New school bag? Check √ New school running shoes? Check √ New school clothes? Check √ New school Essential Oils? Check √ Wait! What? Everyone has been so busy this past week with trips to the mall to purchase all sorts of school supplies, school clothes, and groceries for...
How I spent my Summer Vacation with Essential Oils
When I was growing up, it seemed like I was always assigned the same homework on that first day back to school. I am not sure if the teachers simply lacked imagination, or if it was a curriculum requirement. Still, it was always the same thing, every single year....
Let’s take these Essential Oils out for a spin, shall we?
If you have read the “About Me” page on my website, you would have seen that my interest in essential oils began with my discovery of Reiki. I have found that the use of essential oils is a very natural and healthy alternative to some western medicines, as is...
How Pure is my Essential Oil?
My new interest in essential oils quickly became my new confusion with essential oils. There are so many EO companies, making similar statements about their products. Each of these, of course, advertise that “their” essential oils are 100% pure and natural, or even therapeutic grade. I became even more...
A Day in the Life of the Common Cold
I always planned on writing a blog about the common cold. But this morning, when I woke up with that painful sore throat and runny nose, I thought to myself: No time like the present. In the past, when I would get that horrible feeling, I would reach for...
Perfect Properties of Popular Peppermint
The title says it all! Peppermint Essential Oil is, by far, one of the most popular and versatile essential oils in use today. Its healing properties and uses are perfect in treating an abundance of health ailments. Manufacturers of chewing gum, toothpaste, shampoo, soap, tea, and even chocolate, have...
Essential Oils – The New Trend?
According to oxforddictionaries.com, a trend is “a general direction in which something is developing or changing”. The word itself implies that there is something new and exciting happening in the world. Within our virtual world, a trend refers to the latest buzz or topic having “many posts on a...
Sleep and Smell the Lavender
In my previous blog, I discussed the difficulty in leaving the comfort of your bed to greet the day. Although this is an unpleasant problem, being unable to fall asleep, or even sleeping properly, carries an even greater risk to your overall health and quality of life. Two types...
The Screech That Pierced My Dreams
The night is still, as I walk along the moonlit beach. The only sound is the waves gently stroking the sand, erasing footprints from the visitors that have long gone home. I walk along the shoreline, with the lonely waves as my only companion. Lost in my thoughts, I...
Red Wine? NO, Thank you.
When you become an adult, you reach a certain level of personal acceptance. I say this, because for many years, I was in denial. I would go out to dinner and a movie with family or friends. Dinner consisted of drinks and appetizers, main course, then dessert. The retreat...