Mind Body Spirit Blog

Mind Body SpiritMore and more people recognize the importance of mind, body and spirit integration in your personal and professional life. This blog aims to support greater integration for your healing, wellness, and personal enrichment.

This blog is eclectic. My posts mix informative and fun ideas. Many posts are single topic-focused such as energy healing, mind-body-spirit coachingnatural healing and wellness, shamanism, and subtle aromatherapy. But, increasingly, I weave together a variety of interesting and empowering topics to create an integrated whole.

After all, we are all one integrated mind-body-spirit.

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Essential Oil Botanical Names – Why They Matter

Essential Oil Botanical Names – Why They Matter

Why botanical names of plants and essential oils matter. Knowing the family and genus also gives us a hint to the specific plant’s therapeutic properties. For example, pines are warming and antiseptic, and they are notable in their support to the muscular and respiratory systems. Knowing what the specific plant species is tells you what specific and unique properties that plant has – perhaps attributes that other plants in the family or genus do not possess.

Aromatherapy for Stress Relief

Aromatherapy for Stress Relief

The Image of Aromatherapy  When people think of aromatherapy, they think of relaxation and stress relief. There’s a good reason for that. Some common aromatic essential oils, the basic aromatherapy ingredient, possess healing properties that promote relaxation and stress relief. Lavender often comes to mind. Marjoram, a common culinary herb, is another less expensive but […]

Trouble in the Office: How Can Coaching Help?

Trouble in the Office: How Can Coaching Help?

What’s the Trouble in the Office? Stress, Overwhelm, and Burnout Trouble in the Office: The typical “modern” Western workplace is changing extremely rapidly and creating an overwhelming level of uncertainty for workers and managers alike. Increasingly tighter budgets exacerbate existing office overwhelm. This steady state of overwhelm leads to chronic stress and ultimately burnout (see […]

Resilience in Today’s Pressure-Cooker World

Resilience in Today’s Pressure-Cooker World

Change is a normal part of life and a certain amount of change is expected. And, we humans have resilience and are hard-wired to adjust and rebalance to an ever-changing environment. It’s A Pressure-Cooker World But, nowadays we lead super fast-paced and stressful lives packed with responsibilities and demands. We’re constantly bombarded with information, enticements, distractions […]