Gathered Blends Journal
Empowering through nature & knowledge in natural Remedies for everyday wellness.
This is where our founder, Kerry, shares her wisdom on natural remedies, low-tox living, holistic herbal support, and women’s hormone wellness.
Drawing from ancient plant medicine traditions and lived experience as a mother, a wife and a woman who has gone through the perils of perimenopause into menopause. Kerry offers gentle guidance to help you understand your body, support hormonal balance, and make informed, conscious choices for everyday wellbeing.
From perimenopause and menopause support to clean beauty, endocrine health, and plant-based remedies, each article is designed to educate and empower.
Our journal is here to help you return to balance naturally, through knowledge, nature, and simple wellness rituals woven into daily life.
To find out more about Kerry’s lived experience, keep reading, or visit the About page to meet the Heart Behind Gathered Blends and her story of how Gathered Blends came to be.
What are Hormone Disruptors? Are YOUR hormones being disrupted?
Discover how endocrine disruptors and hormone-disrupting chemicals found in everyday products may be impacting your mood, metabolism, fertility, thyroid function, perimenopause symptoms, and long-term health. From BPA, phthalates and parabens to pesticides, plastics and “forever chemicals,” these toxic substances are linked to hormone imbalance, weight gain, heavy periods, fertility issues, increased cancer risk and more. Learn where these hidden toxins are commonly found in food, water, skincare, cleaning products and household items and explore practical, natural ways to reduce your exposure, protect your family, and support healthy hormonal balance for generations to come.
Sleep Matters - Make it a Priority to Improve Yours…
Struggling with poor sleep, hormonal changes, PMS, or perimenopause insomnia? Discover 13 natural sleep tips to improve sleep quality, regulate your circadian rhythm, and support hormone balance. From magnesium and calming herbal rituals to lifestyle shifts that truly work, learn how to create a nourishing nighttime routine that helps you fall asleep faster and wake feeling refreshed.
Embracing Menopause
Menopause and perimenopause are natural life stages not something to fear. Discover common perimenopause symptoms, hormone changes, and natural ways to support your body through nutrition, lifestyle shifts, herbal remedies and holistic hormone balance. Gathered Blends shares gentle, natural support for women navigating menopause with confidence.
Why Mexican Wild Yam & Chaste Tree Berry?
Discover why Gathered Blends combines Mexican Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) and Chaste Tree Berry (Vitex) in our Happy Hormone Cream. Learn how these traditionally used medicinal plants may support hormonal balance, PMS relief, perimenopause and menopause naturally, using full-spectrum CO₂ extraction for maximum potency.
Detox beauty routine
Is your anti-ageing moisturiser actually ageing you? Many conventional beauty products contain hormone-disrupting chemicals like parabens, phthalates, synthetic fragrance and SLS that may impact skin health and overall wellbeing. Discover how to create a simple, natural detox beauty routine using clean, economical alternatives like coconut oil, rosehip oil and DIY vitamin C serum and learn what ingredients to avoid for healthy, glowing skin.
Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen
The Dirty Dozen and Clean Fifteen list helps Australian families reduce pesticide exposure when shopping for fresh produce. Discover which fruits and vegetables are best bought organic and which are safer to buy conventional in 2026.
Happy Hormones
Hormones are your body’s powerful chemical messengers, influencing everything from metabolism and mood to sleep, fertility and energy. In this guide, we explore the signs of hormonal imbalance in women and natural ways to support happy hormones — including nourishing foods, stress management, quality sleep, adaptogenic herbs and progesterone support with Mexican Wild Yam Cream.