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New Year’s Eve is right around the corner, and we, like many folks, are ready with our list of resolutions. Let’s all make them more about self-care and becoming who we want to be in the world, and less about guilt & shame! In this podcast we’ll give you some tips how to do that, along with our own holistic & herbal resolutions for 2019. There are plenty of ways for herbs to help you stick to your resolutions – listen in to learn how!

Our weekly listener question this time is about what to do when herbs are out-of-stock & how to go about making elegant substitutions.

Herbs discussed include violet, betony, kava, pedicularis, green tea, calamus, pine, elecampane, sage, tulsi, goldenrod, ginseng.

Mentioned in this podcast:

• Stephany Hoffelt, “How I Make Tinctures” – great post with some thoughts on different methods. Find the Excel sheet and PDF downloads at the end, great details there!
• AromaCulture – an aromatherapy & herbalism magazine. We were on Episode 22 of their podcast back in May, about our book!
• The Holistic Herbalism Podcast, episode 30: Tulsi & Formulating Absent Friends
• #bloominginboston – Ryn made a ton of posts with this tag in 2017 and plans to bring it back in 2019, along with some friends – #treesofboston & #weedsofboston. Follow @commonwealthherbs on Instagram so you don’t miss it!

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