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Our Natural Path, LLC, Manchester, TN (2025)

07/01/2025

One of our tall pine trees had fallen during a spring storm, but today, under summer’s sun, my son and I finally began to tend to its trunk and broken branches.

We were out there together, cutting, clearing, talking — about change. About the wild ride this past year has been. About where we’ve come from… and where we’re headed next.
As I spoke about the transformation of my work — the reweaving of my path, the roots deepening into something truer — a shadow moved over us. And for himself, discovering the path that lies ahead for his dreams, goals and aspirations.

Large. Slow. Sacred.
A turkey vulture flew just above our heads.

We both looked up in awe, still speaking but now whispering. And then — a single feather let loose from its wing, spiraling through the air. I watched it fall gently, softly, directly to my feet.

There are moments when life speaks so loudly it doesn’t need a voice.

And this was one of them.

Turkey Vulture is a guide of rebirth, transition, and truth.
She arrives when your path is shifting direction — when you are shedding what no longer feeds your soul, when the old must decay to make way for the new.
She asks: What are you still carrying that no longer belongs to you?

As a scavenger, she teaches us how to find life in the broken. How to spot opportunity in the unseen. How to move with the winds of change instead of resisting them.
Vulture doesn’t speak much. She shows. She lives her truth. She walks her walk.

This felt like a message not just for me, but for my work — for my Rewilded Roots Practice and Roots to Rise path — for the healing journeys ahead, for those I am meant to walk beside.

For my son, it spoke about the transformation he was undergoing, allowing his old self to die so he could be reborn in his new life.

And so I share it with you.

If you’re in a season of letting go…
If the winds are shifting and you’re unsure where you’re being carried…
If grief, transformation, or growth is asking you to shed old skins…

Take heart.
Vulture reminds us that the most sacred alchemy happens in the unseen, the unwanted, the in-between.

And sometimes, just when we need it most, a feather falls at our feet.
A reminder.
A message.
A call.

06/27/2025

If you know me, then you know the struggles my girl and I had been through since 2020. This awkward little run is the best thing ever for her and myself. My lass was injured by an unnecessary injection during the 2020 fiasco that we all went through. For her, it left her nervous system shot and loss of hind limb function. She used to run 3 times a week a 5K regimen for canicross. She was a healthy, happy athlete. This little run right here, is priceless. After naturopathic and holistic therapies, supplements, diet changes and patience, we may not run 5K anymore but we definitely can run around the yard.

06/20/2025

Do you know what it’s like to have a wonder dog? I do.
It’s like this:

I wonder…

🤔What did she eat?”

🤔 Why does she smell like that?

🤔 Is that stickiness… normal?

🤔 Why won’t she eat today when she loved it yesterday?

🤔 Why is she sticking to me like Velcro?

If you’ve got one of those dogs — the sensitive, soulful, mysterious kind who both frustrates and fascinates you — I feel you.

Mine is Ellie.

She’s not just a dog, she’s an experience.
A rescue taken from her mama at just 3 weeks old, flown across the ocean, fostered for a blink, and placed with us at 6 weeks.

We knew the conditions she may have. We knew she’d needed us.

But what I didn’t know is that this quirky, emotionally complex creature would become my daily teacher in patience, creativity, and listening between the lines (or, in her case, between the tail wags and sighs).

To someone on the outside, she might seem spoiled, aloof, or picky, depending on the time of day.

But she’s none of that. She’s sensitive.
Deeply, energetically, cosmically sensitive.

Ellie has what we call a Water Element constitution — rooted in Chinese Medicine. These are the dogs (and people!) who feel everything. They’re intuitive, quiet, easily startled, and deeply attached (but only when they feel safe). They curl tightly in a corner not just because it’s comfy — but because their body craves containment, warmth, peace and safety.

She doesn’t like storms, so when thunder rolls in, we scurry…

💜 Close the blinds & all curtains

💜 Turn on calming frequencies

💜 Rub her ears with lavender-infused balm

💜 Give her CBD to soothe her

💜 Reiki hands on

Any overstimulation like over doing the calming sends her in full spiral cliff diving, causing her to shut down more.

Now on her dining style, Ellie eats like a mindful yogi.

If I make grass-fed beef and organs with root veggies and bone broth for everyone, she’ll turn her nose up and say, “Actually, I’m feeling pasture-raised chicken with oats, kale, and a splash of carrot juice.” (Yes, she’s that dog.)

It took me until she was two to stop comparing her to our previous earthy, goofy labs. Ellie doesn’t want to play fetch. She doesn’t want to meet every person at the park. She wants calm. Routine. Herbal support. A cooked meal that matches her mood. A brisk short walk in the sun. A nightly snuggle — but only after ignoring you for six hours.

And I love her endlessly for it.

She reminds me every day that healing is never one-size-fits-all.
It’s not about forcing what “should” work — it’s about attuning to what does. Being open to it all.

So if you’ve got a wonderfully weird, deeply sensitive, smells-like-a-mystery type of dog… I see you.

They’re not broken.
They’re not dramatic.
They’re just built a little different — and so are we.

(Remember they choose us.)

And that’s exactly why I do what I do.
Because pets, like people, deserve holistic care that meets them where they are. Not where the manual says they should be.

Ellie’s my reason.
And maybe your dog is yours.

06/12/2025

I didn’t always know I’d be here — weaving together holistic healing, earth-based wisdom, and animal care. But looking back, every thread of my life pointed me here.

After high school, I was set on a path in archaeology and art history. I was captivated by ancient cultures — their medicine, their sacred art, the way they created with soul instead of synthetics. I had a teacher who lit a fire in me: we studied how history wasn’t just dates and facts, but lifeways — the tools they used, the natural pigments, the way they honored life itself.

But somewhere in college, an old part of me reawakened — the part that used to bring home every sick or injured animal like I was running a neighborhood wildlife hospital. I had always said I wanted to be a vet as a kid. It wasn’t until my shepherd passed away that I felt that pull come roaring back. A little springer spaniel came into my life next, and everything shifted.

So I left behind ancient ruins for something just as sacred — healing.

I moved to Ohio for college and entered vet school. And while I loved anatomy, physiology, and the miracle of the immune system… I started to feel something wasn’t right.

I had been through my own medical trauma years before. A bad reaction to pharmaceuticals landed me in the hospital with a misdiagnosis of leukemia and scarlet fever — all because of medications I should never have been given. That experience made me question everything. It was the beginning of my first awakening. And vet school? That was my second.

I realized I couldn’t align with an approach that saw medication as the only solution, that dismissed root cause, intuition, and natural healing. I had too many questions. I remembered those ancient cultures. I remembered the earth. And I remembered my own body’s wisdom — and how it had been ignored.

That’s when I turned to the path of holistic medicine, after becoming a licensed veterinary technician with certification in behavior/fitness/nutrition.

So I dove deep into herbs, Traditional Chinese Medicine, animal communication, massage, reiki, energy healing, flower essences, forest therapy, essential oils, and non-toxic living. I earned my certifications as an herbalist and master gardener. I worked for years in veterinary hospitals and was hired as a consultant for two. And still, I kept weaving in more — because healing isn’t just physical. It’s energetic. Emotional. Environmental. Spiritual.

When lockdowns hit, something shifted again. The mainstream system returned to injections, medications, and symptom-chasing. I couldn’t stand behind it. My work wasn’t welcomed. So I made a promise: to create a path for those who want something different.

A conscious, sacred, and sovereign way of living.

I teach people — pet parents for their animals, and women — how to reclaim their wellness, their homes, their animals’ health, and their relationship with nature. We design gardens for nourishment and medicine. We choose products that detox instead of disrupt. We circle together. We recalibrate with plants, energy, and breath. We heal from the root.

Because we are not one-size-fits-all.
We are not grown from the same seed pack.
We are each wildly, uniquely, naturally ourselves — and that’s the medicine.

This is what I do.
This is who I am.
And if you’re feeling called to reconnect, rewild, and realign — I’m so glad you’re here.

05/16/2025

On Sunday, my little shadow decided to add some drama to the weekend by suddenly transforming from her usual bouncy self to a hunchbacked, sulking mess. Tail tucked, back hunched, guarding her hind legs, and a look of “life is pain” in her eyes. As an Animal holistic practitioner with 30+ yrs experience in animal healing, I’ve seen a lot—but this one had me stumped.

Her symptoms? A depressed, uncomfortable posture, no interest in life, and absolutely zero tail wagging—a travesty for any dog. My first thought? “She overexerted herself.” But the truth was more clinical, and my brain immediately began spiraling through the worst-case scenarios:

❌ UTI: Maybe she was straining or avoiding movement.
❌ Slipped Lumbar Disc: Her hunched back wasn’t winning her any posture contests.
❌ Hip muscle/ligament Hyperextension: Maybe she tried to show off and failed spectacularly.
❌ Iliopsoas Muscle Injury: Because why not make it a complicated muscle thats hatd to get to!
❌ CCL Tear: The sports injury that dogs love to collect like trading cards.

Cue me channeling Sherlock Holmes, but with a fur-covered patient. I grabbed my physio books, did a full-body assessment using observation, palpation, and a few choice curse words (purely for motivation). Her hips were intact, spine clear, and no signs of a CCL tear. My conclusion? Limp tail (or swimmer’s tail). But here’s the twist—I’ve only ever seen this in Labs and Goldens after a good swim. My girl hadn’t even touched water, but it could happen to dogs who use their tails as rudders.

Armed with herbal compresses, tinctures, and a strict rest-and-recovery regimen, we entered the tail rehab phase. This condition usually takes 7-10 days for recovery, and I braced myself for the sad eyes, guilt trips, and dramatic sighs. Luckily, by day five, she was back to her true form—wagging in bed the second I woke up and following me like I was made of bacon.

Now, I’m reworking her training so she doesn’t re-injure herself with another over-the-top adventure. (Tennis ball and bird-chasing bans are in full effect.)

🔎 So, What is Limp Tail?
Limp tail (aka swimmer’s tail or cold water tail) is a muscle strain in the tail, usually from overexertion, cold exposure, or—ironically—too much swimming. Symptoms include a droopy, painful tail, reluctance to move, and a hunched posture.

🐾 Healing Tips from a Certified Holistic Practitioner: (besides always have your vet check it out):
✅ Observation and Palpation: Check for pain, swelling, or discomfort. Don’t panic—just investigate.
✅ Rule Out the Big Bads: UTI, hip injuries, disc issues—make sure you’re not missing something serious. (Case history of Urinary issues, past surgeries and a teplay of “what just happened )
✅ Herbal Compresses & Tinctures: Support muscle recovery naturally, only if holistic vet warrants it.
✅ Rest and Recovery: Your dog may give you the “but I’m FINE” look. Ignore it.
✅ Gentle Physical Therapy: Gradually the vet will want you to reintroduce movement once symptoms improve and you have ther OK.

Want to know what herbs I used? Or how I customized her recovery plan? Drop a paw print below, and I’ll share my herbal go-to’s for sprains, strains, and, apparently, broken butts.

05/09/2025

Even after all the inner work I’ve done—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—showing up on social media is still a struggle.

Why?

Because for the longest time, I measured myself against other women, other healers who seemed so polished, perfect, and put together.

They wore beautiful clothes. Hair and makeup flawless. Always camera-ready.

Meanwhile, I’ve carried the weight of whispered judgments—
“Your hair’s a mess.”
“You should put on some makeup.”
“You don’t look like a healer.”

Those words became shadows, walking beside me, urging me to shrink, to hide, to disappear.

But here’s the truth:

I don’t look like a healer, a guru, a priestess, or an expert.

I am her. She doesn’t have a look. She has a gift.

A gift forged through years of soul work, ancient wisdom, and relentless devotion to healing—myself and others.

I don’t spend hours perfecting an image. I spend it deepening my craft, nourishing my body, my spirit, and those I love.

I’m not the perfectly polished practitioner. I’m the one in jeans and comfy clothes, hair wild, bare-faced, wandering the woods, hands in the earth, and surrounded by animals.

My kind of beauty isn’t curated—it’s cultivated.

Take me to a farmer’s market, a forest, a field of wild herbs? You’ll lose me there because nature is where I come alive.

Yes, I love feeling beautiful and sensual, but to me, true beauty is found in peace, wholeness, and strength.

So here’s what I do instead:

🏋🏼‍♀️ I work out four times a week.

🤸🏼‍♀️ I move through Pilates and yoga.

🧘🏼‍♀️ I meditate, journal, and read daily.

💃🏼 I dance with Shakti and 80s music, depending on the mood.

🍄‍🟫 I nourish myself with fruits, veggies, and a bit of wild magic in my smoothies.

And above all…

🏛️ I craft a sacred space within—my inner temple.

Everything I do is to strengthen my energetic body so that I can be a clear channel for healing, for myself, others, and the wild world around me.

Because I’ve fought my own health battles. I know what it means to be dismissed, overmedicated, and left to navigate the darkness alone.

I see women my age and younger, struggling with health issues, crushed beneath a cocktail of pills instead of being empowered to heal.

That’s why I’ve chosen the untraveled path—a life of authenticity, rebellion, and wild devotion to the sacred.

So no, I don’t always feel comfortable on camera. I don’t always want to go live, pose, or film myself.

But I do feel a quiet, sacred power in the temple within me.

And that’s the real, authentic healer.

03/10/2025

For the past few months, I have been in a deep winter hibernation, one of rest, healing and transformation. This journey was not just about my own well-being but about how I can better serve the women and animals who come to me seeking guidance and balance.

In November, I underwent a necessary surgery after years of navigating health challenges. The time leading up to it was filled with lessons on resilience, trust and surrender. What emerged from this experience was a reawakening…a deeper innerstanding of holistic healing and how our spiritual and physical energetic bodies intertwine.

This time away allowed me to refine my practice, embracing a more profound way of working with women, animals and life. My own companions shared healing wisdom with me as I opened my heart and soul to them. Their wisdom intertwined with hidden knowledge buried deep inside my soul.

Healing is not just about the body, as I share with my clients, it is about the spirit, the emotions, our temple space and the connection to the natural world. I have seen first hand how nature, energy work, and intuitive healing can amplify, transform and change our lives, no matter who the healer is, plant, animal or stone. Opening is the first step .

Now I return from the underworld journey, with new offerings, deeper wisdom and a commitment to helping others on their own journeys of healing, descent and self discovery.

Are you ready to step into your next level of healing? Let’s begin 🌱

03/06/2025

When people hear “clean living” they often think of organic food or non toxic products. But in my world- both as a holistic practitioner and someone deeply rooted in nature and spiritual healing- clean living is so much more.

🌱It’s the way I nourish my body with Whole Foods, herbs and garden-grown medicinals.

🌱It’s the energy of my home, infused with intention, sacred space and natural cleaning products that don’t disrupt my family’s or my own wellbeing.

🌱It’s the companionship of my animals, knowing that their health is as vital as mine.

🌱It’s the time spent in nature, the breath of the trees, the grounding of my bare feet in the soil that restores my nervous system.

🌱It’s the thoughts and affirmations I speak to myself- because clean living isn’t just physical, it’s mental and emotional too.

When we remove the toxins from our homes, our foods, our self talk, our bodies and our daily routines- we create space for true healing.💚

What does clean living mean to YOU? Drop your thoughts below!👇🏻

02/27/2025

The New Moon in Aquarius is a powerful time for introspection and transformation, offering an opportunity to release what no longer serves us and to set intentions aligned with our authentic selves.

Aquarius energy encourages innovation, individuality, and a forward-thinking mindset. Incorporating these themes, you can structure your oracle or tarot reading around two main focuses: letting go and new beginnings.

The Aquarius energy is all about innovation, individuality, and breaking free from the norm. It’s a time for embracing our uniqueness, thinking ahead, and challenging old ways of being. Since Aquarius is both rebellious and visionary, this energy aligns with animals that are unique (standing out from the crowd) and progressive (evolving, problem-solving, or forging new paths).

Narwhal – The mystical unicorn of the sea. Narwhals don’t just look magical—they navigate through icy, unpredictable waters, showing us how to trust our intuition and explore uncharted territories. This is the Aquarius call to embrace the unknown.

Follow the narwhal’s path: Tune into your intuition and explore new spiritual or intellectual terrain.

Humpback Whale – A migratory visionary. Humpbacks travel vast distances, using complex songs to communicate across oceans. They teach us that progress often involves deep emotional intelligence and connection—two things Aquarius energy balances in its own way.

Use whale wisdom: Speak your truth, even if it takes time to be heard.

How do you tune into the New Moon energy?

Do you also align with the true sky?

02/10/2025

The Snow Full Moon, often observed in February, serves as a powerful beacon of transition and renewal. As winter’s chill continues to envelop us, this moon invites us to both embrace and surrender to the season. It offers a profound opportunity to shift from the quiet introspection of winter to the vibrant optimism of spring. This time of year encourages purification of old habits and beliefs, making way for new experiences, lessons, and wisdom.
What are you being guided to manifesting this spring?
What new discovery will you create from winter’s introspection?

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