Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
Empowering Self-Reliance and Sustainable Living & Microbiomes
One of the most common things I hear from women moving through menopause is the statement that they no longer have hormones or estrogen. It is usually said with certainty, resignation, and often with the belief that the body has lost something essential and irreversible. This idea is repeated so …
When you step into the forest we have entered a landscape under threat. This is everywhere! It may appear healthy but each step you take is a reminder of what could be lost. The high-note scent of crushed pine needles fills the air, bearing witness to a beauty that is …
The Purple Carrot Club did not begin as a plan. It began as a pull I could not ignore, something that felt both clear and uncertain at the same time. At first, it almost felt childlike. The name, the idea, the way it came together. There was no structure, no …
We talk about “B vitamins” as if they are a single substance you can swallow, measure, or fix with a pill, but in the body they behave more like a living network. Vitamin B is never just one thing, and that is where the misunderstanding usually begins. They are a …
Cholesterol has become one of the most misunderstood substances in the body. It is often spoken about as if it were a toxin that must be lowered at all costs, yet it is one of the most essential molecules for life. Every cell membrane depends on it. Hormones depend on …
I had never even heard of the curry tree before coming to Ecuador. Now I cannot imagine this place without her. She is one of the most beautiful small trees in the garden, graceful and decorative, with glossy green leaves that seem to shimmer in the light. Birds adore her. …
Sometimes I stop and honestly ask myself what I am doing. Not in a dramatic way. Just a real, quiet question that comes up when I look at the land, the work, the responsibility of it all. There are moments I wonder how I got here and why this is …
Author note:I am at the seaside…a space that always conjours a deep need to write, reflect and share…. I have been watching change move through my own life for a long time now. This has not been in theory or as an abstract concept, but in the quiet way it …