Wild Hearts Belong

21/02/2026

So hopeful and heartwarming to see beautiful Primroses! One of my favourite Spring blooms (and it's also our daughters middle name). 🌼

Primrose / Primula Vulgaris
Parts used for food: Flowers and leaves
Habitat: Fields, gardens, woodlands
Month to collect: Late February to May

The sheer beauty of the pale, buttery yellow blossoms, and the scent! Oh! What a delight for the senses - even their petals are velvety soft. Primroses glitter the edges of fields, paths and gardens. The bees are equally rapt with their emergence.

Our first forays in Spring are around the local fields. We often follow the hedge lines rather than the paths, and, if you were to take a bird’s eye view, you’d see us dotted along the hedgeline, squatting to nibble a primrose!

💚 Health Properties of Primrose:

Aside from its sweet, honey-like taste and the joy this brings, primrose is sometimes prescribed to help alleviate stress and anxiety. The leaves of the plant contain vitamin C and other minerals.

💚 How we enjoy Primrose:

Infuse primrose flowers in honey, make nourishing herbal tea for a calming effect, get creative and crystallise the flowers for cakes, or add petals and leaves raw to salads.

Of course, you could just simply admire them as they grow and choose not to pick. Instead, take the velvety petals between your fingertips and feel them, bend down to the earth and inhale their fragrance, close your eyes and send gratitude to these beautiful jewels.

We only pick what we need and when there is an abundance, otherwise leaving for the humble bumbles to enjoy. 🐝

20/02/2026

Herbal medicine study + cat + tea + home = BLISS. 😻🍵🪴

12/02/2026

Spring is quietly approaching, and the first signs of life are appearing all around us - here are a few things you can look out for...

🌿 Growth on trees - buds, tiny leaves, blossom, catkins.

🦅 Birdsong - the beautiful blackbird is singing at dawn and dusk - a sure sign that Spring is near.

🌷 Shoots pushing through the earth - look out for the joyous daffodils, bluebell shoots, fresh cleavers (AKA sticky w**d - which is a cleansing herb for Spring!), new nettle growth, and soon - wild garlic!

🐸 Frog and toad spawn in ponds!

I’ve been preparing some new ways to share the soothing and medicinal power of nature with you this Spring.

Soon, I’ll be offering Walks with Purpose - gentle, slow, seasonal walks where we pause, notice, learn and connect.

These walks are for anyone who wants to slow down, discover wild medicinal and edible plants, and let nature bestow her restorative power!

I will share more in the coming weeks. 🌸

10/02/2026

All the cormorants!
The sky, the sky, the sky
There is hope in the sky
Always
The freedom and medicine of nature.
My son, and winter sun.
And soon
The primroses will be here
The blackbird has begun
to call forth Spring
And she is coming.

05/02/2026

Did you catch a glimpse of the glorious sunshine yesterday? Did you feel her warmth on your face? I know I did! ☀️

We travelled across the flood-swamped plains of the Somerset Levels to a couple of our favourite nature spots. 🦢

And I took my real camera! Here are a few images - see if you can see any signs of Spring emerging through the damp... 🌿

24/01/2026

I will be launching my Natural Wellbeing Mentorships soon, to help you live well - no fad diets - just natural lifestyle modifications and remedies that will empower you with the knowledge, skills and motivation to make sustainable changes over time - watch this space! 🥰

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19/01/2026

When you see post after post about goals for 2026, you may notice your anxiety rising.
This may feel like overwhelm, a racing heart, a sinking feeling, low mood, shallow breathing, a cluttered mind - burying your head in the sand, or trying to make your own shiny to-do list.
If this is you, close down your computer, put away your phone, and go to nature to take notice and listen.
Is she setting unrealistic goals?
Is she berating herself to be better?
Is she putting pressure on herself to do more?
No.
She is just as she is.
What unfolds will unfold.
What comes will come.
When you walk with nature, you walk with presence, acceptance, and trust that everything is as it is meant to be.
“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.”
I won’t make promises that I can’t keep.
I won’t promise I’ll meditate every day.
Or take 10,000 daily steps.
Or get outdoors every day.
Or keep my house tidy…
But I will promise to listen - to nature and to my body.
I will promise to be imperfect.
To make mistakes.
To keep learning.
To show up again.
To do my best.
To love my best.
Because that is enough.
And it always has been.

07/01/2026

What does January speak to you?

For me, there are two opposing qualities - with one foot in the water to symbolise flow and something new, and the other foot firmly on the land, to remind of staying grounded so as not to get swept off ones feet.

Although there are murmurings in the land of emergence and growth, nature is quietly at rest.

On the surface - she is still and calm, slow and steady.

Yet beneath, she is busy preparing for action come Spring.This represents how I feel and what we can all embrace - on the surface, in our bodies, we remain slow, warm and ensure we nourish ourselves with warming, wholesome foods and teas, slow movement and plenty of rest.

Inside, we can reflect and contemplate and dream - what seeds can we sow now that will be ready to bloom in a few months? Here are a few things that January has inspired:

✨Journalling.

✨Creating dream pillows from lavender and mugwort and hops.

✨Making and creating - art, baking, cooking, singing, getting into the flow state.

✨Lighting candles and enjoying hot baths with essential oils.

✨Spending a whole morning in bed or taking an afternoon nap.

✨Walking in nature and noticing what birds are singing loudest? How is the earth responding? What is the sky whispering?

And then we can return home for hot tea and toast and curl up by the fire. 🔥

09/12/2025

My daily dose of outdoor medicine. In the music of nature - a feast for the senses - it’s no wonder children thrive when they are outside. 💚

08/12/2025

If there was one thing I could recommend to everyone to boost their health and well-being, it would be moving in nature.

Getting out for a 20 minute walk is doable, whether it's in a green city space, a quick walk round the block, or a longer hike in woodland or hills.

I've made it my mission this winter to get out every single day. If I miss a day because I'm not feeling great, or there's a raging storm - then that's OK!

But lately I've gotten into the routine of zipping out in the morning before breakfast - just for 30-45 mins.
Walking to the shop if I need something.
And then trying to get out with my children, too.

Today I've walked early AM, walked to the shop mid morning, and am about to finish up my work and walk for an hour or so looking for Christmas lights with the kids.

Enjoy your movement outdoors! Treat it like medicine. Little and often, so as not to put too much pressure on yourself. Aim for small and build from there.💚

17/11/2025

For my ADHD brain and heart, whilst also navigating perimenopause and home educating our children - time in nature + slow living is a must, especially at this time of year.

I reflected last night about how I need to be ultra protective of my routines and rituals - epspecially my morning one. It's where I get my time alone, where my brain can slowly wake up, check in with how I am, and not think of too much else, other than where I am and what's in front of me - just like my cat does!

So this morning I made sure I went to my favourite 'sit-spot' on the decking, overlooking the garden. I filled up the bird feeders first, then, wrapped up, I sat with my cat on my lap and we identified visiting birds, listening to their chatter, and took time to slowly breathe.

Then I did 15 mins of yoga, before re-entering my home, to the children cooking their breakfast and the mess of this! And our crazy kitten doing continuous zoomies.

But, at least my nervous system was sufficiently prepared and soothed, so I could calmly ask them to tidy up, and be in a good mindset to connect. 💚

This is me yesterday, making sure to fit in a quick walk in nature in the winter sunshine (essential vit D!) while my daughter was doing a ballet workshop. Always, always feel better for being outside. I sleep better, my digestion is better, and my mood is far better!

16/11/2025

Beautiful medicinal turkey tail, noticed, carefully harvested, bush cleaned, gratitude and thanks given, homeward bound, dried, powdered. For teas and tinctures.

Forage mindfully.
Harvest responsibly.
Enjoy wisely.