Recently, while scrolling through the ultimate time waster, Facebook I came across a post regarding homeopathy and fevers. In this post it was stated that people use homeopathy expecting it to reduce a fever. Multiple remedies were given and the fever still persisted. It was also stated that since homeopathy isn't an antipyretic, it won't reduce a fever. For the record, homeopathy is indeed not an antipyretic (fever reducer), antiemetic (reduces vomiting), anti-viral, anti-bacterial, carminative (relieves intestinal gas pain) or anything else for that matter. It doesn't need to be. Homeopathy ..read more

(photo source: pixabay) You know the old adage, anything too good to be true generally is? Well that adage is not lost here. As a professional aromatherapist, and in the aromatherapy community we have been seeing an uptick in recommendations of applying essential oils to the belly button.... WHY? Can we just stop for a moment and check our common sense? There is absolutely no reason to add essential oils to your naval, honest. If you are a follower of Ayurvedic tradition, they will add different carrier oils to the naval area, however, this is not the same. "In Ayurvedic tradition, the navel ..read more

Photo source Do you know how hard it was to find a picture of the skin that wasn't racy, sexual or offensive? Almost impossible! Safety is of the utmost importance when using essential oils, especially for the skin when using topically. Sharing with all of you my English Composition paper written this past semester. Essential oils are amazing substances that provide benefits to their users. However, a basic understanding of the product is necessary because it is considered a medicinal substance to many. As essential oils gain popularity, safety needs to be at the forefront; whether they are u ..read more

About 6 months ago I had a run-in with a fellow student. I commented on a very touchy subject that she took offense to. Her reaction was to lash out and question my abilities which was extremely hurtful. I truly was taken aback as her comments were so much harsher than they needed to be and my comments were not personal, however, hers were. What I have been learning over the past few months is that healing takes place at many levels. Not only do we have physical healing of pain, skin eruptions and such, but the most important kind of healing is at the emotional and mental level. This interact ..read more

Happiness – what is it and how do I get some? What exactly is happiness? According to Wikipedia, “Happiness is used in the context of mental or emotional states, including positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy. It is also used in the context of life satisfaction, subjective well-being, flourishing and well-being.” I honesty had no idea that contentment was happiness. For so long I had this skewed perception of happiness. To me, happiness meant elation ALL THE TIME. It was a state of being and something that was not truly achievable. I couldn’t’ have been more w ..read more

Empower is a great word, for me it means to take back your power! It was my mantra for all of 2017. My job as a natural health practitioner is to educate and empower you to be able to help your family with simple acute situations. That may be the common cold or a sliver, something that is not an arduous task and can be narrowed down to a handful of remedies, herbs or essential oils. With this empowerment, it is also important to know when you are not able or should not take that issue on. This could be if it has not resolved itself in a day or 2 or it is chronic. These things are more serious ..read more

With all the things we put on our plates and in our lives, we can get extremely stressed. Did you know that there is an excellent way to reduce stress that you probably never even thought about?! CRYING! I have to say that I have shed a lot of tears over the last 8 weeks with all I have on my plate. Being a mom of 3 busy young boys, a college student, a wife and also going to homeopathy school, it has been pretty emotional. I have shed many tears lately. Today I am sitting here studying holistic anatomy for an upcoming class and read this passage in the book titled, "Holistic Anatomy, An Int ..read more

When you think of the term prophylactic, what comes to mind? Depending on your age, that may mean a condom. To others that may mean a vaccine, yet to a vast part of the population that is something which is meant to prevent disease. According to google dictionary Prophylactic is: pro·phy·lac·tic /ˌprōfəˈlaktik/ adjective intended to prevent disease. For many of us, disease prevention is the ultimate goal, as we don't want to be sick. However, contracting the common cold or something equally benign for a relatively healthy person is a good thing. It can help build up your immune system and k ..read more

Another question, does edamame give you estrogen? Does any kind of soy? The short answer is no, but I am never satisfied with the short answer. I needed to dig and see what all the fuss was about. So, my husband and I had this conversation recently and it got me thinking. We are growing a bunch of edamame (soy beans) in our garden and he invited some friends over for an edamame boil. One of the friends said that he doesn’t like to eat edamame as it contains estrogen. Now, this is second hand information so I am not exactly sure if this is what was said but there was something about edamame an ..read more

Photo source: Pixabay If you don’t already know this, there is a lot of deception in medicine, however, we are only going to talk about credentials today. So, here goes. A little over 2 years ago I started to do research on becoming a naturopathic doctor. It has been a dream of mine to be a doctor, but at my age now, it didn’t really seem feasible. Well, there are plenty of online schools offering that title so I decided to check it out! What I didn’t realize at the time was that most of these schools, if not all are not regionally or nationally accredited. What that means is that they are no ..read more