Essential oils can enhance our mental health and emotional wellness. I offer a brief summary of 10 oils that can offer support to the nervous system, while enhancing mood and offering balance. Aromatherapy supports mental health! What are Essential Oils? Natural Benefits: Essential oils give plants their distinctive smells, protect plants, and play a role… [Read More]
Black seed oil is a POWERHOUSE!
Are you familiar with black seed oil? Black seed oil, also referred to as black cumin oil, is harvested and cold-pressed from the small black seeds of the Nigella sativa plant. In literature, this oil is recognized as both an essential oil and a carrier oil and is marketed to the public under either classification… [Read More]
Getting Unstuck: Breaking Writer’s Block
Writing has always been, and remains a fundamental part of my life and my work. Every single day I write. Something. An email, a blog post, a course lesson, a chapter, an article and a book now and again. So I was thrilled to bits when Gay Norton Edelman, writing coach extraordinaire, agreed to be… [Read More]
Call for Chapter Authors: Aromatherapy and Mental Health
Call for chapter submissions Case Studies in Aromatherapy: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being Charles C. Thomas Publisher, LTD The proposed academic book has the purpose of informing the helping professions about how aromatherapy is being utilized to enhance mental wellness. The goals are to provide definitions, applications, ethical considerations, and speculation on the future for… [Read More]
Beware of toxins in your personal care and beauty products!
I love my essential oils. That’s not new information. And of course I share the oils with my friends, family, colleagues- I learn about the oils and I teach about the oils. Occasionally I meet someone who either has had an allergic reaction to essential oils or who decides to try essential oils and has skin sensitivity. First,… [Read More]
Three-angle approach to aromatherapy intake
When I talk with people about their health and wellness concerns I focus on one of three approaches to aromatherapy intake- or, depending on the individual, I may combine two or three. What do I mean by intake? It’s a clinical term from my years as a psychotherapist. Can’t shake it. So pardon the formality for… [Read More]
Anointing with Essential Oils
Anointing with essential oils have long been a part of many cultures, religions and spiritual practices but what does anointing with essential oils really mean? How do we apply that concept to our everyday lives? Using the oils in this way can bring you to heightened intuition and wellness. Essential oils promote wellness on physical,… [Read More]
Bringing PEACE & CALMING to your rescue pets!
Have you recently rescued an animal from a shelter? Did you inherit a rescue pet from an owner who can no longer be a pet caregiver? If that is the case, you know that rescue pets and pets who experience sudden change or a physical trauma can experience agitation and anxiety just like their human… [Read More]
