With the hour of sleep we all gained this past weekend comes the promise of dark earlier, less sunshine, and for some a depression commonly referred to as SAD: Seasonal Affective Disorder. The lack of sunshine contributes to the lack of vitamin D, which in turn may cause depression. According to an article in U.S. […]
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Happy Gift Giving Season
What is enough and what is too much as we give gifts to family and friends? Google Christmas giving and you’ll find both extremes from going giftless to the most extravagant gifts money can buy. Footsteps in Eden Reflexology has shared links in its recent weekly emails to websites featuring the topic of giving — […]
Victory Over Holiday Over-Eating
“Tis the season for bountiful overindulgence in every holiday food and beverage calling your name. You may have made 7 kinds of cookies and some fudge, too. That’s what the family expects. You’re invited to a few parties where the food and drink is in abundance. There are treats galore around the office, and everyone […]
Gracious Giving
Today Connie Scheel shares about Gratitude with our Footsteps In Eden Reflexology readers. She’s included two of Young Living’s blends that she treasures for her enhancing her quiet time and allowing her to take her gratitude for Jesus in her life, with her all day long. It ties in perfectly with the old, old post […]
Spicing Up the Holidays by Mixing Up Essential Oils
Orange, cinnamon, anise. The aromas of the season are wafting right off your screen and bringing a fresh perspective even now, right? Connie Scheel shares today with readers of our Footsteps in Eden Reflexology blog, some special essential oil (EO) blends for the holidays. She’s loving orange and includes it often. Follow Connie on Facebook: […]
Keeping the Holidays Relaxed
Footsteps in Eden Reflexology has shared these “Holiday Stress Reduction Tips” before. We adapted them several years ago from an article by Dr. Dolores Digaetano, which appeared in the MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL. We won’t all have the opportunity to escape to the beach, but these are excellent reminders for us as the holiday season gets […]
Tipping Point of Stress Away Essential Oil
Stress! Are you at the “tipping point?” Many people first visit Footsteps in Eden Reflexology for help getting that load off their back. Reflexology has a great reputation for lowering stress. Connie Scheel shares how essential oils — Young Living’s Stress Away in particular — may also be helpful in recognizing and reducing your stress. […]
Turning Scraps of Time into Creativity and Stress Release
“When life throws you scraps, make a quilt.” This week Footsteps in Eden Reflexology continues on our path of offering ideas for those mini-dose stress busters. The anonymous quote above says so much about our stressed out lives. We often feel like all that’s left for ourselves are scraps. The process of turning those scraps […]
Dancing with Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
With our RED theme at Footsteps In Eden Reflexology this month, we invited our essential oils writer, Connie Scheel, to an adventure with Ylang Ylang essential oil. After all, this Young Living oil comes with a RED label and some of its aromatic use is consider quite romantic. Join Connie on her discovery. She has […]
Real & Really Practical Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress
I have a plan to keep the holidays simple. Do you? Will we stick to our plans, or will they be sabotaged by the expectations and our imaginatings of the perfect Christmas? It's easy to dream of that Currier and Ives image in our heads, but not so easy to recreate it in our reality. […]