Food as Medicine

Food as Medicine

Do you ever have those days when you think, can’t I have just one day when my back doesn’t hurt, when I don’t have a headache, when I don’t have acid reflux, when I don’t have a cold, when…the list is endless.  I often wonder how the world has gotten so unhealthy,...
Bear Medicine

Bear Medicine

Last week we woke to find our trash can knocked over and trash everywhere—no real harm done except for the mess. We did have the lid secured with a bungee cord but it was ripped off. Dang bears!  At the end of summer, bears become more active. They’re on the hunt for...
Be Like a Tree and Let Go

Be Like a Tree and Let Go

Summer has faded into the sunset and in a few short days fall will officially arrive. I’m not ready but I’m also not resisting. I’m working on being more like water. Water in its healthy state is all about movement and flow. It can also be murky and...
Feel Supported with Burdock Root

Feel Supported with Burdock Root

Do you ever have those days when you can’t quite get your motor running? You know you have things to do, but you can’t get it in gear to accomplish anything. You’re stuck in neutral, and no matter how hard you press on the gas, you can hear the engine revving but you...
Promises to Myself

Promises to Myself

If you’re anything like me, keeping commitments to yourself isn’t easy. Staying committed to others seems so much easier.  When I say keeping a commitment to yourself, I mean doing what you say you’re going to do.  Maybe you tell yourself you’re going to start waking...
Lessons Learned from Pain

Lessons Learned from Pain

“Pain, of course, is an essential part of living: not good, not something to be courted or embraced, just unavoidable. But even in facing pain, we have a choice, and wherever there is a choice there is freedom. ‘Pain is an enemy’ goes an Indian proverb ‘only when we...