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Holistic therapies, women's circles, and sacred self-care. Wild Woman Holistics is a gentle refuge for those seeking healing, calm, and deeper connection.

A space where you are seen, heard, and held. You are worthy here.

20/03/2026

One of my favourite weekend hobbies involves building book nooks.

For anyone unfamiliar, a book nook is a tiny little world that sits between books on a shelf. Small buildings, miniature street lamps, little alleyways, and staircases tucked into the space between novels.

There’s a certain irony in the fact that I seem to spend my spare time building miniature libraries to sit in amongst the books in my actual library.

There will be lots of glue, lots of random things unintentionally stuck together or to orher random things they shouldn't be stuck to, and at least one moment where I question why I thought this was a relaxing hobby to take up in my spare time.

Still, there’s something deeply satisfying about building small, quiet worlds while the house is settled and the family amuse themselves.

Some people unwind with television. I spend my evenings arguing with glue and constructing miniature libraries and making my own book covers to reflect my own books.

Honestly, it explains a lot.

18/03/2026

Every now and then it’s wise for a group of women to gather in one place and compare notes.

Mainly to confirm that we’re all dealing with roughly the same level of chaos, questionable sleep patterns, and the occasional urge to wander into the woods and start a new life as a herbalist.

Thursday night the Women’s Circle gathers again at Riverbank Retreat. Candles get lit, chairs get pulled closer together, and the room slowly fills with the particular kind of laughter that only appears when people feel safe enough to let their guard down.

By the end of the evening shoulders have dropped, the world feels slightly less ridiculous, and several problems have been solved purely through the ancient method of women sitting in a circle and talking about them.

Strange how well that system still works.

16/03/2026

During the Introduction to Herbal Medicine evening last week, quite a few people said they didn’t have “any herbs” at home.

Meanwhile their kitchen cupboards contain peppermint, ginger, thyme, cinnamon, garlic, and enough chamomile to tranquilise a moderately stressed adult.

People imagine herbal medicine involves mysterious plants gathered under a full moon.

In reality, most of it is sitting beside the kettle.

Your kitchen cupboard is a perfectly respectable apothecary.
It’s just been operating without supervision.

What’s lurking in yours?

13/03/2026

Crochet is widely believed to be calm and meditative.

In reality it involves muttering, swearing at yarn, and occasionally waving the hook around like a small weapon while the pattern and I have a difference of opinion.

Then, after sufficient cursing and several threats directed at an inanimate ball of wool… abracadabra.

A finished item.

Witchcraft.

11/03/2026

One of my favourite small rituals is disappearing into a book for a while.

In theory this involves quiet, concentration, and the gentle unfolding of a good story. In practice it involves reading the same paragraph three times while someone asks where their charger is, another person walks in to tell me something that could absolutely have waited, and the dog decides this is the exact moment to sit on my feet.

Eventually the house settles, the interruptions fade, and the book finally wins.

And when it does, the whole world shrinks to a few pages and a comfortable chair, which is still one of the most reliable ways I know to reset a slightly overworked brain.

09/03/2026

Nothing says self-care quite like lying on a mat covered in spikes.

Morning and night I stretch out on the Shakti mat like some modern-day fakir, waiting for the moment when the initial wave of “this was a terrible idea” fades and my body remembers it’s supposed to relax.

For the first few minutes my nervous system is convinced I’ve made a catastrophic life decision. Then something shifts and a thousand tiny daggers start doing whatever mysterious magic they’re meant to be doing.

Twenty minutes later I get up feeling oddly human again.

Painful? Slightly.
Effective? Absolutely.

06/03/2026

Friday. Meal out with friends.

No cooking. No clearing up. No pretending I enjoy either of those things after a full week.

There is something almost sacred about sliding into a chair, ordering something reckless, and allowing someone else to be responsible for the fire.

We will dissect the week, exaggerate mildly, judge menus harshly, and agree that we are, in fact, excellent company.

If you can’t raise the dead, at least raise a glass.

What are you ordering?

04/03/2026

This month's cultural enrichment involves the Necrobus haunted tour. Nothing says togetherness quite like voluntarily climbing aboard a vehicle dedicated to grave robbers, restless corpses, and Edinburgh’s more enthusiastic approach to mortality.

The teenagers are deeply invested in the gothic drama of it all. I am mostly interested in whether the historical horror will feel more unsettling than trying to coordinate everyone’s schedules for a single outing.

There’s something strangely comforting about sitting side by side while someone cheerfully narrates body snatching and public executions. It feels efficient, educational, almost wholesome.

If you’re going to spend leave week together, you may as well do it with a side of grave dirt and theatrical doom.

02/03/2026

Monday mornings in this house involve coaxing one teenager out of bed as though I’m negotiating with a creature that thrives in low light, while gently containing the other, who wakes up fully formed and ready to discuss the day before I’ve found my voice.

One moves slowly, wrapped in blankets and reluctance. The other appears in the doorway with alarming enthusiasm. Between them, I hover somewhere in the middle.

It’s all part of an ever evolving ecosystem which is a daily ebb and flow. There’s something oddly tender about it, even when it’s loud, a house coming online in uneven stages.

27/02/2026

Ah, Friday. Time for the great domestic bliss.

Plans will include lazy walks with the dogs, fresh air that makes everyone feel vaguely alive, and actual family time that may, somehow, by a miracle, involve all of us in the same place at the same time. The teenagers and the dogs will behave as badly as each other, and I will pretend that I orchestrated it all.

There will be at least one moment when I say, “See? This is lovely,” while quietly firefighting some minor catastrophe in the background.

Somewhere in between muddy boots and Contigo cups keeping the tea warm, there will be laughter, mild to moderate chaos, and a very real possibility that nothing actually gets ticked off any of my to-do lists, but everything still feels right.

25/02/2026

Late February has that dangerous confidence.

Just because the light hangs around a little longer, suddenly everyone thinks they’re a new person.

Meanwhile, I’m still running on a 2025 operating system that’s behaving suspiciously like Windows 11. Updates appearing without consent. Features removed for no clear reason. Random lag at critical moments. My body keeps asking if I’m sure I want to continue.

Spring may be loading, but my system is still buffering.

23/02/2026

Imbolc promised renewal.

What it delivered was a sinus flu and a stack of very official admin that materialised like a cursed parchment at precisely the wrong time.

There is something humbling about trying to honour seasonal rhythms while your head feels packed with damp wool and someone keeps emailing about funding.

Somewhere between ancient fire festival and unexpected paperwork, I am negotiating with my own exhaustion.

Tell me I’m not the only one who gets taken out by timing rather than illness.

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