Holly Bellebuono
MPA, CH, CPC
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Women's Holistic Coach, Herbalist & Speaker Expert
Holly Bellebuono Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Herbal Medicine, Women's Nourishment, Herbal Education and Training
- Career Focus
- Author, Speaker, Nourishment Coach
- Affiliation
- Vineyard Herbs Teas & Apothecary, Bellebuono Holistic International
Holly is a 16th year traditional and certified herbalist, certified professional holistic coach, multiple-award-winning formulator, custom apothecary, motivational public speaker, herbal documentary producer, expert forager, author of AN ESSENTIAL HERBAL FOR RADIANT HEALTH (Shambhala 2012), and feature writer for magazines. She runs a full-service holistic apothecary providing original organic herbal formulas and information about natural medicine. Through her research of traditional botanical healing, Holly has traveled throughout England, Scotland, Ireland, Holland, Hawaii, and the United States and has studied with healers from Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, New Zealand, Wales, Tibet, and China for her herbal documentary, HEALING ACROSS 6 CONTINENTS: An Almanac of World Medicine Tradition and Women Healers. As an herbal healer, respected speaker, and women's nourishment coach, Holly employs her direct experience with hundreds of natural and plant-based therapies, symbolic mythology, and a positive approach to healing in her soon-to-be-released herbal training and education program "HERITAGE & HEALING Herbal Studies Program." Holly is based on Martha’s Vineyard; to enroll in the herbal program, purchase apothecary products, or book Holly as a speaker, please visit www.vineyardherbs.com.
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Three Wild Delicacies: Nourishment From Nature
As an herbalist, I simply love to abandon the confines of the house and escape to the wilds of meadow and forest. If you’re like me -- prone to wandering around in the woods for hours at a time and nibbling on anything that looks half-way tender -- you might have come across young Solomon’s Seal shoots (Polygonatum bi-florum). These poke through the forest-floor mast in early, early spring and look less like asparagus than they do little slender whorls of green. They tend to have a greenish/bluish/grayish cast about them, and are usually smaller than the diameter of your finger.
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Enjoying Wild Foods: An Herbalist’s Countdown of Edible Treats
Eating nourishing foods is a top priority for improving the health of your body, mind and spirit. As an herbalist, I like to include herbs and “weeds” as part of that list of nourishing foods, simply because they taste good, and also because they add valuable nutrition not usually found in our supermarket diets. Wild foods are also readily available, free, fun to gather, and often very nutritious.
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Enjoying Wild Foods: Herbs for Soul and Spirit
This is the second article in my Herbalist's countdown of edible herbs. All the herbs I list are common herbs readily found in many parts of the country, or easily grown in the garden. As an herbalist, wild foods forager, and women's nourishment coach, I encourage you to use these delights of Nature to add variety, color, and nutrition to your daily diet.
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Wild Edibles: Enjoying Herbs at the Table
Ready for another seldom-discovered edible treat from Mother Nature? Another edible treasure you should look for in the woods is the creamy white blossom of the honey locust tree. I love this tree. It’s useful for firewood, for fencing, and (though not many people know it), for wild dining. The mature tree produces white flowers that form a sort of drooping cluster, much like wisteria, that will cover the tree in the mid-to-late summer, depending on your location.
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Enjoying Wild Foods: Herbal Treats for Desserts and More
Berries in general are high on most people’s Most Enjoyed Wild Foods lists, and mine is no exception. But should I include Autumn Olive, with its firm, red berry? Or the Beach Plum, with its exquisite mauve-purple gem? Raspberries? Blackberries? Blueberries or huckleberries? While I spend inordinate hours every summer gathering these berries with my children, (and eating them fresh and raw with stained hands and mouths), I must include here in the Top Ten Edibles list the Elderberry. Why?
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Enjoying Wild Foods: More Herbal Favorites
Wild foods are a form of nourishment bequeathed to us to enjoy, for free. Enjoy the following herbs, spices and wild foods regularly in your weekly menus and discover how fun it is to feel healthy and self-sufficient. Gingerr
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Enroll for Holly's educational school for beginning and advanced herbalists, coaches, and healing arts practitioners: "HERITAGE & HEALING Herbal Studies Program." Taking new students Spring 2012
Holly's book AN ESSENTIAL HERBAL FOR RADIANT HEALTH will launch spring 2012 from Shambhala Publishers! Email holly@vineyardherbs.com to participate as a launch partner!