The Fear of Facing my Past Traumas
Facing past traumas, especially the ones I might not even remember or realize were traumatic, is not easy. In fact, it’s super challenging. For me, as a facilitator for trauma-informed Continue Reading →
Carbon offsets
The What, Why and How of Carbon Offsets OK, this post isn’t about herbs, but I wrote it and this is just one way to get it out there. And, Continue Reading →
Stress (#2)
A few months ago, I took a weekend class entitled “Herbs for Stress”. It turned out that everyone in the class was an herbalist, so we actually didn’t talk about Continue Reading →
Stress (#1)
Many of us lead stressful lives. Stress can arise from pretty much anything: overwork, unhealthy diet, not enough sleep, overthinking, relationship issues, illness, etc. When people come to me and Continue Reading →
Bunny Herbs
Here’s another contemplation from the summer: This summer there seem to be a lot of bunnies hopping around. I’ve been watching them in my herb garden (it’s not fenced in Continue Reading →
To Cabbage
So, I wrote this in July, but am just now getting back to computer stuff in front of the woodstove. …here goes: We have turned “cabbage” into a verb in Continue Reading →
Precautionary Principle
“The precautionary principle or precautionary approach to risk management states that if an action or policy has a suspected risk of causing harm to the public or to the environment, Continue Reading →
White Pine
White pine. Instead of writing a ton about white pine, I’m going to send you to another herbalist’s blog that sums up all the different parts of the tree and Continue Reading →
Stay
I meditated for six hours in a mindfulness meditation workshop the other day. The facilitator asked us to set an intention and I let it come to me. It was Continue Reading →
Responsibility
Single words come to me and stick in my head until I’ve figured out why they came. In the fall of 2001, two words came: heal and responsibility. At the Continue Reading →