GIVE the gift of MAGIC this season! Unlock the door to the WONDROUS world around you with The Illustrated Herbiary.
GIVE the gift of MAGIC this season! Unlock the door to the WONDROUS world around you with The Illustrated Herbiary.
THIS WEEK’S READ:
Don’t Pass the Tissues
Don’t pass the tissues.
The group looked at me in horror.
Really? The poor woman has snot dripping down her face and I think that’s a little spit on the side of her mouth.
Yup. Still don’t pass the tissues.
This is one of the toughest lessons us humans need to learn.
We want to fix every problem with hugs or cookies or sound financial advice. We wanna show up with screw drivers or swords or whatever the heck is needed to help you get your house in order and slay your internal dragons.
We humans feel good when we’re helping.
And that’s the problem: helping is often as much about the helper as it is about the helpee.
My Story
It’s early spring, still cold enough for gloves. I’m trotting figure eights on a hot headed ex-racehorse. Eights are lulling, soothing even, and soon my breath is synced with his and time is slipping a bit sideways. Slowly, breath by breath, the separation between horse and human dissolves. This is my first experience of transcendence.
Herbiary: Shop & Book
I spent my 34th year in Ireland apprenticed to a traditional healer. We crafted medicine from roots & bark, leaves & petals… and also from words, stringing them into stories to mend the spirit.
When I returned to the States I opened a small apothecary which has grown into Herbiary.com, with stores in Philadelphia, PA and Asheville, NC.
This blog is where I share my stories. In August, 2018 it will be joined by my first book, An Illustrated Herbiary. This book is whimsical, gorgeous, and OMG yummy; I can’t wait to share it with you. Stay tuned!
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