I'm Kirb, the 'one woman show' behind the small business Kirb's Herbs. I've always been into holistic healing and in my early 20's that looked more like energy healing. This is where I learned the connection between the body and mind, helping to facilitate healing with clients in the realm of Reiki. In my mid 20's I developed auto immune disorders that more than likely stemmed from surviving on a
steady stream of antibiotics for much of my early childhood. At this point I really learned the term, 'what we put on our bodies gets into our bodies'. I began focusing on removing a lot of things from my environment, and did a 'life scrub' on a lot of things to help get to the root of healing. I discovered juicing, the power of elimination diets, and how really giving a sh*t about your health can dramatically change the outcome. I was also able to put one of my auto immune disorders into remission by discovering and removing trigger foods. And, honestly that's kind of when I realized how powerful food was and how it could be medicine, or...poison. In my late 20's and into my 30's I dove deeper into healing with plants. I became more interested in plant medicine by herbal supplementation as well as the assistance of essential oils. I'd stay up at night geeking about all of the different ways that plants could help facilitate change and health in the human body. I began making my own creations in my kitchen with different types of fermentation and tonics, which worked amazingly to help us ward off the early signs of cold symptoms. It was confirmation that it was simple to create these remedies! But, also made me wonder why we'd stepped away from using something that we could be creating in our homes. I branched out from making liquid concoctions and began making salves when the need arose to help our pot belly pig Tom, who had terrible red and angry scaly skin. In an experiment I whipped up a salve using basic ingredients, and some pure essential oils I had on hand, and began treating him daily with it. In a matter of days his skin was completely transformed with no other changes to his diet or environment! From there I began creating salves with herbs, which has helped people with aches, pains, and skin irritations. It's been incredibly rewarding to pass on the healing o others, beyond for my own health benefits by using them. This has further evolved into creating tinctures from locally sourced herbs, salves, lotions, tonics and elixirs, and wellness boxes. I cannot wait to see how Kirbs Herbs continues to evolve :)
I've always been interested in holistic solutions and I am so pleased to FINALLY be able to offer them to you and yours. As I look back over the past decade I know that this has been a long time coming. From years of learning about the spiritual aspects of healing, to now physically developing products...it's been a bit of a full circle situation. This FB space will be sharing shop updates, plant information and education, and a hub of holistic solutions. If you know me in real life, or from the online space then you know that I like to be silly and spontaneous, and I'm rarely a serious person. My brain is filled with random information, and if I'm interested in a topic I research it so deeply to know every inch of it and thoroughly enjoy sharing that with people that show interest...and some people that don't show any interest! LOL, seriously just ask some of my friends :P
So expect a eclectic vibe to this space as it will be woven in as well ;)
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for supporting a small business woman. Sending you lots of good healing vibes,
-Kirb
