Meet Your Herbalist

I had existed in cycles of reactivity with my health: wait until something felt wrong, seek a quick fix, then ignore my body until the next setback. Like many of us, I lacked any real understanding of what health actually meant beyond the absence of obvious illness. Healthcare felt like something that happened to me, not something I participated in. I wanted something different.

My journey into herbalism began a decade ago. A time during which I watched several loved ones receive diagnoses for which doctors had few answers or inadequate interventions. Some of these conditions could also be prevented. I wanted to learn how to support my own body before a crisis hit.

The Awakening

I began attending community health talks and was astounded by what I heard: women were shrinking fibroids, and elders reversing type 2 diabetes, holistically with herbs, diet, and lifestyle changes. These conditions were in my own family. If transformations like these were possible, I needed to understand how.

I went down rabbit holes, building my collection of herbal books, creating tea blends, and sharing them with friends and family. The herbs worked. I attended workshops, plant walks, and sessions on making herbal remedies. My confidence grew. I felt empowered in a way I'd never experienced around health.

After years of intensive self-study, I completed my Clinical Herbalism degree in 2022, graduating with First Class Honours.

How the Herbs Supported Me

Herbal medicine became the foundation of my healing in unexpected ways. It taught me to listen to how my body was communicating with me. I started to see connections: how digestion affected my mood, how lack of sleep impacted my immunity, and how stress manifested physically as anxiety.

I leaned into the herbs more deeply while navigating complex PTSD. I didn't want to mask symptoms with pharmaceuticals that left me feeling numb and disconnected. Herbs didn't just support my physical symptoms; they held me emotionally, too. Making teas, taking tinctures, and herbal baths became a ritual. The act of caring for my body with gentleness taught me I was worth that care. While they didn’t erase what I’d been through, they helped me feel present in my body. Passionflower soothed anxiety, and ashwagandha calmed hypervigilance so that I could sleep. I was able to find steadiness through the overwhelm.

What the Plants Taught Me

Herbalism helped me slow down and reconnect with rhythms I'd been overriding for years. I began tracking my menstrual cycle, noticing how my energy levels naturally fluctuated. I'm still learning to align rest and activity with seasons instead of constantly pushing through, but the awareness itself is transformative.

I learned that the same mineral-rich plants I forage in spring grew dormant in winter, and so should we. Being in relationship with plants means being in relationship with the living world again. We're subject to the same cycles, nourished by the same earth.

My Vision

Herbal medicine has given me a framework for true wellness. A framework of prevention, observation, connection, and partnership with my own body. It transformed how I move through the world and care for myself.

I created Omolara Herbal because I know others are searching for what I found. You don't have to feel powerless in your health. You don't have to wait for illness to take hold. You don't have to stay disconnected from the natural world and your place in it.

Through accessible and compassionate care, I'm here to share what I've learned. Not as someone who has it all figured out, but as someone still learning, unlearning, and relearning, all with the help of the plants.