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This time of the year has me shifting my wellness focus to new areas. Spring is about growth, new life, and fresh starts.  It’s as if we’re taking the nourishment and rest we gained during winter, as well as all the gems we’ve mined out of last year’s life experiences, and we’re using those things […]

In my opinion, herb-infused oils might be one of the most underrated herbal preparations in many herbal home. As family herbalists, we often call upon herbal teas, syrups, tinctures, and essential oils first, but herbal oils are an excellent preparation that are not only easy to make but quite potent and supportive too! What Are […]

In the beginning… of herbalism that is… it’s not uncommon to feel overwhelmed. There are so many people sharing online, so many books to read, so many schools teaching different approaches. Today, I want to cut through the overwhelm and talk to you about what to focus on first as a family herbalist. What Family […]

Here we are, already at the point of mid-December, and I don’t know about you, but I can feel the rush of the holiday season weighing on my mind a bit more these days. Added stress can often deplete the immune system, and I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be sick during […]

As a Registered Nurse and herbalist, one question I get asked often is where to have lab work done so you can get an overview of your current health, as far as bloodwork is concerned, that is. So today, I’d like to tell you about an online health membership that will help you do that […]

If you can’t tell from the photos in this post, we recently took a kayaking trip out on the lake. Now, we live up in the mountains of East TN in a little town called Butler, and we live right next to a big man-made lake known as Watauga Lake. In the mid-1900s, people were […]