
Good Reads
What I am reading at the moment
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BOTANICAL/INDIGENOUS WISDOM
​Robin Wall Kimmerer is a botanist, decorated professor, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation. Her work discusses including reciprocity and sustainability and how plants and animals are our greatest teachers.​
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Braiding Sweetgrass
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The Serviceberry​​​​​​
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​HEALTHCARE/HISTORY
Patrick Radden Keefe wrote a book about the history of the Sackler family, starting with their origin story to becoming one of the most powerful families in the world whose influence and prestige became the fulcrum of the opioid crisis.
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Empire of Pain
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HERBS
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Rosalee de la Foret is a friend of mine so I may be biased but I do love her books and have spent many a happy moment in my kitchen using her books as my guide. The information is very well laid out and the pictures are beautiful. The recipes are also approachable and make a great addition to one's herbal library.
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Alchemy of Herbs
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Wild Remedies (co-written by Emily Han, another lovely herbalist in California)
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Another well-respected herbalist, ​David Winston, wrote a book on Adaptogens and I have been using his books as a reference for organizing my herbal medical materia on herbs. He includes some history about each plant as well as dosage recommendations and any contraindications
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Adaptogens
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MIND
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Journalist and reported "self-help skeptic" Oliver Burkeman, recently wrote a book that is surprisingly easy to digest about the topic he is so skeptical about.
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Meditations for Mortals​
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​Mel Robbins is someone who hit rock bottom, found her way out, then wrote about it. This most recent book is on all of the "hot lists" (Oprah recommended it) but it was a recommendation from my friend, Rosalee, and I have really appreciated reading this.
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The Let Them Theory
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