Supplements and herbalism are two different things. Both have their purpose in supporting the body, but they are very different worlds.

Swapping out clinical herbal approaches for folk traditions. How animal guides can lead you to the right medicine.

A medieval herbalist, abbess, composer, artist, mystic, and scientist, St. Hildegard is a remarkable woman with a unifying presence today.

One of the interesting things about being an herbalist is that there are so many herbs to get to know. And when I say ‘get to know,’...

Anxiety. Remember when this word wasn’t part of our day-to-day vocabulary? When it wasn’t one of the common ways we described ourselves?...

Wild St. John's Wort OK. Here goes. I avoid talking about St. John's Wort. In my clinical practice I tend to dose pretty conservatively....

This is a horrible time.  I don't care who you are, what political lines you fall on, or how optimistic or 'enlightened' you are.  You...

I’ve said this before- I’m a summer gal. Being a teacher for all of my professional life (aside from now) has left some indelible marks...

While I’m fascinated by growing all types of plants, and feel especially proud when I get a good harvest of an exotic species, I feel...

Working with herbs? Here's why you need to build a relationship with your plant medicine.

I can’t afford me. It’s true. As I’ve been spending the last 3-4 years building a couple of businesses from scratch it has been a newish...

When you’re interested or passionate about something it’s easy to get swept up in the excitement of it, or to be led down some deep...

It's September. It's starting to get darker earlier. But even if I wasn't able to see the world around me, my body would let me know. I'm...

I know I said I'm not doing many more of these 'casual' posts anymore, as part of my business plan was to blog once or twice a month...

I know you know what melatonin is. You may fall on the Melatonin Fan bandwagon, or you might be fed up with it for whatever reason. But...

One of my favorite and earliest memories was seeing the big glass cylinder, the one with the muted orange and yellow citrus slices...

I find there are often 2 types of herbalists that I tend to run across: the science-based and the woo-woo. Neither are wrong or right....

I’m not a boring person. For most of my life I chose (most of the time) not to be boring, and prefer to be around non-boring people (I've...

I'm supposed to be finishing up my Herb of the Month newsletter right now. But I just went outside. In my bare feet. In my bathrobe. At...

It's been a minute. So much for my 'blog every month' goal. The ironic thing is that the months I have been missing lately are months...