Carly Reiten 

Rooted in the rhythms of nature, this Master Herbalist, sourdough baker, and end-of-life doula offers a holistic approach to care that honors both everyday nourishment and life’s deepest transitions. After years of care-giving in hospice, she wanted to return to helping people transition at the end-of-life and completed the Death Doula training through INELDA. As a certified death doula, she can provide end of life planning, legacy project support, listening, non-medical methods for pain and anxiety reduction, facilitate conversations between family and loved ones, presence during active dying, along with grief and aftercare support. As an herbalist, she has studied plants that can help support people through that process as well.

She deepened that commitment to holistic wellness with formal training from the Green Wisdom School of Natural and Botanical Medicine. Through The Rustic Herbalist, she offers handcrafted herbal products, one-on-one wellness consultations, and educational workshops that empower individuals to reclaim their health with intention and simplicity. She grows many of the plants and herbs used in her products in her own backyard.

Her practice expands beyond herbalism—Wild Bread Sourdough reflects her love for traditional nourishment, offering naturally leavened bread made from organic, locally sourced ingredients.

Whether through a cup of tea, a warm loaf of bread, or a quiet presence at a bedside, her work is a return to what sustains us—community, ritual, and the wisdom of the earth.

You can find her out and about in the community, selling her herbal products and sourdough at the Farmers Market, or at The WholeHeart Collective where she has an office space.