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...
