Sorry that I have missed a few weeks posting – I have been recovering from oral surgery, and it has been interesting.

This post will list out some flower essences that are great to help with sleep. Not everyone feels comfortable with herbs – I understand that – and some herbs, especially the sedative ones, can interact with medications. Flower essences might be a better choice for you.

Here we go:

Aspen/Mimulus: I think of this more for kiddos but depending on what your issue is with falling asleep, it may be for adults with trauma around sleeping. These two are for fears, known and unknown – fear of the dark, fear of the boogieman, fear of whatever lurks in the dark, or maybe fear of something you can’t name.

Olive: Ooh. This one is a bit of a double-edged sword. Olive is more for fatigue but can (CAN) help with sleep. Olive tends to do one of two things: help you finally let go and collapse when you need to…. OR energize you so you can do that one last thing. Use with some awareness of where you need to be energetically speaking.

White Chestnut: ‘Did I turn off the stove? Did I sign the permission slip? I can’t believe I said that to my boss – will I have a job tomorrow?’ All those lovely thoughts that hit once you are horizonal. White Chestnut helps to quiet them and stop the brain hamster on a wheel issue.

Red Chestnut: Somewhat like White Chestnut, but this is more specific for worries over family and close friends.

Impatiens/Cherry Plum: putting these two together as they have a lot of the same things they address. Impatiens is for well, impatience. Sometimes we can’t sleep because we are anxious about getting something done – the way you can’t sleep the night before a long-awaited trip. Cherry Plum is more for frustration. It can help you let go of things that perhaps need to wait till the light of morning to figure out or deal with.

I have tried to keep to the original 38 Bach essences as they are more readily available. There are other essences that may help, but they are more challenging to find. Please reach out if I can be of help.

Sorry that this is so short, but I didn’t want you to think that I had forgotten about you.