It has been a while since I have spoken about myself and with new faces (rather, names on a screen) here, I wanted to say hello to friends new and old, and welcome to my little space on Substack with Earth Body Healing.
I am a licensed massage therapist (LMT), registered yoga teacher (RYT), and master herbalist (MH, my most recent achievement!). With Earth Body Healing, I aim to blend these different skills and passions into a space to encourage health sovereignty for all. By this, I mean being able to care for oneself and others — at least for basic and everyday health challenges (and maybe not so basic… but still knowing when larger interventions are called for). It is my belief that we have a right to understand our bodies and minds, alongside with a right to choose how to care for them.
My current format for this blog of musings is to publish 1-2 pieces per week (there will be occasional weeks missed, as other parts of my life take precedence or simple writers block stalls me out). All of my public posts are available for 2 months and then become archived for paid subscribers only. Currently I am releasing week-by-week my Master Herbalist thesis on St. Hildegard of Bingen for my paid subscribers, with little snippets available for all other subscribers. In general I try to include a mix of paid and free musings for you all to enjoy.
A note for my Cook County folks, I have been having troubles getting my Wellness Column published in the Cook County News Herald since the condensed new format has taken effect. That said, I will still be writing the same style of articles on health and wellness here as well — in fact I have been publishing my Wellness Column pieces here for several months now. If you know of others that enjoy my column and want to continue reading, please direct them here to my Substack! As a bonus, you do get benefits if you refer others here — just use the button below…
Despite being a millennial myself, I find it strangely difficult to forge real connections in the digital space. There are so many facades and gimmicks to hide behind, making it difficult to find true authenticity — especially when authenticity isn’t exactly encouraged by the algorithms and mass culture. And yet, we are living in a digital age, and I am nevertheless attempting to connect with you by way of words on a screen. In a way, I suppose I am adding to the general contempt that is expressed on Substack for the bigger social media apps driven by algorithms. Technically, I do have two Instagram accounts for Earth Body Healing and my herbal business, Little Fox Botanicals. That said, I have not used nor accessed those accounts since April. I took a little detox break while focusing on my herbal education… and now have no desire to return. I still check my Facebook on both of those accounts occasionally and will post the random business update, but that is really only because Facebook functions as a communication platform for the small community I live in.
Just know that you won’t find any gimmicks here, only what I have to give in an authentic manner. And that means if you stick with me here, you will likely find shifts in my perspectives as time progresses. I am not bought and sold by anyone, and that is how the learning and evolution of the mind works — we shift and change as we live and experience.
