Growing Up
I grew up with a deep appreciation for plants because I have always spent time in nature - as I grew up in it, it grew through me and helped be connect with my own nature. My parents always cared for plants, grew flowers, trees and a vegetable garden and they taught me how to care for plants too. My German grandmother, who regularly used common herbs to treat her aches and pains and our colds and scrapes, was a strong influence on me and I became curious about the property of herbs.
Later in high school, I teamed up with a friend who grew some medicinal herbs and we made teas and bath sachets for our track and cross-country teams. As a competitive runner, I was very interested in nutrition, became a vegetarian and stopped using any pharmaceutical medication to treat common illness. Recovering from a few injuries taught me much about the power of the body to heal and natural ways we can support it.
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