Wild River Wellness

Wild River Wellness A naturopathic wellness practice & resource for individuals seeking accessible, effective, natural wellness and disease prevention services.

A naturopathic wellness practice & community health resource for individuals seeking accessible, effective, natural wellness & disease prevention care.

Taking a moment to tenderly trim Earth’s flowers So they last a few more daysTo lay down on the rug to take a moment to ...
04/13/2026

Taking a moment to tenderly trim Earth’s flowers
So they last a few more days
To lay down on the rug to take a moment to pet Jasper
His solid, resilient, very incarnate body
That is here, now
The people on this Earth who see the dead ones
On the side of the road
And perform ceremony- burial, beauty, use.
I am moved by you
Humanized by you
Alived by you
One of you.

The ones who stop to notice
The wee little carpenter bee
The way white clover flowers bloom joyous ballerina arms that later splay out into their tutu
As the blooms progress
The ones who take a sacred moment
To tap into support and love
In the midst of the magical mundane that makes up our lives.
The ones who say- “Hey, you-“
“See me.”
Witness my pain, my heartache,
My heaving,
Breathing life.
The ones who,
In their Earthenware
Reconnect to sustenance in as tangible a way he can conceive of
And share that journey with us all.

The way
The way
The way
The wind blows
Through the trees
Birds sing in the breeze
Etty chimes, “Hello”
Body thirsts
Not letting go
Mama cardinal’s orange beak
Tawny feathers
Fields of clover
Breeze on skin
Sun kisses too
Romantic pauses
Pressing through
Sustaining me
For the rest of it
So I can keep going.

Y’all were in the midst, maybe halfway through the Great Pollen’ing. If you’re needing some support with all this plant ...
04/03/2026

Y’all were in the midst, maybe halfway through the Great Pollen’ing. If you’re needing some support with all this plant s***m, head on over to one of my recent blog posts that outlines some basic holistic support strategies for allergies. Link in stories. Quick read! 😘

“Beep, meep meep! We bloomed en masse to serenade you with delight and awe. A muppet-y cast of sure fire queens we’re he...
04/03/2026

“Beep, meep meep! We bloomed en masse to serenade you with delight and awe. A muppet-y cast of sure fire queens we’re here to make you fall. To your knees in delight, astonished by us all. How do we do it every year and sometimes again in fall?!”
- showin’ out

“If I am present, I will know what to do.” Terry Tempest Williams
04/01/2026

“If I am present, I will know what to do.” Terry Tempest Williams

Have you heard of grounding or earthing? It’s a term used to describe connecting with the earth without an insulating ma...
03/23/2026

Have you heard of grounding or earthing? It’s a term used to describe connecting with the earth without an insulating material (like rubber or plastic) between your body & its. It’s a great thing to do periodically through the day & your life as you’re able & especially in between bouts of work related tasks on electronic devices or during periods of increased health challenges, injury & chronic pain. Choose earth that has not been sprayed with toxic chemicals/pesticides/fungicides ideally. Even in those cases, I suspect the benefit may outweigh risks. Barefoot walking or lounging wearing non-synthetic, non-insulating material, like cotton or leather allows for the electron transfer associated with health benefits.
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Research confirms that grounding improves sleep, decreases pain, balances immune function & hormonal sleep/wake cycles, reduces oxidative stress, increases antioxidant activity, improves recovery from exercise & speeds wound healing.
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The earth is an abundant & steady source of electrons and our extra cellular matrix/fascia & intracellular matrix can miraculously conduct these negative charges to the places in our body where they are needed in the healing process, quelling imbalanced inflammation. Antioxidants from the food we eat- like Vitamin C, Vitamin E & bioflavonoids work in the same way in our bodies when taken in from our food. As researchers suggest in their article in The Journal of Inflammation Research (PMID: 25848315), “the disconnection from the Earth may be an important, insidious, and overlooked contribution to physiological dysfunction and to the alarming global rise in non-communicable, inflammatory-related chronic diseases.”
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While one of many factors, the idea that our literal & very real physical disconnection from the Earth may be one of the most widespread obstacles to our health & it’s homeodynamic capacity is so exciting to me. This is a free, widely available, deeply potent medicine available to all. Spread the word, remember your Mother & take a step in the direction of reconnection and balance, today loves! 💞
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Lil love notes 🍓🫶
03/19/2026

Lil love notes 🍓🫶

Dr. Stephy, St. Jaspy and our flower friends here to say- I just wrote a blog post for our allergy suffering friends. Sp...
03/12/2026

Dr. Stephy, St. Jaspy and our flower friends here to say- I just wrote a blog post for our allergy suffering friends. Spring is springin’ here in the Southeastern United States. It’s a swoon of beautiful budding Magnolia, Prunus and Dogwood flowers opening on branch tips and wee, happy, vibrant daffodils and violets emerging from their winter slumber. It’s the most ostentatiously, gorgeous time of year here in North Carolina in my opinion. And for pollen allergy sufferers- despite the beauty, it’s often a bit of a hellish few months to be in such an abundantly canopied city.

Head on over to our blog (link below) to learn about my Top 6 Holistic Allergy Management Support tips to help manage allergies, no matter what time of year they come a-knockin’.

Not all heroes have capes… but some do! 🦸
03/02/2026

Not all heroes have capes… but some do! 🦸

The GrandMother tree, , Eastern Red Cedar, glistening in her stunning late winter/early spring jewels 💎 🌲 “Hello dearie...
02/27/2026

The GrandMother tree, , Eastern Red Cedar, glistening in her stunning late winter/early spring jewels 💎 🌲

“Hello dearies. I’m here, I’m looking good despite all the tom-foolery. Putting on my jewels as the bread and circus 🤡 pulses around. Seeing with crystal clear vision what’s now, what’s ahead, what has been. Take my hand, let’s head into a future of awesome, stunning, loving, possibility. Of remembering each other, together. With crystal bells on.”

Winter cathedral, I bow in awe to you. Me, feeling like an ant as I walk Jasper. We, walking beneath your branches that ...
02/23/2026

Winter cathedral, I bow in awe to you. Me, feeling like an ant as I walk Jasper. We, walking beneath your branches that span city streets. My elder you are. I remember. Are there observations you wish to share today?

Remember your place amongst many. If you don’t understand it doesn’t mean there is nothing to stand under. To look up to. Observe, ask and watch for what might flow towards you. Feather 🪶 swirling down from infinity’s ♾️ path. The turkey vulture casting large bending shadows upon the evergreens, and the siding, and the city street. An omen from above, that there are indeed happenings happening in the spaces we’re not looking. Pluck that feather from the ground and pop it in your cap. The hawk then shouts down, from the top of the branching stack: “Hey you there, I really love your hat!”

Dangly Alder catkins- drooping clusters of tiny, petal-less, single-sex flowers specialized for wind pollination. They p...
02/19/2026

Dangly Alder catkins- drooping clusters of tiny, petal-less, single-sex flowers specialized for wind pollination. They produce pollen/providing nutrient-rich food sources for wildlife during late winter. I love the way they dangle and sway and how they move against the swipe of a hand. They are effectively plant pen*ses if you will, and I most certainly think of them that way 😆.

Are there forms in nature that you’re especially drawn to? Or ones that resonate with certain parts of your own body/form? Questions like this provide a fun lens to interact with the natural world around us. Perhaps even helping us tap into the doctrine of signatures: ie clues about how plants- and parts of plants- may help support the health and functioning of our own bodies based on their shape/form.

Shots from the epic snowfall in Charlotte- 1/31/26, eve of Imbolc + the Full Snow Moon in Leo. The world turned graywhi...
02/06/2026

Shots from the epic snowfall in Charlotte- 1/31/26, eve of Imbolc + the Full Snow Moon in Leo. The world turned graywhite, quiet thrilling and magical as all was tucked in by an 11” snow blanket. The halfway point between winter solstice and the spring equinox, the earth was fed with the sky waters slowly dancing down in exquisite crystalline puffy fluffies. Birds gathered in droves around feeders. Children and adult children played, fuchsia cheeks pink with the kiss of father frost, mother snow. Snow angels and snowmen appeared where they weren’t before. The snow worked its magic and we happily obliged.

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