Flower Essences

Bach Flower Essences gently help balance your emotions, alleviating anxiety, depression, frustration, overwhelm, and stress. They can greatly enhance your self awareness to help you heal old patterns.

A Note About Deborah’s Approach

While this page focuses on Flower Essences, the 1:1 virtual Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program combines Hypnosis, Distance Reiki, Tao Hands Quantum Healing, and Flower Essences. Each plays a unique role in helping you get to the root of what’s been keeping you stuck and make the changes you want.

Flower Essences work gently over time, supporting the emotional shifts you’re making. Deborah recommends taking them for 30 days before evaluating the changes, which aligns naturally with the length of the Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program.

What Are Flower Essences?

Flower essences are a vibrational natural healing system that can subtly yet powerfully bring your emotions into balance.

They don’t have a scent or taste, and are traditionally taken orally, which is different than essential oils or herbal remedies.

In the 1930’s Dr. Edward Bach developed the 38 Bach flower essences from the UK, in the hopes that anyone could learn and use this simple system for emotional healing. Many others have gone on to build on his work with additional flowers from around the world.

How do they work?

The flower is the peak expression, or highest soul expression, of the plant.

When you take a flower essence, it floods the soul with the positive vibration unique to that plant, which corresponds to the positive emotion you need to bring yourself into balance.

What Can Flower Essences Help Me With?

close up of clematis a flower used to make Dr. Bach's Rescue Remedy flower essence

Flower essences gently support the emotional shifts you’re making throughout the 30-day Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program. Specifically, they can help you:

  • Release anxiety, fear, and worry
  • Ease loneliness and feel more connected
  • Soothe grief and depression
  • Feel more present and grounded
  • Balance caring for others without losing yourself
  • Build resilience in times of uncertainty
  • Connect with your internal wisdom and intuition
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What to Expect? 

Flower essences enhance self-awareness, helping you notice and shift emotional patterns over time. Taken consistently, they reinforce the progress you’re making throughout the 30-day Breakthrough Program.

Everyone changes differently. You may notice subtle shifts right away, while more longstanding patterns can take several weeks or longer.

As a general guideline, take your flower essences at least 4 times a day for 3–4 weeks before evaluating the changes. You don’t have to figure it out on your own. As part of the Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program, Deborah will provide personalized recommendations about when to continue, adjust, add, or stop a flower essence.

Positive Signs to Look For:

  • You have trouble remembering how you felt before, or it’s harder to access the problem.
  • You feel calmer, lighter, or more at peace.
  • You forget to take them or misplace the bottle, which can sometimes be a sign it’s time to stop taking them or create a new blend.

As Dr. Bach said, “There is only true healing when it brings about a change of outlook.” Keep this in mind as you take your flower essences and notice what begins to shift.

Bach flower essences bottles for emotional balance

Here are a few common questions about Flower Essences.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I figure out which Flower Essences I need?

Think about the primary emotions you’re experiencing right now, rather than emotions from the past, and choose up to 6 flower essences that best match how you’re feeling.

Bach Flower Essences quiz

Bach Flower Essences List of Indications & Outcomes

Not sure where to start? Deborah includes personalized flower essence recommendations as part of the Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program.

How do I take Flower Essences?

Take 2 drops of each flower essence by mouth a minimum of 4 times a day or add them to a small glass of water and sip throughout the day.

The greater the intensity of the emotions you’re experiencing, the greater the frequency of dose.

For example, Dr. Bach treated a fisherman who almost drowned and was unconscious. He administered Rescue Remedy every 30 seconds until the man revived. (Of course, in a situation like this, you would seek medical attention immediately.)

How To Make a Flower Essence Treatment Bottle

There’s also a special way to take Wild Oat, the flower essence for helping you find and fulfill your life purpose. How to use Wild Oat.

Flower essences work vibrationally, so they are different than supplements or medication. It’s not about the quantity or number of drops, it’s more about consistently taking them.

Taking them first thing in the morning and right before bed is ideal because you’re more open energetically.

How long do Flower Essences take to work?

Deborah has successfully worked with many clients who have experienced past trauma. However, if you’re dealing with recent or unresolved trauma, she recommends having the additional support of a therapist who specializes in PTSD. She frequently collaborates with therapists and physicians, taking a team-based approach whenever it’s appropriate.

Are Flower Essences safe?

Flower essences have no contraindications and will not interfere with medical treatments or prescriptions. If you select the wrong flower essence, you simply won’t notice any positive effects.

Flower essences have no contraindications and will not interfere with medical treatments or prescriptions. If you select the wrong flower essence, you simply won’t notice any positive effects.

Can I use Flower Essences for my pet?

Yes. Many people discover the benefits of flower essences through their pets. They can be especially helpful for emotional issues such as fear of thunder or fireworks, separation anxiety, aggression, and adjusting to change.

Rescue Remedy for Pets
Here’s a helpful pet chart.

What is Rescue Remedy?

Rescue Remedy, also called the Five-Flower Formula, is a foundational remedy containing five different Bach flower essences: Clematis, Cherry Plum, Impatiens, Rock Rose, and Star of Bethlehem.

Dr. Bach developed it as a “rescue” combination to address major stress, shock, emergency, and crisis conditions.

How are flower essences made?

Flower Essences are made by picking the flowers when they are at their peak expression, and placing them in a glass bowl filled with pure spring water.

After several hours, the heat from the sun imprints the memory of the flower in the water. This solar diffusion uses water to record the message. If you are inspired, you can learn to make them yourself.

Where can I study the Bach Flower Essences?

If you want to go deeper and learn the basics of using flower essences for yourself and your loved ones, Deborah recommends Rose Todd’s online Bach flower essence training.

Julian Barnard, of Healing Herbs (her favorite brand of Bach flower essences), offers this in-depth free training as well.

Still have a question?

Email Deborah directly at deborah@centertruehealth.com

Where Can I Buy Flower Essences?

Brands and retailers Deborah personally recommends and uses.

Knowing which flower essences to take is only one piece of the puzzle. Inside the 1:1 virtual Soul-Powered Breakthrough Program, Deborah combines Flower Essences with Hypnosis, Distance Reiki, and Tao Hands Quantum Healing to help you get to the root of what’s been keeping you stuck.

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What Clients Are Saying

The customized Flower Essences that Deborah recommended to help with my anxiety and sleep issues have been extremely supportive in my healing journey.

Deborah offers advice based on the client’s needs, and her vast knowledge allows her to pick and choose what feels right for the individual. As I continue on my own healing journey, I feel empowered just by the knowledge that Deborah is out there anytime I feel the need. I couldn’t recommend her more.

S.W.

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Deborah recommended specific Bach Flower Essences for what I was going through. I was skeptical of them at first, but they helped tremendously once I started using them.

Deborah is absolutely amazing–-I very enthusiastically recommend her!

T.R.

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Deborah gives so much helpful information including different flower essences for specific issues. She’s very attentive and calming.

The most recent distance session I had was very deep and even nicer because I could rest on my bed after the session! Thank you, Deborah!

R.L.

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The breakthrough sessions completely opened me up to feelings I had never experienced before, and helped me have incredible realizations. I have never felt more in touch with myself. Deborah is an exceptional healer. I was new to this work and was immediately put at ease by Deborah’s disarming and beautiful persona.

I was amazed at how much I could feel throughout, and how much I felt my energy coursing through me and radiating out of me afterwards. I cannot recommend her highly enough.

Celine R.

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I’ve worked with Deborah for several years and it’s beeen potent and powerful. I love her multidisciplinary approach and I feel deep shifts in my body and energy after each time we meet. The virtual sessions are so nice because I can rest on my bed after the sessions!

I love her multidisciplinary approach and I feel deep shifts in my body and energy after each time we meet. Deborah is very attentive and calming, and gives so much helpful information as well as different flower essences to work with.

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