The Law of Correspondence, as written on your website, has a poetic sentiment—what grows together, works together, and stays together. It makes me think of family and the type of unconditional love that develops over decades of life and friendship, and how influential these close ones are to us. How have the people in your life influenced you to be where you are today, making wild harvested products for the skin and body?
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The Law of Correspondence is a beautiful message that plants growing together in nature are often harmonious plants to use medicinally. I find this to be equally true in how plants support one another, and I’ve used this as a guideline for many of my products, like Dandelion Meadow Cream, Tallow Balm, or Three Artemisias. It is truly a familial relationship between plants and their bioregion, whether it is a desert or mountain meadows. I have decades-old relationships with plants that feel a lot like friendships, and it's something I love passing down to my children.
My process has always been about being motivated to do things differently while also being a New Mexican raised and made business. My dear friend Jessica Brown, who will likely never read this, has influenced me greatly to utilize what is available in New Mexico and in my bioregion. Additionally, my own north star has always been to use organic oils from the United States and Canada only as well as herbs from small herb farms in the United States. My mother, Bobbe, who raised me taking herbal medicine largely contributed to my interest in plants, though it really blossomed when I learned about edible mushroom foraging so I think I owe my influence in part to the mycelium. I also have to recommend Zoë Schlanger’s book, The Light Eaters as well as Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. Those are two of the most influential books in my life as a human and an herbalist.
