There was a moment in early August when I felt a strong desire to write this blog post. To pause, check in with myself, and with all of you as we entered the Earth element season of the year. This is important work to be done as the energetic blueprint for the upcoming year is being conceived at this time. Themes and intentions and what we are working through in late summer helps set the stage and ground the energy for the next year. Part of that work is also to process, digest, integrate,...

As someone who has spent years in both the business world and the tea world, and who has immersed herself in tea sourcing, regenerative agriculture, small family farms, and beyond, one of the deepest lessons I have learned is that our choices as consumers and community members often run much deeper than we realize. I have personally benefited from these choices, and I have also been burned by them. What has come through for me, loud and clear, is that when we choose to support a small, local...

Below is my short list (remember quality, not quantity) of people I highly recommend supporting. These are people doing important work with excellence and integrity. Work whose depth is even more profound due to the lack of distraction caused by diluting ones energies and efforts with the game of content creation. There is so much that could be said as to why these are important people to support. There is a regenerative, sustainability woven into the whole...