Many people have been curious about growing cannabis and usually come up against two major concerns.  The first is legal issues; am I “allowed” to grow this plant, and if I do, will I go to jail?  The second is the false belief that growing cannabis is just too complicated.  This post is here to…

It pains me to watch people make the same mistakes over and over again. Of course, they seem obvious to anyone with experience – but more so they are avoidable, which is why I wrote this article for you. Perhaps you’re stumbling out of the winter stupor feeling the sunshine on your face and remember…

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I absolutely believe we are made for these times.  How do I know this? Well, we are here. But, what to do?  If you are not one of the people caring for others who are sick or essential workers or family supporting these folks you are living a different reality than those in the “front…

Funny how a month ago the onslaught of seed catalogues was too overwhelming and  I shouted, “I’m not ready yet!” and quickly scrolled by photos of people’s seed orders. Now most of our seeds are here, white sage is sprouting and I can’t wait for the snow to melt and to be able to get…

We started the week with a health aisle reality check and how easy it can be to make a “stress guess” about what is happening if we aren’t able to cross reference A&P. Then I shared a bit of my personal story with teaching… and now today… Today we’re hosting an introductory workshop on the…

My coming into the herbal world was through the door of the New England Women’s Herbal Conference somewhere around 1997. It was my homecoming to traditional western herbalism and the beginning of my journey to balance the feminine. I had come from years of academic rigor in Western Science & the military-like atmosphere of college…

Yesterday I sent an email about Health Aisle Advice and how some products have misleading labels – and they are believable because they tell a good story. They’re also believable because they are taking advantage of our stress response. For example: You (proverbial you) may experience indigestion. It’s stressful (painful), so you turn to the…

Want to know one of my top pet peeves? When I see misleading health products (supplements, skin creams, etc…) on display at the grocery store. What’s worse is when the claims we read on labels becomes common knowledge among our friends and family. Eventually we start getting confused about what’s fact and fiction. Here’s a…

CBD oil is the new cure for everything, and now everyone and their brother wants to sell you some… We need to talk… So I hosted a few webinars on the topic… but those are over now so we’ve put this together into a nice little mini-course where you can go and watch the recordings.…