What You’ll Learn:

1. An introduction on how essential oils influence mental health (0 min) 

2. Jade’s background and bio (2 min)

1. Jade has been a key influencer in aromatherapy for three decades.

2. Jade was recently highlighted on the Aromatic Hologram as a featured pioneer in aromatherapy. (6 min)

3. How Jade got interested in aromatherapy for mental health (8 min)

4. How essential oils can help one during times of trials by bringing us into the moment (13.50 min)

5. Why we should customize interventions and not just treat a diagnosis (15.30 min)

6. The multiple and holistic ways essential oils can benefit mental health: This is through the hedonic effect, psychological expectancy, memory-based association, and pharmacological mechanisms. (17.50 min)

7. The importance of using integrative support along with clinical aromatherapy (25 min)

8. The mental health conditions that have the most research with aromatherapy and what Jade has experienced with using various essential oils for them including: (28.30 min)

1. Specific oils Jade is currently incorporating to help her family cope with grief.

2. An oil that was featured in Jade’s articles on essential oils for mental health and panic attacks that took me by surprise.

3. Essential oils that can support mood and their mechanisms. (35 min)

9. Jade’s guidelines for diffusing essential oils for emotional support (38 min)

10. The mood benefits received from topical applications of essential oils(48 min)

11. Essential oils impact on the vagus nerve and how they can be used to change neural connections based on this (52 min)

12. The many different integrative techniques to help with mental health: Essential oils can be incorporated into each one but are not the sole treatment. (55 min)

13. Jade’s insights on essential oils for trauma and how trauma changes the brain (1 hour)

14. How essential oils can impact social connection and how being around others ignites all our senses (1 hour 8 min) 

15. How food, the earth, and smell enhance our health: Socioeconomics can impact this. (1 hour 11 min)

16. Using essential oils for the mental health of youth: Teens are especially suffering from mental health issues.

17.  Closing questions to get to know Jade more and her recipe for aromatic baths

Please share this with others. We are in a mental health crisis and many are suffering and could benefit from an integrative approach that incorporates aromatherapy.

Jade Shutes Bio:

Jade Shutes is a brilliant, esteemed, world-renowned aromatherapist, herbalist, author, researcher, gardener, and aromatic distiller. She holds a Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy, Holistic Massage, Anatomy and Physiology, and Reflexology from the Raworth College of Natural Medicine in Dorking, UK, and a Diploma in Aromatherapy from the International Therapist Examining board (ITEC). She also holds a certificate in herbal medicine.

Jade has been a sought-after aromatherapy practitioner, researcher, and international educator for over three decades. She is one of the most influential, highly respected thought leaders in the aromatherapy community to date. She is well-known for her balanced, progressive, holistic, and inspiring teaching style. As a result, Jade has lectured at many prestigious universities, health care facilities, companies, and organizations including Bastyr University (adjunct faculty), Duke University (continuing education), San Diego Hospice, Ashmead Massage school, New England Center for Massage, 7 Arrows Herb Farm, Elizabeth Grady School of Esthetics, Aveda Institute, Miller Motte Technical Community College, Universal Companies, Montgomery Hospice facility, and various other places from Boston to Vancouver, Canada.

Jade is the past president for the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy (NAHA) (2000-2003 and 2013-2015). She was instrumental in shaping the educational curriculum that sets the standards for training clinical aromatherapists for NAHA. One could also attribute Jade’s pivotal role in the aromatherapy field to the inception of New York City’s first aromatherapy school. From 2013 to 2020, the New York Institute of Aromatherapy held the license to teach Jade’s program.

Jade is a strong advocate on how to integrate and unite aromatherapists rather than being distracted by their differences in philosophies. With Jade’s extensive educational background and her studies in both the French and English Model, she can speak with authority on how to use essential oils and enhance their therapeutic effects from many perspectives. She founded the School for Aromatic Studies which has offered dynamic, innovative, and professionally designed aromatherapy educational programs since 1991. Her school reflects Jade’s unique blend of balance that embodies Western Herbal Energetics, modern biochemistry, clinical aromatherapy, physiology, traditional teachings, and an ancient reverence for plants. The School for Aromatic Studies holds impressive accreditations from the IFPA (The International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists), NAHA, Message Therapy NCBTMB, American Botanical Council, and United Plant Savers. It also offers continuing education units for professionals and has courses to fit the needs of essential oil consumers, health and wellness providers, and all levels of aromatherapists.

Jade has authored several books including “Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers”, which was the primary textbook for aromatherapy for massage schools throughout the United States. She is also the co-author of “The Carrier Oil Palette”, which offers up-to-date research and monographs on fixed oils, butters, herbal oils, and CO2 extracts used in aromatherapy, herbal practice, and botanical body care formulation. Jade’s other publications include “The Aromatherapy Companion”, “The Dynamics of Blending”, the "Ultimate Guide to Aromatherapy,” and a wide range of aromatherapy and wellness articles.

Jade is passionate about aromatics. She believes the sense of smell is one of the most powerful senses for healing the mind/body/psyche in this era of upheaval and change. She is driven to empower others in their wellness including her family, consumers, aromatherapists, and health care providers. Combined with her masterful brain and detailed grasp of human and plant physiology is the heart and mind of a patient and wise modern-day healer. Jade guides every individual to access the power of essential oils most effectively. She teaches us to respect the science of essential oils and herbal chemistry. Yet, most importantly, she shows us how to form our own personal relationship with plants and stresses the importance of tuning into their essence. Her gentleness, compassion, humility, authenticity, and kindness blend beautifully into a tapestry of a fierce pioneer’s spirit. This is evident in how she nurtures our own understanding of how to honor the planet and its botanicals and essential oils. Find Jade at https://aromaticstudies.com/.

Links to Learn More About Jade Shutes and the School of Aromatic Studies:

• Aromatic Studies Website

• Instagram: @aromaticstudies             

• Facebook: @AromaticStudies

• Aromatherapy Retreat

• Distill Aromatherapy Products

Highlighted Courses at the School of Aromatic Studies:

• Foundations of Aromatherapy Course

• Foundations of Oils Therapy

• Aromatic Studies Online Course

• Aromatics, Trauma, and Aromatherapy

• Grief and Aromatics

• The Carrier Oil Palette 

• Aromas and the Mind

• Essential Oils and Emotional Well-Being 

Books Written and Co-Authored by Jade Shutes:

• The Ultimate Guide to Aromatherapy

• The Carrier Oil Palette

• Aromatherapy for Bodyworkers

• The Aromatherapy Companion

Articles by Jade Shutes:

• Essential Oils for Panic Attacks

• Essential Oils and Mental Health

• The Power of Scent: How Garden Aromas Can Enhance Well-being

Previous episodes with Jade Shutes:

• 227: The Art of Blending with Aromatherapist Jade Shutes

• 282: Save Your Skin with Essential Oils with Jade Shutes 

• 304: True or False? NEVER Use Undiluted Essential Oils

• 305: True or False? NEVER Ingest Essential Oils

• 306: True or False? NEVER Use Essential Oils w/ Cats

• 307: True or False? NEVER Use EOs While Pregnant or w/ Kids

• 363: Why Smell is More Important Than You Think w/ Jade Shutes

• 378: The Evolution of Aromatherapy: From Massage to Self-Care

Reference and Additional Resources:

• Healing scents: An overview of clinical aromatherapy for emotional distress

• Sniffing Out Pain: The Multimodal Actions of Essential Oils on Pain Perception and Pain Relief

• Mind-Body Applications of Essential Oils: A Case Study of Anxiety

Previous Shows Mentioned in the Podcast:

• Ep. 397: Essential Oils for the Vagus Nerve

• Ep. 380: The Aroma Freedom Revolution - How to Use the Power of Scent to Rewire your Brain and Live the Life of Your Dreams with Dr. Ben Perkus, PhD

Links to Learn More About My Offerings and Education on Essential Oils:

• My Essential Oils Community Membership

• My Resource Page

• My CEU Course for Practitioners on the Clinical Use of Essential Oils

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