Words For Hard Times Archives - One Willow Apothecaries

In a single week, almost everything can soften. I just saw it happen in the woods outside my window. After a long spring that felt like an

It’s been a mercurial spring for us here in the mountains. Sunlit days of short sleeves in January and snow whirling alongside the

Sometimes, when I feel at a loss, I just gaze at the earth. Watching the way a child might observe an elder move about their life, quietly

I’m what you might call an “enthusiastic celebrator.” I can’t help it, I just get a kick out of life a lot of the

The other day I found an alley lit by roses. Cream, pink, heart peach, orange— the whole hem of the cobblestone was alive

The world has felt a bit overwhelming recently. Every day my news feed refreshes itself and I feel one spade deeper into disquiet. The

Shadow work is light work. The two have always gone hand in hand. You cannot walk into illumination without activating the shadow. It is

There are two kinds of growth. Either we grow so slowly we are like mountains gaining a centimeter a year, or we grow as fast as kudzu

I remember the first time I heard the term “healing crisis.” I was in the depths of chronic pain, one of those crushing waves that comes

Grieving is an innate part of being human. It is as natural as springs that seep upward in heavy rains. As a species, we have always made