Each year, I evaluate the previous year, the progress I made in different areas, and what I want to see happening by the end of the next year. I think this is a great exercise for helping me stay on track and focused on the truly important things. I know many of you go through […]
5 Ways To Use Frankincense at Home
Frankincense oil is a beautiful seasonal scent, but it also has many therapeutic properties. The oil comes from the resin of the frankincense tree (Boswellia carteri). The resin has a long history of use in incense, in perfumes and cosmetics. Here’s how to use Frankincense essential oil at home: 1. Add a couple […]
Stress Relief Tips at the Untrained Housewife
Stress is so common that if you’re not under stress, you probably know a few people who are feeling stressed out. Whatever the causes of stress, it usually responds well to home remedies and natural treatments. Read about what stress does to your health and learn to recognize your own stress symptoms, then try these […]
Refreshing, De-Stressing and Energizing Foot Baths
A foot bath with essential oils or herbs relieves tired feet, softens the skin, relaxes and re-energizes. If you don’t have a bath tub, a foot bath is a good substitute for a full bath, and soaking your feet at the end of a long day is great way to de-stress. Choose essential oils to […]
Natural Stress Relief: How to Manage Stress
Long-term stress means that your body is constantly on high alert, and high levels of stress can over time lead to health problems and even severe illnesses. It is important to learn to relax and to manage your stress symptoms. Stressful things will always happen in life, but it is possible to learn to manage stress.
What Stress Does to Your Health
Stress is a natural response to a threat – it is a part of your body’s alarm system that is meant to protect you against danger. In the past a dangerous situation may have involved being attacked by a predator (say, a saber tooth tiger), but modern life seems to put increasing demands on all […]
Stressed Out: How to Recognize Stress Symptoms
Stress is a part of the body’s natural alarm system that is meant to protect you in dangerous situations. The body reacts to stress in the same way as it would react to a major threat: it starts to produce more adrenaline and cortisol – the “stress hormone”. As a part of the natural response […]
Three Simple Relaxing Aromatherapy Bath Blends
It is very easy to make your own aromatherapy bath oils and salts. You do not even need base oil or salt to take a bath with essential oils: you can add essential oil directly into bath water. However, since a long soak dries the skin, and since some oils can irritate sensitive skin, it […]
Half of Blissdom With a Broken Body
I read in a tweet that Jeff Goins encouraged us at Blissdom to write the tough stuff. The stuff that isn’t easy to say and doesn’t come out in pleasantries. The stuff that scares us a little to admit. See – beneath my high-energy, bright smile, and with-it appearance I have a broken body. Usually I […]
Traditional Thai Massage: Healing, Relaxation and Energy
Traditional Thai massage is a healing art and a spiritual practice. While variations of Thai massage have become popular in the West, the traditional Nuad Phaen Boran is one part of the traditional Thai medical system and it was once practiced mainly in temples and hospitals. Today it is still used in Thailand to treat […]
Aromatherapy Home Remedies for Stress
Aromatherapy is one of the easiest natural stress relief methods. The most effective way to de-stress with aromatherapy is a massage with a qualified aromatherapist, but baths with relaxing essential oils are simple home treatments for stress symptoms. Add around 6 drops of one of the following essential oils or a combination of up to […]
