Look out for my new book!  Official release date 30th January 2025

ESSENTIAL OILS TO EASE ANXIETY: THE ALCHEMIST’S GUIDE TO SERENITY. 

ISBN: 978-1-0685013-0-2 (Print)

£15.99

• Informed by decades of research, teaching and experiential practice.
• Describes the multi-dynamical triggers, causes and nuances of anxiety.
• Describes complementary remedial strategies that aid and support identification, prevention and alleviation of anxiety.
• Describes simple cornerstones that support health, wellness and wellbeing.
• Provides the psycho-emotional-spiritual qualities and properties of sixty essential oils.
• Includes easy to follow reference charts to guide and hone essential oil selection. Including, for example: Seasons, elements and essential oils; Scent profiles; Anxiety and its wider scope – complementary essential oils.
• Includes guidance about safe and effective methods of application.

This book aims to support you maintain your personal locus of control in terms of managing and nurturing health and wellbeing.  Essential oils instigate significant physiological influence on the brain and central nervous system, the immune system and micro-biome, the endocrine system, and also, poignantly, they exhibit significant psycho-emotional-spiritual qualities that may ground, balance and uplift mood, improve memory and recall, and thus generally support mental health; perfect travelling companions. Gifts of nature, essential oils (resins and herbs) feature in many traditional ancient, and modern, medicinal and spiritual canons, including the Bible, and other scriptures. As you will discover in the following pages, essential oils, alongside other related remedial strategies and ancient wisdoms (for there is no such thing as one cure-all strategy), can ease the symptoms of anxiety (and accompanying co-morbidities, such as depression, insomnia, fear and grief ), potentially subtly softening the broken jagged edges, while healing takes place.

For ease of reading and information retrieval, the following content is divided into two sections and twenty-three short chapters. Section One,  Walking with Anxiety, explores what anxiety is, its cause and consequence and ways to determine, manage and alleviate symptoms. Section Two,  Applying Essential Oils, explains the multiple dynamical properties and qualities of essential oils and identifies remedial psycho-emotional-spiritual indications for sixty individual essential oils, including their associated traditional energetic and subtle elements, that will assist you to hone and individualise selection of the most pertinent oil, or oils, in accord with your specific need or requirement.

REVIEWS

“Over the recent ten years, there has been a growing emphasis in the mental health profession on the importance of encouraging a healthy lifestyle alongside medical care. This is coupled with the recognition of the value of promoting self-care, resilience and empowerment as safe, effective and cost-effective approaches to be integrated into individualised treatment for depression and associated anxiety disorders. Integration is indeed the key to success and aromatherapy beautifully and safely complements standard psychiatric care practices.

This text by Heather Dawn Godfrey is therefore very timely. Heather is well placed to write on this topic. As with her previous publications, through her well researched information and easily accessible writing style, she guides and enables the general reader to take positive, pragmatic, doable steps towards improving their own mental health. Through her longstanding experience as therapist, educator and award-winning author, Heather provides simple tools and strategies for priming and maintaining an inner locus of balance and control.”

Rhiannon Lewis, editor of the International Journal of Clinical Aromatherapy

“This book is an illuminating exploration of aromatherapy!  I felt as though I’d been invited into a realm where the essence of nature meets the intricate workings of our mind, body, and spirit.  Heather is clearly an alchemist and has a profound understanding of the power of essential oils and the transformative potential they hold within every drop.”

Janey Lee Grace, author and broadcaster

“In these challenging times where many people suffer from anxiety and stress, this book stands as a beacon of hope and resilience, offering a scientifically grounded and empathetic approach to mental wellbeing. The author skillfully combines research with practical applications, demonstrating the significant physiological and psychological benefits of essential oils on the brain, central nervous system, immune system, and endocrine system. Through the author’s authentic narratives of personal loss and vulnerability, the book guides readers towards reclaiming control and balance. Supported by evidence, it explores how these natural remedies can alleviate symptoms of anxiety, depression, insomnia, and grief. This work is an invaluable resource for practitioners and individuals seeking evidence-based methods to enhance overall wellbeing and resilience, reminding us of our capacity for growth and transformation.”

Emma-Jane Loveridge, health expert and author

Discover the transformative power of essential oils in this timely enlightening guide that blends ancient wisdom with modern science. Harness the power within you and the natural world to gracefully and resiliently overcome life’s challenges. 

Sue Stone, Author, TV Presenter, and Transformational Leader of the Sue Stone Foundation