Self-care can be challenging at the best of times, but especially when you already don’t feel well, it can feel borderline on asking the impossible. It isn’t impossible. But the point is: you have to start somewhere. Doesn’t matter where it is. But in this case something is always better than nothing and being where…

Late summer is here, with hot muggy days and sudden afternoon thunderstorms. Late summer is considered to be one of five (not four) major seasons in the East, with this phase in particular associated with the earth element: as such, it’s a time of nourishment and nurturing. It’s the time of ripening before the harvest…

Essential oils are the new health and self care buzz: use them on yourself, your family, drink them and do whatever you like! Splash them around! I have two words in response to these suggestions: just don’t. I’ve been involved in the essential oil industry for more than two decades. As an interested layperson, staff…