My feet were burning at two in the morning, and I was sitting on the bathroom floor furious with my husband.

He said I was "turning into one of those people." I wanted to be asleep.

Then a woman named Dolores called me. She told me to get a pen and my hand mirror, and draw a circle around the spot that burned the worst.

After six weeks of trying creams, I wanted to know why that little circle mattered.

Before another jar goes on the nightstand, read what she told me about where to put it and which balm she meant.