Dragonfly Wellness and Education Center

04/26/2025

Some spring fire cider!

I usually only make it in the fall but Thad has been using it regularly as a tonic, and we all use it for an immunity booster all winter, so the fall batch is almost gone! I put grapefruit in mine as a querticin hack. Yummy stuff! I am so grateful to Rosemary Gladstar for introducing us to this amazing tonic.

In this batch I put:
Onions
Garlic
Jalapeños
Turmeric
Rosemary
Thyme
Lemons
Oranges
Grapefruits
Horseradish
Ginger

I will let it marinate in apple cider vinegar for 4-6 weeks, stirring daily. After that, I will strain it and then add honey to taste. Honey is an important ingredient as it is anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, has antioxidants, aids digestion, and is soothing. The cider is spicy and sweet and warming. Aaron likes to make a tea out of it. I use a shot glass. Some people only take a tablespoon. If we are feeling an illness starting, we take small doses several times a day as you do with all herbal medicine.

03/30/2025

Invest in your marriage or give a wedding gift that has lasting benefits!

08/05/2024

If you know someone who would qualify, please give them my contact info.

ATTENTION THERAPISTS: I am conducting research as a part of the requirements of a Doctor of Education degree at Liberty University.

The purpose of this phenomenological study is to describe women in long-term marriages’ experiences discovering their husband’s infidelity in the Spokane, Washington area.

Participants will be women who have been in a long-term relationship (at least 15 years) and discovered their husband’s infidelity within the last five years.

Participants will have an established therapeutic relationship or otherwise seeking recovery, and will have experienced symptoms aligned with a posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) diagnosis.

Participants will be interviewed by the researcher which will take less than 2 hours, and then be asked to review the transcripts of the interview for accuracy, which should take no more than 1 hour.

If you or someone you know might be interested and eligible, please direct message me for more information. An informational document will be emailed to participants one week before the interview, and I am available to answer any questions.

Participants can reach me directly at (509) 724-0221 or by email at sinay_b@dragonflywec.com. Thank you for your assistance in connecting me with participants in this important research. Please let me know if you have questions.

04/19/2024

Join us at the Ranch for one of our upcoming retreats! Each retreat is limited to 6 couples/partners. Find out more about each retreat on our webpage!

https://dragonflywec.com/ranch-home-page/

04/10/2024

Kalysta Simmons has done such beautiful work on adding the Ranch to the biz website! She took on this project and had to learn how to create pages and input information and do all the things necessary to make this beautiful website! She has done this work while juggling her very busy life, which I won’t even try to start listing all that entails, because she is the busiest, most productive person I know. I am excited to continue our work together as we prepare curriculum for our retreat weekends. Eventually, we will get back to working on content for a podcast, because we have a lot to share and are hilarious in our delivery. 🤣

Please like the Dragonfly Ranch page, if you haven’t already and visit the website to see what we have been up to! It is going to be an exciting year as my life’s dream of having a place of restoration and refuge come to be, because of the hard work and dedication of my kids. Thank you Ranch team: Kalysta, Thad, Aaron, Savannah, Elijah, Iszekiel, and all my other kids and family who have contributed time, labor, and resources. You now who you are and that I love and appreciate you.

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03/15/2022

Sinay Butler is live on the radio now, check it out!

https://kchw.org/ontheair.html

Our previous provider ended embedding and we are excited to try Twitch. They have a phone app too … KCHW Video on the go! No way! Let us know if you see anything not working via the form below. Catch the KCHW AM Show live right here and on facebook!

11/01/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-power-us/202110/what-motivates-bystanders-intervene-in-attack

How identities influence decisions to help.

10/31/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-suicide/202110/why-are-kids-taking-their-lives

Learn the warning signs and how to approach and help this population.

10/30/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-addiction/202110/understanding-the-process-change

Change is a spiraling process, rather than a singular event.

10/29/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/parenting-neuroscience-perspective/202110/what-quitting-social-media-taught-me

I went off social media for a few months. This is what I learned.

10/28/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/overcoming-destructive-anger/202110/how-does-alcohol-use-interact-anger

Various factors affect the potential for anger arousal with alcohol consumption.

10/27/2021

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-think-neandertal/202110/why-we-enjoy-horror-films

Decoding the fascination behind scary movies.