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About Us
Midwest Women's Herbal Mission Statement
Midwest Women's Herbal provides herbal education and opportunities for transformation. Immersed in the tradition of the village herbalist, grandmothers, mothers, daughters, sisters, and children gather in a co-created village. Through earth-centered healing and nourishment we ally with the plants that grow around us. From the ground up we connect to weave ourselves, our families, and our communities into the dynamic spiral of health.
Midwest Women's Herbal Vision Statement
We live in a world where the feminine is honored and respected; where women stand fully in their power, acknowledging their wisdom, skills and innate healing abilities.
It takes a village….Here are the talented, dedicated women who are already working behind the scenes to weave the container, holding the possibilities for your conference experience. Now we just need YOU! Anything is possible when you co-create women's spaces and learning opportunities with your sisters and friends.
 Linda | Core Team & FounderLinda Conroy, MSS, MLSP is a Bioregional Herbalist, Educator and Community Organizer. Inspired by the plants and the feminine, she is the founder of Moonwise Herbs, Midwest Women’s Herbal Conference, & Mycelium Mysteries. Linda has apprenticed with and studied with world-renowned herbalists and is a life long learner. Her passion is herbal nourishment through Wild food/Wild medicine, Community and Women’s Mysteries. |  Markie | Designer & CoordinatorMarkie is honored to be supporting MWH with graphic design, web design, and marketplace coordination! Markie feels at home in the plant world, and has been on an herbal learning journey, including a transformative apprenticeship with Linda Conroy, since 2015 (Thanks, Linda!). She loves discovering wisdom and magic in the world via travel & communing with plants, creating whimsical gardens, and running her marketing company focused on supporting local & women-owned businesses, Good Land Creative. |  Shari | Programming CoordinatorShari grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Chicago at the age of 23. After 18 years in the construction industry, she opened Peaceful Parlour. Shari first attended the Conference in its 2nd year along with her then 5 year old son. She was inspired to become a vendor, sponsor and was inducted as a Green Witch by Susun Weed. She apprenticed with Linda Conroy for 3 years, fell in love with botany and developed a desire to support women's spaces. She loves to wildcraft, hike and travel. |
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 Carrie | CoordinatorCarrie was born in Indiana and moved to Eastern Kentucky in 2002. Always loving nature and plants, it was just a matter of time before she started studying them. Becoming a member of the Kentucky Herbal Alliance forged relationships with other herbalists. She has worked on mushroom farms and taken some herbal classes to help her knowledge of nature. Living on 18 forested acres, she raises her food and medicine on her land. She loves to learn and teach. |  Courtney | CoordinatorCourtney is a mother, aspiring herbalist, gardener and nature lover. She has a long history of working with animals and on farms. Through this, she has found a loving connection to herbal medicine and herbal cultivation. She feels most alive when dancing, creating, and crafting. She is so excited to join the MWHC team and be a part of this wonderful community. |  Whin | CoordinatorI've had numerous and varied jobs throughout my working career from sales, teacher, wilderness instructor, cannery worker in Alaska, woodworker and nurse, just to name a few. But throughout my life, plants, gardening, being in the outdoors has been my sanctuary, my stabilizer, my nurturer. As I continue to explore and learn more about the living plant life around me, I'm in awe of their complexities and abundant purposes; from nutrition, crafting, spiritual and supporting the environment. |
 Andrea | CoordinatorAndrea Novotney, M.Ed. tends the Great Turning Catholic Worker Farm with her husband and their 3 boys. She strives to build community through song, clear communication, and enthusiasm for life. She is always exploring new ways to weave together music, education, activism, health, scientific knowledge, and nourishment. |  Amanda | CoordinatorIn the outer world, Amanda hugs trees, forages sustainably, practices/teaches Morning Altars, and hosts retreats/rituals in the Wheel of the Year tradition. In inner landscapes, she shares Trauma Informed Resilience Focused Somatics, Aerial Yoga and Ayurvedic practices to weave together a Holistic Esthetics practice she lovingly shares as Sacred Soma Selfcare, tending to the impacts of unresolved trauma by returning to the resonance of the natural world. |  Stephanie | CoordinatorStephanie Baumann is a plant-loving, gardening, and wild foraging Community herbalist. She leads plant walks, teaches medicine making classes, and is also the owner of Sweet Earth Botanicals in Milwaukee. She is a lifelong student of herbal medicine and is passionate about developing relationships with the plants that grow outside her door. Her journey began in 1996 studying Botany and Environmental Education and progressed to studying with 7Song at the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine. |
 Mya | CoordinatorMya is an Advanced EMT for the City of Stoughton and a business analyst with a creative edge. When she's not saving lives or analyzing data, she’s practicing yoga, weaving baskets and upcycling t-shirts and other textiles into beautiful knitted creations. At home, she’s surrounded by her three tuxedo cats and a 7-foot red-tailed boa. |  Miriah | PhotographerMiriah is an herbalist currently living in Southwest Colorado and owner of Gypsy Miriah Botanicals. Miriah has always had a close relationship with plants growing up on a farm and ranch in North Dakota. Miriah also teaches yoga, is an avid snowboarder, and a co-host for two different podcasts: Poppy's Field Podcast & Mystic Mamas. Miriah formerly was a core volunteer for Herbalists Without Borders as the newsletter editor for 9 years. |
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