From Farm to Oil: Evolution of Plant Medicine-A Spotlight on Sweet Orange Essential Oil
The essential oils that we know and love are derived from plants, but this does not necessarily mean that the therapeutic benefits or uses from the plant to essential oil are the same. In many cases, this does not hold true. There are many recipes online utilizing...
STRESS! Recognizing when your Nervous System is Dangerously Overactive
It seems that in this day in age, nearly all of us are living on high alert, high levels of stress, burning the candle at both ends. Are you able to recognize the signs of a nervous system that is constantly on high alert? What can you do about it and what are the...
The Top Foods to Support Mental Wellness
Lifeholistically is a huge fan of emotional healing using essential oils, clearly defined in the latest book, Emotional Healing with Essential Oils- Get your copy here. Wellness requires a full range of methods and efforts, including what we put on our plates. Proper...
My Tips to Avoid Emotional and Physical Burnout
According to HelpGuide.org, burnout is “a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. It occurs when you feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, and unable to meet constant demands” [1]. Here are my top tips to avoid...
Coping skills, resilience, and stress levels in our youth
Many children do not know how to cope with the world around us or to thrive in today's society. The lack of coping skills, resilience, and stress levels in our youth is one definitive reason for the rapidly growing problem. Life is not the same as it was when I...
Facing our emotional triggers to create positive change
We cannot think the things we've always thought and expect positive change in our lives. Today I want to talk about facing our emotional triggers to create positive change. Facing Emotional Triggers to Create Positive Change Comfort and change cannot...
Do You Struggle With Feeling Not Good Enough?
What are the self-limiting beliefs that are holding you back? Do you often feel like you are not good enough? We all have something, many of us multiple things that we believe as a result of our childhood or a traumatic event in our adult life that somehow hold...
Learning How our Body Reacts to Chronic Stress
Stress is a completely unavoidable part of modern life. Due to jam-packed schedules, demanding jobs, and the never-ending email list, we can, as a result, find ourselves running rather quickly toward illness and burnout. The very first thing we can take a look at and...
Categories of Grief & How Using Essential Oils Can Help
I am honored to share my latest guest blog post by Virginia Joy Musacchio (V.Joy) MA, CCA, CBC., Categories of Grief & How Using Essential Oils Can Help. Joy has been working with and teaching about essential oils for over 30 years. She owns and runs Stillpoint...