I need certification, really
Jan. 14th, 2004 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
brightrosefoxI feel so privileged and pleased with myself. Three people at work today asked me for advice on how to relieve their symptoms (sinus, itching, migraine, dry skin) and two people online so far have asked about specific vitamins and supplements. I'm stunned that not only am I retaining all of this wordy information, but my interest in the field has taken on a life of its own--I haven't felt so compelled to follow a profession since I was five and decided to be a writer. I'm looking for places online that will allow me to at least become a certified holistic practitioner or a counselor, so I can officially dole out cosmetic, nutritional, and esthetic advice and sound smart about it. I do need to keep in touch with Nancy, since she is a professional Esthetician and holistic dermatologist, a massage therapist, a healing touch therapist, cosmetologist, facialist, and has her own skin care line.
But beyond that, it's also nutritional facts I'm fascinated by -- what vitamins work for what problems; which herbs, roots, seeds and fruits are helpful to humans as alternatives to prescription meds for physical and mental ailments; why do chemicals in the brain and body react the way they do to certain stimuli. Biochemistry is incredibly fascinating. It's not that I'm overly health conscious or OCD at all; c'mon, I'm addicted to sugar, I'm a raging omnivore, I don't eat enough vegetables, and I hate the taste of most so-called "health foods". I think I just want to learn everything I can and hopefully pass some of it on to people who want to know. But if my extensive yapping about all this bothers anyone, I can stop. Heh. Although, let's face it, I think y'all are really glad I'm so into this: Saves ya trips to the doctor's office just to ask advice.
But beyond that, it's also nutritional facts I'm fascinated by -- what vitamins work for what problems; which herbs, roots, seeds and fruits are helpful to humans as alternatives to prescription meds for physical and mental ailments; why do chemicals in the brain and body react the way they do to certain stimuli. Biochemistry is incredibly fascinating. It's not that I'm overly health conscious or OCD at all; c'mon, I'm addicted to sugar, I'm a raging omnivore, I don't eat enough vegetables, and I hate the taste of most so-called "health foods". I think I just want to learn everything I can and hopefully pass some of it on to people who want to know. But if my extensive yapping about all this bothers anyone, I can stop. Heh. Although, let's face it, I think y'all are really glad I'm so into this: Saves ya trips to the doctor's office just to ask advice.
