We'll get to our recipe for Berry Fruit Salad Sorbet with Essential Oils in a minute. But first, I shall reminisce about the good old days as I love doing here at The Good Oil Daily, since this recipe got me thinking about a simpler time. In a world where much is reduced to sound bites, [...]
“Make New Year's goals. Dig within, and discover what you would like to have happen in your life this year. This helps you do your part. It is an affirmation that you're interested in fully living life in the year to come.” Melody Beattie I stopped making New Year’s resolutions for a while. When reflecting on [...]
It’s a long time since I left out biscuits and milk for Santa. Nowadays, I’d leave out essential oils. I’m thinking all the milk and cookies aren’t doing his waistline any favours! This line of late night thinking led me to wondering – which oils would I leave out for Santa? And why stop at Santa? [...]
Even if you live in Australia like I do and miss out on snowy holidays, it’s easy to connect Christmas with spice. Mull your fruit, nog your egg and stud those oranges with cloves to have the festive season enveloping you in a warm cloak of heartiness.... until the beads of perspiration break out on your [...]
Relocating to a new city can lead to overwhelm. Get your essential oil help here! These potent gifts of nature can help you stay harmonised and balanced in a busy, topsy turvy time. And in a way that's quick, effortless and smells divine. How awesome is that! The companion essential oils included here can all be [...]
Blue tansy is just one of the many charms that come from Morocco and it's ideal for unwinding. If Humphrey Bogart’s Rick of Casablanca fame had been peddling this relaxing essential oil at his nightclub and gambling den, the plot would have been a lot less tense. For the sake of good action, it's just as [...]
Around the time I was emerging bright-eyed and bushy-tailed from my herbalism studies, affirmations and a couple of books called Heal Your Body and You Can Heal Your Life were emerging on best-seller lists. Their author was Louise L Hay. And her seminal work continues to inspire people who are open to possibilities and believe we [...]
Ahh, study. Some people thrive on it. For others, it’s a necessary evil. Have you chosen to tackle something that will further your current career? Or have you been wrestling with an inner sense that you’re ready for a change and you’ve finally clicked Order Now on that course you’ve been eyeing off for ages. You’ll [...]
Essential oils are awesome mood-lifters. But we can forget to use them when we're down and could benefit from them most - for instance, if unemployed and struggling with fears and doubts that can start to take over when feeling vulnerable. In the initial days, you bounce out of bed ready to search and positive you’ll [...]
Decades ago, I visited Japan. I still have a souvenir bottle of sake to prove it. I try not to move it often. It might be combustible by now. If I’d known about essential oils back then, I would have dedicated some time to communing with hinoki trees, also called Japanese cypress. The pinkish-brown wood from [...]
