For over 30 years, I’ve walked with women on a path of healing and wholeness. I built my programs from decades of work in herbal medicine, earth-based wisdom, and feminist psychology—plus my own messy, beautiful healing journey.
I am a healer, educator, writer, herbalist—and a survivor.
As a child, nature was my place of solace and safety. At 18 I turned to the Earth in earnest, fell in love with the plants, and soon began my life’s work practicing and teaching the wise woman ways.
Deeply resourced in holistic modalities, I’ve long worked at the convergence of the natural health community and the women’s movement—alongside elders in both fields—to unravel internalized oppression and expand holistic approaches.
Inside, the old patterns still ran deep.
Relationships were in shambles. Trauma and drama spiraled into heartbreak and health crises.
I pushed through until my body gave way. Pneumonia brought me near the edge—and to a truth: some wounds plants alone can’t reach.
I set out on a quest to go deeper—to the roots of healing.
Tempered by years spent shoulder-to-shoulder with leaders in women’s health, I turned inward.
Guided by my most trusted mentor—nature herself—and a lifelong passion for feminist psychology, I mapped the inner landscape.
What emerged became my approach to inner growth and healing: earth-based and woman-centered.
With these tools, I finally got “un-confused”—discerning healthy choices, breaking old patterns, and resolving old trauma.
Roadmap in hand, I found my way home to myself (and to my beloved).
Since then, I’ve witnessed similar transformations across ages, backgrounds, and walks of life—from women beginning (or returning to) inner work to seasoned healers: therapists, midwives, doctors, herbalists.
Again and again, women find steadier boundaries, kinder beliefs, truer choices.
Think of it as a medicine chest for your mind, heart, and soul.
Now I’d love to support you on your journey home to yourself—with practical, accessible tools crafted by, for, and about women.
If you’re longing for clarity that you can feel in your bones, you’re in the right place. Let’s make your inner life a place you love to live.
30+ Years, One Thread: Women, Nature, Healing
I've had the honor of guiding thousands of women on their healing journeys.
My work stands on the shoulders of women who came before us. And it also carries something new—a next generation weaving nature's wisdom with principles of the psyche to untangle old beliefs and reclaim your needs.
- Founder, Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference (15 years; 1,000+ women annually)
- Co-founder, Red Moon Herbs (20 years; wildcrafted medicines for women)
- Teacher of holistic women’s wisdom (over 30 years)
- Academic roots in biology and feminist spiritual psychology
- Creator of the Wise Woman Needs Wheel and Map of Life and Love
- Founder of the Wise Woman Path yearlong mentorship
Thus I weave science and spirit to provide programs to support you with self-trust and nourishing connections.
Today my deepest joy is walking beside women as they come home to themselves—rooted, replenished, reconnected.
Let's get to know each other~
Hey there, sister. I’m an educator and mentor with deep roots in herbalism, feminist psychology, and the wise woman ways—and a survivor, mother, and partner who’s walked this path in real life.
Here are 8 snippets from my journey that you might enjoy...
- When I turned 18, my feminist mother gave me 18 books written by women. Alice Walker's "womanist" definition has hung on my wall ever since.
- I turned down Ivy League colleges to follow my heart to my life’s work with women and the Earth.
- I handwrote the first Red Moon Herbs medicine catalog by candlelight in a chestnut board cabin where I chopped wood for my cookstove and carried water from the spring.
- I gave birth in a yurt, a tiny trailer for my kitchen. My doulas heated water outside for the birthing pool that took up most of the yurt.
- I fell in love with a woman and fought maternal guilt to move out of the house to live with my beloved. My 16-year-old son chose to stay close to the community center where he was born and raised. He quipped, “Mom, don’t the kids usually move out first?”
- I was married to a man for a decade. A single mom for a decade. Now partnered with a woman for even longer. Plus I long lived in the cauldron of intentional community. The truth is, I've honed my communication skills through countless challenges, immersed in relationships of all kinds.
- When I introduced my earth-based tools for inner growth and healing to my students, I was humbled and astounded by the impacts in their own lives. They demanded, Women need these—to live the wise woman ways year-round, not just one weekend a year.
- To make space to expand my teaching and writing, I announced that the 15th anniversary of my wildly popular Southeast Wise Women Herbal Conference was the last I would produce. (Then the pandemic hit 6 months later!)
- As wild as I am about the green and growing things, my favorite time of year is the dark season as the year wanes from Halloween through winter solstice.
When I'm not doing my work in the world, what else might I be up to?
gardening
lovin' up the plants and herbs cultivated and wild
savoring
the sweetness of authentic intimacy with my beloved
biking
or hiking the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains
swooning
over the moon–proud to call myself a moon photographer
Now let's bring this back to you~
This isn’t about fixing what’s broken. Across ages and life paths, my programs help you remember who you’ve always been.
If one (or more) resonates, you’re in the right place:
- The nature-loving seeker. You’re beginning (or returning) to inner work and want a cohesive, earth-based way of life, not just scattered tips.
- The strong woman others lean on. You hold so much for everyone else; now you want steady ground for yourself—clear boundaries, real replenishment, room for your needs.
- The healing practitioner. Therapist, doctor, nurse, herbalist, midwife, bodyworker—you support others and need a private, replenishing space with woman-centered tools for your own inner life.
Want a steady seasonal rhythm for this work? You’re warmly invited into the Wise Woman Path.
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