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Addiction can manifest in many forms, such as alcohol, caffeine, nicotine and food, but your desire for your substance of choice often masks other needs. You may be feeling stressed, depressed or sad and indulging in your addiction can temporarily numb painful feelings, but it will do nothing to help long term. Natural Aids Sedative … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for Addiction
There will be times in your life when you just feel plain irritable, you may find it irksome to socialise with your peers and struggle to keep your commitments. There are many causes for why you may be feeling this way, perhaps you just woke up on the wrong side of the bed or maybe … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for Feeling Irritable
When you feel happy and confident then chances are you also feel content and secure about life. Insecurities tend to arise through nagging doubts and worries – most often about what others might think of you. To banish insecurity you need to shift the balance back to being happy – then nothing else will seem … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for Curing Insecurity
When you consider the vast amount of data you absorb every day, it is easy to see why you might sometimes struggle to remember all the details. A memory might be evoked, however, when you catch a whiff of a familiar scent. This is because the parts of the brain that process smell and memory … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for your Memory
The most common causes of mental fatigue are overwork and stress, which can make your mind feel deadened by too much stimulation. This often results from studying for exams, working long hours, a chaotic home life, or just performing repetitive tasks. Temporary Solutions Apart from taking regular breaks to avoid overworking your mind, essential oils … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for Waking your Mind
Many people actively seek solitude, enjoying the space to be in touch with themselves to formulate new ideas and find inner peace. Loneliness on the other hand is a state of isolation where a person is unable to be in touch with others and feels alone even when there are other people around. Benefits of … Read moreAromatherapy: Oils for Easing Loneliness
Most essential oils contain healing ingredients of one kind or another, but some are more helpful in aiding your recovery from minor injuries, such as cuts and sprains, than others. If you are unfortunate enough to suffer a minor mishap that breaks or grazes the skin, the first thing to do it to disinfect the … Read moreAromatherapy: Using your Oils for First Aid
The Crown Chakra is the centre of consciousness and represents your link with the divine. It oversees all the processes of the body and mind, so it is very important to keep it in balance. A blocked or under-active Crown Chakra leads to feelings of isolation and guilt, which can culminate in depression. Treating your … Read moreAromatherapy for your Crown Chakra
Modern living leaves little room to focus on your creative faculties, causing the Third Eye Chakra to become underactive and unbalanced. Many people exhibit problems associated with a blocked Third Eye Chakra, such as mental fatigue, depression, pessimism and cynicism. Alternatively, when the Third Eye Chakra is overactive it can lead to deluded behaviour. Treating … Read moreAromatherapy for your Third Eye Chakra
The Throat Chakra is the centre of creativity and self-expression, enabling you to ‘give voice’ to opinions and ideas. When the Throat Chakra is blocked or under-active it leads to problems expressing yourself, causing you to feel unhappy. Physically, if the Throat Chakra is unbalanced you are more prone to problems connected with the throat, … Read moreAromatherapy for your Throat Chakra