It was love at first smell when I attended a weekend intensive on essential oils in 1992. I’d been diagnosed with fibromyalgia after a whiplash injury 4 years earlier, and was inspired to start making massage oils and bath salts to address my constant pain and stress. Because I was pregnant and had a 5-year-old at home, everything had to be safe for everyone, and I apply that same level of responsibility to formulating for dogs.
In 1996, I founded Earth Heart® Inc. to help others learn how to
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safely and effectively use herbs and essential oils as part of everyday life. For several years, products were developed for massage, skin, body and baby care – with family and friends as sometimes unwilling products testers!
I wrote a monthly column for a local health magazine, had a small holistic practice, developed and taught continuing and community education classes for 14 years, Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers at the community college for 8 years. My aromatherapy and herbal certifications are through Jeanne Rose Herbal & Aromatherapy Studies, and I’m a long-standing member of the American Herbalists Guild, the Alliance of International Aromatherapists, and Women in the Pet Industry Network.