The Organized & Healthy Entry
As we continue on the healthy home series to organize your home, let’s start in the entryway. The entry is not a gathering place but it is important because this is a first impression of your home. Your entry should facilitate the flow of people and storage of all your items and belongings. Make a list of everything that…
Basil Essential Oil
Basil has a warm, spicy, yet herbal aroma known to enhance memory function while reducing stress and tension. Basil provides restorative benefits to both the mind and body due to its high linalool content, making it an ideal application for sore muscles and joints and to reduce tension when applied to the temples and back…
How To Organize & Declutter Your Home
I previously mentioned why you should declutter your home – visual complexity. Now we’ll get down to the basics and I’ll share with you the how. There are a few ways to declutter our homes. The first method is to purge. This is the easiest, cheapest and most obvious. To do this, go through with garbage bags…
Wild Orange Essential Oil
Cold-pressed from the orange peel, wild orange is excellent for energizing and revitalizing. It is also commonly used as an effective tool for uplifting mood, as well as for its wonderful citrusy aroma. For aromatic, topical, or dietary use. High in monoterpenes, Wild Orange possesses stimulating and purifying qualities, making it ideal to enhance immunity…
Home & Health
Frank Lloyd Wright knew that the way to a perfect interior design was to bring the outside in. I think maybe with our bodies it is just the opposite; we should bring the inside out. God made the water, trees, sky, and hills all the beauty that surrounds us. God made us fully from our…
Lemon Essential Oil
Another favorite, Lemon essential oil is cold-pressed from lemon rinds to preserve its delicate nature and potent properties. Lemon is known as a powerful aromatic, topical, and internal cleanser that can be used to complement many other oils. Diffusing lemon in a room can cleanse the air and uplift mood. It can also be used…
The Importance of Organizing Your Home and Preventing Clutter
Today we begin a series on organizing your home. There have been many studies that show that visual complexity has an effect on our feelings. As humans we have a tendency to react to sensory stimulation. Sensory information comes from sight, sound, touch, taste and smell. Any of our five senses can be over-stimulated. The…
Melaleuca Essential Oil
Recognized by its more common name “tea tree”, melaleuca has been revered for its cleansing and regenerative properties, especially for the skin. Composed of more than ninety different compounds, melaleuca has limitless therapeutic applications. The Aborigines of Australia would crush the leaves and inhale the oil to promote clear breathing and apply the leaves directly…
Secrets to Good Health and Longevity
We’ve all heard the saying the only thing you have to do is die and everything else is a choice. We can’t choose our parents so we’re stuck with our the genes. Barring anything overtly genetic to hamper our health, we hold the keys to a longer, happier life. If we want to prolong our…
Lavender Essential Oil
Lavender has been used and cherished for centuries for its unmistakable aroma and myriad of therapeutic benefits. In ancient times, the Egyptians and Romans used Lavender for mummification, bathing, relaxation, cooking, and as a perfume; its ability to calm and soothe the mind and body continue to be Lavender’s most notable qualities. Lavender is steam…
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