| One of the most frequently asked questions I hear | | | | of essential oils with Juniper essential oil, her diuresis |
| from my clients is, "What made you leave your career | | | | increased quite dramatically. As she had been in a |
| in Nursing and start your own practice?" | | | | wheel chair at home for many months a little joint |
| The earlier part of my nursing career was spent in | | | | release for her arms was required to relieve stiffness |
| Australia in high dependency primary care and later in | | | | and restricted movement. She was soon able to walk |
| medical/oncology and palliative care. Illness surrounded | | | | with a frame; some thing she hadn't done for a long |
| me and death was more common than not. | | | | time. Her spirits were lifted giving her new hope and |
| Disempowerment was augmented by a system | | | | motivation. |
| resistant to change and it was not much longer til light | | | | When I returned home to Australia my newly acquired |
| soon shone in a new direction physically, mentally, | | | | skills were greeted with much less enthusiasm from |
| emotionally and spiritually. | | | | the more conservative M.D. colleagues (their |
| I travelled overseas and whilst nursing at a private | | | | comments termed them, "hocus pocus"). I brushed |
| hospital in Surrey (U.K), took up further studies in | | | | aside their scepticism and used essential oils in subtle |
| Aromatherapy. The Medical Consultants there were | | | | ways such as Lavender or Roman Chamomile |
| very open to alternative complimentary therapies and | | | | essential oil bed baths and placed a few drops in a |
| permitted me to use this therapy in the ward where I | | | | small fan on the bedside table for the terminally ill. I |
| worked. This was a positive beginning and the | | | | included oils such as Cypress, Clary sage and Melissa |
| improvements in the patients' physical and overall | | | | for the grieving families to restore comfort and peace. |
| wellbeing was most impressive. | | | | It wasn't long before I began my own private practice |
| One particular patient I recall in her 50's was a regular | | | | and furthered my studies in Kinesiology & Emotional |
| on the ward in and out of remission diagnosed with | | | | Healing. |
| Multiple Sclerosis. She had symptoms of pitting | | | | I offer a holistic approach to health and having had |
| oedema (chronic fluid retention), immunosuppression | | | | first-hand experience of how disempowered and |
| and immobility to name just a few. Before treatment | | | | dependent patients can become in hospitals, it is my |
| she was only able to transfer from wheel chair to bed. | | | | belief that prevention is the pathway to empowerment. |
| Following two aromatherapy massages using a blend | | | | |