This really shouldn't come as any surprise because, well, I am female. While not every woman has a history of rape or child molestation, I don't know of any female who hasn't been made to feel very uncomfortable by a man at some point in their life, or violated in some way. It does sometimes take some healing to really identify this as your story though, and then even more healing to share it because along with sharing comes the condescending, dismissive and dehumanizing comm

Throughout most all of history, women have been devalued. I've said many times that I feel that early #feminists were a little misguided in that they fought for equal rights to men, when in fact we have different needs. It doesn't behoove us to translate equality for women into arguing for the rights of women to walk the path set out for men. It may even be that some women have the vision of outdoing men at their own way of being, but in fact, we need to focus more on our own

Women have always used herbs. Historically, women have been the healers. The only medicine available came from the woods, beside streams, in gardens, and through trade with other women. Botanical medicine was used for the prevention of illness and dis-ease and for the treatment of common ailments that affected communities. Today women are using #herbs for a variety of reasons, partly because they are empowered and have taken responsibility for their own health and partly beca

Never has there been a time in my life where I remember not being completely in love with Mother Nature and in awe of alI her #plants and animals. As a clinician, it has always been part of my nature to look towards #botanicals for their healing properties. They offer a familiarity and comfort I simply don't find when prescribing pharmaceuticals. Plants ground me and while scientific literature is early in its support for this healing modality, and in fact is in its infancy f