About Us
The Simply Well Women Sisterhood Collective is led by a passionate team of women devoted to creating spaces for spiritual growth, healing, and authentic connection. Through faith, encouragement, and holistic wellness, they are committed to walking alongside women on their journey toward renewal and purpose.
Retreat Leader
Founder, Simply Well Women and SWW Sisterhood Collective
Melissa is a Holy Spirit-led Whole Health Artist; and, she envisions her Inn and Farm offering sanctuary and a place to build community.
She educates and empowers women of all ages to make the best decisions for their life and health using functional methods, founded in science and scripture! She currently offers bespoke Christ-centered wholeness retreat experiences, and one-on-one and group whole health coaching. She loves to write and encourages women through a weekly text ministry. Her passion and desire stems from her own health journey from multiple debilitating autoimmune conditions to health and vitality. Her journey includes a love of cooking whole and healthy meals, creating beauty and loving others through generous hospitality.
She is wife to an amazing, hard-working financial advisor husband and a homeschooling mom to three young men who love soccer, basketball, swimming and cross country.
Retreat Leader
Owner and Founder, Wanderlust Flower Farm
Kate is a flower farmer specializing in dahlias. She spends time working in the art and practice of floral design. She tends her farm using organic methods and no til practice, providing local organic cut flowers. She is deeply passionate about nurturing the soil to support the seeds from the very beginning. Much of her time is spent outdoors connecting to the Holy Spirit through nature.
She is a follower of Christ, and wife to her favorite person who supports her dreams and matches her intensity well. Mother to two lovely children that fiercely love basketball, soccer and track. She enjoys preparing nutritious meals for her family of passionate athletes, which includes the love of sourdough baking.
Retreat Leader
Herbalist and Holistic Health Consultant
Elaine is a maturing Christian mystic, fine artist, herbalist-farmer, healing facilitator, and Triune Health Systems consultant. She is passionate about getting people unstuck and entirely free to pursue the fullness of their destiny. Some of her favorite tools include spirit blessings, applied kinesiology (NRT), healing touch, herbalism and beauty immersion.
Elaine takes consulting appointments at her farm/studio office in CNY and online. She oversees ODF Botanicals’ portable spa experience as the leading healing touch practitioner.
Elaine is a wife of 21 years to a brilliant engineer husband and “un-schooling” mother of four delightful young ladies. Together they manage ODF Farm Headquarters in Central New York.