We just updated our program guide, and you can download it below and see what's changed since the last time you looked it over.

There's some new stuff at the end that you might find inspiring.

Rockwell stands for people and the planet. Anyone who becomes a Rockwell-Certified Holistic Provider®, R-CHP of any class, type, or specialty, ushers in an awareness and change in others through their practice.

This is an incredible time to choose this path and take your life in your own hands and carve out an industry niche in something meant for you and only you.

We firmly believe if you're called, you have a destiny and a duty to serve others through your practice. Many have stage fright, anxiety, imposter syndrome, or a visibility wound, which begs the question...

Which is bigger, your message, or your fear? Whichever is biggest, wins... It's so empowering to know that, that you and you alone get to decide to conquer fear or let it control you and your destiny.

Like healing, conquering fear isn't so much a destination as it is a journey.

On the note of seasonal herbalism in the northern hemisphere, I hope you're all out there using taraxacum officianale (dandelion)  as tea, mineral greens, in salad, and as a spring tonic along with violet.

My father told me recently that his father loved to eat violet in the spring.

According to our course Wild Remedies, within the Doctorate of Clinical Global Herbalism, violets are wonderful for dry, angry conditions. Here's the book if you want to take a peek. Clicking the image below will take you to the book and you'll be able to look inside it.

This is one of our required textbooks. It's one of three wonderful books from this doctorate that sets your foundation in clinical global herbalism for becoming an herbal clinician.

And it's seasonal, meaning you can pick up a copy today and it'll tell you what herbal plants are growing in your area this spring.

It really reconnects you back with reverence for nature and all it has to offer us if we but give it a chance...Nature nurtures and nourishes.

Both dandelions and violets are in season, and there are dozens of things you can do with them. They're both growing everywhere, so find some that haven't been sprayed and get to it.

Read the chapter in Part 1 for some important tips on ethical foraging if you've never done it before.

Violets are soothing and moistening to the body, mind, and spirit. Energetically, they're moist or damp and cooling.

The book explains how, contrary to popular believe, rather than  being indicative of esoterics, the concept of plant energetics is about the properties a plant has, which can be matched to the properties a person needs.

If someone is angry or dry, violet is said to soothe, soften, and moisten.

Violet works just as much mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, as it does physiologically. Due to their former prolific abundance, I believe they're meant to be used by all frequently in season and preserved in a myriad of ways...

However, these 'weeds' are in decline, sadly.

Something truly wonderful to do is to plant and propagate native plants, a concept known as 'rewilding.' You'll learn all about it in this doctorate.

If you try a recipe from the required reading, send a picture and the story in. We'd love to publish it with your socials to help others connect with you and your work.

Ava Rockwell, Doctor of Functional Blood Chemistry & Functional Medicine®, DFM, Doctor of Traditional Naturopathy & Natural Medicine®, DTN, Doctor of Clinical Global Herbalism & Medicinal Mushrooms®, DCH, Doctor of Advanced Holistic Nutrition®, DAHN, & Doctor of Spiritual Medicine®, DSM

The holistic provider quiz has recently been updated and while the questions remain unchanged, the results now show you from highest to lowest what type of holistic provider you rank. If you took it before and it wasn't working, go try it now because this is a fun quiz worth retaking.