About Katolen

Biography

Katolen Yardley, MNIMH -Medical Herbalist
Member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists

Katolen is a Medical Herbalist and a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, currently in private practice. She has been employed in the Holistic Health field since 1993, with clinical experience since 1995.

Katolen has been involved in curriculum development for educational programs and teaches herbal medicine courses at Langara College, a community college in Vancouver, B.C. and offers seminars and lectures to the general public.

Since 1998, she has appeared monthly on Global Television Morning News, where she offers herbal information to the public. Katolen has been a guest on the Discovery Channel’s Healthy Home Show, has been published in the British Journal of Phytotherapy, Shared Vision Magazine and Living + Magazine, taught at the Boucher Institute of Naturopathic Medicine, presented at international conferences including Phytotherapy Canada, the BC Pharmacy Association, the BC Herbalist Association, Powell River Women's Health Network and Washington State's Northwest Herbal Fair and appeared in interviews on CKVN News, CBC National News, The Weather Network, CBC Talk Radio, CKNW’s World Today and CFML Radio.

Katolen is a consultant with The Faith Popcorn BrainReserve Talent Bank.

Her personal interest in health lies with the emotional connection to wellness and dis-ease. She specializes in women’s health issues, skin dis-ease and nervous system disorders and believes in providing usable tools for healing through inspiration and education.

For 6 years Katolen managed the production of a busy herbal company, responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring the manufacturing procedures of herbal formulations.

A natural health product formulator and private contractor, Katolen has researched and developed herbal formulations and is currently involved with completing product license applications for Canada’s Natural Health Product regulations.

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