| One of the most frequently asked questions I hear | | | | almond massage oil, her diuresis increased quite |
| from my clients is, "What made you leave your | | | | dramatically which indicated that her kidneys were |
| career in Nursing and start your own practice?" | | | | beginning to function normally again. As she had been |
| The earlier part of my nursing career was spent in | | | | in a wheel chair at home for many months a little |
| Australia in high dependency primary care and later in | | | | joint release for her arms was required to relieve |
| medical/oncology and palliative care. Illness surrounded | | | | stiffness and restricted movement. She was soon |
| me and death was more common than not. | | | | able to walk with a frame; something she hadn't |
| Disempowerment was augmented by a system | | | | done for a long time. Her spirits were lifted giving her |
| resistant to change and it was not much longer til | | | | new hope and motivation. |
| light soon shone in a new direction physically, | | | | When I returned home to Australia my newly |
| mentally, emotionally and spiritually. | | | | acquired skills were greeted with much less |
| I travelled overseas and whilst nursing at a private | | | | enthusiasm from the more conservative M.D. |
| hospital in Surrey (U.K), took up further studies in | | | | colleagues (their comments termed them, "hocus |
| Aromatherapy. The Medical Consultants there were | | | | pocus"). I brushed aside their scepticism and used |
| very open to alternative complimentary therapies and | | | | essential oils in subtle ways such as Lavender or |
| permitted me to use this therapy in the ward where | | | | Roman Chamomile bed baths and placed a few drops |
| I worked. This was a positive beginning and the | | | | in a small fan on the bedside table for the terminally ill. |
| improvements in the patients' physical and overall | | | | I included oils such as Cypress, Clary sage and Melissa |
| wellbeing was most impressive. | | | | for the grieving families to restore comfort and |
| One particular patient I recall in her 50's was a regular | | | | peace. It wasn't long before I began my own private |
| on the ward in and out of remission diagnosed with | | | | practice and furthered my studies in Kinesiology |
| Multiple Sclerosis. She had symptoms of pitting | | | | & Emotional Healing. |
| oedema (chronic fluid retention), immunosuppression | | | | I offer a holistic approach to health and having had |
| and immobility to name just a few. Before treatment | | | | first-hand experience of how disempowered and |
| she was only able to transfer from wheel chair to | | | | dependent patients can become in hospitals, it is my |
| bed. Following two aromatherapy massages using a | | | | belief that prevention is the pathway to |
| blend of essential oils with Juniper in a base of sweet | | | | empowerment. |