by Dawn Browning | Mar 2, 2022 | Essential oils, Holistic solutions, Self-care
Have you ever been snapped out of the moment back to a memory of a place and time with your sense of smell? That’s the power of aroma and the limbic system. Essential oils are effective aromatic anchors that can also do the opposite. Essential oils can help you shift...
by Dawn Browning | Jan 4, 2022 | Holistic solutions, Self-care, Writing
Happy New Year! There's so much to say and yet, style and silence are gold. Economy of words is something I aspire to. My awareness of this concept has been elevated recently after watching “The Center Will Not Hold” – a moving documentary that captured Joan...
by Dawn Browning | Oct 8, 2021 | Diabetes, Holistic solutions, Yoga
In my tender and troubled 23rd year, I blacked out behind the wheel of my BMW 318i with the hand-crank sunroof open. Heading home on Highway 90 in Gulfport, MS, I rolled right over the sea wall onto the sandy beach that balmy summer night. I don’t recall the moments...
by Dawn Browning | Jul 6, 2021 | Essential oils, Holistic solutions
We (in the the Northern Hemisphere) are in the the heat of summer. To be fully present with the theme of this post, I am writing outside where it’s 94 deg F. You may be wondering, “What are the benefits of peppermint essential oil? Why is it considered a great...
by Dawn Browning | Apr 17, 2021 | Diabetes, Holistic solutions, Yoga
Image by Robert Wu At age 16, I peed in a cup and my life changed. I was at the medical center for a physical to attend Girl’s State, a model government experience that promotes leadership for high school girls. I was not sick…or so I thought. The blood draw...
by Dawn Browning | Mar 21, 2021 | Essential oils, Holistic solutions, Self-care
Tangerine – Oil of Creativity, Curiosity, and Wonder I trust my instincts and yearnings for essential oils; this practice imbues a sense of curiosity, wonder, and adventure. How fitting that I am called to Tangerine oil, which inspires these qualities. Usually, I am...