by Sheridan Semple | Aug 28, 2018 | General Health
Brain fog is a common menopause complaint. Heck, it can be a big issue for lots of non-menopausers too! I naively thought I’d skipped that perimenopausal symptom, until I noticed I couldn’t quite grasp the words I wanted to say. Easy words like… glove, dinner, or...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 24, 2018 | Aromatherapy
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 14, 2018 | General Health
I’m finding menopause symptoms come in waves. Sometimes I’m up on the crest feeling so good, scoffing menopause, and feeling I’ve got this symptom nonsense licked. Then suddenly a rouge wave comes out of nowhere, smacks me off my high perch, and I’m back down in the...
by Sheridan Semple | Aug 2, 2018 | General Health
We’ve had a huge fire burning here locally since July 3. It’s been intense for all in the valley, especially the firefighters and everyone directly affected by evacuations, home losses, smoke damage, and now mud slide threats. It has impacted people deeply. It’s been...
by Sheridan Semple | Jun 18, 2018 | Aromatherapy, General Health
Cravings can rule our lives! We’ll be going along fine, minding our own business and then wham-o, some food, drug, drink, etc. comes into our attention and we’re off to the races full on craving that thing. Sometimes it’s manageable and other times it’s obsessive and...
by Sheridan Semple | May 16, 2018 | Aromatherapy
Know your source – I say this to my essential oil classes all the time. A couple of weeks ago I took that idea to a new level when I participated in an advanced training with the essential oil company I work with in my practice – Wisdom of the Earth. I already knew a...
by Sheridan Semple | May 8, 2018 | General Health
I’ve been having tons of hot flashes lately, haven’t slept a full night in months, and my thinking’s gettin’ foggy. Sound familiar? Yup, it’s menopause, and it’s legit! Not for sissies! Leave it to women to do all the badass s#*t! I’m perfectly fine one moment,...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 26, 2018 | Aromatherapy
We all like to think we’re environmentalists, right? We want to help the planet, improve the situation, not worsen it, right? Trying to do our parts by driving less, getting hybrid cars, recycling, bringing our own bags to the market – yay for us! But, did you ever...
by Sheridan Semple | Mar 3, 2018 | General Health
Menopause isn’t a disease, so let’s stop treating as if it were one. In conventional medicine, we take a pill to deal with our “disease” symptoms and voila no more problem, right? Not so fast… there really isn’t a magic pill to heal yourself. Pills, taking away our...
by Sheridan Semple | Feb 20, 2018 | Aromatherapy, General Health
We often use essential oils, or herbs and supplements for that matter, in an allopathic manner, meaning the way medical doctors do with pharmaceutical drugs. We use them to treat the symptoms we’re experiencing. Essential oils can do that and are a huge help – real...
by Sheridan Semple | Feb 13, 2018 | Aromatherapy
What can essential oils do for you? More like, what can’t they do! I was introduced to the incredible power of essential oils by the traditional Naturopath I apprenticed with, and my first thoughts were, “Aromatherapy is nice and all for smelling, but can it really do...
by Sheridan Semple | Jan 23, 2018 | General Health
I hear Olivia Newton John singing, “Let’s get physical, physical. I wanna get physical. Let me hear your body talk.” I’m guessing she had a different message in mind than I do with this health blog! But, as I thought about what I wanted to write, I just kept hearing...
by Sheridan Semple | Jan 16, 2018 | General Health
Let’s continue… last week I mentioned the three components of holistic health: physical, emotional/mental, and spiritual. Basically all the areas of our lives fit into one or more of these categories. I wrote how emotional patterns ultimately underlie all our health...
by Sheridan Semple | Jan 9, 2018 | General Health
Is it diet? Need for supplements? Too little exercise? Enjoyable work? Being totally in love? Happiness? Now, we’re getting closer… If holistic health means looking at health from all the aspects of our lives, then which parts matter most? What are the components of...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 29, 2017 | General Health
Happy New Year! I love this time of year because it is filled with so much hope. I also like it because most everyone is focused on their health, their lives, and their bodies – all music to my Holistic Health Practitioner ears! It’s so great when people want to heal...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 11, 2017 | Aromatherapy
The holidays are upon us! Here in Aspen we can feel the tsunami coming! Over Christmas and New Year’s our population goes from 6,700 to a whopping 27,000! Regardless of where we live the holidays often bringing us needing some extra support. I thought let’s talk about...
by Sheridan Semple | Dec 5, 2017 | General Health
Taking care of ourselves is so layered, isn’t it? It’s not as simple as not drinking so much or cutting back on sugar and bread. Not that those are so simple for most of us! Holistic care, taking care of ourselves from a holistic perspective, really means looking at...
by Sheridan Semple | Nov 28, 2017 | General Health
What does holistic health even mean? Alternative health buzzwords get thrown around easily these days, but what do they really mean? And, more importantly how do they help you get healthier? As a certified Holistic Health Practitioner, my thoughts were to define this...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 17, 2017 | General Health
It’s not about the food?!? What do I mean by that? Many clients I work with are desperately trying to figure out which food they’re having a sensitivity to (sound familiar?). Which food is causing their symptoms, thinking if they can just figure that out, it will...
by Sheridan Semple | Oct 2, 2017 | General Health
Today, there is so much focus on what’s wrong with us all the time. I’m guilty of it for sure. What’s wrong with our health? Our food? The environment? And, it goes on and on… I thought to myself, do we even know what healthy looks like anymore? In the age of almost...
