I believe in Nature’s profound ability to support your healing journey. My deep reverence for, and relationship with, the natural world guided me to discover the power of herbal folk medicine, traditional hands-on care, and healing with nature.

My wellness journey began through personal experience, when conventional Western medicine offered little support for my recovery from C-PTSD, mental illness, endometriosis, and chronic fatigue. I re-discovered the healing balms of plants while seeking support for my own journey. This path led me to years of connection with non-native plant medicines from indigenous cultures around the world. While traveling in Peru, I was introduced to ceremonial cacao — heart medicine from Mesoamerica.

My interest in alternative healing methods led me to explore traditional practices maintained by indigenous cultures for millennia. I delved into the world of shamanism, psychedelic plant medicine, and ancestral healing. Over many years, I engaged deeply with these powerful plant teachers, who supported me in returning to my body, processing stored trauma, and cultivating a sense of safety. Through nutrition, herbal therapies, and plant medicine, I experienced significant improvements in my wellbeing and witnessed my conditions begin to reverse.

This journey eventually led me back home to my Scottish roots, where traditional healing wisdom has been passed down through generations. I was guided to work intimately with the powerful plants and ancestral traditions of the Scottish Highlands and Islands, learning to reconnect with the wisdom of our native plants and traditional healing methods.

When I moved back to my small village in Highland Perthshire, I was immersed in the native plants growing abundantly around our farm and valley. I reconnected with my maternal grandmother, a master gardener and folk herbalist, who shared family recipes and traditions from our Scottish and Polish ancestry. I reconnected with my parents, both gardeners by trade, who maintain a small holding of animals on our family croft. In these ways, I began to truly ‘come home,’ reconnecting with my family roots, ancestral traditions, and the medicinal plants and fungi growing all around me.

One autumn day, as I lovingly crafted a medicinal balm for my grandmother’s arthritic hands, the essence of Sacred Roots revealed itself. The plants reminded me of true healing, nurturing, and wellness, and I began crafting medicines for friends, family, and community.

Inspired by my own transformation, I embarked on a formal journey into folk herbalism and traditional healing methods. I completed Level Three of Hands-On Energy Healing with The School of Light by Barbara Ann Brennan, gaining awareness and skills in energy healing and trauma processing. I completed a cacao dieta and practitioner training with my teacher Laura Durban. I later studied bio-regional folk herbalism, wild foraging, medicinal plant applications, and the healing traditions of Scotland. Most recently, I completed a hands-on Whole Woman Care, Womb Massage, and Regenerative Feminine Wellness Practitioner training with my teacher Michaela of Rooted Feminine Wellness.

The plants have reminded me that our bodies are innately oriented to heal and regenerate. They have taught me that every wound is a doorway to our true selves, and that in our journey of healing, what we lay to rest on the forest floor with the autumn leaves can serve as fertile soil in which vibrant wellbeing can re-grow.