it's amazing.
29:40 Melissa- So you brought up scent sticks and roller balls. I just have to say I love the simplicity of your website.
Amy- Oh thank you.
Melissa- I really like the way you have it laid out. And I love that you don't have- and I know this is probably going against everything that every single guru will tell you- I love that you don't have the internet shopping cart. They look and see. And they go that's what I want and they contact you directly. I love the way you have it set up.
Amy- Thank you so much. I've kind of toyed with having like the shopping thing but it's just first of all it's me. So it would be really hard. For me to control my inventory. And one of the things that I love about the blending is that I make the largest I'll say batch that I make is a four ounce bottle, but everything is hand poured. Everything is diluted properly. And you know and if you reach out to me I'm going to ask you a few questions so that I can make sure that you get the right thing that you need, you know is going big, like I entertain that and I talked to somebody about you know, like making it larger and I was like you know what, no, that's not who I am like I love having my hands on the oils and that probably has to go back with like just touching the things and like that gift of touch.
Melissa- It's just not who you are. And I love that you're being true to yourself even in that. I think that's wonderful. And now that we're talking specifically about essential oils, what's your favorite essential oil today?
Amy- Today? Tangerine. And I had a little yuzu on my mind, so I didn't use it but tangerine definitely. I mean, I'm in central Pennsylvania so it can feel gray this time of year a little sunshine in a bottle never hurt anyone. Melissa- Beautiful and how do you use it? Amy-The tangerine I'll put in the diffuser. The oil that I've been using on my body has been pink peppercorn. And you know what I found the richness of the monoterpenes it combines beautifully with some CBD. Melissa- Yeah, pink peppercorn is amazing. Amy- like, clean and spicy, Fresh so good. 32.07 Melissa- So what are you working on right now? That's got you really excited. Amy- Well, I will have to say this podcast has me super excited. I mean, that's the most right now. I think when we talked for the AIA conference, I was just getting a Zyto Hand Cradle scanner. So I've been really working with that and working with people more with that measuring biomarkers for food. So I'm super excited about that. And of course blending like I could sit and blend and create and be happy. Those are the things that have me super excited right now. But in this very moment. What we are doing right now has me extremely excited. 32:48 Melissa- How can people find you because we did talk about your website, but how can people find you if they're interested in the blends that you're making? Or no, who knows? Maybe somebody would want to fly in to get their hair done to talk to the Hairapist a little bit. Amy- Exactly. So I have an Instagram page, Amy underscore Lechner underscore essentials which I recently changed I've been trying to think of a way to integrate all of me and so all of the things I do are essential. Facebook is Amy Lechner essential wellness. My website is AC essential oils.com Melissa- I love that you're blending it all together. I can't wait to see what your Instagram page turns into. Amy- Thank you. Yeah, I've been I've been cuz I tried to share hair but then I was like, well that doesn't really go with AC essential oils and if somebody doesn't know me, they would be like, Why is she sharing hair? All of this has just been an evolutionary process and it's kind of like getting to know myself more being comfortable within that being able to handle you know, like when you have growth, like being able to handle that next step. 33:52 Melissa- So I know you're involved in AIA you're involved in NAHA, you've been doing this for a long time. If we were to look five to 10 years out, how do you see aromatherapy changing? Amy- I definitely see the bridges being built. I see the wall slowly come tumbling down. Because at the end of the day, we all love oils. It says in the Bible, a house divided will not stand. And so when we're fighting against each other, we can't unite with each other. Maybe that's just part of like what I want to see and part of it is how I see some of those barriers kind of breaking down a little bit. 34:28 Melissa- What is one aromatherapy concept that you feel is really misunderstood? Amy- Yeah, I definitely think that dilution, dilution percentages, carrier oils, using essential oils in an undiluted way, that’s when I have people just kind of tilt their head and they're like, What? Instead of getting frustrated, it just takes some compassion to think okay, well, you know, you don't know what you don't know. I haven't gotten to where I am today by knowing everything. I think we both said we like to learn. Yeah, you can’t really learn when you're in the know all the time.Usually if I'm speaking or educating I do try to really step into the importance of like, what is the proper dilution? What does that mean? The dilution ratio doesn't mean we're diluting essential oil means we're making it safe to carry it into the skin. And I mean, you see it in my blends, like all of my blends have a carrier oil and the carrier oils to carry the goodness safely into your skin.
35:30 Melissa- So in these last few minutes that we have together, is there anything that you would like to leave the listeners with maybe God has inspired you with something?
Amy- I have two quotes that I always like to use the first one I saw it in my very first book from a CHF and it was a quote by all Oliver Wendell Holmes, and it is “once our mind is stretched to new dimension it cannot return to its original shape.” And so I've carried that with me and all of my growing because you know, like once we learn something you can't unlearn it. This just kind of sits heavily on me. Every time I speak or every time somebody listens to what I have to say I always just want to express profound gratitude for your time because time is something that once we spend it we never get back. We can make more money, we can buy things but once time is spent, it's spent. The gratitude that I feel deep down inside of me every time somebody allows me space to share. And the time is just something that is such a gift to me. So, your time for me is such a gift and for all of the listeners or anyone who's taken their own time to listen to this or any other of your podcasts. Thank you so much.
Melissa- Thank you so much, Amy.
Amy- You're welcome. Thank you. Thank you for having me.
Melissa- I loved this. You’re just amazing.
Amy- Thank you. You're really amazing yourself.
37:02 Melissa- Time is our most valuable currency. Amy hit the nail right on the head. It's not about my interviews. It's not about podcast ratings. It is all about the time that we spend time is the only currency that we can not manufacture. Once it's spent, it is spent and we cannot get it back.
With that said, I want to thank you for spending your time listening to aromatic chat. I had so much fun chatting with my friend Amy and it was hard to say goodbye because she really is just an amazing person. And that bleeds over into her blends and her Harrowby I used to live in eastern pa so I'm a little jealous if you live in Central PA because you have the chance to get in touch with Amy and maybe even take a seat in her chair to experience her gift of touch.
Thank you for spending your time with me today on aromatic chat. The podcast is produced by lemon balm coaching, holistic life coaching for the business of your life. You can find and connect with me your holistic life coach and registered aroma therapist on the web at lemon balm coaching. I will see you next time with our next episode. Until then peace, love and aromatics.