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Sovereignty Herbs

Herbal Consultations and Wellness Education, Athens, Ohio. But you are not alone...the plants are with you.

Clinical Herbalism Education & Mentorship
Herbs & Wellness Coaching with Erika Galentin MNIMH RH
Host of the Herbal Practice Connexion
At home in Athens, OH but serving and supporting an international community. Wellness is more than the absence of ill-health, it is a personal journey and state-of-mind that must be cultivated from within. We offer herbal consultations, workshops, and other education services to support, guide, and empower you all along the way...

04/10/2026

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG) of HerbsWithRosalee.com will be joining us June 4th at 6 PM EST for "Grow Your Herbal Business Without Burning Out"! There's still time to register, and if you can't make it live, the class will be recorded and replays will be made available for all registered participants.

Marketing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming, performative, or out of alignment with your values. In this live class, we’ll take a clear, grounded look at what actually helps herbalists grow thriving practices—without chasing every platform or burning out in the process. You’ll learn how to identify and connect with the people you’re truly meant to serve, shape offerings that feel like an easy “yes,” and focus on the handful of strategies that genuinely move the needle.

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG), has spent over two decades wandering the meeting place between the wild and the tended, where plants and people come alive together. A lifelong lover of the green world, she’s known for her grounded humor, practical insights, and deep curiosity about the way herbs weave their healing into our lives.

A reminder to members of the Herbal Practice Connexion (HPX) that there is no need to register - you have access to this workshop as part of your membership!

04/08/2026

As a pillar of clinical herbal practice, this month in HPX we are exploring the role that TRUST plays in our clinical, professional, and business decisions, behaviors, and practices.

The word ‘trust’ is both a noun and a verb. Its iterations come to modern English from Old Norse treysta which means “to rely on, to make strong and safe”.

As a noun, ‘trust’ communicates a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. It can also mean the state of being responsible for someone or something as well as having hope, or expectations.

As a verb, ‘trust’ means to confidently allow someone to have, use, or look after someone or something of importance or value. It is a commitment of safekeeping.

If ‘trust’ is a belief in the reliability, truth, and capacity for safekeeping, how do we instill trust in our relationships with ourselves (as practitioners), our clients, and our professional spheres?

What does it mean to trust yourself as a practitioner? A colleague? I definitely have a few ideas here...

In myself: reflective practice (and talk therapy!) supports me in sticking to my values and boundaries (even when there are forces at work wanting me to bend them).

In my clients: remembering that the journey of trust begins when a client / student first hears of me and/or finds my services. This includes everything from copy on my website to my onboarding process to my clinical forms and my clinical administrative systems (plus so much more).

In my colleagues: by remaining consistent, supporting others full-heartedly in their work - but only when it also in alignment with my values.

Share your insights and inspire others in the comments.

04/06/2026

My clinical education, experience, and knowledge are based in both science and tradition. Much of my herbal and clinical rationale is derived from the past and present Physiomedical philosophy, with utmost faith placed upon vix medicatrix naturae, or the healing power of nature.

I see the human body as possessing a vital integrity and intelligence with inherent integrative, reconstructive, and resistive, tendencies.

I do not see it as a broken-down machine, lacking the savvy for self-repair; given the right set of circumstances, the right nutriment and encouragement, the human body, your body, is capable of amazing things.

04/03/2026

Clinical herbal practice is a business, and a very unique business at that. There are so many factors to consider - the business, clinical, and administrative infrastructure needed to build and grow a clinical practice can be overwhelming to navigate, or at the very least illusive enough to not even know where to begin.

Live Business Pep-Talks in HPX provide a supportive community of colleagues who are navigating the same challenges that you are, who are feeling the same fears, experiencing similar set-backs, and who can provide gentle accountability as you navigate this awesome yet daunting career…so you don’t have to go it alone.

We're offering 2 free weeks membership to HPX, giving you plenty of time to check out the great many features and benefits this online community has to offer! Check out the link in my bio for more. 🫶

03/30/2026

Each month in the Herbal Practice Connexion is accompanied by a theme, or what Erika refers to as a ‘Pillar of Clinical Herbal Practice’. These themes, like professionalism, trust, and ethics, provide HPX members an opportunity to explore their identities and their values as clinicians and entrepreneurs. These types of reflections are critical for the health and wellbeing of the practitioner, their practice and business, and the profession at large.

At the beginning of each month, an accountability quest is posted in one of the three main rooms in HPX. These quests are heralded by a question pertaining to the pillar of the month and invite members to share insights and inspiration regarding the very complex journey of being a clinical herbalist. If this kind of community support sounds like it could benefit you and your practice, check out the link in my bio for more about HPX! 💕

03/27/2026

The next installment of the Clinical Craft Series will be held live on Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 6 PM EST!

Grow Your Herbal Business Without Burning Out with Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG) of HerbsWithRosalee.com:

In this class, you’ll learn how to identify and connect with the people you’re truly meant to serve, shape offerings that feel like an easy “yes,” and focus on the handful of strategies that genuinely move the needle. We’ll also explore the real pros and cons of social media and SEO, and how to create regenerative marketing practices that support both your income and your nervous system. If you’re ready to build an herbal business that feels ethical, sustainable, and rooted in your community, this class will show you where to put your energy—and where you can let the rest go.

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG), has spent over two decades wandering the meeting place between the wild and the tended, where plants and people come alive together. A lifelong lover of the green world, she’s known for her grounded humor, practical insights, and deep curiosity about the way herbs weave their healing into our lives.

Classes in the Clinical Craft Series are included in the Herbal Practice Connexion membership, but all are welcome to join! You can register for individual classes with 3 different ‘pay from the heart’ payment options. All classes will be recorded and replays will be made available for all registered participants. Learn more at the 🔗 in my bio!

03/25/2026

The words ‘ethic’ and ‘ethics’ come to modern English by means of both Greek and Latin terms for the ‘study of morals’ or ‘moral philosophy’.

Deeply engrained into a persona (at the individual level) or a culture (at the group level), ethics serves as a bare minimum standard of conduct and a lens through which we judge what is morally right and wrong, just and unjust.

03/23/2026

The Herbal Practice Connexion, or HPX, is a network. Within this network there are three main spaces, or rooms where all the action will be happening…The Consultation Room, The Apothecary, and the Office & Marketing Garden. These three rooms represent the professional facets of our work as clinical herbalists.

Within each of these rooms, you will find an events calendar which thematically offers exclusive opportunities to learn about new topics by participating in specialty trainings, live monthly meetups (what I am calling Pep Talks), online workshops and seminars with special guests, and even case review sessions with your host Erika Galentin MNIMH RH.

Each of these rooms also has its own roundtable feed that functions much like the social media feeds we are all familiar with…consider the roundtable a discussion forum where you can collaborate with colleagues, share resources, seek feedback, and ask questions.

We're currently running a *free 2-week trial* for HPX! Join today for access to these unique spaces, vast living resource libraries, and so much more! Check out the 🔗 in my bio for additional info.

03/20/2026

As a profession, herbalism can’t easily be put into a single cultural box as there are many different traditions of herbalism across space and time that have informed its practice.

So ‘the genius of a people’, or the ethos of clinical herbal practice, is likely as diasporic as its multi-faceted cultural origins and traditions.

It can be difficult to know precisely where one’s moral compass should lie when the terrain is so unwaveringly diverse.

03/18/2026

There’s still time to get a 2 week free trial to the Herbal Practice Connexion!

The journey we take as herbalists into clinical practice is complex, arduous, and filled with its own special challenges and roadblocks. Sustaining and growing our clinical practices can be equally as challenging. The Herbal Practice Connexion or HPX was conceived and born with the sole heart-path mission of fostering a community space for clinical herbalists seeking resources and support to build and grow their clinical herbal practice.

Features of HPX include . . .

🌼 Case Review Sessions
🌼 Business & Marketing Meetups
🌼 Specialty Trainings & Workshops
🌼 Materia Medica Roundtables
🌼 Accountability Quests
🌼 Resource Libraries
🌼 Clinical & Business Mentoring
🌼 Community Forum

For more on HPX and to register for 2 free weeks, check out the 🔗 in my bio!

03/16/2026

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG) of HerbsWithRosalee.com and Folk Methodology will be joining us on June 11th at 6 PM EST for "Grow Your Herbal Business Without Burning Out". There's still time to register, and if you can't make it live, the class will be recorded and replays will be made available for all registered participants.

Marketing doesn’t have to feel overwhelming, performative, or out of alignment with your values. In this live class, we’ll take a clear, grounded look at what actually helps herbalists grow thriving practices—without chasing every platform or burning out in the process.

Rosalee de la Forêt, RH (AHG), has spent over two decades wandering the meeting place between the wild and the tended, where plants and people come alive together.

A reminder to members of the Herbal Practice Connexion (HPX) that there is no need to register - you have access to this workshop as part of your membership!

03/13/2026

To not have a defined ‘ethos’ or code of ethics as a clinical herbalist is deeply problematic - especially when we are charged in our professional roles to hold a safe space for the vulnerability and courage of our clients and colleagues. Having a code of ethics as an herbalist and colleague means consistently upholding standards of excellence, integrity, and professional behavior deemed appropriate by the culture of clinical herbalism to which we have subscribed.

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7247 N. Coolville Ridge Road
Athens, OH
45701

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

Website

http://sovereigntyherbs.com/

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