About

About

I am a Nutritional Herbalist, a wellness educator, and a woman who has been living gluten free since 2008. I teach in English and in Spanish. I have taught over a thousand classes in six countries, and I still get nervous before every single one.

Here is the short version of how I got here.

I got sick. Then I got a diagnosis. Then I spent years learning how to feed a family well when one of us could not eat the way everyone else did. Somewhere in the middle of all that I fell in love with plants, and the falling in love never stopped.

I trained as a Nutritional Herbalist. I studied with teachers who knew more than I did and were generous about it. My coach and mentor is Ron Williams, a 21-time World Champion natural bodybuilder, and he has taught me more about discipline and about caring for a body than any book ever did.

What I actually believe

Food and sleep come first. No herb, no oil, no supplement, and no expensive device outruns a diet that is not working or a night that never happens. I say this so often that my family teases me about it.

You need fewer things than you have been told. Most people arrive at natural wellness holding a shopping list. I would rather send you home with three things you understand than thirty things you are afraid to throw away.

Education comes before product. Every time. You should be able to read this blog for a year, learn something useful every week, and buy absolutely nothing from me. That is not a loophole in the business model. That IS the model.

When I am wrong, I say so out loud. I have taught things I no longer teach. When that happens I write a post about it and label it clearly, because a teacher who never corrects herself is not a teacher you should trust.

What you will find here

  • A working materia medica with real safety information, not just a list of what each plant is good for
  • Essential oil education focused on dilution, safe use, and the things that go wrong
  • Gluten free living beyond food, which is where most of us get blindsided
  • Non toxic home guides, organized room by room instead of by product catalog
  • Recipes, sourcing notes, and the occasional story about my kids

A note about the business side

I am an independent doTERRA Wellness Advocate, an independent Zinzino partner, and an Amazon Associate. Some links here earn me a commission. Every single one is labeled on the page it appears, and so are the ones that earn me nothing.

You will notice that some of my favorite recommendations pay me zero. That is on purpose. If everything on a wellness site pays the writer, it is a catalog wearing a blog costume.

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The full materia medica and oil reference live on the main site, free and always will be.

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Steffi

Affiliate disclosure. Some links here earn me a commission at no extra cost to you. I am an independent doTERRA Wellness Advocate, an independent Zinzino partner, and an Amazon Associate. I am not employed by and do not speak for any brand named here. Links that earn me nothing are labeled as such.

Health disclaimer. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Nothing here is intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. I am a Nutritional Herbalist and educator, not a physician, and nothing on this blog is medical advice or creates a practitioner relationship. Talk with a qualified healthcare provider before starting any herb, oil, or supplement, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, take prescription medication, or manage a chronic condition.

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