Monthly Archives May 2017

Herbs and essential oils for anxiety and mental health

Herbs and essential oils for anxiety and mental health

The herbs, essential oils, and nutritional supports I use to help with anxiety.

Favorite resources and how I'm using this bundle

Favorite resources and how I'm using this bundle

This bundle has so much more than cold and flu resources. Next up in my studies and herbal application is learning how to make muscle tissue repair and topical pain relief remedies, and a course on the safety of essential oil ingestion.

The one resource you need for cold and flu

The one resource you need for cold and flu

I created a systematized approach to treating cold and flu: the Herb & Essential Oil Cold and Flu Protocol. I'm sharing it with you, completely free (no sign-up required) so you too will be ready for cold and flu season.

Shifting Gears

Shifting Gears

I feel a lightening of the load in home and homeschool. I have more mental energy for other things. After a seasoning of healing, my confidence has returned and we have a real need to increase our financial means; all of which means, it's time once again to pursue income-earning work.

Wrestling with Faith

Wrestling with Faith

It takes energy to wrestle with my faith. It can be an intellectually rigorous process and it can shake the foundations, and I don't always have the cognitive energy or the emotional security to challenge and question authority, both outer and inner.

Growing up with the Bible

Growing up with the Bible

How my tradition understood the Bible and the growing cognitive dissonance I started to experience as a young adult between science and literal Biblical interpretation, left me with a fraught relationship with this sacred text.

A childhood of belonging

A childhood of belonging

Faith for me has always been wrapped up, like a ball of yarn, with family and church. Family, God, and church; I was raised in the rich soil of all three. But that doesn't mean I understood the full measure and message of the gospel of Christ. I probably still don't.

A journey of evangelical faith: An introduction

A journey of evangelical faith: An introduction

I wasn't planning to write about my faith - my evolving journey with the Bible, church teaching and tradition, and my personal experiences; but it seems now is the time to do so.