The Cosmic Craft, Waynesville, NC (2025)

12/17/2025

I did my first local delivery, from my little tiny handcrafted organic herbal apothecary earlier this week 📬

Hand delivering organic teas and tonics is something I’m so grateful to do, even in the pits of winter! To bring a bag of comforting & warming goodness is a hit all in itself.

Shopping local and small means supporting someone’s dreams!

When I’m not out doing drop offs or foraging for winter weeds, I’ve been enjoying time at home. There’s something some comforting about the warmth from a fire.

It’s further inspiring me to go inward, to get my formulations down for new products next year, experiment with different teas of my own, and tune into what my body is longing for. It makes me think “what kind of medicine can I make for my community, by using my own thoughts and feelings as inspiration for what the collective is wanting” It gives me an opportunity to look at the stars, and see what they have to say about the current climate.

What is the stillness of winter teaching you so far? I’d love to know if we have some similarities 💕

12/15/2025

The more I align with the seasons, the more clearly I understand who I actually am.

That sentence has been sitting with me for a while now, and it’s the heart of a shift I want to share.

From here on out, my newsletter is known as Seasons of Self.

This newsletter, previously Cosmic Insights, is evolving into a weekly offering rooted in seasonal living, accessible astrology, herbal wisdom, emotional and nervous system support, and gentle practices for navigating real life change.

It’s less about doing more, and more about listening more closely to where you are and what this season is asking of you.

I’m also choosing to keep this work fully open-access. Holistic tools, herbal knowledge, and emotional support feel more vital than ever, and I want this space to remain available to everyone.

For those who feel called, there will be optional ways to support the work through heart-centered donations or a yearly offering.

If you’re craving something slower, more grounded, and rooted in rhythm rather than urgency, I’d love to have you here.

We’re all moving through seasons. This space is here to help you meet yours with care 🌿

12/14/2025

Today at 7PM my weekly newsletter will be back in your inbox!

After a brief hiatus, I feel more ready than ever to get back into the swing of things, and share musings about how the more I stopped forcing constant productivity, the more connected I became to myself.

Moving forward, this ENTIRE newsletter will be 100% FREE. It's something many of y'all told me not to do, but I have big things in store for 2026, and I want as much free information to nurture my community as possible.

Yes, this newsletter is a labor of love, but, now more than ever we all need more access to herbalism, astrology, and hollistic health.

I've published over 100 issues of Cosmic Insights, and I'm proud to say each and every issue is something I'm proud of. As more time goes on, it's even more clear to me how much love, information, and dedication is present in this email.

I hope you'll join me, as this newsletter is an invitation to soften into the season you’re in.

12/11/2025

If you’re into savory breakfast like I am, odds are you’ll love this little candid morning moment with me ✨

let me know down below if you need the full recipe for this, but the best part, honestly, is the fact that you can change it up every day to align with what you’re needing and feeling.

I am someone who knows my body is constitution, there’s a lot of wind, attention, and dryness. I have so much air in my chart. It’s not even funny. In the winter, especially, the dryness really overtakes me, and I have to add in hydration wherever I can!

Cue SOUP FOR BREAKFAST!

it’s easy, nutritious, and brings me a lot of joy, honestly.

It wouldn’t be complete without herbal sipping broth and Earth broth.

If you know me you know I’m obsessed with herbal sipping broths, and these are heavily in rotation in our household.

I hope you’re warm and cozy, let me know your favorite savory breakfast below so I can have some inspiration for the coming weeks! 🌿🙏

12/10/2025

Lets pretend we're sharing tea on my back porch. You see our little raised beds frosted over with the autumn chill, and ask me "so, how did this all get started?"
This is my orgin story of sorts.

People often ask how I ended up doing this work. The astrology, the herbs, the healing, the quiet circles and deep conversations.

It didn’t start as a career goal. It started as survival, and then slowly became devotion.

I grew up sensing more than what was spoken, reading energy before I had words for it. After my near-death experience as a teenager, everything sharpened. My intuition, my clarity, my understanding that this world is layered and alive in ways most people forget -- and for a moment, I forgot too.

Plants now feel like old friends. The sky feels like a map I can finally read.
For years I tried to fit into “normal” work. And I learned so much; from animal rescue, to leadership roles, to herbal education, to service industry heart work.
But every path kept leading me back to the same truth: people are hurting, disconnected, overwhelmed, and craving meaning. They don’t need more noise. They need guidance, grounding, ritual, and someone who can hold space without judgment.

That’s why this work matters to me.

Herbalism reminds us we’re part of the living world. Astrology reminds us we’re part of a larger cosmic pattern. Meditation reminds us we’re part of ourselves. And community reminds us we’re not meant to navigate any of it alone.

This business isn’t just a business. It’s a promise I made to myself years ago -- that if I ever found my way through the dark, I’d help light the way for others.

And I’m honored every single time someone chooses to walk that path with me.

12/09/2025

Choosing a le***an astrologer makes all the difference for someone whos looking for a spirtual reading where they're actually seen. As a q***r person, you won't have to explain your relationship dynamic, and you'll know that the person on the other end of the screen has a more understanding and accecpting life-view.

While my practice isn't geared toward LGBTQIA+ folks only, it obviously plays a huge part of my identity. It brings me a lot of joy to create a container that q***r folks are heard and seen as individuals (and not sterotypes or monoliths).

Beyond my astrological offerings, I believe my background and identity allows me to have more empathetic conversations around more taboo topics. In herbal readings or leading groups, it sends a message that you're able to be your authentic self, and celebrate it.

It was an honor writing being featured in PRIDE and I'm always extra excited to ready q***r folks' charts, and help them find herbs that make like a little more comfortable.

12/08/2025

Living a more nature aligned life doesn't have to be big & glamerous (or even that expensive) but, it's more about tuning in, and small impactful shifts.

👉 Learn your constitutional considerations (hot, cold, dry, etc.)
✅ This means EVERYTHING when considering what herbs to introduce yourself to. It could be the difference between a herb helping, or causing you to feel worse. Working with a practioner helps (like me) but, with some time and dedication, you're able to see what herbs might benifit your body with energetics.

👉Add herbs to soups and stews for a nutritional boost
✅ A fan favorite way to add herbs into your life, is in the kitchen. Think outside tea, and see what you can incorporate into your dish!

👉Explore blood-building herbs like nettle, yellow dock, moringa, alfalfa, and more!
✅ You'll have to consider energetics for this too, but adding herbs such as these help add extra vitamins and minerals to your meals (and it's EASY!)

👉If you’re a nervous traveler, try to see if herbs like chamomile or catnip help your woes.
✅ Hi, it's me, a nervous traveler! The gut-brain connenction is REAL y'all! There's tons of herbs that have this action on the body, but again, it's finding what works for you personally.

👉Lean into different languages around food, and know you deserve to enjoy meals, and you don’t need an excuse to do so.
✅ I'm a big believer in utalizing food as medicine, but I also know that our words shape our world. Deconstructing our wording around food not only helps reduce feelings of shame or regret, but helps us actually enjoy the moment.

👉If you’re finding your digestion isn’t optimal, try to look into herbal bitters (tinctures are my favorite – and make sure they touch your tongue!)
✅ You want the body to really embrace that downward motion of energy, and maybe even feel a chill or feel your face pucker when you do so! Bitters are a game changer for those who have stagnation after eating, or experience gas & bloating (as long as it's not tied to a food intolerance).

Looking for a more personalized herbal approach, send me a DM & let's see if I can help!

12/07/2025

Have you ever thought about the ✨why✨ behind the choice to add supplements or foods into your life?

Are you even aware that some folks are influencing you to purchase these products so that they’ll get a kickback?  
Each person has a different energetic constitution, so these blanket statements that one thing or another can “cure” your digestive ailments are dangerous.

This isn’t to discredit how helpful something like bone broth might be for someone’s body, but more about how dangerous trends can be in the wellness space. Even more dangerous for folks who are chronically ill or facing ongoing digestive issues.

I notice this all the time when seeing herbal clients, that folks won’t remember why they started a certain supplement, or can’t comment on any positive shifts it’s brought around (or negative ones for that matter, too!)

I love teaching clients how to tune in with their body, and I utilize their astrological constitution to guide me on my recommendations. I’m able to see if someone needs something tactile, or needs more accountability with a daily check-in with their natal chart (along with lots of other insights!)  
My waitlist is now open for herbal clients, which includes  🌿90-minute introduction call that’s 1:1 after your initial intake
🌿constitutional considerations (hot & damp vs cold & dry)
🌿how-to videos for making your own herbal supplements
🌿45 mintue follow up session to adjust your protocol
🌿guidance on seasonal adjustments 🌿nutritional suggestions
🌿detailed herb protocol 🌿lifestyle modifications
🌿continued learning

You can sign up on my website, or just send me a DM if you have any questions about whether this is the right route for you!

12/07/2025

What makes my signature fire cider something special?

The fact that it creates conversation around seasonal wellness. That it's helped myself, family, and friends ward off incoming illness when without it, we'd have to pause everthing and spend time recovering.

Fire cider not only aids in digestion, but also helps ward off incoming colds and viral sickies. By choosing this spicy tonic, you can increase skin blood flow and produce a local warming sensation (helpful for peripheral circulation / perceived warmth).

Overall, my formula is yang / warming / pungent — it moves stagnation, stimulates circulation, and opens the sinuses. The pungent roots and peppers are considered to move qi and blood and to warm the core. Burdock and astragalus temper that heat: burdock as a gentle alterative/cleansing root, astragalus as a nutritive/tonic. This makes the blend suitable for winter warming, circulation, and mucus mobilization in herbal energetics (think: stimulate circulation, dry dampness, open nasal passages).

Don't wait until you're sick to pop into my DMs asking if I have any left. Prevention is much easier on the body than having to rebuild. These are available online to order TODAY, plus, people in the Waynesville, Maggie Valley, and Canton area have the ability to choose the "local pickup" option at checkout!

Fire cider is an easy choice in our household to feel our best during cold & flu season. Plus, this formula is vegan and gluten free that way everyone that passes through your house has the choice to partake!

12/06/2025

Lets pretend we're sharing tea on my back porch. You see our little raised beds frosted over with the autumn chill, and ask me "so, how did this all get started?"

This is my orgin story of sorts.

People often ask how I ended up doing this work. The astrology, the herbs, the healing, the quiet circles and deep conversations.

It didn’t start as a career goal. It started as survival, and then slowly became devotion.

I grew up sensing more than what was spoken, reading energy before I had words for it. After my near-death experience as a teenager, everything sharpened. My intuition, my clarity, my understanding that this world is layered and alive in ways most people forget -- and for a moment, I forgot too.

Plants now feel like old friends. The sky feels like a map I can finally read.

For years I tried to fit into “normal” work. And I learned so much; from animal rescue, to leadership roles, to herbal education, to service industry heart work.

But every path kept leading me back to the same truth: people are hurting, disconnected, overwhelmed, and craving meaning. They don’t need more noise. They need guidance, grounding, ritual, and someone who can hold space without judgment.

That’s why this work matters to me.

Herbalism reminds us we’re part of the living world. Astrology reminds us we’re part of a larger cosmic pattern. Meditation reminds us we’re part of ourselves. And community reminds us we’re not meant to navigate any of it alone.

This business isn’t just a business. It’s a promise I made to myself years ago -- that if I ever found my way through the dark, I’d help light the way for others.

And I’m honored every single time someone chooses to walk that path with me.

12/05/2025

Starting a heart centered herbal and astrological business has been the wildest mix of devotion, healing, and faith.

It’s one thing to study the plants, the planets, the subtle layers of the body and spirit, and another thing entirely to share that work with the world.

It asks you to stay soft when things get slow,
to trust your path when the numbers don’t make sense yet,
and to keep showing up even when your inner critic is loud.

But it’s also the most aligned I’ve ever felt.

Every intake session, every chart I sit with, every herb I blend, every moment someone says “I feel seen”.
That’s my fuel.

That’s the reminder that this work matters. That people still crave connection, ritual, meaning, and a safe place to return to their own intuition.

I’m beyond grateful.
For the messy parts.
For the magic.
For the tiny wins that feel huge.
For the community we’re building one conversation at a time

If you’ve been following along, thank you for being here. Truly. I’m excited to keep growing slow, steady, and rooted in my passion to bringing people closer to the world around us.

12/04/2025

Right now on the blog you can find your winter hyperfixiation!

I'll help you dice into a new hobby tha'ts aligned with your zodiac sign, and let the stars do the rest!

Plus, this list works perfectly if you're trying to plan something fun to get into with your partner during these cold & dreary days. All you need to know is their birthday (which I hope you do, if not, we need to have a different conversation!)

I have some DIY felting boxes that I'm looking forward to digging into. I've also really been enjoying Animal Crossing on my Nintendo Switch, I pair it with an audiobook and it's my favorite way to wind down at the end of the day! (Diving into technology in my home, Aquarius Sun, Merucry, and Saturn in the 4H, and keeping it cozy and stress free mentally Cancer Moon in the 9H).

What are you planning for winter as your newest hobby? Did I guess right in the blog? Let me know!

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