Chakra Balancing Poetry – Healing Through Words
The poem I wrote below was inspired by the Pilates teacher training I completed in Santa Barbara, Ca. in 2016. My teacher was trained in other disciplines, to include energy medicine and the Franklin Method, so the lessons were colored by her integration of these...
Flower of Gold and Sun for Health & Beauty
Mother is the home we come from. She is nature, soil, ocean. Erich Fromm When we are in direct relationship with nature, we are experiencing our inherent rootedness to Mother Earth. This connection allows us to tap into her wisdom gifts, and expands our own...
Shifting Anger with Plant Medicine and Meditation
Anger is the energetic guardian of our boundaries. When we are angry, it is often a result of feeling out of balance, thrown off course somehow in our relationship with self, and others. This experience provides a wonderful opportunity to ground our body, honor the...
A New Study Emerges: Essential Oils and The Treatment of Chronic Lyme Disease
For those of you who are new to the Well Scent family and haven't gotten to know our small business' background yet, we are an apothecary run entirely by a team of women who also happen to be Late Stage #Lyme Disease survivors. So when a new study emerged in early...
~Combating Smoke Exposure & Smoke Sensitivity Relief~
Our hearts go out to our neighbors in California who are affected by the Napa, Sonoma and Santa Rosa fires. We can only imagine the magnitude of the grief felt by thousands of residents who have lost their communities, their homes, or their loved ones in this ongoing...
Lyme, Porphyria and Liver Support
Leading Lyme Disease and Mold Exposure specialist, Dr. Neil Nathan, recently shared in his newsletter an invaluable insight for those with complex chronic illness that struggle with extreme hypersensitivity and reactivity. Many of these patients have been diagnosed...
Food as a Sensorial Experience & Plating Essentials
"Pull up a chair. Take a taste. Come join us. Life is so endlessly delicious.” Ruth Reichl I listened to an NPR program years ago from a chef that related overeating to our industrialized diet. He shared that plating simple but beautiful, vibrant, colorful and locally...
Breathe Meditation
"The beautiful thing about being in the mess- it creates friction, it disrupts comfort, it ignites movement. movement is what helps us sift through what's real, what's of value and what deserves to stay." Danielle Doby So keep moving. Keep releasing what was not meant...
Chakra Balancing Poetry
Healing through words. Today, we're setting the intention to only breathe words of love out into the world, and to express ourselves with language that is merely an extension of our soul. In a moment of sacred stillness and heart-centered rebalancing, Well Scent Owner...
An Unconventional Spring Detox
In the course of healing Late Stage Lyme Disease, I have experimented with more than a dozen diets, none of which absolutely resonated and very few made much of an impression at all, Today I practice what I call an "energetic" or "intuitive" diet, which closely...
Morning Inspiration – Superfood On the Go Breakfast
Check out our most favorited food-feed 8th and Lake, named "Best Healthy Food Accounts" by MindBodyGreen. This is my go-to page for inspiration for new, gorgeous ways to prepare and plate plant-based meals. Founder Marie, is also a travel blogger, so you can peruse...
A Mother’s Day Prayer
“Today we celebrate with those who are remembering their mothers with love and gratitude. We give thanks for all the ways that their mothers have cared for and been there for them—and we pray that those mothers be blessed with overflowing joy today and always… “We...