Forage & Soothe Blog
Don’t Commoditize My Craft
For most of my professional life, I believed growth had one obvious direction. Up. Up meant scale.Up meant volume.Up meant more distribution, more visibility, more units moving outward. I was...
Don’t Commoditize My Craft
For most of my professional life, I believed growth had one obvious direction. Up. Up meant scale.Up meant volume.Up meant more distribution, more visibility, more units moving outward. I was...
Gray Hair, Walnut Hulls, Foti Root, and an Evol...
Recently, someone reacted with surprise when they learned I "Herbatint" my hair. “You dye your hair?” It wasn’t openly hostile. But it didn’t feel neutral either.I felt exposed. Assessed. Slightly...
Gray Hair, Walnut Hulls, Foti Root, and an Evol...
Recently, someone reacted with surprise when they learned I "Herbatint" my hair. “You dye your hair?” It wasn’t openly hostile. But it didn’t feel neutral either.I felt exposed. Assessed. Slightly...
Amanita and the Discipline of Restraint
Amanita does not offer relief. It offers interruption. Neither friendly nor efficient, this conspicuous forest mushroom exists only in relationship—thriving through exchange, not extraction. Long misunderstood and often misnamed, amanita...
Amanita and the Discipline of Restraint
Amanita does not offer relief. It offers interruption. Neither friendly nor efficient, this conspicuous forest mushroom exists only in relationship—thriving through exchange, not extraction. Long misunderstood and often misnamed, amanita...
When Skin Needs Balance: The Botanical Logic of...
Eczema and psoriasis are complex, long-term skin conditions. They involve inflammation, impaired barrier function, and altered immune signaling—not just surface dryness. Scale-X Cream was formulated to support skin that struggles...
When Skin Needs Balance: The Botanical Logic of...
Eczema and psoriasis are complex, long-term skin conditions. They involve inflammation, impaired barrier function, and altered immune signaling—not just surface dryness. Scale-X Cream was formulated to support skin that struggles...
When Protection Needs Staying Power - Botanical...
Resin appears in the forest only when something has been compromised. It’s a response material—flowing to seal a wound, slow infection, and create a temporary boundary while healing takes place....
When Protection Needs Staying Power - Botanical...
Resin appears in the forest only when something has been compromised. It’s a response material—flowing to seal a wound, slow infection, and create a temporary boundary while healing takes place....
Cedar Resin and Botanical Intelligence: Learnin...
Trees do not heal the way humans do. They protect, seal, and reinforce their boundaries. This essay explores how cedar resin expresses botanical intelligence through defensive strategy—and why that same...
Cedar Resin and Botanical Intelligence: Learnin...
Trees do not heal the way humans do. They protect, seal, and reinforce their boundaries. This essay explores how cedar resin expresses botanical intelligence through defensive strategy—and why that same...