In the summer of 2019 I grew from seed the most magnificent tobacco plant that grew to be at least 8 feet tall. It was epic and often I would think someone was in the garden with me as I would always see it in my periphery as it occupied so much space. I had Read more about Communicate without words[…]
Musings on harvesting… My kids humour me by coming along, (teenagers, you know) but the conversations we have let me know without a doubt that they are absolutely absorbing SO much. There’s a breeze today, and poplars dominate the air… my daughter said to me, “Mom, that smell is the Poplars!” Last weekend we spent Read more about Pin drops and Violets[…]
From synthetic food and hormones, talk of artificial wombs, the shrinking human skeleton, and millions of babies born in an environment void of natural oxytocin… birth seems to be at risk of being hijacked at every turn. Physiological birth is absolutely about autonomy and respecting the natural unfolding of birth, but it also ensures our Read more about Stay Human[…]
You probably know by now that I am all about growing herbs and food that we can use to sustain us! But, growing a garden is so much more than that in my opinion. It’s also about creating spaces of beauty to feast our senses with; marinating our eyeballs in colour after months and months Read more about 7 Plants for the Night Garden[…]
Maybe the secret ingredient in Grandma’s secret sauce wasn’t a herb, or a root, or a tangible item. Maybe the secret ingredient was her energy and the way she held her family in heart as she pulled a meal together. At one time, recipes used to be handed down through songs and rhymes that had Read more about The Secret Sauce[…]
“Under the watchful eye of grandmothers and midwives, special foods and preparations proved themselves effective at creating children who could learn faster and grow stronger that the generation before. Children who, naturally, would grow to become parents themselves, able to form their own sets of observations and conclusions about the way the world works and Read more about Leaving a Legacy of Generational Health[…]
Did women also develop the spoken language? From the earliest hunting-and-gathering times, we know that the men spent long, silent, and often solitary days away on the hunt. It takes silence to track animals. Meanwhile, the women worked collectively in or near the camp, surrounded by children, talking and singing. Language must have developed in Read more about Speech and Communication[…]
Few of us can look at the state of the world and not feel despair. The breakdown of the family unit sets up the breakdown of a firm system of values, including caretaking. And when families no longer take care of their own, other social structures must fill the gap. Joseph Chilton Pearce, in Evolution’s Read more about Nurturing through Nourishment[…]
You will walk away from this 8 week mentorship program with the tools and resources to completely transform and expand your birth services. You’ll develop the confidence to work with herbs, traditional foods and holistic remedies to support mothers throughout the childbearing continuum. You’ll get: – 8 weeks of coaching, mentoring, and teachings – Access Read more about Traditional Foods + Herbal Medicine for Birth Workers[…]
So many women tell me how they wish they would’ve known about the art of traditional postpartum care when they were having babies. There is grief around the not having. There is shame around the not knowing. There is a longing to have a do-over. There often feels like there are loose ends that need Read more about Opening timelines for postpartum healing[…]