Wild River Wellness

Wild River Wellness A naturopathic wellness practice & resource for individuals seeking accessible, effective, natural wellness and disease prevention services.

A naturopathic wellness practice & community health resource for individuals seeking accessible, effective, natural wellness & disease prevention care.

It’s that time of year again y’all- Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) medicine has pom-pomed out the tree tops, tickling our ...
06/08/2026

It’s that time of year again y’all- Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin) medicine has pom-pomed out the tree tops, tickling our hearts open a wee bit wider. I saw my first blooms heading to the beach in mid May & have been enjoying the joy of her beauty from afar until this weekend where she coaxed us close with her heavenly sweet flora scent that smells of fairy tea parties and revelry.
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Native to China & brought to far away lands as an ornamental in the 1700’s, she’s acclimated quite well & is considered an invasive species here in North Carolina. Like many plants, living out of context from where they grew up, the checks & balances that would keep their growth in balance don’t exist here & so they thrive, sometimes at the expense of plants (& ecosystems) native to this land.
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And yet, like other non-native vigorous plants (think knotweed & kudzu- both more aggressive) they have potent medicine to give. The situation we humans find ourselves in is complicated. How do we protect & preserve our environment without doing further harm while also existing in right & honoring relationship with plants that are now a part of this new world of our own making?
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Mimosa’s native name translates to “collective happiness tree”, a somewhat ironic (given its classification as invasive) & at the same time touchingly beautiful name. It’s fairy p**f flowers & bark are used as a balm for the heart & spirit- grounding & nourishing those going through challenges with anxiety, depression & insomnia especially when related to loss & grief. They are also a nitrogen-fixer, adding nitrogen back into the soil to nourish future generations.
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Our front yard mimosa passed unexpectedly around the same time as our beloved Etty four years ago, leaving behind her much needed medicine for my grieving and grateful heart. Made medicines are such a special way to preserve a plant’s essential essence, available later as needed after the peak season or their life has faded. Thank you Mimosa, for your beingness, your gifts, for challenging us to consider present & future and for the sweet pleasure of a face full of the sweetest poms.
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If anyone is in need of this medicine- please let me know!

I have some exciting news to share that will effect my availability in the coming months. I am pregnant and due end of J...
05/21/2026

I have some exciting news to share that will effect my availability in the coming months. I am pregnant and due end of July!  I’ve done my best to let as many of you know when I’ve seen you over the last few months but have not managed to share the happy news with everyone. And now, it feels as though things are moving along at warp speed!

My maternity leave will span the following days: July 18th 2025 - October 11th 2025

I intend to return to part time scheduling starting the week of October 12th. As you may know, babies come on their own terms. Therefore, I am asking for flexibility if the date of arrival is different from the due date- earlier or later- and will keep all informed of any changes if they arise in the coming months.

During my leave, Colleen and Jessica will be my steadfast support team (bless those wonder women!!)- managing scheduling needs, and lab and supplement orders, but visits will be on pause for my leave and I will be largely unavailable via the practice portal as I will need to focus on the demands of new mama-hood. Please direct all communications through Colleen and Jessica and they will be happy to support you with non-clinical needs that arise.

In general, I encourage all clients in need to schedule an appointment leading up to my leave to tie up loose ends such as check-ins, lab reviews, lab orders, plan modification, etc. For those that have outstanding lab orders, please be mindful of the turn around time for those tests and get them in with plenty of time for both results to get to me and to schedule a follow up for review. You can schedule appointments with Jessica at 704-504-7901 ext 1.

Your understanding of my role as a specialist and as such, that my practice is not suited to handle urgent and emergency issues, is deeply appreciated. Please understand that such limitations and thus expectations continue to be in place during my maternity leave.

Thank you for your continued trust in my care, and for the happy congratulations and enthusiasm you’ve met this news with thus far. I’m so touched, truly. I look forward to speaking with/seeing you all soon!

Your support means the world to me!

A mother’s hands What do they carry? My mother’s hands I could draw the contoured edges of tendon and vessel and each sh...
05/10/2026

A mother’s hands
What do they carry?

My mother’s hands
I could draw the contoured edges of tendon and vessel and each shapely nail
I can hear the way she picks them when she’s mulling on something
I do it too
I can feel the texture of her palms
Changing through the years
Feel their weight on my back
Needing the comfort of connection

My body knows them and her
In ways that my mind retrieves
Like a deep dive into the depths of the viscera wise womb waters
Like how she plumbs the depths of the great mother
To access reserves
And wisdoms
Available
And unseen

These vast mothers
I am privileged to witness
Their love
Expansive as oceans
Exhaustive depths
Of presence
And patience

Light lenders
On growth paths deep in woods uncharted
Their own,
Others.
Providing
Bioluminescent
Fecund
Shapeshifting

Do you see her face?
In the bark of grandmother cedar
Growing wise with observing years
Or the shade of magnolia
Tending picnics and tree climbs and napping barred owlets
Or the tangerine beak of the tawny cardinal
Singing joyously to her springtime young
Offering fruits of the deep Earth
Smelling of petrichor and mulberries

A mother’s abundance
Is as deep as the blackest skin
And the darkest new moon night
May she rest in that level of nourishment
Sprinkled with cinnamon
Maple swirled
Held beyond ancestral measure
By the many hands
Of the mother’s, mother’s, mother’s, mother’s
Cosmic
Interstellar
Microscopic
Cellular
Slithering
Soft
Sorrowful
Stronger than the most resilient story
Too often untold.

Taking a moment to tenderly trim Earth’s flowers So they last a few more daysTo lay down on the rug to take a moment to ...
04/13/2026

Taking a moment to tenderly trim Earth’s flowers
So they last a few more days
To lay down on the rug to take a moment to pet Jasper
His solid, resilient, very incarnate body
That is here, now
The people on this Earth who see the dead ones
On the side of the road
And perform ceremony- burial, beauty, use.
I am moved by you
Humanized by you
Alived by you
One of you.

The ones who stop to notice
The wee little carpenter bee
The way white clover flowers bloom joyous ballerina arms that later splay out into their tutu
As the blooms progress
The ones who take a sacred moment
To tap into support and love
In the midst of the magical mundane that makes up our lives.
The ones who say- “Hey, you-“
“See me.”
Witness my pain, my heartache,
My heaving,
Breathing life.
The ones who,
In their Earthenware
Reconnect to sustenance in as tangible a way he can conceive of
And share that journey with us all.

The way
The way
The way
The wind blows
Through the trees
Birds sing in the breeze
Etty chimes, “Hello”
Body thirsts
Not letting go
Mama cardinal’s orange beak
Tawny feathers
Fields of clover
Breeze on skin
Sun kisses too
Romantic pauses
Pressing through
Sustaining me
For the rest of it
So I can keep going.

Y’all were in the midst, maybe halfway through the Great Pollen’ing. If you’re needing some support with all this plant ...
04/03/2026

Y’all were in the midst, maybe halfway through the Great Pollen’ing. If you’re needing some support with all this plant s***m, head on over to one of my recent blog posts that outlines some basic holistic support strategies for allergies. Link in stories. Quick read! 😘

“Beep, meep meep! We bloomed en masse to serenade you with delight and awe. A muppet-y cast of sure fire queens we’re he...
04/03/2026

“Beep, meep meep! We bloomed en masse to serenade you with delight and awe. A muppet-y cast of sure fire queens we’re here to make you fall. To your knees in delight, astonished by us all. How do we do it every year and sometimes again in fall?!”
- showin’ out

“If I am present, I will know what to do.” Terry Tempest Williams
04/01/2026

“If I am present, I will know what to do.” Terry Tempest Williams

Have you heard of grounding or earthing? It’s a term used to describe connecting with the earth without an insulating ma...
03/23/2026

Have you heard of grounding or earthing? It’s a term used to describe connecting with the earth without an insulating material (like rubber or plastic) between your body & its. It’s a great thing to do periodically through the day & your life as you’re able & especially in between bouts of work related tasks on electronic devices or during periods of increased health challenges, injury & chronic pain. Choose earth that has not been sprayed with toxic chemicals/pesticides/fungicides ideally. Even in those cases, I suspect the benefit may outweigh risks. Barefoot walking or lounging wearing non-synthetic, non-insulating material, like cotton or leather allows for the electron transfer associated with health benefits.
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Research confirms that grounding improves sleep, decreases pain, balances immune function & hormonal sleep/wake cycles, reduces oxidative stress, increases antioxidant activity, improves recovery from exercise & speeds wound healing.
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The earth is an abundant & steady source of electrons and our extra cellular matrix/fascia & intracellular matrix can miraculously conduct these negative charges to the places in our body where they are needed in the healing process, quelling imbalanced inflammation. Antioxidants from the food we eat- like Vitamin C, Vitamin E & bioflavonoids work in the same way in our bodies when taken in from our food. As researchers suggest in their article in The Journal of Inflammation Research (PMID: 25848315), “the disconnection from the Earth may be an important, insidious, and overlooked contribution to physiological dysfunction and to the alarming global rise in non-communicable, inflammatory-related chronic diseases.”
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While one of many factors, the idea that our literal & very real physical disconnection from the Earth may be one of the most widespread obstacles to our health & it’s homeodynamic capacity is so exciting to me. This is a free, widely available, deeply potent medicine available to all. Spread the word, remember your Mother & take a step in the direction of reconnection and balance, today loves! 💞
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Lil love notes 🍓🫶
03/19/2026

Lil love notes 🍓🫶

Dr. Stephy, St. Jaspy and our flower friends here to say- I just wrote a blog post for our allergy suffering friends. Sp...
03/12/2026

Dr. Stephy, St. Jaspy and our flower friends here to say- I just wrote a blog post for our allergy suffering friends. Spring is springin’ here in the Southeastern United States. It’s a swoon of beautiful budding Magnolia, Prunus and Dogwood flowers opening on branch tips and wee, happy, vibrant daffodils and violets emerging from their winter slumber. It’s the most ostentatiously, gorgeous time of year here in North Carolina in my opinion. And for pollen allergy sufferers- despite the beauty, it’s often a bit of a hellish few months to be in such an abundantly canopied city.

Head on over to our blog (link below) to learn about my Top 6 Holistic Allergy Management Support tips to help manage allergies, no matter what time of year they come a-knockin’.

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