{"id":2969,"date":"2022-12-09T03:16:25","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T03:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2022-12-09T21:05:03","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T21:05:03","slug":"essential-oils-stress-holidays-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/healing-health-wellness\/2022\/12\/essential-oils-stress-holidays-mental-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Balancing Stress, Holiday Hassles, Mental Health, Resiliency, and Mind-Body Harmony with Essential Oils"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A recent survey<\/a> shockingly reported that over 80% of Americans\u2019 are experiencing a rise in stress. Due to the compounded effect of everyday irritations, the holidays, and world events, it\u2019s important to find ways to prevent the detrimental impacts these havocs can have on our minds and bodies.<\/p>\n

Beyond the memory robbing, focus stealing, and lowered cognitive processing abilities stress imparts on our brain, it also aggravates existing mental health issues and increases the risk for them in those without neuroprocessing differences. Furthermore, long-term stress negatively affects hormonal balance<\/a>, immune function<\/a>, and every other system<\/a> of the body.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, mind-body<\/a> techniques, laughter<\/a>, relaxation, lifestyle<\/a> practices, and self-care<\/a> all have been found to influence epigenetic<\/a> pathways favorably. In other words, they help to \u201cmop up\u201d the biological mess stress has on our physiology. Of all these approaches, essential oil<\/a> are one of my favorites. When life gets overwhelming, they provide instantaneous and simultaneous soothing to the brain and body.<\/p>\n

In my previous article<\/a>, I explained how these plant secondary metabolites have an ability to intervene and downregulate the stress cascade at the level of the mind. I then explained how several of them (clary sage, lavender, and bergamot) and two blends (Stress Relief and Joyful Blends) could specifically help to restore healthy harmony.<\/p>\n

In my recent article<\/a> and video, I continue to focus on single essential oils and blends for overall wellness. Topics<\/a> include:<\/p>\n