Journal

Signs of a Compromised Skin Barrier and How to Restore It Holistically

For a year or so, I've been offering our FREE Skin Ritual Consultations. It's been such a pleasure getting to know some of our community in this wa...

Black Cumin Seed: An Oil with Ancient Roots

Black Cumin Seed: An Oil with Ancient Roots

We talk a lot about plants over here, but we don't often focus on our carrier (or lipid) oils. These precious oils make up so much of the magic we ...

Reishi | Skin and Soul Magic

Reishi | Skin and Soul Magic

Today let's explore the profound medicine of a long-time plant ally of mine. My first experience with Reishi on its own was doing a plant meditatio...

Healthy Winter Skin: Stop Over-Exfoliating

Healthy Winter Skin: Stop Over-Exfoliating

I'm in our lab today working on some big projects we've got goin' on, sipping a cup of spicy and nourishing Edesia Tulsi chai with a bit of ghee an...

Nourishing Tulsi: Beauty Medicine Inside and Out

Nourishing Tulsi: Beauty Medicine Inside and Out

Tulsi offers incredible benefits, not least of which are the aromatic scent and warm spicy flavor that alone work their own magic.For me though, Tu...

Herbal Impressions: St. John's Wort

Herbal Impressions: St. John's Wort

Have you noticed that not only do plants teach us a lot, but they do so with their own personality? To me, St. John’s Wort has a warm, kind, but dr...

Calendula | Lymphatic + Skin Support

Calendula | Lymphatic + Skin Support

In the last post we talked about Chamomile and its nurturing, sweet, slightly bitter and warming energetics along with the healing properties it pr...