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12/1/2025

Happy Cyber Monday!

I was standing in my kitchen yesterday, stirring a cup of herbal tea I had just blended up, both to kickstart my immune system and also to provide a bit of help to my post-menopausal hair.....

The well-known and loved feeling of blessing and awe that I know what herbs to choose, how to combine, and what to consume to support my body and the bodies of my sweet family and friends for both chronic and acute needs once again washed over me.

I can't tell you how many thousands of times I've had this thought in all the years, now. I am so glad I chose to learn herbalism and to manage my health better, naturally.

I had just peeked in at my jam-packed email inbox and, remembering the stack of ads I received in my physical mailbox the day before, I thought,

Last year, I received an email from a lady who had been thinking about learning herbalism and maybe aromatherapy. Her words were simple and a little raw. She had said,

Maybe you can relate to that feeling. I sure can.

That's exactly how I felt when I began my herbalism path and made the decision to find a course to take so long ago. Back then, there weren't any courses at all. Nowadays, there are SO many, and some of them are even created by AI! (Artificial Intelligence---very dangerous when it comes to medicinal herbs)

Anyhow, she told me she had been quietly reading my newsletters for over a year, and also “saving for later” for months. Every time she saw a class or a course, she’d think, Someday… when I have more time. When things calm down. When I’m not so overwhelmed.

You know how that goes. “Someday” is very sneaky. It looks responsible on the surface, but it can quietly turn into never.

Finally, she took the plunge, and she joined us in Ditch the Drugstore, then upgraded to the Family Herbalist Certification Program. She is now also a villager in our Confident Herbalist Tribe!

She chose to invest in something that actually helped change her and her family's life and health instead of adding more clutter to her house.....

She wrote again recently to tell me her husband had reached for her homemade salve instead of the usual store-bought cream and that he was so happy with his reduction in pain.

That her daughter was starting to ask, “Mom, can you make me some more of that oil for my menstrual cramps?"

And that her college-aged son had called to ask her what herbs he should get at the grocery store to help with an oncoming sore throat and what felt like a little cold....

She told me that she’d organized a little corner of her pantry into a family apothecary, and every jar she filled made her feel a little more steady, a little more hopeful....And she was finally feeling like a "real" herbalist!

She had changed her family's health story!

And that’s really what learning herbalism, aromatherapy, and natural holistic health is about.

Not perfection. Not doing it “like the experts.”
Just one decision at a time that says:

• I choose learning herbalism skills over more stuff.
• I choose confidence over constant googling at midnight.
• I choose community over feeling alone in this.

This whole holiday weekend, the world is shouting about scarcity, deadlines, and more, more, more. And yet, deep down, so many of us are craving less noise, more meaning. Less plastic, more plants. Less panic, more peace.

So if there’s a nudge in your heart saying,
​“I want to be the one who knows what to do… I want to finally take this herbal journey seriously…”​
—I want you to know this: you’re not alone, and you’re not too late.

👉 Our Black Friday / Cyber Monday celebration ends [tonight].​
👉 ALL my core herbal programs and courses, plus the Confident Herbalist Tribe as well as our specialty courses are still available for 20% off with the coupon code: BFCM20

If it’s not the right time, that’s okay. Truly.

But if, like I was so many years ago, and so many of my accomplished students were, you’re standing in your kitchen feeling a little tug that says:

…then I’d love to walk alongside you.

No giant shopping cart required. Just you, your desire to learn, and some very beautiful plants that have been waiting for you all along.

Hugs, Health, and Herbs,

Heidi 🌿

P.S. When the sale ends tonight, prices go back up. If you’ve been on the fence, consider this a loving nudge, if learning herbalism and/or aromatherapy has been a desire for you. Imagine Future-You, standing over a pot of simmering herbs, thinking that this little Black Friday decision is one that changed everything.

I would love to see you inside!

Here are a few of the highlight courses so you can click through to those that interest you, as well as the main school site:

Use coupon code: BFCM20 for ongoing 20% off ALL membership options, even the lifetime ones, for the Confident Herbalist Tribe.​

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Enjoy perusing our offerings this final day of the Black Friday/Cyber Monday Celebration Sale, and I hope to see you inside one or maybe even more of them!

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May....

The Lord bless you, and keep you;

The Lord cause His face to shine on you,
And be gracious to you;

The Lord lift up His face to you,
And give you peace.’ --- Numbers 6:24-26

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