hi, i’m melanie

I was that kid that made mud pies and threw a bunch of random shit into a pot and pretended it was potion and then tried to see how many of the neighborhood kids I could convince to take a bite. They all hated it (my spells have come a long way since then). 

When I was 10 I had my first experience with my “gifts”. My grandmother had passed away and I had a dream about her. She showed up looking just like an old picture of her from when she was a young woman that I absolutely adored. She looked amazing and happy and told me how happy and healthy and free she was now. She told me to comfort my mom along with some other messages. I woke up happy to tell my mom everything. 

Growing up, I would often dream about things that would come true or just randomly know things that I shouldn’t have, but was pushed to give specific messages to certain people. They didn’t always know how to react to these messages, as some of these messages were things no one knew about. I started to feel strange about it so I ignored it for a while; however, this was a great gift on how to read and understand the people around me. I decided to keep that gift to myself, because people didn’t understand it, and neither did I. 

In my adult life, as I was working a high stress career, I kept feeling a pull in my heart for more. I found myself completely burnt out, and in an effort to follow my heart calling, I closed my successful business and started my journey of discovery. After graduating my advanced yoga training, my path was becoming very clear, but it was also still evolving. 

I continued my spiritual training, not able to get enough of this beautiful knowledge. My gifts started opening up and enhancing in really profound ways, but this time, I understood them. I was connected.

I began connecting with tarot about 4 years ago and have continued to advance my divination and spiritual practices. It brings me so much joy to use these gifts to help others connect with their own truths and higher selves. 

I started herbalism classes and have become amazed with the many medicinal properties plants have to offer us. This fascination launched me into my apothecary journey. Being in my kitchen, infusing oils and tinctures from plants to make herbal remedies and skincare brings me so much peace. 

So now, here I am. Enjoying movement with others through yoga, helping people as they navigate their lives with tarot, and rejuvenating and spiritually connecting people with nature through my apothecary.