ABOUT ME


Hi, I’m Madison McCoy (she/her), an herbalist, facilitator, and lifelong flower freak.

I’ve been pressing petals into notebooks, making potions in the backyard, and exploring the healing magic of plants for as long as I can remember.

Over the years, I’ve worked in a lot of spaces that centered justice, care, and community and found power in the quiet, grounded rituals with nature that folks to each other and themselves to be the most transformative.

That’s what led me to found Of Earth and Sea, which exists to support the deep and courageous journey to self, to the plants, and to collective liberation.

Welcome. I’m so glad you’re here. 

How Did We Get Here?

For years, I found myself asking the same question: What actually helps us heal? Not just cope. Not just get by. But truly heal, on a body level, on an emotional level, and in our relationships.

Because I firmly believe, to heal yourself, you heal the world… 

I studied conflict transformation because I believed in our potential to grow through rupture and challenge. I explored consciousness studies to understand the deeper forces that shape our behavior and beliefs. And I turned to the plants, again and again, as quiet guides who spoke in their own way.

Still, something felt missing. I had tools, theory, language, but inside, I often still felt overwhelmed, disconnected, stuck in patterns I couldn’t quite name. I needed support that could reach the emotional and spiritual root system, not just the branches.

That’s when flower essences found me.

At first, I was skeptical. How could something so subtle…drops of water infused with the energy of a flower…make a difference in the tangled mess of trauma, anxiety, and pain I carried? But something told me to try. And when I did, something shifted. Slowly, gently, I felt like I could breathe again. 

These remedies didn’t erase the pain, but they helped me meet it with more softness, more spaciousness. They helped me feel. And from there, things began to transform, within me and around me.

Around the same time, I was diagnosed with PCOS after years of being dismissed, misdiagnosed, and disconnected from my own body. No one offered a roadmap. So I made one. With the guidance of trusted teachers and the wisdom of the plants, I began building a relationship with my body- her signals, her needs, her rhythms. Herbalism offered me a way back to myself. Not a cure, but a partnership. A deep remembering.

When I looked at all of it- the conflict work, the consciousness work, the plant work- I realized it wasn’t three separate paths. It was one.

Because conflict isn’t just what happens between people. It’s also what happens within us. It’s the tension between the stories we’ve been told and the ones we’re trying to write. The way our body is the subconscious. 

And healing? Healing is the space where those threads are woven back together.

That’s the heart of Of Earth and Sea. It’s the place where all of this seemingly disparate collection comes together- flower essences, conflict transformation, herbal healing, consciousness, and you. A space to meet yourself more fully, and to meet the world from that place.

🌼 WHAT OF EARTH AND SEA OFFERS

Individual Offerings:

  • Flower Essence Consultations: Personalized, intuitive sessions to explore emotional healing through flower essence blends

  • Herbal Support for Hormone Balance: Grounded, body-based tools for reclaiming wellbeing

  • Somatic Support: Herbs, routines, and ritual designed for the wellness of our soma

Community Offerings:

  • Workshops & Retreats: From cyanotype workshops to seasonal women’s circles and day-long retreats, Of Earth and Sea offers playful, meaningful spaces to connect with plants and each other.

  • Restorative Justice Circles: For organizations, communities, or couples seeking community-based repair, Of Earth and Sea facilitates justice work rooted in care, accountability, and transformation.

Of Earth and Sea is grounded in:

  • Care that goes deep: This work centers softness, dignity, and your full humanity.

  • Connection to the earth: The plants are teachers. Whether through tea, ceremony, or flower essence, they show us how to return to ourselves.

  • Collective liberation: True healing isn’t individual, it ripples. This work is part of building a more just world, where all beings can thrive. This also means healing is political and our politics are interwoven in all that we do. 

When not working with clients, you can find me kicking it with my sisters under a full moon, reading about ocean creatures, or watching the sunset with my favorite hawthorn tree.

Image on home page header by Tiana Wilson-Blindman. @tianaxwilson

REFUND POLICY: All registrations, deposits and payments are final, non-refundable and non-transferable.  Please be sure you can attend before registering for a class or offering. 

Training and Certifications

  • B.A. in Conflict Analysis & Consciousness Studies - George Mason University

  • Restorative Justice Circle Keeping - RJ DC

  • Narrative Mediation & Conflict Transformation - George Mason University

  • Trauma-Informed Somatic Arts Facilitation - One Common Unity

  • Folk Herbalism Year 1, 2 and 3 - Wild Ginger Herbal Center

  • Flower Essence Practitioner Certification - Twin Star & Wild Ginger Herbal Center

  • Consciousness Transformation Certificate - PTC Institute

  • Gallup Strengths Finder Facilitation - Gallup

  • Cultural Humility & Community Inclusion - One Common Unity