Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Kac Young PhD, ND, DCH, author of The Healing Art of Essential Oils, Llewellyn's 2021 Essential Oils Calendar, Essential Oils for Beginners, and the new Crytal Power. We all fall into a sad mood from time to time. That's life! But what can we do about it? Whether the sadness is triggered by the loss of a loved one, a change at work, a shift in a relationship, a disagreement with a trusted friend, or simply waking up on the wrong side of the bed, the reason is unimportant. It doesn't matter what brought it on; what is important is that there is a way to lift yourself out of that dark place and back into the light. Whenever I’m having a

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Jack Adam Weber, author of the new Climate Cure. In the section of Climate Cure titled, "Navigating the Doom and Denial of Climate Crisis," I discuss the polarization that occurs in perceiving climate change. It's a similar polarization that occurs in relation to Covid-19. This section hinges on a realization, a possibility that we tend to polarize to extremes not because the evidence merits, but because we are uncomfortable with the anxiety of not-knowing. So we jump to doom ("we're completely screwed") or denial ("climate crisis is a hoax, no need to worry about it") and then defend our all-knowing with confirmation bias and

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Dr. Debbie Palmer, author of the new Mindful Beauty. Summer—with its abundant fruits and vegetables—may be officially over, but fall's bounty is just as plentiful…and just as delicious. What's more: the wide variety of deep rich colors that we can find in fall's produce is indicative of the health-promoting antioxidants they contain. In fact, the deeper or richer the color of a fruit or vegetable, the more antioxidants it contains. It's the antioxidants—compounds that help prevent or stop damage from oxidants (damaging free radicals found in everything from the sun's rays to the pollution around us)—that give fruits and

Readers, please enjoy this guest blog post by Margaret Ann Lembo, author of Chakra Awakening; The Essential Guide to Crystals, Minerals, and Stones; Essential Guide to Aromatherapy and Vibrational Healing, Crystal Intentions Oracle, Crystals Beyond Beginners, and the new Essential Guide to Everyday Angels. You have many angels around you every moment of your life. They're with you 24/7, when you are sleeping and when you are awake. They are a thought away. The angelic realm is waiting for you to give them permission to help. They need specific requests to activate their assistance. Because humans have free will, angels need to be asked to assist on your behalf. They respond to