Guidelines to choose Essential Oils

There’s tons of different brands of essential oils, with huge price variations, and most will say “100% pure essential oil.” How can you differentiate and make an informed choice? Here’s your compass. 1: determine what you want the oils… Read more

AromaTouch – A Clinical Approach to Essential Oils

On Saturday, August 13, 2016, Mayni and I had the chance to take the AromaTouch Technique Certification Training, along with some very dear friends in Malmö. I had requested Elizabeth Svensson, a certified trainer, to travel from Ireland… Read more

Coping as an Interpreter (video)

So I realized that the tools I had learned over the years to help me cope with the workload in translation and interpreting could be valuable for colleagues, and I recently launched a Facebook page on that topic…. Read more

Overview of what we do

English live video of the week, from Facebook: what we do (the audio starts working properly after abt. 5 seconds, sorry about that)

Swedish almond cupcakes, gluten- and dairy free

The original Swedish “mazariner” tarts are a time-consuming recipe since each individual mini-pie crust needs to be pressed in by hand and then filled and glazed. This version has approximately the same taste but is more like a… Read more

Essential Oils and Mental Performance

Today I got my first blog entry as a holistic consultant published in someone else’s blog. It’s in Spanish, but I wanted to share since it was so pretty! 🙂   http://www.vivirbienesunplacer.com/sin-categoria/aceites-esenciales-y-prestacion-mental/

Essential oils in lung health

In early 2012, two different people contacted me at the same time, telling me that some patients with Cystic Fibrosis in Germany had improved their breathing (lessened shortness of breath) and their lung capacity, while helping fight their bacterial infections… Read more

Aromatherapy for animals

At the end of June 2012, we adopted Kira, a 2-year old female black dog. She was extremely skinny (at the edge of death, for sure), nearly without hair, with dermatitis due to fleas, and terribly scared. She… Read more