{"id":5993,"date":"2022-02-05T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/?p=5993"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:36:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:36:23","slug":"fun-with-chemistry-and-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/fun-with-chemistry-and-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun With Chemistry And Emotions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\" data-en-clipboard=\"true\">I got a new steam distillation setup! My first go at steam distillation was a big harvest of beautiful red hibiscus flowers from my yard. My intention was to extract the essential oil. Ultimately, there was not enough oil to effectively separate the oil from the resulting hydrosol, so I decided to bottle it all together. I have been using the distilled hibiscus (infused water and essential oil) as a spray on my hair a few times a week. My hair seems to like it! In India, the hibiscus flowers might be simply boiled and the dark red liquid that you get (pre-distillation) is used as a hair tonic and a semi-permanent hair dye. I might have to try that next.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Meanwhile, check out this article we found&#8230; <b>Mind\/Body Connection: How Your Emotions Affect Your Health<\/b>(<a href=\"https:\/\/familydoctor.org\/mindbody-connection-how-your-emotions-affect-your-health\/\" rev=\"en_rl_none\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/familydoctor.org\/mindbody-connection-how-your-emotions-affect-your-health\/<\/a>) &#8211; Supports Stage 3 &#8211; Sometimes it\u2019s good to get back to the basics. This article does a good job of detailing the ways in which your emotions can become health challenges and vice versa. If you are experiencing a heath challenge, it pays to include your emotions in your overall road back to wellness.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A light diary about a first attempt at steam distillation using homegrown hibiscus flowers, bottling the infused hydrosol and oil as a hair spray, paired with a recommended article on how emotions affect physical health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[44,1419,864,540,1625,1926,1781,357,1005,1003,1481,944,934,1454,1460,1002,43,1929,1927,865,371,879,354,1006,355,1004,372,358,1589,1928],"class_list":["post-5993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diary","tag-art","tag-business","tag-complete-connection","tag-connection","tag-consciousness","tag-consciousness-mastery","tag-couples","tag-cycle","tag-cycle-of-human-development","tag-finding-peace","tag-global-peace","tag-human-development","tag-kathryn-colleen","tag-lasting-peace","tag-lastingpeace-org","tag-life-optimization","tag-music","tag-personal","tag-podcasts","tag-purna-asatti","tag-religion","tag-roadmap","tag-seeing-yourself","tag-self-mastery","tag-self-development","tag-self-improvement","tag-spirituality","tag-stages","tag-understanding-people","tag-writing"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"A casual, hands-on read for the DIY and herbal-curious about experimenting with steam distillation, plus a reminder to include your emotions in your overall approach to physical health.","citation_snippet":"Dr. Kathryn Messegee (Kathryn Colleen), \"Fun With Chemistry And Emotions,\" https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/fun-with-chemistry-and-emotions\/","topics":["health","essays"],"related_book":"","buy_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7410,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5993\/revisions\/7410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}