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    Heather Dawn: Godfrey. P.G.C.E., B.Sc. (Joint Hon) Award winning author, essential oil and well being therapist, and teacher        I am thrilled and honoured Janey asked me to contribute to her best selling new book, Happy Healthy Sober.   This is a lovely positive and upbeat book which explores ways to […]

Platinum Award Winner Essential Oils for Mindfulness, and Meditation and Essential Oils for the Whole Body – Heather Dawn: Godfrey An interview with Ellen Kamhi, New York USA – listen here           About Ellen Kamhi Ellen Kamhi, PhD, RN, AHG, AHN-BC is a leader in the nutraceutical industry, recognised as a […]

  INTERVIEW WITH THE LOVELY LISA KENT 2016

Heather Dawn: Godfrey.  P.G.C.E., B.Sc. (Joint Hon)   Based in San Antonio, Texas, USA, radio hosts Marc and Nikki share their special interest in promotion of natural medicine and the significant role plants play in managing and maintaining health and wellbeing. I was delighted to be invited as a guest to discuss with Marc and […]

Read my contribution in Janey Lee Grace’s new book, Happy Healthy Sober                 I’m so thrilled to have been asked to contribute a section to Janey’s new and timely book Happy Healthy Sober – Ditch the Booze and Take control of your life.  This upbeat, positive and informative […]

Heather Dawn: Godfrey.  P.G.C.E., B.Sc. (Joint Hon) (Author of Healing with Essential Oils)   This article contains excerpts from my latest book, Healing with Essential Oils   The Role of Essential Oils within Plants Essential oils occur as secondary metabolites in plant’s and, while not vital to the plants existence, they play a significant supportive […]

How do you get inspired to write? The inspiration comes from within, but it is enhanced and clarified in many ways. My subject inspires me. My students and clients inspire me. The process of being a therapist and author inspires me. My sense of gratefulness inspires me. Writing itself inspires me. Sometimes I feel as […]

Heather Dawn: Godfrey.  P.G.C.E., B.Sc. (Joint Hon) Writing my books: beginning the journey Where do I start? This seemed to be the biggest question; laden with the colours, shapes and shadows that suddenly burst into the foreground of my imagination. Yet, in the spirit of paradox, this was also the simplest, easiest question to answer… […]

  As affirmed in my recent blog, ‘Grateful Reflection’, one of the lovely unexpected consequences of setting out on my writing journey is that I encounter so many amazing and inspiring people.  It is so uplifting to realise just how many kindred spirits exist. In sharing a little bit about them here, I aim to […]

  Age is an inevitable process; our bodies are finite, life is transient. However, although there is some inevitable ‘slowing down’, ageing does not necessarily herald debilitation. Ageing is another of many ‘rights of passage’ encountered through life. Marguerite Maury (1895-1968) believed that in acknowledging age as a natural process, a friend and not an enemy, […]

  The journey from idea, pen to paper, to publication. “You become what you believe, not what you think or what you want”.  Oprah Winfrey The readers experience of a book is as significant as its academic and/or creative content.  Good publishers respect their readers as well as their authors, and produce books that people want to […]

Heather Dawn: Godfrey.  P.G.C.E., B.Sc. (Joint Hon)   The article below includes excerpts from my new book, Healing with Essential Oils, published by Inner Traditions, Vermont USA   The human micro biome consists of trillions of microbes, including bacteria and fungi, which symbiotically live in and on the body – on the skin, in the gut, […]