Are Essential Oils Safe For Your Children?
I have had so many messages lately about general confusion surrounding essential oil use for children. Is it safe? Is it dangerous? Somewhere in between? Children are much more sensitive to essential oils and aromas in general, but they can also benefit greatly from...
Safety of Peppermint Essential Oil
Essential oils are powerful concentrated extracts and knowing how to use them is of the utmost importance. Essential oils should not be feared but they should be respected and used properly to ensure the safety of the individuals using them. Let's talk about the...
Digestive Sense: Defining How Our Emotions and the Food We Eat Affects Our Gut Health
A significant factor in determining our overall health involves an organ system that many ignore and disrespect. This system does so much for us but does not get the respect it deserves; that system is our gut. However, once our gut is in a state of distress,...
Carrier Oils-What are they and why should you use them?
Do you have dry skin? Do you like massages? Do you use essential oils? Then you should familiarize yourself with the many carrier oils at your disposal. Carrier oils are fixed oils. They are pressed from the fatty portions of a plant (seeds, nuts, kernels) and unlike...
Are you Simmering with Chronic Inflammation?
Are you walking around on a low simmer? The good news is, once we understand what causes inflammation and see how quickly our actions can either fan or cool the flames, we can begin to make better choices every day that bring us back into balance. Inflammation found...
My Top 10 Natural Immune Boosters
Moms, we are always looking for ways to keep both ourselves and our kids healthy, right? The lists of helpful things available to us are long, and today I want to talk about a few natural ways to boost your immune system. (There are many ways, I will cover my top 10)...
The Most Common Cause Of Fatigue That Is Missed By Doctors
Your adrenal glands are each no bigger than a walnut and weigh less than a grape, yet are responsible for one of the most important functions in your body; managing stress. So what happens to you body when you are under constant stress for a long period of time? Your...
What Is Your Liver Telling You?
The liver is THE hard-working organ in the human body and the second largest; the first being our skin. It performs many functions that are vital to life. The liver is responsible for hundreds of processes in the body; yes you read that right! By far the most...
Candida Infection-What You Need To Know
Candida Albicans is a yeast microorganism that commonly lives in the intestinal tract of every human being. It shares space in your bowel with a variety of other microorganisms, mostly helpful bacteria, called probiotics. The bacteria to yeast ration in a healthy...