My Story

 

My journey as a practicing clinical Herbalist began with being stranded in a NY airport in a snowstorm. While stranded I read an eye opening book on women's health that changed my life. I came home and rid my kitchen of everything it said that could negatively impact my health and also began my journey into learning about herbal medicine.

 

That was more than 30 years ago.

 

Fast forward to beginning my journey through peri-menopause and beyond where I applied all my learned knowledge over the years to support my hormonal transition and the accompanying symptoms.  I found new herbal allies that helped me with relative ease through the transition. When I was officially through Menopause I honestly thought - boy - I made it to the other side! My work is done! However, once post-menopausal all these chronic conditions seemed to creep in one by one that began to affect my health. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, weight gain, forgetfulness, loss of libido - I was honestly taken by surprise. How can this be? I'm doing everything right!?! 

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It was at this point that I delved deeper into how herbal medicine supports healthy aging, how to gain back my sexual vitality, how to NOURISH my body and not slap a bandaid on these symptoms.

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And it was at that moment that clients started coming to my door asking for the same help. 

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The transition of menopause does not end when you are on the other side of your menses ending. And it is MUCH MORE than just a loss of estrogen. And, the message that is out there is that chronic conditions are just part of aging - and it is not. It is often part of the Menopause picture. 

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My mission is to change the dialogue and empower women to feel strong, vital, nourished and free of all the misinformation and mis-messaging that we are confronted with by the media. Menopause is not a disease. It is a powerful, natural transition in a woman's life.

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I also have a background in complex chronic conditions such as lyme, co-infections, parasites and mold. This understanding and years of working with this community allows me to understand when unresolved infections and underlying chronic inflammation might be further complicating a client's overall health picture.

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The hormonal journey of a woman's life into Menopause can be a time of clarity and freedom.  I want to help you celebrate this chapter of life and feel all the beauty that comes with it. 

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I work with Western, Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs to customize a woman's journey from peri - >prime -> post Menopause.  Please get in touch if you want to take your hormonal health into your own hands and proactively nourish your body with ancient healing herbs that have been used for literally hundreds if not thousands of years in other cultures.

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Education

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I have been fortunate to study with some of the best teachers in the United States. 

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• Botanologos School of Herbal Studies  - Medical Herbalism with a focus on local botanical medicine in North Georgia with Patricia Kyritsi Howell 

• East West School of Herbology - Planetary Herbology  integrating Chinese, Ayurvedic & Western Herbs with Michael & Lesley Tierra in California. 

• Uprooting Lyme - a specialized practitioner school focused on complex, chronic infectious & inflammatory disease such a chronic Lyme  & associated co-infections, mold, parasites & more with Hillary Thing  in Hudson Valley New York 

 

My education is a continuous learning process and includes classes taught by David Winston, Christopher Hobbs, Monica Corrado, KP Khalsa, Susun Weed, Aviva Romm, Corrina Woods, Gabriel Mojay, Mimi Hernandez, Susan Kramer, William Morris and many more wise and wonderful herbal teachers as well as the teachings I receive every day from my clients and the plants themselves.