Cara Schulz
Cara Schulz, a cancer survivor and green tea lover, has opened The Flower Pot, a holistic wellness shop in Burnsville that offers products ranging from medicinal teas and wellness tonics and herbal tinctures.
Rooted Twice: Bridging Ancestral Heritage and the Minnesota Soil
There's a shift in the herbalism world that feels deeply personal. People aren't just looking for "natural alternatives" anymore; they’re looking for themselves. People are...
Henbane: Yeah, Just Don’t
Let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate: Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger) is a deadly poison. I am writing this post because I get...
Greater Burdock: The Liver’s Favorite “Weed”
Whether you call it Burdock, Gobo, or "that plant with the sticky burrs," Greater Burdock (Arctium lappa) is an essential tool for anyone interested in...
Green Tea vs. Matcha: Why Matcha Wins (and How to Get the Good Stuff)
Let’s get straight to the point: if you’re still just steeping bags of green tea and tossing the leaves, you’re missing the mark. You’re essentially...
Monday Micro Habit: Red Light Zen (Lower Cortisol and Stress)
Driving can be one of the most stressful parts of our day—white-knuckling the steering wheel, frustrated by traffic, crappy drivers, and stuck in a constant...
Herb Spotlight: Goldenrod
Poor Goldenrod (Solidago spp.). It spends every fall being blamed for hay fever, while Ragweed—the real culprit—hides in the shadows. But if you look past...
Monday Micro Habit: After Lunch Stroll
We’ve all been there: you finish a delicious lunch, sit back down at your desk, and thirty minutes later, you feel like you need a...
Winter Hands Rescue: Caring for your hands & nails
Does anyone else feel like their hands aged ten years the second the furnace kicked on this November? One day you’re rocking a cute manicure,...
Monday Micro Habit: 2x Floss
Most of us treat flossing like something we do only when we have spinach stuck in our teeth or a dental cleaning tomorrow morning. But...
Herb Spotlight: Garlic
We’ve all heard the jokes about keeping vampires away, but in reality, Garlic (Allium sativum) is much better at keeping the literal "blood-suckers"—like parasites and...