Discover herbal therapies for treating common health concerns, natural body care recipes, and mindfulness techniques for relaxation and restoration with Storey books for healthy living.
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Savoring Uncertainty and Embracing the Unknown
Many of us have negative ideas about uncertainty — as the absence of ease, comfort, or clarity. Trying to relate to uncertainty is difficult because it is like trying to relate to a lack of something, not a presence. But coming into communion with absence … Read More
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A Recipe for Spice Rack Fire Cider
The book Fire Cider! was created in part as an attempt to keep the origin story of fire cider alive and well and also to help ensure that traditional herbal formulas, those recipes and remedies that have a long history of … Read More
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Roasted Eggplant with Garlic Yogurt & Healthy Seed Blend
Nearly every culture around the world has a long history of blending spices together. Common culinary spice combinations — like the simple Seed Blend below — are dynamic and often more palatable than one ingredient alone. That doesn’t mean you can’t use a single spice … Read More
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Body Scrubs for Silky Summer Skin
In my work as a certified foot and hand reflexologist and licensed esthetician, my clients often ask me about what they can do to improve the texture of their skin. They wonder in particular about the skin on their arms, legs, hands, and feet, which … Read More
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Everyday on Everything: A Spice Blend for Good Health
The more we learn about the medicinal powers of spices, the more possibilities come into focus regarding use of spices for health. Abundant evidence supports the use of spices in our food for the prevention, and even possible treatment, of some of our most common … Read More
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Stop Ticks in Their Tracks: 7 Things You Can Do
As the weather gets warmer and we spend more time outdoors, it’s important to remember that the ticks are out! Ticks can transmit diseases when they bite. There are more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease diagnosed each year. Lyme … Read More
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Self-Care Strategies: Inspiration from Storey Authors
Storey authors have always had a special talent for nurturing — whether it be plants, animals, the body, or the mind and creative spirit (sometimes all of the above). As many of us contend with a sudden shift in our way of life, the wise … Read More
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Thirteen Time-Tested Ways to Stay Healthy, Naturally
Warm spring greetings. What a world we woke up too! And yet, spring comes irrevocably. Tree buds are bursting forth as they’ve done for millennia, flowers are blooming, and birds are returning in great flocks to the northlands. In spite of all of the sorrow, chaos, and … Read More
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Easy Fermented Foods: Curtido and Chickpea Miso
In the way life was, not too long ago, the way we ate had more to do with accommodating our lifestyles than it did with maximizing nourishment. Every ingredient was available any time we needed it, and for some, wholesome, ready-to-eat meals could be easily … Read More
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Living Gratefully in the Full-Blown Reality of Life
When I completed cancer treatments in 1993, I could not write. Anything. At all. For a long time. Chemotherapy had caused peripheral neuropathy, which kept me from being able to type or hold a pen with ease; and I suffered the residual blur of “chemo … Read More