Now just in case you are off visiting friends or relatives over the Festive season, here are some great words of advice from one of the Experience Seekers Travel Club's own contributors, Jennifer Jefferies

Preventing  Jetlag.

In Asia people visit health practitioners to stay well. They don’t wait to get ill like we do here in the western world. They live from a place of prevention. I work as a professional speaker which calls for me to travel approx three weeks of every month ten months of the year and I am on an airplane pretty much most of those days. I travel extensively nationally and internationally and when I fly I know how to look after myself to prevent jetlag. I cross time zones constantly and I am generally booked to speak at a conference the morning after I arrive so there is no time for jetlag. So how do I do it?

Firstly I live my life from a place of prevention. I simply don’t wait to go off balance. The trick that I have found when flying long or short haul is to take a couple of simple things with me on the trip. Firstly I need to let you know that I am a naturopath and an aromatherapist and I specialised my training in the emotional aspects of illness behind the physical.  Just like any illness jetlag has an emotional component as well as the physical.

The number one strategy I employ to prevent jetlag is to travel with some essential oil. Now aromatherapy essential oils are just like old time pharmacy and they work on a physical and emotional level. They are not new or clever you are just going back to using the basics which are closer to nature.  The oil blend I fly with is a blend called Sanity Saver which contains oils such as Vetiver, Australian Sandalwood, Geranium, Patchouli  and Ylang Ylang. This earthy blend is designed to keep you grounded and help you think of one thing at once and in the case of a long haul flight that is sleep. Remember it is not the quantity of hours that you sleep but the quality of the sleep that can make the difference in preventing jetlag. 

So I know you are thinking great, that’s another little bottle of liquid I need to put in my clear plastic bag to get through security. But no you don’t. What I use is an Aromatherapy Necklace or bracelet or even the personal inhaler. You add one drop of your favourite essential oil like the Sanity Saver blend to the jade bead and wear that. Or with the personal inhaler you add three or four drops of your favourite essential oil into the holes at the top of the bottle, using the specially designed pipette, easily scents the bottle. The scent will remain strong for up to two months depending on the note of the essential oil used. Heavier smelling oils linger longer and the Sanity Saver is a deep earthy aroma that lingers well. Inside the Personal Aromatherapy Inhaler container is a glass bottle with cotton inside that holds the essential oil. Your little bottle of oil goes in your packed luggage to top it up for the way home or through the rest of your travels.  It’s so easy.

Of course all of the usual information about limiting alcohol consumption and upping your water intake are still relevant. Adding some aromatherapy to your travel plans can make the world of difference.  

Today's success tip comes from Jeremy Lim.

Young Ambassador of the Children's Medical Fund and freelance writer, Jeremy Lim, is a 16-year-old boy who has 'Brittle-bones' Disease. His numerous achievements and positive attitude despite his daily challenges has attracted media attention all over the world.


What do you do to pick yourself up when you are feeling down?

Feeling down is as natural as feeling pain when you are hit with an object. How much pain you feel depends on the degree of impact. Sometimes, I feel miserable. I think it is perfectly fine to feel that way, after all I am only human.  However, I know I don't have to stay down forever and the quicker I let it go, the better it is for me.

What do I do to pick myself up? I don't make a big deal of what has passed because I cannot do anything to change it. Instead, I use my time and energy to think of solutions that will bring back my smiles. I also remind myself that spring would not be so pleasant if there was no winter.

Of course, there will be times when I feel sad because of reasons beyond my control. One of the things I do to feel better is to write about it. I write my column for Today newspaper and this feels great because it gets the negative feelings out of my system.

In challenging times, I pick myself up by looking at funny pictures or comics and reading jokes to have a good laugh. I will also turn to my books for inspiration and words of wisdom.


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