Holly Bellebuono

Holly Bellebuono is an internationally known herbalist and author of herbal medicine, natural health, and women's empowerment books. She leads the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine providing online courses, world retreats and workshops, and speaking internationally for conferences and associations.

Holly has won two small business awards plus a nonprofit executive award and has authored 6 nonfiction books published in 3 languages in her 33+ year career. In her 8th book Once Upon A Place: Forests, Caverns and Other Places of Transformation in Myths, Fairy Tales and Film, she explores the human experience with an eye for how metaphors help us overcome challenges. She works with aspiring authors to develop book proposals for editors and agents, and teaches workshops on setting for writers through Once Upon a Place. The work explores literature, imagery, creativity, epiphany, nature, and wisdom about personal and professional growth.

She holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration: Environmental Policy from Appalachian State University plus executive certificates in Nonprofit Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), and Impact Measurement & Management of the UN Sustainable Development Goals from Cornell, London Business School, and Duke University. Her work has been published in Parabola Magazine, Juno, SageWoman, Taproot and many others. She is known for celebrating the human experience and as an inspiring key educator for students seeking a worthy purpose.