There is a moment in the forest when the noise inside you begins to quiet.

Sometimes, midlife can feel like the opposite of that. Between disrupted sleep, a fog that settles over a mind that used to be razor-sharp, or anxiety that arrives uninvited, it’s as if our our body is speaking a language that we were never taught to read.

In this episode, my guest Kathleen Jaggassar, an international speaker on Aromatic Nervous System Regulation and the president of the Canadian Alliance of Aromatherapy, acts as our translator and guide as we explore the integrated and embodied practice of aromatherapy.

We explore promising research and scientific evidence on how essential oils are transforming women’s experience with sleep disturbances, mental clarity, and emotional balance during peri ...