Rose grew up on a farm in the Ozark mountains, learning about healthy living, sustainable organic gardening, and the important connections within the natural world and humanity. Rose has since devoted more and more of her life to learning about health as a holistic system, rather than a static approach to specific illnesses. Rose is of the belief that all parts of the body and mind, just like all parts of the natural world and human society, are connected in an integral way, and learning to work with the entire system as a whole is the best way to true health. Rose runs a website on holistic living, which covers all of the various areas which need to work together in able to live a healthy and balanced life.