What a Blue Vervain and a glass of water taught me about the kind of growth that happens when no one is watching. Blue Vervain found me before I went looking for it. I had just shared my Herbal Wellness Starter Guide – 30 of my favourite healing recipes gathered from years of intentional living,…
Intentional living changed everything for me, not in a dramatic, overnight way, but slowly. The way a plant pushes through soil toward light. This morning, I stood in my little container garden, watering my plants one by one. No rush. No noise. Just the quiet rhythm of water meeting soil, leaves catching light, and the…
I have been growing scallions in containers for a while now, and what started as three small pots has quietly become one of the most useful corners of my container garden. Recently, I gave one pot to my neighbour, because that is the thing about growing your own herbs. When you have enough, sharing comes…
I thought I knew what I was doing the second time around. After all, I had already figured out growing herbs in pots in Jamaica, or so I believed. I had one Guinea Hen Weed plant thriving in my backyard container setup, I had the rhythm of the tea, the routine of the care, and…
A small cutting of the Leaf of Life, that’s all it took to get started. I snipped a piece from a neighbor’s yard yesterday. No grand plan, no fancy setup, no special tools. Just a simple, deliberate step toward something I have been meaning to do for a while now: grow what I consume and…
Not every herb belongs at the same hour. Some plants are made for morning, they sharpen you, move things, wake the body up. Others belong to the slower parts of the day. Soursop Leaf tea has always been the second kind for me. I have been drinking Soursop Leaf tea for a while now, and…
I believe that true wellness is a lived practice of listening. This week, my body spoke to me in a familiar, uncomfortable whisper: the return of acid reflux. It has been years since I last struggled with that burning sensation in my chest and throat, but recently, it made an unwelcome comeback. As difficult as…
When it comes to simple, powerful kitchen remedies, ginger and turmeric are two roots I always look for at the market. Today is International Women’s Day, and what better way to honour it than by talking about something every woman deserves to know: how to use what nature has already given us to protect our…
If you are over 50 and living in the tropics, you already know the feeling. It is not just the Jamaican sun beating down on your back. It is something deeper, a warmth that rises from the inside out, a low-grade internal fire that no amount of cold water seems to fully put out. Cooling…
Discover how Mango Leaf Tea supports wellness and intentional living for women over 50 In the rush of my earlier years, those busy days in radio and media sales, I used to think that growth was only about the fruit. I was chasing the big results, the “mangoes” of life, while overlooking the very thing…