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What Moms Really Want—and How Herbs Can Help Give It to Her!

What Moms Really Want—and How Herbs Can Help Give It to Her!

What Moms Really Want (And Why It’s Okay to Want It)

Let's start by acknowledging how often moms are told what they "should" want—swaddles, schedules, selflessness—but rarely asked what they actually need.

 

Right at the beginning, I'd like to personally validate all the moms for your unseen and often underappreciated labor and innate wisdom that you bring to your family every day!

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Herbs for Each Phase of the Menstrual Cycle

Herbs for Each Phase of the Menstrual Cycle

The menstrual cycle is a beautifully intricate process that reflects the body's natural rhythms. It consists of four distinct phases, each requiring different types of nourishment and support. Understanding these phases and working with herbal allies can help create balance, ease discomfort, and optimize overall well-being.

 

In this post, we explore distinct herbs for each phase of the menstrual cycle. Read more to better understand each phase and to connect even more deeply with your natural feminine rhythms.

 

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Herbal Support For The Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder

Herbal Support For The Winter Blues and Seasonal Affective Disorder

Finding Light in the Winter Blues: Herbal and Self-Care Support for SAD

 

Winter can be a beautiful season of hibernation, quiet reflection, cozy moments, and inward journeys. But for many, it can also bring feelings of heaviness, sadness, or fatigue. If you're feeling this way, you're NOT alone. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), or the "winter blues," is a very real challenge for many people. Let’s talk about why this happens, honor your experience, and explore natural ways—including herbs, movement, and lifestyle practices—to support your mood and well-being during this season.

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Four Ways to Increase Fertility Naturally

Four Ways to Increase Fertility Naturally

Without adding to the burden of fertility challenges, I’d like to offer up some simple yet profound ways that can support you while you are on this journey. If you'd like to increase fertility naturally, I think there is more to it than something to do or take. Here are the four tips I'd share.

Fertile Ground herbal tincture is intended to support and regulate a healthy menstrual cycle, improve fertility and prepare the body for pregnancy.

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Combating Stress with Adaptogens

Combating Stress with Adaptogens

We live full, beautiful, and hectic lives. This level of activity day after day, week after week, is stress-FULL. Stress, as we all know, leads to “dis-ease.” With such a bountiful schedule, we do not have time to be sick with a cold, much less something more serious than that. This is how and where adaptogens come into play. 

Our Women's Balance herbal blend for stress relief is made with adaptogenic herbs to help you move through life with grace and powerfully.

 

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