Medicine making has been on my mind a lot lately. (Gladly, with a smile on my face.) Sure, summer is often the busy time of harvesting and medicine making for the herbalist such as myself, but September and October seem to bring with it more community medicine making gatherings. At least that seems to be the trend the last few years! Already this season, I’ve had the opportunity to lead two different medicine making workshops and there are more to come! A couple of weekends a

Since writing my last letter to you, I’ve found myself reflecting and thinking back on a testimonial of a young family who I started working with over two years ago (already!). When the mother of the family had reached out, she was concerned and wanted to find a way to help her two young boys heal so that they would have greater resiliency and not be sick so often. She scheduled an herbal consultation for her second son first as a starting point. This little boy, just only ab

Sniffles, coughs, colds.. It has begun. Every year like clockwork, sicknesses begin when the season really makes a shift toward Autumn. Our bodies aren’t always able to smoothly transition alongside the seasonal changes depending on each person and what is going on in each person's body. Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda both have beautiful ways of explaining this in their own verbiage. If we were to simply look at the “why’s” behind our body being unable to smoothly

Regardless if we are aware of it or not, we have all worked with herbs. Every single one of us - everyone including those who consider themselves avid herbal folks to those who wonder “what even is herbalism”.  Chances are, simply due to the fact that you’re here reading this, you fall closer into the first category than the second. You’re in very good company 😉 I appreciate you being here. Something so many of us experience when learning about herbs and working with herbs,

I have found myself repeatedly drawn in by the subtle shift that I’ve sensed as the summer season entered into August and I can’t help but write about it. Before you read on, might you pause to take a deep breath and reflect upon this season we are in for just a moment (or longer)? “ June and July blur together in a beautiful way And then comes August Different, but how? Peak summer to late summer The shift is subtle yet so profound Can you feel it too? Can you feel the shift

When I pursued the path of being a clinical/practicing herbalist, I had an idea of what I would be doing but I also allowed space for my practice to change and evolve - and also space to be surprised. I knew that I would be working intimately with folks in a one-on-one setting, listening to and really hearing their stories and their concerns.. as well as their wins and successes. I knew I would be a person they’d feel comfortable reaching out to via text, email, or phone when

This past Sunday was the 4th Annual HerbFest and it is easy to say that I think it was the best year yet! It was fun looking around at the vendors and being a part of so many different conversations. The entire event was a living display of so many of the ways in which plant medicines can be shared… through learning about the plants growing all around us (via plant walks); through medicinal plant starts to plant in one’s garden/yard; through various prepared herbs (tinctures,