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# Mugwort and Meadow

Healthy bodies and minds, naturally.

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## Posts

- [The Mediterranean Herbalist Photoshoot](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/the-mediterranean-herbalist-photoshoot) - The Mediterranean Herbalist is complete and the photoshoot happened last weekend. Book Shelter in Germany will be handling the publishing.
- [Sourdough Myth Busting: Trust Yourself, Not the Gatekeepers](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/sourdough-myth-busting) - Sourdough: Bread making is something I've been doing since my early twenties. I raised four children on a small income so nutritious bread made with honey was a
- [Natural Healing with Cayenne: Practical Uses and Herbal Wisdom](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/cayenne-it-up) - Do you use cayenne pepper in your cooking? Did you know it's one of nature's most powerful medicines? It's also one of my favorites. My husband and I consume
- [Oregano Oil Benefits](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/oregano-oil-benefits) - What are the oregano oil benefits? A herbalist looks at a cancer cell study and what it reveals about using oregano the traditional way.
- [Food is Condensed Sunlight: What Kind of Energy Are You Eating?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/food-is-condensed-sunlight) - Food is condensed sunlight: He looked at me with a kind of wonder and asked, "Is this what a tomato is supposed to taste like?"
- [Happy Blue Supermoon](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/happy-blue-supermoon) - Tonight is the full (sturgeon) moon, and it also happens to be a supermoon and a blue moon, which makes it a rare blue supermoon. That makes it pretty special,
- [Why I Consider Knitting Self-Care](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/knitting-self-care) - Knitting has a way of slowing everything down and resetting life for just a while. The world is loud and overwhelming much of the time. By the time you get ...
- [What's Love Got to Do With It?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it) - I searched my whole life for true love. Like the song, I was Looking for Love in all the Wrong Places. I didn’t take it quite that far, but it’s a well-known...
- [Spending Your Daily Gold: A Manifesto of Authentic Living](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/daily-gold) - This morning, I woke up and was given ten gold coins. They weren’t actual gold, but just as precious. They were the minutes and hours I got to spend today.
- [Feeling Anxious? Here are Some Simple Solutions](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/feeling-anxious-here-are-some-simple-solutions) - Feeling Anxious? Life can sometimes feel like it demands more of us every day. Between the nonstop buzz of our phones, endless to-do lists, and just the general
- [Fat Cats Fighting Over Scraps](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/fat-cats-fighting-over-scraps) - Are you still waiting for your ship to come in or like cats fighting over scraps? Maybe your ship is fighting the tide and crashing into the rocks...
- [Your Gut is Talking: Are You Listening?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/your-gut-is-talking-are-you-listening) - Your Gut is Talking: Are You Listening? A woman named Talia went to her doctor for a urinary tract infection, something most women have dealt with at least once
- [Aligning Yourself With the Life You Want: Build the Runway So the Plane Can Land](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/build-the-runway) - What kind of a life do you want to live? Luxurious, easy, everything done for you? That kind of life usually requires a lot of money, and for most people,
- [What is Herbalism and How Does it Work?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/what-is-herbalism) - What is herbalism, and why did I spend years learning about it? If you've read my story on the About page, you'll know that I had a health crisis that I solved
- [Your Lungs Hold More Than Air](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/your-lungs-hold-more-than-air) - A cough is your lungs trying to clear themselves. When you suppress that process with medication, the congestion often stays put or settles deeper.
- [A Herbal Walk by the Sea](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/herbal-walk) - There is nothing better in my mind than going for a walk along the sea in the morning. Even better is to do this while collecting herbs. The sea sparkled...
- [Slow it Down, Baby!](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/slow-it-down-baby) - Slow it Down, Baby! Do you ever wish you could just stop the train of life and get off for a while? Not permanently, just take a good long breather.
- [Replenish From Holiday Excess](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/replenish-from-holiday-excess) - If you’re like most of us, you probably ate a lot of rich and delicious food and maybe drank a little (or a lot) too much. Maybe you need to replenish...
- [Is the Sun Bad for You?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/is-the-sun-bad-for-you) - I live in a country where it's difficult to avoid the sun. We've been told for at least several generations now that the sun is bad for us and that we should
- [How to Beat Fatigue](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/how-to-beat-fatigue) - Do you feel like you are constantly battling fatigue? If so, you're not alone. This is one of the main complaints I hear when I set up a consultation with
- [Know Your Worth](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/know-your-worth) - Just as I have no responsibility for other people’s reactions to things, I have no responsibility for how they feel about me. This may seem obvious to most of
- [Rosemary's Heart](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/rosemarys-heart) - One of the best plants to begin your medicine garden with is rosemary. It has many uses in medicine and cooking, smells lovely, attracts bees, and is easy to
- [Don't Wait Until You're Sick](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/dont-wait-until-youre-sick) - We are constantly told, "This is bad for you!" and "Make sure to eat this daily!". But how do you navigate the barrage of information and find the truth? Sick
- [Being Still](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/being-still) - It has been difficult for me to be still. I am laid back and primarily easy-going, but being still used to be difficult. Several years ago, I began meditating
- [What's in Your Basket?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/whats-in-your-basket) - There once was a girl who had more kindness in her soul than ten people. She loved giving things away. It was like she carried a basket of apples, and she gave
- [Walking on Broken Glass](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/broken-glass) - Walking on Broken Glass: When I was younger I used to struggle and get frustrated when I would write. I could hear the perfect words in my head and knew what I
- [No Gas in the Tank](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/no-gas) - There are days when I wake up raring to go, filled with plans. And then there are days, like today when I feel like I'm out of gas.
- [Perception is Not Reality](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/perception-is-not-reality) - The mark of a mature, open-minded, thinking adult is the understanding that perception is not necessarily reality. You can step back from a situation and
- [A Mother's Hug](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/mothers-hug) - A Mother's Hug: Whenever I or a patient are in need of healing from a cold or flu, this is my go to. I will often give other remedies, such as oregano oil,
- [Do You Need More Energy?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/do-you-need-more-energy) - Who isn't looking for an energy boost these days? This can cause us to reach for things like coffee and sugar, which will inevitably cause a crash a couple of hours later. We then reach for it again, looping ourselves into an endless cycle that only wears the body down. Why not, instead, make an
- [The War on Words: Will it End in Silence?](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/the-war-on-words) - The world has declared war on words, and writers need to stand against it. Where does it stop? Will there even be any words left ...
- [Fear is a Creativity Killer](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/fear-is-a-creativity-killer) - Maybe what you fear is yourself. Many would-be writers have said, “I want to write, but I’m afraid.” What is it about these words that are so terrifying? These are my thoughts on the topic, coming from a writer and author who completely understands the fear. But I’m only beginning to understand where it originates.
- [Kittens, Kittens, and More Kittens ...](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/kittens-and-more) - Anyone who has been to Greece knows about the cats. There are cats everywhere. Everywhere. Some are ragged and starving, but most are fed by someone...

## Pages

- [The Mediterranean Herbalist](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/books/the-mediterranean-herbalist) - The Mediterranean Herbalist is part memoir, part herbal medicine guide. It's the book I wished I'd had when I was nineteen years old, newly diagnosed with
- [About](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/about) - Hi, I’m Brenda Grate Herbalist and Holistic Health Coach Natural healing has been a passion my entire life. It began when I was a child, even though I didn't know it. I was raised by a hippy mother from California who believed that sugar came from the devil. She wasn't far off the mark, but
- [You're All Set!](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/booking-confirmation) - Your consultation is booked and I'm looking forward to talking with you. You'll receive a confirmation email shortly with the details. What happens next? Before our session, I'll review your intake form so I'm familiar with your situation. That way we can spend our time together talking about what matters most, rather than going over
- [Book Appointment: Intake Form](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/booking-page) - Work with Me If you've been trying to sort out your health on your own and you're still feeling stuck, I get it. Most of the people who come to me have already done a lot of reading, tried a lot of things, and are ready for someone to help them see the full picture.
- [Booking Page](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/booking) - Thank you for submitting your intake form. You can now book your appointment below. I look forward to working with you. If the booking form gives you trouble, just send me a message and we'll get you scheduled.
- [Novels by Brenda](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/books/novels-by-brenda) - Before I started writing about herbs, I was writing stories. I've been a writer for over twenty years, and fiction is where it all began. I've published four novels and have several more in development. Writing fiction taught me how to tell a story that people feel, not just read, and that's something I carry
- [Fine Art Prints](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/fine-art-prints) - I've been painting for about ten years, and it's become one of the ways I slow down and pay attention to the world around me. Whether it's a hedgehog, a spring robin, or a sweet pea in bloom, each piece asks me to sit with the details and really see what's there. That's the same
- [Blog from the Mani](https://mugwortandmeadow.com/blog) - Stories of plants, remedies, and life on the Mani peninsula.
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