August 2026 Newsletter

 

I have new tea ingredients in my shop! Including some like Dandelion and Chicory Root that I haven't had available in a long time.

And because I had digestive bitters on my mind, I did a bit of a deep dive into what bitter herbs for digestion have in common with flower essences from the same plants! (Great for those of you curious about the science related to all of this.)

Other articles this month are about repeating patterns, radical acceptance, and dealing with energy vampires—and, of course, how flower essences can help. I hope it's useful!

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July 2026 Mama Love Newsletter

 

My Mama Love shop is open again and the flower healer is in the house! Stop on by!

One of the things on my mind lately is how shifting towards the consciousness of what you want to create versus using flower essences strictly to address the negative state you want to heal might improve outcomes in some people. Apple Blossom flower essence came up as a potential tool in this regards, so I wrote a blog post about an experiment I am doing with a friend using this flower essence this month and the excellent results they have had so far.

I also took a look at how using flower essences along with therapy to make physical world changes can work together better than using one of those approaches alone.

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June 2026 Mama Love Products Newsletter

Hope your summer is off to a good start! I am planning a trip and, if all goes according to plan, I'll have my shop in Vacation Mode from June 18 - June 30. So please get your orders in before then or after I get back!

This month's blog posts are about flower essences a lot of people don't think to use for themselves—Beech and Oak. I also know a lot of people struggling with issues related to betrayal lately so I wrote a post about that. Hope there's something in there you can use for yourself or someone you love!

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May 2026 Mama Love Newsletter

 

This month I've continued exploring a long time interest of mine that combines flower essences, my love of color as an artist, and my interest in energy healing, especially in regards to the chakra system. I started with the color orange for selfish reasons—that's a color I'm trying to make friends with AND it is also the color associated with the second chakra, the chakra I am paying particular attention to as a healer in my life. (I'll try to go in a more logical order after this.)

I've also been exploring how flower essences help us resolve polarities in relationship with ourselves and with other people. I think this is a really important subject for so many reasons, and I've also become convinced that this is how flower essences work. But you'll also find blog posts this month on a variety of far less esoteric topics inspired by what people have been buying in my shop. And a blast from the past video from 17 years ago about how I got into flower essences when I was a total skeptic before. Hope it all helps!

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March 2026 Mama Love Newsletter

 

New this month:

A mystery has been solved. I have struggled with renaming a product line in my shop for years. It does not sell with the name "Comfort and Joy"—sounds like it is just for Christmas, I guess. But this is one of the most effective blends I have ever used for myself!

I finally woke up and realized this product is used for and is now called Letting Go of Perfectionism! Yours truly was too stuck in that pattern most of my life to recognize why that product was so helpful for me. Crazy, right? But it happens. I wrote a blog post on that this month. I also did a video for the first time in probably a year. What took so long? I was being too much of a perfectionist to get myself to do it! After using this product again for a few days, I finally felt like I could.

Lastly, the Herb Tea of the Month is Rosehips—great for immune system support or to add a tart note of citrusy deliciousness to a blend. Be sure to steep it 10-15 minutes for best flavor and effects! 25% off the entire month of March—no coupon necessary.

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February 2026 Mama Love Newsletter

 

Lots going on this month!

First, after seven years in the full-time workforce, I'm back to being fully self-employed. That means I may be able to fill orders a bit quicker, and I finally have time to update my Etsy shop and make improvements with time left to explore new opportunities.

Because you could call what I'm doing "semi-retirement," I'm looking at what place being an artist more often might have in the challenging times we live in. I wrote a blog post about my helpful flower essence experiments about that below, as well as ones about dealing with political and other anger-inducing stress in more obvious ways.

New this month: I added another flower essence to my Support for Aging Women formula and call it "Aging Gracefully" now. (Although you can still find the original formula in my shop.) I think of the new one as being for men and women. Paul and I are both experimenting with it and finding it useful. You can find it as a flower essence dropper bottle or unscented spray and as a spray you can have me scent with an essential oil on my list.

Also, the Herb Tea of the Month is Elderflower—great for relaxation and immune system or respiratory support. 25% off the entire month of February—no coupon necessary.

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Create the Life You Want with Flower Essences

 

Happy New Year from Mama Love!

Every year I like to set intentions for the year to come. That's sort of like resolutions but not really. It's actually about what I want to create instead of browbeating myself about what I'm going to do better. Leading up to New Year's Eve I was having a hard time with that. Has anyone else found 2025 to be a little rough? That can definitely make it hard to look ahead with optimism.

So intention #1 for me was shifting how I was using flower essences: moving from a damage control mentality to one where flower essences assist me to work more proactively and powerfully in my life.

Intention #2 was to respond to the numerous outside requests and demands in my heart to make Mama Love products work for a wider group of people. So today I'd like to announce a new option for people who need flower essence dosage bottles made without added alcohol. Organic vegetable glycerin is now a preservative option in my shop!

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Holiday 2025 Mama Love Newsletter - Flower Essences for the Spirit of Christmas

 

My Mama Love newsletter is online! I'm having a sale. And I'm including blog posts about flower essences that bring forward the spirit of Christmas: Star of Bethlehem, Holly, and Pine.

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November 2025 Mama Love News

My latest newsletter is online! It features articles about guarding your peace, learning to face things you'd rather avoid, and how to recover when or if a catastrophe you might fear comes to pass.

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October 2025 Mama Love News

 

In this month's newsletter I share help for dealing with emotional triggers, going forth with resolve and determination, and a new formula for activist support.

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September 2025 Mama Love News

Happy Labor Day! Happy September!

This newsletter went in interesting directions. This past month I wrote blog posts about working with challenges on long-term healing journeys, ones specific to working with emotions related to the current political conditions (sorry, not sorry—people going through stuff are my focus). There were ones about joy! And others about life purpose. As I'm putting this newsletter together, I don't think these are unrelated topics. I think we're in the beginning stages of what has the potential to be a long-term healing journey as a global community (not just as a nation). But it depends, I guess, on what we decide. At any rate, I hope something here helps you! Have a great day!

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August 2025 Newsletter

 

I tried to include a little humor in my blog posts this month along with the serious stuff. You'll find a couple posts with recommendations for the issues of the day but, while I think everything I've talked about in today's newsletter is applicable to that, I tried to expand the scope a little bit.

Hope it helps!

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July 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

Hanging in there? I hope so! I have a new flower essence in my shop this month—Lady's Mantle. I'll tell you all about that. Plus I've been in the process of shifting from an overly reactive viewpoint to a more proactive future-creating one. I imagine that was reflected in my bog posts this month. They're about patience, engaging your heart along with your head, accessing guidance in your sleep, and reconnecting with nature.

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June 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

I've noticed interesting shifts this past month or so for myself and for other people—what looks like a desire to strike a balance between coping with daily outside-driven upsets and a return to what we want for our own personal growth and development. That shows up as more purchases in my shop for things other than grief, anger and fear or, that, and additional choices that typically reflect different concerns.

I actually decided to take that trend as guidance for myself and felt a great improvement in how it made me feel to finally allow space for listening and acting on inner desires I've been glossing over and pushing aside. (Highly recommend!) So that's what this month's selection of blog posts represents: a selection of each. Hope you find it helpful!

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May 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

How are you doing? I'm feeling more optimistic and hopeful and I think my blog posts reflect how I got there. So I'm definitely sharing that today.

I also want to let you know that I have no reason to raise prices because of tariffs at this point in time. I bought a large shipment of bottles in December of last year and that's the only thing that might be badly effected by tariffs if my bottle suppliers don't find another source. But I'm set for many months, maybe a year or so right now. There are a few herb and black tea products I'm holding off on buying, but I'm pretty well stocked there as well. And most of my flower essence ingredients are made in California, so we're probably good for awhile!

Unfortunately, I don't know what to tell you if you live in another country. I had assumed you wouldn't have to pay a tariff for the typical order most people make, but I hear that might change and is country-dependent. So I apologize for that! I very much appreciate your business, but I completely understand if you need to take care of yourself there. I hope it gets worked out soon.

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April 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

I felt a nice upsurge of hope when the trees burst into flower here in Chico, CA a few weeks ago. If Spring hasn't arrived in your neck of the woods, trust me, it will. Hopefully, it will feel good to you, too.

My focus this month remains the same. Whenever I don't know what to write about on my blog, I check to see what's selling in my shop. And that —especially right now—tends to be a great reflection of the general mood in a significant portion of the United States and Canada (where most of my customers live). A lot of people are going through a hard time right now. So, as always, this newsletter is for you! Hope it helps! ❤️‍🩹

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March 2025 News from Mama Love

Late last night I had a sudden uptick of sales in my Etsy shop and they ALL included products for coping with grief. So I'm going to start this email with links to the ones I recommend (which are also the ones they chose). I'm right there with you using them for myself.

I also will be sharing blog posts from earlier in the month. I have absolutely no intention of turning that blog into a political mouthpiece. But there is no avoiding the impact of politics in our daily lives and hearts these days. So for those of you going through a hard time right now, as always, this newsletter is for you! 

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February 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

I hope you're doing well and finding ways to take care of yourself in addition to Mama Love. But I'm still here, restocking up this weekend, in fact, on what people seem to need most right now.

I do have an announcement to make. Etsy has made a change you might notice the next time you order from me. They will no longer allow me to add a package cost and handling fee to shipping—they want that added to the cost of items. So the prices you see in my shop are now $2.50-$3.00 higher BUT the shipping will be less by the same amount. So, it should work out—I just don't want you to be shocked! Okay?

This month's blog posts didn't wind up aligning with any particular theme. I mostly wanted to share some ideas about using flower essences from experience and experimentation and, February being the season of love, one post about sex, love and intimacy.

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January 2025 Mama Love News

 

Hello Everybody,

I wish you all the best in the new year!

As we go into the coming year, some of us are hearing fearful messages about what 2025 may bring. I see very few people in my social media feed looking forward to it. VERY few social media posts are about New Year’s resolutions. No posts about dreaming big, just that it’s okay to dream small. And yet, I always think that setting positive intentions at the beginning of the year is a healthy thing to do. For me, this is taking the form, this time, of intending the gist of what I want to create. For example, we can’t control outcome, but I feel like we can intend that we thrive. We can intend the gist of dreams coming true in the sense of having the abundance of love, tranquility, rest, joy, etc. that we really want to experience—the gist of what we believe “dreams coming true” would allow us to feel. And I think we can be guided to the best ways forward for achieving that goal. 

It's okay to dream, and to dream big (or small). What experience do you want to create in the new year?

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Tools for Grounding and Resilience

 

This month's newsletter is dedicated to grounding, resilience, and tools that help (including flower essences but not limited to that).

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