Making Sense of the Insensible by Leonie Blackwell

Alchemy of the Mind offers an engaging and informative look into your thoughts, emotions, feelings and memory. Whether you suffer from stress, anxiety, depression or addictions, one pill may not be the solution. Change your brain with simple nutritional supplementation using self-help tools in this book. Vanita reveals how to achieve happiness through the balance of chemicals that connects the brain with the gut, stress, cravings, addictions and libido. You biology is in your biochemistry. Testing of brain chemistry with functional pathology maps out a pathway to a targeted natural support for the nervous system. In this book, you will find:

• the integration of mind, body and brain
• the play between Serotonin, stress and hormones
• underlying causes of mental health
• natural options to antidepressant therapy
• the connection of brain chemicals to mood, happiness and depression.

This is a must read for anyone interested in the science of the mind.

Aromatherapy for Health Professionals covers the full spectrum of theory and practice from essential oil science and the foundations of practice to the application of aromatherapy for specific conditions. The fourth edition of this highly successful book provides a clear and authoritative introduction to aromatherapy as practiced in modern health care settings. It gives valuable information for any health professional wishing to develop their understanding of the subject, providing the in-depth knowledge needed to use essential oils in the practice environment. NEW FOR THIS EDITION

• Two new chapters – Wound Care and Bereavement – provide valuable additions to the text
• The chapter ‘Aromas, Mind and Body’ has been enhanced
• Several new essential oils – giving properties, indications and cautions – have been added
• New case histories illustrate the practical application of theory and techniques described
• References have been updated and new research added

The book is supported by a CD-ROM of ancillary tables covering essential oils for general use in health-care settings including indications for safe, therapeutic uses of essential oils; those to be used with caution; and essential oil definitions.

Confused about what the best diet is to follow or whether you should take supplements? Interested in the concept of personalised health care rather than the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach? Want to reduce your risk of diseases than run in your family and maximise your current health? Does ageing well and preventative healthcare appeal to you? Doreen Schwegler is both a naturopath with over 24 years experience and medical scientist. She brings together the latest information about thorough testing including genetic profiling, information on detoxification, advice on diet, exercise, sleep, supplements, emotional wellbeing and healthy sex. Her years of experience, reading and research helps to clarify what can be a plethora of sometime conflicting advice about what is best for you, to  assist with truly personalised healthcare. Whether you are a health practitioner interested in expanding your knowledge, a student seeking practical information, a person wanting to lose weight or trying to conceive, or someone striving to do their best to stay well, this book is for you! It seeks to clarify and simplify information to assist you in making informed decisions about what can help your current health concerns and prevent future ones.

A chemist and aromatherapy practitioner provides scientific proof for the effectiveness of using essential oils. Aromatherapy is the fastest-growing segment of the body care industry, an effective and deeply pleasurable way to maintain well-being. Now, Kurt Schnaubelt, a chemist and longtime aromatherapy practitioner, provides scientific proof for the efficacy of essential oils, explained clearly and logically. Advanced Aromatherapy draws on recent research to demonstrate how essential oils work on the cells and microbes of the body. These chemical changes affect emotional states as well as physical ones. Advanced Aromatherapy explains how to treat symptoms ranging from hay fever to stress disorders with predictable results. An essential textbook for aromatherapy practitioners.