Rooted In The Wild

When the weekend starts with this and ends as a first responder to a car vs. pedestrian accident, I’m so happy to be back in the cozy space of my office today.

Working one-on-one to individualize medicine and care by optimizing health is at the root of what I love to do.

And I’m really glad it’s Monday and I get to be here doing what I love.

-Dr. Mel
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After leaving a functional medicine conference in Boise last week, I was home long enough to wash clothes and jump in the car with my kids for a road trip to the east coast.

In Vermont, we met up with Jase (my husband) and several other men from Grand Rapids and all across the U.S. to leave my son to walk into the journey of Boys’ Rites of Passage.

A sacred ceremony weekend held and witnessed by the mountains, rivers, forest, wildlife, and incredible men who have already experienced the transformative effect of fasting and solo journey into the unknown.

The twins and I journeyed to Maine to pray over him and play in the ocean’s tide pools.

I’ll be back in office on Wednesday, but for now we are unplugged, covered in lemon eucalyptus oil (the ticks are fierce here!), and immersed in the wild.

-Dr. Mel

A new of the Rooted In The Wild Podcast, “Deal With The Devil” is out now! Listen, share your thoughts, and give us a review on your favorite platform.

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Stinging nettle cake for a spring festival.

Nettles are one of the fundamental herbal remedies for spring allergies. I love this wild w**d for increasing iron and mineral stores, increasing circulation, and kidney health.

There are 7 cups of stinging nettle picked from my backyard in this cake! And made it such a pretty color without toxic dyes.

Nettle is abundant this spring and I’m headed out now to pick what I need for the rest of the year.

The best medicine is free. Go get yours.


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