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Daily Activism: Planting a garden in troubled times

Daily Activism: Planting a garden in troubled times

We live in extraordinary times, so I am veering today from my usual posts about plant medicines to address one of the deepest levels of health and healing: living in right relationship with self, family, community and Creator. I have wept almost daily for the past 10...
The Top Four Essential Oils for Calming Anxiety

The Top Four Essential Oils for Calming Anxiety

Anxiety can surface in our lives in a variety of ways, registering as muscle tension rising from the shoulders to the neck, a sinking feeling in the stomach, loss of appetite, or interrupted sleep.With so many people on “red alert” right now, you may recognize some of...
Winter to Spring: Post Traumatic Growth

Winter to Spring: Post Traumatic Growth

Judith Boice, ND, LAc, FABNO The snow has had its way with the structures in the neighborhood – an arch festooned with grape vines lies splintered in a neighbor’s yard; the metal gutter on our garage is twisted back on itself, torn from its moorings and bent under the...
Five Essential Oils for Peaceful Sleep

Five Essential Oils for Peaceful Sleep

Do you ever have restless nights when you toss and turn for hours and finally fall asleep an hour before the alarm goes off? Do you fall asleep easily but then wake repeatedly through the night – from night sweats, the urge to empty your bladder, and/or disturbing...
Intimacy for Single Women

Intimacy for Single Women

For approximately half of my adult life I have lived alone and half in relationship with a partner. I have found gifts both living alone and sharing a home with a partner. Living as a single women does not necessarily mean living without intimacy or sexual pleasure....