405: PsychoAromatherapy: Using Essential Oils for Better Mental Health with Jade Shutes, World Renowned Aromatherapist

What You’ll Learn: An introduction on how essential oils influence mental health (0 min)  Jade’s background and bio (2 min) Jade has been a key influencer in aromatherapy for three decades. Jade was recently highlighted on the Aromatic Hologram as a featured pioneer in aromatherapy. (6 min) How Jade got interested in aromatherapy for mental health (8 min) How essential oils can help one during times of trials by bringing us into the moment (13.50 min) Why we should customize interventions and not just treat a diagnosis (15.30 min) The multiple and holistic ways essential oils can benefit mental health: This is through the hedonic effect, psychological expectancy, memory-based association, and pharmacological mechanisms. (17.50 min) The importance of using integrative support along with clinical aromatherapy (25 min) The mental health conditions that have the most research with aromatherapy and what Jade has experienced with using various essential oils for them including: (28.30 min) Specific oils Jade is currently incorporating to help her family cope with grief. An oil that was featured in Jade’s articles on essential oils for mental health and panic attacks that took me by surprise. Essential oils that can support mood and their mechanisms. (35 min) Jade’s guidelines for diffusing essential oils for emotional support (38 min) The mood benefits received from topical applications of essential oils(48 min) Essential oils impact on the vagus nerve and how they can be used to change neural connections based on this (52 min) The many different integrative techniques to help with mental health: Essential oils can be incorporated into each one but are not the sole treatment. (55 min) Jade’s insights on essential oils for trauma and how trauma changes the brain (1 hour) How essential oils can impact social connection and how being around others ignites all our senses (1 hour 8 min)  How food, the earth, and smell enhance our health: Socioeconomics can impact this. (1 hour 11 min) Using essential oils for the mental health of youth: Teens are especially suffering from mental health issues.  Closing questions to get to know Jade more and her recipe for aromatic baths Please share this with others. We are in a mental health crisis and many are suffering and could benefit from an integrative approach that incorporates aromatherapy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices