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Neroli Essential Oil: A Citrus Blossom Treasure for Body, Mind, and Spirit
Neroli essential oil is a delicate and exotic essence extracted from the fragrant blossoms of the bitter orange tree. With a luminous, floral-citrus aroma, neroli awakens the senses and uplifts the heart. Its gentle energy calms tension and anxiety while restoring a radiant clarity to both the skin and the spirit.


Embracing Holistic Mental Health: Your Guide to Well-Being
Creating an integrative plan of traditional talk therapy combined with complementary, or holistic, treatments will tap the mind-body connection, enhance emotional awareness, and improve resilience.


Taylor Swift: Poetry and Catharsis
Taylor Swift transcends her status as a pop icon; she's an American poet whose songs delve into various American personas, simultaneously capturing individual experiences and universal themes. She is good for women everywhere.


Research: Reiki Healing and the Vagus Nerve
Reiki is a system of natural healing techniques whereby the practitioner taps into the universal energy field and also interacts with the human bioenergy field. It’s not based on religious beliefs, it’s actually a bioenergetic phenomena. Reiki does has a philosophy of love and acceptance associated with its practice, however, it doesn’t interfere with or replace any religious belief systems.


What is Reiki?
Reiki is a Japanese system of healing using the human energy field. The word Reiki literally means universal energy. Reiki has been studied more extensively now and is used formally and informally in hospitals across the United States.


Red Raspberry: A Journey of Inner Resilience
Red Raspberry essential oil has an enchanting aroma, and helps unveil our transformative journey, nurturing our inner resilience


3 nutritious smoothies for pregnancy and the fourth trimester
Self-care! To supplement your nutrition during pregnancy and in the fourth trimester, making smoothies is a great healthy habit.


Postpartum Depression: Knowing the Signs and Getting Help
It is normal to have feelings of anxiety, stress and depression immediately following the birth are not uncommon—these feelings are often re


Mindfulness doesn't mean you feel calm all the time
Learning to be mindful on a daily basis doesn't mean that you are perfectly calm all the time. That's not even the goal. It's not how we...


Book Review: Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail
Updated December 31, 2021. Benton MacKaye pioneered the concept of land preservation for recreation and conservation. Back in the early...


DBT ABC PLEASE Skills of Emotion Regulation (Part Two)
The ABC PLEASE skills are the first floor in the house of happiness. Think of the ABC PLEASE skills as extreme self-care, to help you manag


Attachment Theory and Good Enough Parenting
Originally posted May 8, 2019. Attachment theory is a complex, broad theory that encompasses human, primate and mammalian behavior. It’s...


Maternal Mortality and Birth Trauma: A Call for Woman Centered Birth
Originally posted April 22, 2019. In my work as a perinatal psychotherapist, I have had the honor of hearing many women’s oral histories...


Self-care: Affirmations, positive emotions and flower essences
Updated January 10, 2022. Affirmations alone won’t enact change within yourself, but are a wonderful addition to insight psychotherapy...


Self-Care: Essential Oils for Emotional Support
Self-Care: Essential Oils for Emotional Support Safety note: Please realize that self-treatment has its limitations. You must seek...


Veterans Yoga Project®: Interview with Dr. Dan Libby
Originally posted November 19, 2018. Veterans Yoga Project Yoga for Emotional Healing PTSD Veterans Yoga Project (VYP) is a nonprofit...


5 Mindbody Ways to take care of mental health during pregnancy
Originally posted September 18, 2018. 5 MindBody Ways to Care for Mental Health During Pregnancy Be mindful of your mental health during...


Heartlife Holistic® Hobby Corner: Wildcrafting Dandelion Flowers
Originally posted June 19, 2018. I wildcrafted dandelion flowers last week. I missed picking the dandelion flowers in my yard! I kept...


HeartLife Holistic® Healing: Infusing Carrier Oils for Self-Care
Originally posted May 15, 2018. Herbals: Infusing Carrier Oils for Self-Care One of my hobbies is aromatherapy. I see studying the plant...


Facing the reality of postpartum depression
Originally posted May 1, 2018. Postpartum depression changed my life. I let my postpartum depression go untreated for a long time after I...
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