I grew up in the interior of British Columbia with activist parents who left the United States at the peak of the Vietnam War. They settled in an abandoned horse barn, learning as they went about plant medicine and biodynamic farming. We became homesteaders, living in harmony with the land and bartering as needed. I grew up playing in the mud, making friends with chickens, and staying up late to catch fruit bats with butterfly nets. We celebrated the changing of seasons and read the Farmers’ Almanac like an astrological chart for the upcoming year. I am especially grateful for my mother’s Hungarian roots and the knowledge of plants as medicine that she passed on to me.

Passion and wonder for the seen and unseen are still with me today. For over twenty years, I have loved and shared aromatherapy with as many people as I can. I have never lost my reverence for nature and its power to heal, uplift, and shift energy. I studied aromatherapy from an all-in, enthusiastic standpoint, completing my degree as a holistic nutritionist in 1999 while working in a shop selling natural essences. I blended, studied organic chemistry, and deepened my connection with people through my active meditation practice and understanding of the body and spirit. Then I packed up and came to New York, founding Morphologically in 2014.

When I tell people what I do, I often hear stories of how they wished they had paid more attention to a grandmother or parent who, well before allopathic medication, looked to centuries-old practices from the earth to heal themselves. A flower that, in tea, will help you sleep; a plant that will reduce swelling when applied to skin; a fruit that will elevate your mood.

We are carbon molecules and we resonate with the frequency in our surroundings. However, as we get farther from our connection to nature and the pendulum swings towards technology, the daily commute, and the rush to get somewhere, it impacts our well-being. Any role I can play in the simple movement of looking back, helping others navigate busy lives, and finding moments of connection creates such a profound feeling of purpose that I can’t imagine doing anything else.

~H