My name is Hilarie. I’m a mother of one, a folk herbalist, Blood Mysteries teacher, fiber artist, jeweler, musician, and lifelong learner. I live in the Connecticut River Valley on one acre of land that gives abundantly and leaves me in awe of its beauty and gifts on a daily basis. All of my inspiration for creations comes from the natural world, and my goal is always just to preserve the beauty that already exists in nature.

I began learning about herbal medicine after a long struggle with digestive issues, depression, and anxiety that left me completely frustrated with the conventional medical system, and I began to wonder what else was possible for healing myself and my gut. My healing journey really took a turn when I became pregnant in October of 2019. For the first time in my life, doctors started talking to me about the risks associated with the medications I had been prescribed a decade before, now that I was incubating another life. That pregnancy ended after only a few frustrating and stressful weeks, but it turned my entire life around. I liberated myself from all pharmaceuticals, changed my diet, and took my health and well-being into my own hands. That spirit baby brought me a wake-up call, that I needed to get my health together, and one year later, in October of 2020, I birthed my son into my own hands in a kiddie pool in my living room, completely on my terms and in my sovereign power.

Now all I want to do is help women step into their power, through connection to their bodies as the source of their power. I am among the inaugural class of the Blood Mysteries School, led by Nancy Lucina and Kristin Hauser, through the Free Birth Society. This experience was beyond transformational, and I can’t wait to share this lineage of sacred knowledge with women everywhere, especially young girls. I am committed to fighting the epidemic of female body illiteracy. Later this summer, I will be taking the course Sovereign Cycles with Qiddist Ashe, to learn the ancient skills of preventing unwanted pregnancy without reliance on the medical system, and I look forward to adding that knowledge to my scope of practice at a time when we have no choice but to learn to rely on ourselves.