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Botanical Oracle: Plantain, Plantago major

JUNE 29, 2021

Plantain is another one of those herbs that I consider a necessity in any herbal pharmacy.....

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Botanical Oracle: Fern, Athyrium filix-femina
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Botanical Oracle: Fern, Athyrium filix-femina

In my childhood home, we had a room called the Blue Room. The walls were not blue, but the bedspread was. I still don't understand why it was called the Blue Room. All of that notwithstanding, I don’t reminisce over the Blue Room because of the color of the walls or bedspread. Instead, I always think of all the ferns my mother filled it with. She had quite an affection for fern plants.

#1: Recipes and Ramblings: Say No Strength Inhaler
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#1: Recipes and Ramblings: Say No Strength Inhaler

One day, when I was in a Facebook live, the issue of mental health came up. Without thinking, I jumped into the conversation by saying that there is no stigma about going to the drugstore to pick up an ibuprofen, cough, cold, or flu medication. But why is this different when related to mental illnesses such as anxiety, depression and even insomnia?

Botanical Oracle: Calendula, Calendula Officinalis
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Botanical Oracle: Calendula, Calendula Officinalis

I remember as a little girl taking marigolds and trying to get the yellow dye off of them and rubbing them up and down my hands. Then my girlfriends and I would pick up a whole bunch and put them in a box. When I brought them into the house, my father would say to me, “Why are you doing that?  Those are weeds.”

The Story of Healing in 2020
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The Story of Healing in 2020

Since the last time I wrote, our whole world changed. Life is “not normal”, it will never go back to “normal”. Health has now become a political topic instead standing on its own. People are arguing over screens about things that are out of our control. Our happy hours are now Zoom meetings and people can decide if they want to wear pajama bottoms when they go to work meetings.

Music is My Love and Blend Language
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Music is My Love and Blend Language

On the last day of class, we finished up the custom blends we had created for our clients that week, and were tasked with using Blossoming Heart blending tools from Robbie Zeck to create a special blend for our partners. Recently, one of my best friends told me that music was my love language. That was a very profound statement to me when I realized the truth of it. I learned that week that a big part of my self-care, the world of the week for us, was sitting in my music room listening to my records.

A Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment
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A Once-in-a-Lifetime Moment

I can’t believe I haven’t written to you since February. I had big plans - plans about happiness, growth and love. Now it's about survival, and for me, trying to find the silver lining in this cloud we find ourselves in. See, the second week in March was huge for me, and I couldn’t wait to tell you all about it.