Blog articles by Consultant Aromatherapist Nicole Barton

Essential oils for expansion and shifting stagnation

11/09/2026

Often when we feel stagnant, we have forgotten to trust life and have lost connection with things that make us feel alive. Read how essential oils can help us ‘unstick’ ourselves and expand into the transitions we find ourselves in.

Deepen dreamwork with aromatherapy night rituals

30/07/2026

Dreamwork is the practice of paying attention to our dreams and becoming curious about what they may be revealing to us about ourselves. Read how to deepen your dreamwork with our aromatherapeutic night ritual.

Essential oils to support spellcraft and intention-setting

19/06/2026

Essential oils can help us set intentions and participate more consciously in creating our lives. Learn how they can be used to embody qualities such as confidence, clarity, courage and creativity to supercharge your summer spellcraft.

Aromatherapy oils to break free of comparison

21/05/2026

Constantly comparing ourselves and feeling inferior is common in modern culture - and it’s exhausting. Read how essential oils can help us break free of comparison and come back to our own unique rhythms, self-worth and gifts!

Essential oils for bladder irritation & UTIs

29/04/2026

Essential oils offer fantastic complementary support for bladder and urinary tract irritation. Not only can they support the body physically, but they can also tend to the emotional sensitivity that often accompanies this kind of irritation.

Healing the mother wound with essential oils

17/03/2026

Are you the one who holds everything together? The one who over-gives, is constantly caring and can never say no? Learn more about the mother wound and how you can use essential oils to reclaim your inner no!

Essential oils for decision fatigue

03/03/2026

Modern life asks us to make an extraordinary number of choices which can leave us in ‘decision fatigue’. Learn more about this type of exhaustion and how essential oils can help when our nervous system goes into overdrive.

Healing grief with natural essential oils support

27/01/2026

Unprocessed grief can sit in the body, affecting how we feel, think and function. Read how essential oils help us meet hidden grief consciously to soften emotional barriers and support wellbeing across body, mind and emotions.

Essential oils for our inner rhythms and the cycles of nature

07/01/2026

January comes with an expectation to push and drive and make New Year’s resolutions. But this deeply conflicts with our inner rhythms and the cycles of nature. Learn how to reclaim your rhythm and restore balance.

Navigating conflict in our relationships with essential oils

15/12/2025

Christmas is a time of joy, but it can also be a time where there’s friction and conflict in our relationships. Read how you can use aromatherapy to support all the emotions that arise in times of conflict and bring you back to balance.

Essential oils for digital overload

10/11/2025

Digital overload can impact on our nervous system, body and mind, leaving us anxious, disconnected and depleted of the energy we need to truly live. Learn how essential oils can help us ‘detox’ and rebalance.

Essential oils for witches-in-training

09/10/2025

Are you drawn to the magic of aromatherapy? This is the season when intuition piques and the modern ‘witch’ within begins to awaken. Learn how to embrace your inner witch and trust your intuition with the power of essential oils!

How essential oils can help heal shame

19/08/2025

Aromatherapy allows us to connect with our body, tend our nervous systems and heal emotions around shameful feelings. We explore how these feelings show up and discuss common essential oils for healing shame.

Essential oils to help combat fear

28/07/2025

Living in a permanent state of fear impacts the body and mind. Discover the best essential oils to help combat fear, calm the nervous system, regulate our emotions and bring us back to centre.

The aromatherapeutic first aid powers of essential oils

15/07/2025

Essential oils can be sacred plant allies in first aid situations, helping us to pause, soothe and regulate in times of shock, and physiologically supporting us with antiseptic, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties.

Essential oils to help us reclaim our authentic self-expression

10/06/2025

Being able to share our honest, authentic voice is vital for staying healthy. Learn how essential oils can support us in this journey by soothing fear, connecting us to our truth, opening our hearts and helping us feel our emotions.

Self-healing with essential oils - reconnecting to your body

14/05/2025

Learn how to harness the power of self-healing with essential oils. Discover the 5 best oils to help us reconnect to our body wisdom and build trust in ourselves, along with 3 simple self-healing rituals.

Essential oils for safe, sacred, and empowering women's circles

28/04/2025

Essential oils are perfect for creating a nourishing and empowering environment for women’s circles. We discus how to use them safely in order to encourage relaxation and dispel any fears that arise from attending.

Healing tendonitis with essential oils: the ‘natural’ approach

11/03/2025

Tendonitis is a common, painful, inflammatory condition often caused by repetitive motion, affecting the tendons. Discover the best essential oils to help heal the symptoms naturally, and aid recovery.

Wheel of the Year and essential oils for each Sabbat

09/01/2025

We look at the Wheel of the Year and how essential oils can be used in conjunction with the energies of each Sabbat, to align us more powerfully with the cycles of life and bring our body back into natural equilibrium.

Essential oils to supercharge your manifesting magic

02/01/2025

Enter 2025 powerfully with our New Year ritual. Supported by essential oils, Nicole Barton’s ritual will help you tune into your heart and soul to see what magic you long to manifest this year, and act as a focus point to help you hold that vision.

Essential oils for emotional regulation this Christmas

03/12/2024

As we head into the busy and often stressful festive season it can be all too easy to ignore the underlying signs of emotional dysregulation. Read our blog for how essential oils can help us stay ‘regulated’ this Christmas!

Essential oils to inspire hope and winter wellbeing

31/10/2024

The darker season is a time for slowing down and going inwards - a time of rest and restoration, which can feel a stark contrast to other seasons. But when we fully embrace it, it can begin to offer us healing and renewal. Learn more…

Essential oil rituals for endometriosis

17/09/2024

1 in 10 women suffer with endometriosis – an often-misunderstood condition that the medical system doesn’t really have an answer for. Having experienced the condition, Nicole Barton, discusses how essential oils can help support.

Essential oils for emotional exhaustion

27/08/2024

The busy summer months can be overwhelming, with little time or space to really ‘feel our feelings’. So, as summer slows, learn how to reconnect to your body and harness essential oils to combat the fatigue of suppressed emotions.

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