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Meet The Herbalist

Welcome to my site! My journey into herbalism began in 1995 when I was 15 through the expert teachings of my Grandmother who was a Holistic Herbalist and Holistic Health Practitioner.

She awoke in me a life long passion to understand the bioactive compounds in herbs, how we can optimally extract and absorb them, and how those compounds interact with our physiology.

Where I differ from other herbalists is that I combine modern scientific research with traditional wisdom to find where they meet.

My herbal articles, newsletter, sourcing guide, and coaching are a distillation of my research, experimentation, and coaching.

My Credentials

~ Certified Holistic Health Practitioner
~ Master’s Degree in Nutrition
~ Certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner
~ Certified Holistic Herbalist
~ Certified Natural Chef

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Herbal Articles

Every herb has a story. My articles are detailed, honest breakdowns of single herbs: what they've been used for across Western, Ayurvedic, Chinese, and Indigenous traditions, which bioactive compounds drive their effects, what the human research actually shows (and where the evidence is still thin), and the practical details that most guides skip — how to properly prepare each herb (tea, tincture, or oil infusion) so your body can actually absorb and benefit the bioactive compounds.

Alongside the single-herb profiles, you'll find guides organized around specific health goals such as herbs for acid reflux, herbs for testosterone, herbs for libido, and many others.

Everything here follows one rule: I'll always tell you how confident we can actually be. No miracle claims, no affiliate links steering the recommendations, just the same straight answers I give my herbal clients. Start with whichever herb or question brought you here, my library grows every week.

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Herbal Newsletter

Join me as I adventure throughout North America researching, foraging, harvesting, and preparing wild herbs into remedies and recipes.

My weekly newsletter emails are deep dives on individual herbs and contain beautiful images from myself and members (send me your images and I will post them for all members to see!), their native habitat and where to forage, my personal and clinical experiences with the herb, exciting new scientific studies, and how cultures around the world have traditionally used and consumed the herb.

In addition, my posts also go into more depth on how we can use herbs and foraging to deepen our connection to our local bioregion and the planet as whole.

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My Coaching is for educational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.