11/07/2025
Please take time to read...it is important.
🌿 From My Heart to Yours – A Real Talk Moment from Plume Apothecary 🌿
📍 209 Main Ave S, Suite 111, North Bend, WA
In 1986, I started making choices that were considered “alternative.”
Why? Because my precious son was born with a rare birth defect, and as a result of medical malpractice, he suffered a stroke and ended up with a compromised lymphatic system, the immune system’s I-5, reduced to Highway 99 with detours. I was determined to find a way to support him.
When he was just five, we heard the word no parent ever wants to hear: cancer.
And what followed were words like experimental, rare, and we could try.
That’s when my prayers turned into chants, for wisdom, synchronicities, and courage to do what was right for him. I dove into the world of wellness with a fierce mama heart.
I wrote and self-published a gluten-free cookbook (in the early 90s, before it was “a thing”!)We joke that in some of my experiments the dog would not even eat. I eventually taught cooking classes.
I hosted seminars, studied under master herbalists and naturopaths, and practiced every ounce of knowledge I could find.
I have been a Doula, a midwife, nursed nine babies, been a mother, and now a grandmother. I have a wide variety of experience to draw from.
All these years later, I sit here surrounded by herbs, tinctures, teas, and community, still guided by that same prayer for wisdom, still believing that love and nature together are powerful medicine.
🌿 A Moment of Vulnerability
I’m going to be vulnerable here. This summer, I had to pause, to shut down for a few months and revisit how I could continue to serve this beautiful community while staying aligned with my own values, protecting my health, and supporting my husband as he walks his journey with dementia.
In October, I reopened with limited hours and added flexible pickup times for those who can’t make it during open hours.
My lease is up in March 2026, and I’ll have to make a choice. The truth is, I can’t continue without a consistent customer and client base.
I’m here to support you. I offer carefully vetted products because I’ve done the “background checks.” So many big-box or online products, including on Amazon, are counterfeit or poorly sourced.
I make sure everything here meets the highest standards for quality, purity, and integrity.
I can create a beautiful tea blend to support you on your wellness journey and have my own line of Plume Apothecary Teas, Face Cream, CBD Roll-on and CBD Bath Bombs (for starts)
I may be small, but I am mighty in what I offer. I’ve curated a truly beautiful community of practitioners and partners, each bringing their unique gifts to support your wellness journey:
✨ Martina - Wellness Massage by Martina
✨ Sara-Crainial Sacral
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✨ Rhiannon -Healing Dragon Massage https://www.healingdragonmassage.com/
✨ Angela Burrus- Serendipity Books - same stores as Plume Apothecary
✨ Angelina - Anna’s Closet-Seamstress, alternations
https://www.facebook.com/AnnasCloset1
✨ Beverly- Quill & Ink Quill and Ink Tattoo
✨ Olivia Rivas - Esthetician
✨ Nina’s Yoga Nina's Yoga World
And here’s what I, Sharon Maureen Hockenbury personally offer at Plume Apothecary:
💚 Nutrition and Wellness Consulting
💚 Reiki and Energy Healing
💚 Hypnotherapy
💚 Life Coaching
Oh, I can not forget the BEST WATER IN THE WORLD, nature recreated in the form of Kangen Water, Molecular Hydrogen! 9.5 Ph. Sold by the gallon.
And let’s add the BEMER - Bio-Electro-Magnetic-Energy-Regulation and refers to a brand of pulsed electromagnetic field (PEMF) therapy devices. These devices use a low-intensity, pulsed electromagnetic field to temporarily increase local blood circulation in healthy muscles, which can support cellular metabolism, muscle performance, relaxation, and recovery.
Get Bemered up while you lay on a Bio-Mat - Infrared Red mat with amethyst and tourmaline.
I truly believe we are the best-kept health and wellness secret in the Valley, and I need your help to spread the word.
Come by, share a cup of tea, with a book, shop for your wellness needs. Tell a friend, bring a friend. Simply stop in to explore what’s here for you.
I love this community. I love health and wellness. I love creating balance and connection. And most of all, I love you — the heart of this journey.
Thank you for your continued support and for believing in small, soulful businesses that care deeply about your well-being.
💚 With gratitude and hope,
Sharon Maureen Hockenbury
Herbalist, Modern Mystic, and Founder of Plume Apothecary
