How’s your relationship with your body? Are you getting along? Are you adversaries? Do you ever feel like your body betrays you? How...

Back when I was a baby student herbalist, my teacher gave me the assignment to do nothing but sit quietly with a plant and listen. I...

You might be well aware that a certain Hallmark holiday is coming up this weekend. If you know me, you might also know that I’m not...

The Earth is rotating on its axis (surprise!), and right now in the Northern Hemisphere, it’s carrying us very close to the festival of...

What a wild time to be alive, no? If you’re feeling unmoored by political disaster, or other upheavals in your life, you’re in good...

In the fall I made this Sunflower photo the wallpaper on my phone, because Sunflowers help my heart feel lighter every time I see them. ...

Last post I talked about whiteness and how its very existence creates a hierarchy. Whiteness tells us that we’re only worthy when we’re...

Today I want to talk about whiteness. Why is this clinical herbalist talking about whiteness, you ask? I see it as my role to help people...

My Celtic ancestors believed in a veil between this world and the Otherworld, the realm of the unseen.  The realm of spirits, faeries, Godde

In times of overwhelm, our care for self tends to fly out the window. Don't forget to take care of yourself. Sometimes it's all you can...

That Juniper held me and wrapped me in an unconditional love, day after day. When I asked it what to do with my fear, its answer completely

Recently I was struggling to make a decision. The decision had to do with a creative project I might or might not bring into the world...

The wheel of the year is turning. It may feel like these depths of winter are long and never-ending, like time has skidded to a slow stop...

If you haven't read Part 1 of this series, Health At Every Size: The Evidence, do so first, it provides important context for what...

A Mom friend of mine recently requested that I write about back-to-school herbs. It's that time of year again! Our kids are venturing...

When we experience anxiety, it's the symptom of an unhealthy reltionship to fear itself. I've personally experienced two kinds of anxiety,

Makin' Things Hard What Mom hasn't heard the smug, needling voice in her head: A Good Mom wouldn't be doing this right now. Maybe you're...

Have you ever learned about a treatment or technique and thought "maybe this is the thing that heals me, the missing puzzle piece." I...

I recently taught a class for the students of my local soup kitchen's culinary program. In preparation, the program director asked the...

Sleep feels good. I love the creamy feeling on my skin when I submerge beneath my bed covers. It's a sensual experience, inhaling the...