Cait von Haase

Hi, I'm Cait!  I'm the creator of Gallipot Healing Balms. I love creating things, reading, writing, baking, and going on adventures with my friends! I spent most of my life as a misfit and a misanthrope; I was angry at the world and I retreated into books. That's actually where I started learning about herbalism. I borrowed a book from my mom (read: stole. I definitely still have this book) and started learning about plants. I learned that so many modern medicines are derived from plants that we can still find all around us!

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I call myself an Alchemist even though it's a science that's not in practice anymore. Alchemy has roots in ancient Egypt and is essentially a blend of science and magic. It was the idea that you could take something of lesser value and turn it into something more, like turning lead into gold. To me, alchemy is creating something that is more than the sum of its parts. When you think about it that way, alchemy just makes sense. Cooking is alchemy, baking is alchemy, herbal medicine is alchemy, art is alchemy. The intent I put into all things is what alchemizes them.

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We are magnetic. We attract what we put into this world and I want to put beauty, and strength, and passion into the world. That is the energy I want to call back to myself. That is the energy that I want to give to my friends, to my family, and to my clients.