We are so quick to turn to doctors (who have a mostly white male paradigm: BMI for example) and prayer (most conceive god as a man) when we need healing, yet we often ignore the natural remedies that Mother Earth offers us. The idea of consulting midwives and herbalists is often seen as “witchcraft,” and we are quick to overlook natural treatments in favor of medications that are created in labs and derived from unknown sources. By ignoring the healing potential of Mother Nature, we are denying ourselves of a powerful resource and may be contributing to our own illness and suffering. We must remember that nature offers us a variety of healing possibilities, and that it should not be discounted as a...