Spiritual Insights

This is the First in a Series on How to Love to Stay Healthy, with the owner of Interdependence Health Food store in Sedona. Suzy

Suzy"s passion is camaraderie — that, of the earth, we are all in this experience together. She cares about good peoplehealing, growing, and getting to more than occasionally crack up together. I am energized by the examples being set in the permaculture movement — practicing rainwater catchment, greening the desert — letting seeds grow in our footsteps and not just destruction — and I love being surrounded by others following their particular callings.

Suzy has a degree in experiential education and ecopsychology. I had some beautiful experiences at Prescott College getting to know the southwest, practicing community activism, reflecting on cultural perspectives, and diving into the psyche. Through my twenties, I got to experience comfortable and uncomfortable chapters with travel and personal development. My work has largely revolved around healthy food — cooking, farming, working in health food stores, and helping to put out a permaculture podcast — and I also spent two years working in the school system.

I decided in 2015 that my desire was to have a little health food store. I am so grateful for all of the support I have received in bringing this desire to life

When she was working at The Food Conspiracy Co-Op in Tucson, a customer of mine wished me a Happy Interdependence Day. He then smiled and said, “…because we all need each other.”

That message has stayed with me these past few years and has offered me inspiration and a sense of purpose regarding the store.