Reader, do you ever notice yourself holding back? Maybe you have something meaningful to say, but hesitate to say it. You trust your intuition, until someone else disagrees. Or you find yourself masking, minimizing, undervaluing what you do, or waiting until you feel just a little more ready. I’ve become deeply interested in a question underneath these patterns: What if some of what we carry didn’t start with us? Over the past year, I’ve been researching inherited trauma, patriarchal stress,...

Bright flower greetings Reader, It’s Monday morning. You know what you need to do. It may even be written down in a tidy list in front of you. And yet, somehow, you cannot get yourself to begin. Hornbeam is famously associated with the “Monday morning feeling”—that sense of looking at the day ahead and wondering where you’re going to find the energy to get into gear. Hornbeam Carpinus betulus Photo: Ruth Toledo Altschuler But what kind of “I can’t” are we actually experiencing? Is there...

With heavy hearts and also profound gratitude, we’re taking a moment to honor the life of our friend, teacher, and mentor, Julian Barnard, who has crossed the threshold. Julian was a speaker for the plants and their healing gifts. His creative generosity illuminated the Bach essence plants in ways that are vividly rich and bring the qualities of each essence to life. No other teacher has offered this in such a comprehensive and generous way: his books, especially Bach Flower Remedies: Form...