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In this episode, we sat down with Dr. Scott Johnson to talk about what essential oils are, where they come from, and how they work.

Scott, thank you so much for taking the time to sit down with us

today. The first thing we want to know is how did you get into learning and researching about essential

oils? It's kind of a niche group. So what brought you into it? Yeah, it is kind of an odd topic to

gravitate towards, but mine is kind of an interesting story as well.

I have been using essential oils for many, many years. The first one I was introduced to was

tea tree essential oil. But the first couple that I got introduced to, I really didn't know

what I was doing with them, like probably most people. And it wasn't until years later that I was in a

class that was teaching about essential oils, and they talked about how potent they are,

and that they're the most concentrated and potent botanical extracts that are available for us to use.

But then the next words that came out of their mouth was,

and these are just used for your emotions, that's about it. And I thought, hmm, that doesn't make

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