I would love to hear what the needle mover is for you in building your home herbalism culture. What has landed as an everyday thing that feels easy? I know you’re working on embedding more herbal routines into your daily life… You’ve discovered that’s the only way...
There is actually a thing called “Information Fatigue,” and I am seeing it a lot now with herb students. We have to get back to an embodied study of herbal medicine. The Mythic Medicine Podcast with Amber Magnolia Hill is like a breath of fresh air. If you haven’t...
How much do you like herbal recipes? Good herbal recipes. Time-tested herbal recipes… I decided to do a little round-up of my most downloaded herbal recipes for you. These aren’t recipes that I just made up for the blog post or to put into one of my books. These...
How can conscious engagement with plants, with which we’ve co-evolved since the dawn of our species, support healing in the physical, emotional and spiritual realms and help mend our separation from nature? Three brilliant herbalists/botanists, long on the...
“Why do some students seem to fast-track everything while others have a notebook full of great remedies that they probably won’t ever use?” From the very beginning of teaching herbal medicine 30 years ago, I had this question: “Why do some students seem to fast track...
I have seen people get sick, and in some cases, really sick on green smoothies. How could that be? They are supposed to be so healthy… I know green smoothies are all the rage. With hundreds of blogs and articles talking about their healing benefits it’s hard to...
It is that time of year again. The elderberries are ripe. Blue/black berries so heavy they pull the branches down lower so you can reach them, if you can get to them before the birds… When the Earth is giving it up with such an abundance of harvest, time to honor it...
Here’s the thing – you don’t want to wait until you are sick to improve your herbal skills – you want to have simple home herbal remedies that you can use every day, so it’s not a scramble to know what to do if you do get sick. What is the simple, homemade...
The combination of emotion, flavor, feelings and taste adds up to something hard to describe, but you know you feel deeply fed. Why do we like the food we like? I love thinking about the concept of ‘kitchen culture’ and what goes into preparing the food and herbs we...
Making your own dressings is one of those places where even when you are strapped for time, you can go homemade. You can make enough of this raspberry rose vinegar and salad dressing to last for several months. So you only have to make it once! The Best Homemade Salad...
