Jodi Cohen - Essential Oils to Boost the Brain and Heal the Body: 5 Steps to Calm Anxiety, Sleep Better, and Reduce Inflammation to Regain Control of Your Health

acknowledgments

I want to acknowledge and thank you, dear reader, for opening your mind and your heart to the content in this book. It was truly a work of love.

The knowledge and information shared in this book was gleaned from my own healing journey after the tragic loss of my twelve-year-old son, Max. He inspired me to learn and grow throughout his short life, and that legacy continues past his untimely death. While I would never wish the pain and intensity of my experience on anyone, I do hope that the 5 keys to health I discovered on this journey will lessen the mental, physical, and emotional pain you may be facing in your own life.

Thank you to my beautiful and amazing daughter, Carly Cohen; my mother, Barbara Sternoff; my sister Lisa Feldman; and my emotional support team: Liz Hletko, Naomi Panzer, Sarah Gomez, Dr. Christine Schaffner, and the late Nicole Condit Duncan, for your unconditional love, insight, patience, loyalty, and support throughout this journey and this lifetime. Friendship is the best medicine and your intelligence, compassion, humor, and insight have carried me through many dark hours.

This book would not have been possible without the guidance and support of Kim Keller, Julie Bennett, and Isabelle Gioffredi at Ten Speed Press and Celeste Fine, and Jaidree Braddix at Park & Fine. Thank you also to Courtney Kenney, Odette Fleming, Jana Branson, and the entire Random House marketing team for your wonderful ideas and ongoing support, and Lisi and Rob Wolf for your beautiful photographs!

Thank you to my amazing team at Vibrant Blue Oils, including Darcie Purcell, Tressa Beheim, Rebecca Odle, Jill Hutchins, Anna Moren, Heather Larson, Kate Mackie, Christy Olsen, Jen Ward, Charissa Wilson, and Dmitriy Agadzhanov. You are the wind beneath my wings, and it is an honor and a privilege to work with you every day.

I am also immensely grateful for the brilliance and kindness of my professional confidents and cheerleaders, including Mary Agnes Antonopoulos, Peter Hoppenfeld, Evan Hirsch, Heidi Hanna, Cassie Bjork, Amy Stark, Debi Silber, Elisa Song, Julie Matthews, Terry Wahls, Deanna Minich, Michelle Norris, Keesha Ewers, Wendy Myers, Randall Zamcheck, Brett Fairall, Katie Packwood, Anne Fischer Silva, Margaret Floyd Barry, Donna Mosher, Bridgit Danner, Todd Watts, Lloyd Burrell, Josh Shideler, Miriam Mosley, Maya Shetreat, Niki Gratix, Anna Cabeca, Robyn Openshaw, and JJ Virgin.

Thank you to Andrea Dahlman, Renee Herst, Amy Lewis, Amy Friedman, Jen Rice, Caroline Gangi, Carolyn Lese, Margaret Castellanos, Erica Keswin, Josh Orenstein, Alison Tintle, Cassandra Western, Gini Powers, Suzi LeVine, Wendy Carlyle, Lynn Resnick, Lisa Loop, Matt Haba, Nick Jenkins, Lauren Vogt, and Karen Andonian for your friendship and support. To my college friends, Laurie Siebert, Susan Feddersen, Susie Flynn, Kristi Roemer, Sue Naegle, Whitney Vicca: thank for reminding me to have fun. To my bonus family, Ruby, Carolyn, Leah, and Talia Namdar-Cohen; Dan, Mara, Sam, Ethan, and Sasha Cohen; Helen Cohen and Anna Schwartz-Cohen; Gail, Jonathon, Emanuel, Michal, Gedalia, Nava, and Jacob Schorsch; Lisa, Tom, Michaela, Hana, and Avi Cohen-Fuentes; Peter and Nancy Caigan; and Boris Feldman: thank you for keeping Max alive in your hearts. To Maxs surviving friends and their families, especially Julian and Grace Paulus; Paul and Octavio Rosales; Joyce Aoyama; Liam and Vipin Singh; Jill Dickinson; Ian, Tiffany, and Alex McFadden; Harrison and Kirsten Mills: thank you for helping me honor his legacy. To my late father, Burton Sternoff: thank you for bestowing a love a books and silly jokes!

Finally, I am profoundly grateful for my growing community at Vibrant Blue Oils. Thank you for sharing your hearts, your time, your energy, your personal stories, and your brilliance. I am inspired by all of you.

Authors Note

Thank you for joining me on the journey to boost the brain and heal the body with essential oils. For many of you, the strategies in this book will help regenerate brain health and restore your energy, mood, and focus. For others, it may be a starting point that you can build upon to begin to unravel chronic health challenges or explore greater healing potentials with essential oils. There are many paths to healing, and I hope this book has helped empower you with more natural, non-invasive tools, like essential oils.

Im deeply honored to be a participant in your journey to health and I hope we can stay connected. My passion for using essential oils to heal the brain and boost the body grows deeper with every new discovery, every success story, and every client challenge that leads me to discover more solutions.

I would love to connect with you to learn about your successes and challenges and also share new research and healing strategies. Please stay in touch. You can find me on social media and by visiting my website.

In vibrant health,

Jodi Cohen

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