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August Break: Let the Photo Challenge Fill the Tank
I got all sparkly and inspired by a proposition put to me by Susannah Conway: don’t write, just post photos, during the month of August. Feels like a luscious idea.…
Yoga: The Answer to Everything
I’m going to shoot straight with you: my wonderful assistant just quit last week and I’m overwhelmed. I’d love to describe how my summer vacation is off to a wonderful…
Tips for My Younger Sisters: Sex, Weight, Hormones, Fertility
I’ve been blessed to grow up with two younger sisters and today I had the idea of posting some of my best tips about surfing the hormonal flux of premenopause…
Seamed & Brown: The Diet, The Attitude + The Eye Cream (and the Denise Levertov Poem)
Honestly, I haven’t paid much attention to my skin. Yes, acne as a adolescent was a serious drag. But there was a gap of relatively good skin (OK, gigantic pores,…
Get Your Alkaline Broth Right Here
When I lead my Cleanse twice/year, alkaline broth is front and center. Why bother? What could it possibly do for you? We tend to love acidifying and mucus-producing foods. You…
Botanical Bliss: Wear Organic, Eat Organic
Today I sit with the question: If we are all so clear about eating organic, why are we not wearing organic clothing? Our conventional clothes contain toxic fertilizers/pesticides/herbicides/insecticides, heavy metals,…
Mini-Sabbatical Coming Soon
When I first went to France at 17, I was struck by how Paris shut down for the month of August. I thought taking the month of August off sounded…
Botanical Alchemist | Organic Fashion Designer
Was surfing Etsy last weekend, minding my own business, when I came across a mystic from North Carolina named Andrea Crouse. Check her out. That’s Andrea (above), modeling her Tulsi dress in…
Cleansing As Honeymoon Between You + Your Body
Here’s a trick I’ve learned. When people at social gatherings ask why you’re not eating toxins and drinking a glass of wine with them, look them in the eye and…
Homage to Betty Ford: We'd Have No Dr. Drew Without You
When Gerald Ford became president in 1974 after Nixon’s resignation, I was seven years old. Sadly, it took Betty Ford’s death last Friday, July 8, 2011, for me to understand…