In today’s episode, you'll learn the basics of what an essential oil chemical family is and why understanding the general characteristics of each family can be a great way to begin to learn essential oil chemistry and improve your blending skills! 

Enjoy the podcast! It is my sincere hope that you will feel inspired to explore essential oils deeper after listening and learning what is possible for your health and well-being when you include aromatherapy in your life.

Aromatic Wisdom™ Podcast with Liz Fulcher 

32: A Guide to Understanding Essential Oil Chemical Families

In this first episode, I (Liz Fulcher) cover three points:
1. The purpose of the podcast;
2. The podcast format;
3. My aromatic background. 


AWP 001: Welcome to the Aromatic Wisdom Podcast!

For those of you just getting starting with essential oils and aromatherapy it can be overwhelming and confusing understanding how to make blends, what carries to use, how many drops to add to those carriers, etc.

In today’s episode, I share some simple but important guidelines to follow so you can make safe and effective blends for use on the skin. 

You will learn:

What “blending” means
What is a carrier
Two important essential oils properties
Why it’s important to blend
What is a 1%, 2%, 3% blend?
The correct dilution to use according to age and condition.
Enjoy the podcast; we hope it inspires you to explore what’s possible with essential oils and aromatherapy!


AWP 002: Blending Guidelines for Making Aromatherapy Products

The image has the wrong episode number, but the title and the audio are correct.  Episode 3 is another “Learn with Liz” session in which Liz teaches you about the cornerstone of aromatherapy – essential oils.

Three salient points were covered:

1. What is an essential oil?

2. Why do we use essential oils?

3. Liz shares a list of the 10 best essential oils to get you started in aromatherapy.

AWP 003: Ten Essential Oils to Get Started with Aromatherapy

In today’s episode, Liz shares how using essential oils and other natural remedies can help lift the emotional darkness of winter.

5 Recommended Essential Oils for depression and irritability of the winter blues:

Lavender
Clary sage
Geranium
Ylang-ylang
Siberian Fir

Enjoy the podcast! It is my sincere hope that you will feel inspired to explore essential oils deeper after listening and learn what is possible for your health and well-being when you include aromatherapy into your life.



AWP 004: Aromatic Remedies to Beat the Winter Blues

In today’s episode, Liz shares how essential oils can help your respiratory system.  She covers what therapeutic properties to look for in a respiratory-supporting oil and what those properties actually mean in terms of how they help the body.

Liz teaches the best method of application and respiratory health and finally shares her pick of six great essential oils to support health of your lungs, throat and sinuses.

AWP 005: Six Essential Oils for a Healthy Respiratory System

AWP 006: Last Minute DIY Aromatic Gifts

In today's episode, Liz shares how you can set goals for your aromatic life using a digital vision board.

Elizabeth Fulcher's Album

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I'm a Clinical Aromatherapist, Hydrosol Therapist, Writer, Podcaster, Educator and Founder of AromaticWisdomInstitute.com.  I love to share my 27 years of knowledge about essential oils, hydrosols, distillation and all things aromatherapy. Thank you for listening!

Liz Fulcher, AromaticWisdomInstitute.com