Aromatherapy for the Holiday SpiritWritten by Francoise Rapp
The holiday season stirs up some of our most basic joys in life. The friendship and camaraderie we find at holiday parties and other social engagements is one of highlights of season. So is fulfillment we gain through our special efforts to please our loved ones as we shop to find items that will make them smile. Moreover, since this is season of giving, I encourage you to donate your time or money to those who lack of warmth of a home, family and friends, or to children who won't enjoy delight of opening their gifts. While holidays are about giving, loving and joyous celebration, many consider this time of year to be stressful, lonely and expensive. If you're feeling more like Scrooge than Santa, I offer following aromatic blends to help you get into holiday spirit, become more sociable, and open your heart to others who are unable to enjoy holidays way we do. Be ready to fully enjoy, laugh, socialize and share this holiday season by experimenting with these wonderful aromatic blends! To create each of these blends, pour essential oils into a 10-ml bottle and add organic vegetable oil to fill. ******** Enhance Playfulness ******** Remember how magical holidays were as a child? This aromatic blend rekindles your childhood spirit, making you feel more daring, innocent and lighthearted! -6 drops Orange -3 drops Bergamot -3 drops Basil Massage your abdomen, solar plexus, neck and shoulders. Pour a few drops into palm of your hands and inhale it deeply. Pour 20 drops of blend into your warm bathwater and soak for at least 15 minutes. ******** Increase Laughter ******** Finding a way to bring more laughter into your life will ensure a longer, happier existence. This aromatic blend makes you more open to humor, and lightens your heart and mind. Enjoy beauty of life!
| | Ben is Coping with Huntington's DiseaseWritten by Lynda Appell
Ben is Coping with Huntington's Disease. Ben, how HD affects him and how he is dealing with it. A Dear Male Friend has Huntington's Disease. A dear male friend who I met while both of us attended a rehab program has Huntington's Disease. It is also known as Huntington's Chorea. Chorea means involuntary movements usually involving voluntary muscles. In other words, mostly twitches, spasms and similar moves. Getting back to my friend. I remember him before disease began to clearly manifest itself. He was a bright, creative young man. He is in his mid forties now. Now I wonder if his depression was caused by very real fear of inheriting dreadful disease or if mood disorder was already part of disorder. One of signs of Huntington's is depression. I would think knowing you could inherit a condition that destroys not only body, but mind as well and there is no cure could cause someone to be terribly depressed. Irregardless, clinical depression is one of symptoms. His progressively worsening involuntary movements is making it increasingly difficult to take care of himself, to live independently. As I wrote before HD also effects one mentally, not only with a mood disorder. It is also considered a dementia. That is causes memory and thinking, judgement impairments. In latter stages people with Huntington's have to be in full care nursing homes, protected from themselves. They could very well inadvertently do something dangerous because of poor judgement. For example accidentally start a fire. For his mood disorder he is in a partial program. His father and his very supportive male friend is giving him moral support. Unfortunately his younger brother has same disease. His father's late wife passed away from Huntington's. I feel great sorrow for entire family.
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