Pulling the Wool - A Return to What We Know
There’s a quiet war waging - not of guns and armies, but of worldviews and remembrance. On one side: Big Pharma, alcohol-soaked coping, synthetic fixes for soul-deep fractures. On the other: ancestral medicine, plants with spirit, and the ancient knowing tucked into the hands of grandmothers and medicine men.
We were taught to forget.
The players in this game are many. Corporations built on patents and profits. Governments swayed by lobbyists. Media feeding fear and fog. But there are other players too - the mycelial networks, the forest-breathers, the roots still whispering under concrete. And those of us who are listening.
The Pain of Disconnection
We live in a time where:
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Alcohol is medicine and grief is numbed, not met
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Anxiety is pathologised, not witnessed
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Addiction is punished, not understood
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Indigenous wisdom is dismissed, not honoured
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Emotions are feared, not felt
We've been sold the idea that healing must come in a box. That wellness is something to be consumed, not cultivated. That our discomfort is wrong, instead of a signal.
The Taboo of Truth
What if sadness wasn’t a diagnosis?
What if plants held more answers than prescriptions?
What if healing looked like coming back to yourself, not escaping it?
We begin to see that emotions are inherently neutral - only made heavy by the stories we wrap around them. That the taboo is not the plant, but the power it awakens. That the danger is not in the feeling, but in our refusal to feel.
The Solution is Ancient
The healing doesn’t come from out there. It grows under our feet.
Natural medicines don’t silence the body - they help you hear it.
Botanical allies don’t override your system - they remind it.
The journey isn’t forward - it’s inward.
We aren’t here to demonize Western medicine - it has its place. But the balance has been lost. And what was once whole has been fragmented. Now, it is time to piece it back together.
The Journey Back
The journey is not linear. It looks like this:
Discover - the truth behind your pain
Know - the ways you’ve been misled
Accept - the parts you’ve been taught to hide
Express - your own voice, your own way
Be - rooted, restored, real
This is what we believe at MyGemBox.
Every product we create, every plant we feature in our Living Library, every word we write - is part of this remembering. A return to wholeness. A whisper to those ready to see through the veil.
You were never broken. You were only disconnected for a moment.
Now, let’s return.