About Me
Twelve years ago, I heard the one sentence no mother wants to hear: “Get used to it mama, your daughter will be on medications for the rest of her life…”
In a heartbeat, my whole world had changed. And just like that, I decided I would leap into the holistic healing world because if anyone was going to help her, it would be me.
Fast forward those twelve years and Totally Herbal Shop is born.
In a heartbeat, my whole world had changed. And just like that, I decided I would leap into the holistic healing world because if anyone was going to help her, it would be me.
Fast forward those twelve years and Totally Herbal Shop is born.
I started learning about holistic medicine because today’s mainstream medicine let me down. It disappointed me. One day my perfectly healthy daughter is fine, and the next, she’s developed an autoimmune disease that no doctor could pinpoint neither a cure nor the origin of it. Overtime, we knew that pharmaceutical medicine would damage her body and her health, and surgery was not an option for her… so I knew I had to try something. Even if it meant something new.
As a young girl born in Europe, I lived my whole life with herbal medicine. I just didn’t realize it. My parents used herbs and plants that Mother Nature provided us to cure so many of our very own ailments, that when I look back today I laugh at the simplicity of it. Peppermint tea and stinging nettle, chamomile root, and slippery elm bark… Something about these natural remedies felt so comforting, so normal, that I found myself drawn to herbalism almost instinctively.
And so, I took my first herbalism course, “Green Medicine” and almost immeditealy, I felt the shift in my world. My perspective changed… my outlook changed… my food habits and my daily way of thinking… I felt as though with each passing day, I was becoming a part of the Earth – a part of Mother Nature herself.
I learned how to divide our bodies into organ categories and discover the best herbs for each organ. I learned that each illness could be tackled by a combination of herbs. I learned how to put them together to get the proper remedy, and how to anticipate side effects of each herb, if any.
I learned that the body needed to be in balance – just like the sun is balanced by the moon, cold by warmth, day by night. Each small atom within our body could be brought to order by the proper use of the right combinations of herbs.
From there, I enlisted in David Winston’s Herbal Studies and three years later (and some four hundred herbs studied!) I completed the program and received my diploma in Herbalism. But my thirst for knowledge continued to grow, and I found myself continuing my education with each passing day.
It is certainly not an easy feat. Natural healing takes time. Holistic medicine takes time, but if anything can be guaranteed, its that it does work. While I can’t promise you any cures of any kind, I can provide hope, choices, and knowledge, and information based on thousands of years of herbal teaching that came before me.
I’ve spent years working with these herbs and plants and natural remedies. I’ve perfected them on myself, my family, friends and those I’ve met in passing… Each took countless trials and errors, some successes and many defeats. But at the end of the day, it was all worth it.
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My goal here is to find the root cause of your condition, treat deficiencies first and then concentrate on an organ-to-organ approach to bring about your whole body to a healthy state of balance.
It won’t happen overnight. You won’t just take a few drops of my products and magically wake up a new person. Your body didn’t get sick just like that – so it certainly won’t heal overnight either. But it is possible. It will take a lot of work on your end too… from lifestyle changes and food choice alterations, to a deeper understanding of your body and how it works. Together, we will discover what herbs and plants and supplements are necessary for your growth and healing, as well as other holistic approaches – be it acupuncture, chiropractic care, homeopathy, etc…
Today, my daughter sits beside me as I write this, fourteen years after her diagnosis, beginning her own journey in holistic medicine and food. As I think back to what her doctors had told me many years ago, I feel grateful to have been handed the opportunity to learn and discover everything that has been around us all of this time. All I had to do – and all you have to do – is just listen.
My only question to you now is: will you embark on this holistic journey with me?
It won’t happen overnight. You won’t just take a few drops of my products and magically wake up a new person. Your body didn’t get sick just like that – so it certainly won’t heal overnight either. But it is possible. It will take a lot of work on your end too… from lifestyle changes and food choice alterations, to a deeper understanding of your body and how it works. Together, we will discover what herbs and plants and supplements are necessary for your growth and healing, as well as other holistic approaches – be it acupuncture, chiropractic care, homeopathy, etc…
Today, my daughter sits beside me as I write this, fourteen years after her diagnosis, beginning her own journey in holistic medicine and food. As I think back to what her doctors had told me many years ago, I feel grateful to have been handed the opportunity to learn and discover everything that has been around us all of this time. All I had to do – and all you have to do – is just listen.
My only question to you now is: will you embark on this holistic journey with me?
