Healing through the Challenges
Heart Springs Sanctuary: A Healing Journey
I have exciting news! We have moved to Heart Springs Sanctuary in Washington Boro, Pennsylvania!! Heart Springs Sanctuary is a gorgeous 4.5 acre property with 3 ponds, classroom space, healing office, and vibrant Nature Spirits who are very excited to work co-creatively with Humans. For years, I have been praying and visualizing a center and…
Read MoreA Love Affair with Plants
A Love Affair with Plants Earlier this year, I had the great pleasure and privilege of spending time with the Plants of Vieques (Puerto Rico) and Ecuador. I knew that I was going to make Essences, work with the Plant Spirits and most likely receive healing. This all occurred AND unexpectedly, my Love affair with…
Read MoreThe Stories We Tell
The Stories We Tell “…we are the stories we tell ourselves. In this universe, and this existence, where we live with this duality of whether we exist or not and who are we, the stories we tell ourselves are the stories that define the potentialities of our existence. We are the stories we tell ourselves.…
Read MoreOf Dandelion and Fear
I went for a walk in the field one morning. I stopped and looked around me, the field was filled with Dandelions. As I admired their beauty, I was flooded with memories. Some were as a child and how my friends and I adored Dandelions. We would delight in them and play games with them.…
Read MoreFlower Essences to Navigate Anxiety, Stress and the Changes Ahead
We are living during a great time of change. I can feel the frenetic energy, which seems to have been building for quite some time. While change is ultimately beneficial, it often is accompanied by anxiety and stress. We know that anxiety and stress cause many health crises. How many books are written to help…
Read MoreHealing the Culture of Pain
I have spent a good portion of this year reflecting on pain and pain medication. In one of my classes this summer, David Dalton shared his observations of working with people in pain. He said that whenever a person tries to suppress the pain with pain medication, the level of pain will rise to surpass…
Read MoreMotherwort
Motherwort is an amazing Plant. Ki is used for so many things. I work with ki as an herb and as a Flower Essence. In fact, Motherwort is one of the Essences that I use the most. One of my first herb teachers, Susan Hess from Farm at Coventry, taught me that Motherwort is for…
Read MoreThe Beauty of the Healing Crisis
As I write this, Autumn is in the air. The leaves are beginning to change color. Just like Persephone, the Plants are dying or beginning their return to the Underworld. I have spent the last two weeks caring for my grandmother, whom it seemed was making her own way to the other world. Today is…
Read MorePlants as Healing Guides
I started this summer in deep grief, mourning the loss of my brother. I spent large chunks of the day in bed. However, I have two sons that needed a mother, so they started pulling me out. Then, the Plants started asking me to make medicines, I turned them down, because I didn’t think I…
Read MoreLyme Personality
What I learned in my Flower Essence training that has had the most impact on my life is David Dalton’s theory on Lyme disease (as well as his treatment plan). As you may know, when we are working with Flower Essences, we are looking at the personality and childhood trauma. Certain traumas and personalities are…
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