From the Ground Up

Blossoming Herbalist, Holistic Health Specialist,
Natural Medicine Enthusiast, Plant Conduit

I am a crunchy mama, wisdom seeker, nature lovin' blossoming herbalist who gained my Bachelor's in Alternative Medicine through Everglades University, where I studied herbalism on it's own and then also through the lens of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic Medicine, and Homeopathy. I continued my herbal studies post grad with the Evolutionary School of Herbalism's Vitalist Herbal Practitioner program, and various courses with Matthew Wood, Margie Flint and others. I also have spent an immense amount of time, immersing in nature, studying the plants in real time, practicing with the plants in real time, learning first hand how things grow, their ecological role, and how that translates in how they are able to help us.

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My plant path is rooted in my beginnings where I was raised on a hobby farm in the remote Upper Peninsula of Michigan where I was surrounded with large fields and woods having a wide exposure to nature.  I loved how alive nature made me feel; the smell of the pines, the touch of the grass, sparking my curiosity about the different sprouts and shoots, sampling various random plants which I much later came to identify as red clovers, dog tooth violets, and horsemint.  My mother was an avid alternative health follower, so growing up it was common for us to be on parasite cleanses, go to the chiropractor, and have an herbal vitamin or remedy for most of our health issues. I lost my appreciation for this as a teen, but then when​

I became a young mum I started reconnecting with those roots as I experienced the severe side effects of birth control, eating poorly, following a more standard American lifestyle.  I saw the broken medical system, the failing health of the country thus realizing the vital importance of holistic living and healthcare.  My young families diet cleaned up and our medicine cabinet was cleaned out of the typical OTCs of an average American and I started replacing them with Essential Oils, Tinctures, and other natural remedies.  When my children were sick, I did my research and started doctoring them at home as I felt most common symptoms are easily treatable at home. I then came across the opportunity to really expand my learning through a Bachelor's in Alternative Medicine program which taught me about everything from Chinese and Ayurvedic Medicine to Nutrition and Homeopathy. In fall of 2019 I made my first tincture from this beautiful motherwort plant that grew abundantly by me and I had always seemed to be drawn to it.  Upon further investigation I learned that motherwort was amazing for the nervous system, anxiety, digestion, all things that I was experiencing from a traumatic event/relationship. That tincture changed my life, literally and figuratively. It pulled me down into the rabbit hole and there was no coming back you could say.

Shortly after, my plant calling led me to an amazing Holistic Herbalism program, the Vitalist Herbal Practictioner course taught by the stellar herbalist Sajah at the Evolutionary School of Herbalism. This wisdom is only further deepening my love and connection with nature and her medicine, the human body and it's interconnectedness with the greater earth body, and ignited my passion to create an apothecary of natural medicines that I am so honored to bring into my community and beyond. To awaken the healing roots within. To give people hope. To give people an alternative to options that are doing more harm than good. To give people complimentary care to those who choose a more broadspecturm plan of care.

To support sustainable wellness and thriving health and longevity.