Rachel- Herbalist & Ceremonialist

10/13/2026

Women need community.
It's in our blood. Our bones.

We are meant to sing together.
Cook together.
Tend the garden together.
Play together.
Pray together.

We all long for this. Maybe this longing is ever-present and permeates all that we are, or maybe it shows its face in the quiet subtleties of life....
In the way we devour poetry.
In the way we make love.
In the way we fantasize about the lives of passersby.
In the way we draw out conversation in hopes for that familiar old spark of depth.

We remember.
Our bodies remember.
We need it.

And I see so many of us today reaching out for such community only to be met with other women who are also Under-Resourced, Under-Pleasured, Overworked, and Overwhelmed.

I'm seeing a detrimental lack of support for Mothers in particular.

{Humanity is suffering largely in part because our MOTHERS are suffering.}

Read that again.

These days moms can't hardly bathe themselves in peace-- let alone find the energy to pour into their passions and life's work.
The passion of the feminine quite literally keeps the world spinning.
Yet instead of being available for spontaneous creative flow and life-altering love, mothers are constantly forced into "Beta Brain".
Making phone calls, meals, money, appointments...
Balancing schedules and checkbooks... Playing Mom, Dad, Friend, Therapist, Doctor...
Playing every role.

Our mothers are exhausted.

So I must ask... At What Cost?
What will come of generation after generation of children being raised by tired, disembodied mothers?

Just look around.

You see...
Mothers don't need patted on the back. Mothers don't need accolades.
They need tangible support in the household and in their communities.
They need shared responsibility.
They need reciprocity in relationships.
They need to be held.
They need pleasure.
Space to release.
Freedom to create for the sake of creating.

And responsibility lies on each and every one of us to give this to our women.

Humanity cannot be free until women are free. And I believe Community is Key. 🔑

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Madison Earthwalker
Hearticulations of a Birthkeeper
Art by: Dorrie Joy Artist 🪶

10/06/2026

Please make some noise and say NO to data centers & other extremely harmful systems that would be detrimental to the soil, the water, and to farms like Jayne’s beautiful elderberry & aronia farm.

09/18/2026

Please plant native Goldenrods and Asters to help fuel the Monarchs journey down to Mexico 🇲🇽

Photo by - Bee-Friendly Gardening

09/18/2026

So excited for this event tomorrow! 🕯️✨

🍂 WELLNESS AT THE WINERY: AUTUMN ABUNDANCE 🍇

Join us Saturday, September 19 from 11 AM–4 PM at Bear Creek Winery for a day of wellness, connection, local vendors, and FREE workshops throughout the day!

At 2:00 PM, we’re so excited to welcome Rachel Harveland of Altar Haus for:

🍂✨ Creating an Altar ✨🍂

Join Rachel of Altar Haus to learn the basics of how to craft an altar for any purpose by working with the elements, offerings, and intention-setting.

This small, sacred space centered around daily and seasonal ritual holds your reflections and prayers as the year turns inward. Rooted in ritual but open to all backgrounds and beliefs, this workshop offers a beautiful way to connect with intention, reflection, and the changing season.

🍁 Saturday, September 19
🍷 Bear Creek Winery
🕚 11 AM–4 PM
🕯️ Creating an Altar: 2 PM
✨ FREE to attend + FREE workshops

Come spend a beautiful fall day with us, explore the vendor marketplace, experience something new, and connect with our local wellness community. Bring a friend and make a day of it! 🍂

🔗 More info here: fmwellnesscollective.com/wellnessatthew**ery

09/11/2026

I awoke this morning, the window cracked open and the sky still darkened, to the sound of silence.

No birdsong to greet my day.
The wind blows and I hear the rustling of dried up plants amid some still alive and well.

I’ve never experienced grief of a season like this.

These spring & summer seasons were deeply healing for me.

To have my hands in the healthy soil I amended and nettles to say thank you, to feel the texture of a rose petal on my skin that I helped to grow, to smell the scent of plum blossoms, to hear a white-throated sparrow or the thrum of a hummingbird hovering near, to be in the forest feeling constant awe at all of the plants and flowers, carefully asking which ones would like to come home with me…. These were the balm my heart needed.

I will never be the same as I was, before that one day. That one day this last winter that changed something in me I still don’t have all the words for.

These plants, these birds… they saved me in some way. I may have filled their feeders and tended to them every day like it was my new religion but they did more for me than I could have done for them.

I’ve foraged more plants this summer than I ever have. Carefully plucked, dried, ground into my own little apothecary for the winter. And as the grief feels heavier as we near closer and closer to the last leaf on the trees falling and being replaced with snowfall and grey skies, I know I’ll have these plants with me still. 🍂

08/20/2026

08/17/2026

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🍂CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINEUP?! 🍂

We are SO excited for Wellness at the Winery: Autumn Abundance at Bear Creek Winery! ✨

Throughout the day, you’ll be able to experience an incredible lineup of FREE wellness workshops — all included as part of the event. Come try something new, slow down, connect, and soak up a beautiful fall day with our wellness community. 🌿

And don’t forget to wander through our Wellness Marketplace, meet amazing local wellness providers and makers, and grab a delicious glass of w**e or mocktail from Bear Creek Winery while you’re there. 🍷✨

Come for one workshop or stay for the whole day. Explore the marketplace. Sip something delicious. Connect with your community. And give yourself a day to simply feel good. 🤎

📍 Bear Creek Winery
📅 September 19 | 11 AM–4 PM

All workshops are FREE throughout the day! 🍁

Tag the person you want to spend a fall wellness day with! 👇