Medicine Stories
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsRemembering what it is to be human upon the earth // Exploring the mythic journeys we undertake when coming to know ourselves through interviews with herbalists, story keepers, ancestral listeners, consciousness explorers, earth dreamers, and other wise folk.
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110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
March 18, 2024 01:25 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBChinese Medicine holds that women’s bodies are 10x harder to heal than men’s, as our reproductive system is biologically much more precious and metabolically more intensive to maintain. In this conversation my good friend, third time guest, and Doctor of Chinese Medicine Suuzi and I catch up one year after we both underwent severe energy loss to share how we’ve rebuilt and healed. We talk about shifting away from the mindset of achieving “optimum human health” (an illusion that contributed...
109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride
March 03, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBThe times are unprecedented and there is no template for the future. We all feel this, and we feel the overwhelm of information, influence, and opinions. Herbalism, as it always has, offers us sanctuary from everything vying to take hold of our attention and life force. Not so that we can check out in an endless fog of self care, but so that we can be truly present and embodied as we navigate this time of rapid and radical change. The plants call us home to ourselves. Kami’s Free Wo...
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January 25, 2024 18:59 - 6 minutes - 5.1 MBLast September we went to Costa Rica and had the best time! Take the survey that will determine where we go in 2024.
108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly
January 01, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MBNothing exemplifies the magic of nature more than honeybees. They are insects yet their colonies are akin to a mammalian being, they produce numerous healing substances from their bodies and within their hives, and they have been revered and mythologized since time immemorial by countless cultures. Beekeepers live longer than folks in any other profession, and being in relationship with bees is deep medicine for the spirit in these frazzled times. Let us relearn ancestral ways of tending and...
107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn
December 11, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 84.4 MB“I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while I’m still alive.” To be in relationship with those who’ve gone before us is a deeply human way of being. Our ancestors knew that the “departed” never left, and that they answer when called. The way modern Western people conceive of the dead is a deviation that discards millennia of human knowing. Let us pray to the ancestors to help us sober up from civilization, remember what we’ve always known, and reclaim the long story of the soul....
106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey
November 20, 2023 14:49 - 1 hour - 68.5 MBIt is estimated that half of all Americans have chronic health issues, and yet these conditions are new to the human species. What has happened? And how does an afflicted individual navigate a medical system that dismisses them and offers little help, embedded within a culture obsessed with self improvement and the hero’s journey of triumph? Sarah and I talk about the multifactorial nature of chronic illness and what has changed between generations, walking the fine line between self-respons...
105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand
July 28, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 71.3 MBHealing is communal. Settle in softly for this wide-ranging conversation with my most requested guest. Sophie and I talk chronic illness and trauma, diagnosis as blessing and as hex, the theater of medicine, the aquatic nature of memory, and the entanglements of time. RESOURCES: Sophie on Instagram Sophie’s newsletter Make Me Good Soil Sophie’s books and more The Lady’s Handbook for her Mysterious Illness by Sarah Ramey ACE- Adverse Childhood Experiences quiz The Body Keeps the...
104. Your Body is Not a Closed System: The Sun, Cell Signaling, & Metabolic Wellness - Sarah Kleiner
May 30, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBThe sun rules the rhythms and the well-being of all life on Earth, and humans are no exception to this rule. With the very recent (evolutionarily speaking) advent of indoor living and the even more recent advent of indoor lighting, we have inadvertently shut down the vital communication between sunlight and our cells. This is as upstream as it gets when it comes to health, and when we come back into relationship with the sun all manner of issues (insomnia, obesity, infertility, and so much m...
103. Midlife Burnout for Women & Why Healing Work Can Make Us Worse - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
April 07, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBSuuzi has been one of my best friends for 15 years, and our lives have taken parallel tracks recently- deeply interested in health & natural living for decades, we have nevertheless both found ourselves in total burnout at the edge of collapse in our early 40s. We share what got us here (and the irony that so much of it is doing things we truly believed were making us healthy), the current state of our metabolic/thyroid/mineral health, and our paths going forward. We hope this inspires other...
102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay Courcelle
March 20, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBWe can’t talk about fascia, the connective tissue that touches every single cell in the body, without talking about water, memory, and the quantum information that travels along this network at speeds 1000x faster than biochemical/neuronal signaling. When we bring tactile witnessing to our fascia through presence and touch, mountains move. Get ready to have your mind blown and, if you’re anything like me, to spend the rest of your life diving deeper into these subjects. RESOURCES: Lindsa...
101. Rooting With the Ancient Mothers: Healing Wounded Lineages by Reclaiming Physiologic Birth & Radical Togetherness - Aimee Aroha
February 13, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 71.7 MBOur modern disconnection from land and lineage mirrors the culturally normal- but biologically abnormal- separation between mother and baby, parents and children. The consequences of these intertwined attachment wounds are vast. But many of us are dreaming into a different way forward. Let us speak truthfully about what isn’t working, divest from the systems that break our sacred bonds to the Earth and to one another, and heal into the wholeness that is our ancestral inheritance. Join me o...
100. Returning the Mother to Herself: Our Nourishment Shapes How We Receive Life - Niecia Nelson
January 16, 2023 14:30 - 1 hour - 86.9 MBWant to go on retreat with me? Take this survey to help us decide what that would look like! How we eat (not just *what* we eat) is how we receive life, and our state of nourishment determines everything from our fertility to how we perceive the passage of time. Disembodiment and dietary confusion run amok, but beneath the noise is the quiet wisdom of our biology. When we create safety in our systems we allow ourselves to sink into the spaciousness that we crave. Let us slow down, expand o...
99. Holistic Health & Earth Connected Living in Technological Times - Carly Rose
January 01, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MBMany of us yearn for the lifeways of our ancient ancestors, and evolutionary mismatch can account for the majority of today’s health issues, yet we cannot go back in time nor fully recreate their lifestyles in our modern world. Let us find well-being, nourishment, and the richness of community in the here & now, and stop buying into the false dichotomy between Earth connection and technology. Get the Holistic Health Bundle- over 100 ebook, online course, and membership site resources for j...
98. Parenting Sensitive/Spirited/Neurodivergent Children, Leaving Schools, and Proudly Engaging in Wrongthink - Teva Johnstone
December 20, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBKids today face more challenges- and are showing more signs of distress- than ever before. Parents must learn to effectively co-regulate, repair when things go awry, and create the right environments for our children (be they dandelions, orchids, or somewhere in between). When trending cultural ideologies come to replace ancient biological reality, we must refuse to check our brains at the door and do all that we can to protect childhood. It is the only compassionate, fair, and kind thing to...
97. Five Years of Medicine Stories (& more)
November 22, 2022 14:00 - 55 minutes - 50.1 MBMedicine Stories turns five years old! And you’re just gonna have to listen to hear what else I talk about (you’ll understand why…) LINKS: Three Black Friday to Cyber Monday Sales 2022- 35% off Mythic Medicinals St. John’s Wort Oil 50% off Confessions of a Well Nourished Woman: Ancestral Wisdom, Sacred Foods, Deep Healing 50% off The Confessions Money Bootcamp: How to Sell Anything (w/ Integrity), Master Collaborative Partnerships (Affiliate Style), and Finally Understand the Feminine...
96. Apprentice Yourself to the Earth: Plant Wisdom & Embodied Knowing - Kami McBride
October 03, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 78.9 MBThe plants have so much more to teach us than what has been written down by others; there is another level of wisdom that can only be accessed by direct communication with the living Earth. When we cultivate an embodied knowing of the natural world we realize that we don’t need any special gifts or gurus or long lists of memorized plant constituents to mediate our relationship with our more-than-human kin. A nervous system and an open heart are all that’s needed. Let us open our channe...
95. Exiting the Overculture: Herbalism, Homesteading, & Unschooling My Mind
September 16, 2022 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBMy family’s slow, meandering, imperfect journey toward what semblance of ancestral living we can scrape together in the 21st century. Get the Off-Grid Homestead Bundle for $50- over 140 resources (ebooks, guides, and full online courses, programs, and membership sites!) covering these topics: - How to start homesteading and live off the land - Permaculture, organic gardening, and holistic garden planning - Foraging for mushrooms, nettles, and herbs safely and sustainably - Seed sta...
94. Our Trip to Britain: Ancestral Pilgrimage to Sacred Sites
August 25, 2022 22:10 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBA cathedral to nature, ancient standing stones, highlands & islands, our lost luggage saga, and the only city in the world I’d want to live in… Our two new medicines! Kinship Woven in Deep Time Earth Essence & Cosmic Convergence: St. John’s Wort & Mugwort Herbal Body Oil Take my survey for podcast listeners (just 5 quick questions!) Photos from our trip can be found on my Instagram For more on the ancient history of Britain check out the Love Letter to the British Isles podcast by Ne...
93. Mirrors in the Earth: Self Remembrance & the Non-Stop Nurturance of the Natural World - Asia Suler
July 26, 2022 17:49 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBEarth-centered cultures have always held that each person is born into this world with their own unique gifts and strengths, but this knowing has been put aside by our modern, disconnected overculture. The consequences of this mass self forgetting are profound. But nature is always there to remind us of who we are, where we come from, and why we’re here. Let us come back into relationship with the earth- the truest mirror of our most sacred inner selves. TOPICS: Naming babies & birthing b...
92. Expansion is Our Nature: A Matriarchal Reframe for Money & How I Went From Broke to Flow
July 10, 2022 02:07 - 31 minutes - 28.2 MBTen years ago I was a broke single mom; next month I’m taking my daughter on the European trip of our dreams. I cringe at abundance/manifestation talk, and yet there’s no doubt that shifting your mindset is the first step to making more money, which allows you to take care of yourself, your people, and the causes you care most about. Quite simply- if you want something to grow, you have to put your attention on it. A plant, a child, your bank account. They need attention in order to grow...
91. The Mineral Matrix & the Motherline That Made You - Hamid Jabbar
June 13, 2022 17:01 - 2 hours - 130 MBWe were made from our mothers, who were made from the earth, which is made of stardust, which is made of minerals. A well mineralized body heals itself by providing our cellular metabolism what it needs to create energy and clear exhaust. Our ancestors didn’t give their mineral status a second thought, but modern humans are almost all imbalanced (with the ill health to prove it), and minerals are wildly misunderstood. Let us remember the elemental interbeing that gives us life, understand th...
90. Cervix is Self: Reconnecting to Your Inner Oracle & Record Keeper - Denell Barbara Randall (Cervical Wellness)
May 23, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBThe women’s embodiment movement tends to stop at the womb, but cervix lies even deeper and contains an abundance of information about where we’ve been and what is needed now. From healing abnormalities and infections to connecting with the deep self for guidance and healing, let us peel back the layers and remember our innermost knowing. TOPICS: How Denell healed her cervical dysplasia and completely got rid of both strains of cancer causing HPV (without the LEEP procedure or other Wester...
89. The Magic of Mugwort: Unwritten Ways of Healing & Chambers of Ancient Memory (w/ special guest Kami McBride!)
April 25, 2022 14:30 - 1 hour - 61.6 MBSacred to the goddesses of old, known to all ancestors who occupied the Northern Hemisphere, and beloved by wise folk and herbal healers from the Ice Age until today, mugwort is one of the most magical and practical medicinal plants in the world. May we come into relationship with this potent ally in order to widen sensory gating channels, ground into our center, and remember who we are. With special guest appearance by Kami McBride! 3 Free Herbal Oil Workshops from Kami Check out Kami...
88. Confessions: Ancestral Foodways, Modern Matriarchy, & the Power of Radical Honesty - Katya Nova
April 04, 2022 17:09 - 1 hour - 108 MBDid my guest get more hate when she announced she wasn’t vegan anymore or that she was flying out of the country to connect with an ex lover while pregnant with her fourth child? Leave your judgements behind and explore food, sex, motherhood, and what is gained when you hurl yourself into the abyss only to discover that it’s a feather bed. Get access to Confessions of a Well Nourished Woman. Check out the free masterclass Cosmic Meal Plan for Picky Eaters. TOPICS: The kindness Katya s...
87. Elemental Interbeing, Food Information Overwhelm, and Cell Deep Nourishment for Women - Kymber Maulden (prometabolic, bioenergetic nutrition)
March 15, 2022 17:28 - 2 hours - 122 MBThe cell is the foundation of life, and biological science is clear on what our cells need to most efficiently generate the energy that runs our bodies. Gut, autoimmune, and hormonal issues all have underlying metabolic causes. Let us cut through the noise and remember how to eat to enjoy, nourish, and repair, and not for ideology. Dive much deeper with Kymber’s online course Habitually Healthy. Check out the two info-packed bonuses that accompany this episode at the Medicine Stories Pat...
86. Generations, Gene Codes, and Entheogenic Earth Medicine - Mikaela de la Myco
February 10, 2022 16:00 - 2 hours - 119 MBPsychedelics are the most potent medicine we have for remembering what it is to be human upon the earth. Many ancestral communities integrated plant and fungal healing ceremony into every age and stage of embodiment (and disembodiment). At this turning point in history, let us call upon our entheogenic allies to unlock our truest, most deeply human, individual and collective genetic expression. Ancestor stewardship & the DNA codes through which plant medicines speak to us Death and the com...
85. REPLAY Embodied Plant Medicine & Ancestral Heartbeats - Sean Padraig O'Donoghue
January 13, 2022 18:32 - 1 hour - 107 MBA replay of the only episode I’ve ever deleted. Please listen to Episode 84 Our Complex Humanity Cannot Be Cancelled first. Our ancestors were in constant biochemical conversation with the world, and so are we. Plants are a gateway into the depths of our consciousness, emotions, and physical experience of being alive. Let us come back into relationship with the information available in each interaction with the natural world. TOPICS: The archetype of the witch in the hut at the edge of ...
84. Our Complex Humanity Cannot Be Canceled
January 10, 2022 22:12 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBLet us step out of the mass psychosis of cancel culture and remember compassion, tolerance for differing viewpoints, and recognition of the deeply complex nature of human behavior. TOPICS: Losing compassion in the name of compassion Cancel culture does nothing to create justice or healing It’s an ouroboros- the more a person participates in cancel culture, the more likely they are to be cancelled The goalposts of what is and is not okay are always moving I am not here to intellectuall...
83. Coming Home to the Mushroom Elders - Amanita Dreamer
December 16, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 80.1 MBWhen Amanita muscaria says “Hey bitch, what’s up?”, you listen. Also known as the fly agaric, this most culturally significant fungi of all time has been maligned and misunderstood by modern people. May we reweave the ancient relationship between Amanita and humans and hear what these sentient, wise beings are saying to us. IN THE INTERVIEW: How a chance encounter with Amanita muscaria saved AD’s life the day before she was going to end it (trauma, anxiety, and the pharmacological lobotom...
82. What I’d Be Without You: My Mother’s Life, Death, & Legacy of Love
December 09, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBIn this meandering medicine story, I share about my mama’s unexpected death in 2015, the unbelievable coincidence of losing my father-in-law the same way 5 years later, the amazing thing my stepdad did at her memorial service, the worst and best things to say to someone who’s lost a loved one, the final gift she gave me after her death, and always remembering that our grief is equal to our love. I love you Mama. I miss you every day. God only knows what I’d be without you. It’s all for you...
81. We Belong to What We Long For: Reclaiming Lost Lifeways in the Age of Loneliness - Becca Piastrelli
November 01, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 75.6 MBIt is through land that we find ourselves. It is through lineage that we return to ourselves. It is through community that we expand ourselves. In this age of disorienting change and fracture, let us wander within our daydreams of another way of being. TOPICS: A Western suburban childhood- television, processed food, malls, and fear of nature’s dangers Evolutionary Mismatch Theory: our human bodies were not made for these times We are living in the Eremocene: The Age of Loneliness The ...
80. Serenading the Waters: Grandmother Medicine & Expanding the Parameters of Herbal Care - Damiana Calvario
October 20, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 82.9 MBHerbalism is an outlet for creative expression, a tool for community care, and a pathway to our own inner knowing. Let us revel in the freedom we have to make our own healing medicine with guidance from the land, the ancestors, and the mythic realm. TOPICS: Being an abuela in training When an ancestral name is tied in to a landscape Kitchen herbalism in Mexico Gardening with whatever is on hand Following the threads of our ancestors’ herbalism The multifaceted medicine of rose (...
79. Sunshine Medicine: The Healing Magic of St. John’s Wort
July 12, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBSt. John’s Wort has evolved over millennia to capture the ultimate expression of sunlight on our planet and turn it into the molecule hypericin, which has numerous profound effects on our human bodies. Find our St. John’s Wort Oil & check out my teacher Kami McBride’s course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils. From deep nerve healing, relaxation, and pain relief when applied externally to its antidepressant, antiviral, and liver supportive properties when taken internally, SJW has always oc...
78. Plants are Infinitely Healing & Folk Herbalism is for Everyone - Farai Harreld
May 21, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 94.5 MBIn these times, we all need all the healing help we can get. How lucky then that an infinite source of renewal and vitality lies just beneath our feet. Connection with the earth and plants never fails to shift our animal bodies into a place of calm receptivity and deep entrainment with the rhythms of nature. This is our ancestral birthright as human beings. Let us remember it. TOPICS: Name meaning and magic Weaving together ancestral lines How a chance encounter with an intuitive fore...
77. Herbalism is Homecoming & Our Senses Are Portals of Connection - Marysia Miernowska
April 20, 2021 17:03 - 1 hour - 112 MBFor most of human history, herbalism hasn’t had a name. It was just a way of life, part of being human upon the earth. The folk traditions of our ancestors have deep nourishment to offer us, and are an antidote to the depleting and disheartening realities of modern life. Let us reclaim an embodied relationship to plants, come into alignment with the regenerative currents of nature and ourselves, and get back to the root of the root of the root. TOPICS: Remembering parts of ourselves throu...
76. Nature’s Ancient Design: Exalting Life by Honoring the Physiologic Truths of Childbearing - Rachelle Garcia Seliga
February 26, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBHow do we support thriving life on earth through the pathway of maternal health? Our physiologic design is the inarguable truth, but in today’s confusing online culture well meaning morality politics often obscure what eons of evolution make clear. If we want to best support babies and their families, do the deep repair work of these times, and become the fully realized adults we were born to be, we must have an accurate understanding of what our biology needs from us. Learn more about stu...
75. Learning Is Innate: Ancestral Childhood, Unschooling, and Healing - Akilah S. Richards
February 03, 2021 17:53 - 42 minutes - 58.1 MBIf the phrase “school wounds” stirs something inside of you, or the words “crisis schooling” describe your current reality as a parent or caregiver, or you’ve just always intuited that there’s something not quite right about modern compulsory schooling, this episode is for you. TOPICS: The reimagining of schooling as we’ve known it Akilah's story of schooling and unschooling Unschooling is not just school at home- it’s a whole new paradigm of learning, power, and belonging School wo...
74. Womb Sovereignty, the Dark Feminine, and Mythopoetic Pregnancy Release - Samantha Zipporah
December 17, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBYour ancestors are with you every time the portal of the womb opens; our blood connects us to our lineage, to the mythic archetypes that hold meaning for us, and to our deepest inner selves. Whatever sort of womb release you experience, it lies on a continuum of commonality with all releases. Let us explore these interconnections so that we can be deeply rooted in our own bodies. TOPICS: How Samantha got into this work The womb as a source of pleasure and power, instead of pain Ther...
73. Ending Pregnancy At Home: Holistic Abortion Options
November 13, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBFrom time immemorial, women and wise folk have carried the knowledge of how to manage fertility. From menstruation to contraception to birth to miscarriage to abortion, these processes and this knowing has always belonged to the people. Ending pregnancy outside the modern medical paradigm and the cold, impersonal clinic is not only possible, but there are numerous safe and effective options. Let us eliminate the need for back alley abortions, reframe pro-choice as pro-choices, and step back ...
72. Life's Sacred Matrix: How To Be a Truly Hydrated Water Keeper - Isabel Friend
October 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 124 MB“Water is life’s matter and matrix, mother and medium.” -Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel prize winner We return to the endlessly fascinating and enormously important subject of water, exploring the fractal edges of H20 and beyond. From its ability to generate free energy to how to structure your own drinking water into a liquid crystalline state to the interplay between water, climate change, and economics- this conversation covers some of the most fascinating and crucial topics regarding the ...
71. Liquid Crystal: Water, Memory, Consciousness, and Health - Dr. Carly Nuday
September 29, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 72.8 MBWe’ve all heard that we’re about 70% water by weight, but we are almost 100% water by molecular count. Water is the most abundant *and* the most mysterious substance on the planet. It is the source and the mediator of all of life and consciousness, and the single most important metric in the health of individuals and the earth as a whole. The difference between structured (liquid crystalline) water and bulk water is imperative to understand at this moment in planetary history. Let’s dive in!...
70. I Forgive You: A Story of Loss and Transformative Healing - Amy Mea Woodruff
July 24, 2020 13:30 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB“If I could give my life for hers, I would” -Cheree’s murderer, expressing remorse at his sentencing. I first interviewed Mea on Episode 6, when she told us the story of being very pregnant when she received the news of her best friend's murder at the hands of a stranger in 2010, and how she immediately chose to not hold on to hate while she was carrying new life. During that interview she mentioned that she'd looked for Cheree's murderer in the prison system but had been unable to find ...
69. Healing the Bones: Holistic Dental Health, Lineage, and Being Soft with Yourself - Rupam Henry
July 10, 2020 13:00 - 2 hours - 92 MBThe health of the mouth reflects and predicts the health of the rest of the body (and our emotional, spiritual, and ancestral wellbeing too). Everything is connected, and few things make that clearer than a big picture look at the state of your oral ecology. IN THE INTERVIEW: 13 generations of plant medicine people Remembering the time when pharmacists were herbalists The dream that set Rupam on her path Modern dentistry is surface oriented and doesn’t focus on root causes of dental h...
68. Cultivating Resilience with Home Herbalism - Kami McBride
June 15, 2020 14:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBRelearning ancestral skills is the best antidote to the fear and chaos of these times. Let’s recreate a culture of simple home healing and feed the river of resilience so that all may drink from it. Check out Kami's wonderful online course Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils. IN THE INTRO: Cultivating self and community sufficiency IN THE INTERVIEW: How herbs help us ground into embodiment The screen needs to not be the only decompression space Decreasing susceptibility to our toxic cul...
67. Harvesting Light: The Alchemy of Sun & Human - Nadine Artemis
April 28, 2020 17:50 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBIn a brilliant act of human photosynthesis, our cells evolved over millennia to receive and transform information from the source of all life on earth, the sun. Yet our species has moved further and further away from the consistent solar interaction that our ancestors thrived on. As industry seeks to instill fear for profit, and as millions of us slap highly toxic sunscreen onto our (and our childrens!) bodies each summer, we are missing out on a profoundly rich source of health and vitality...
66. The Coronation: Fertile Soil for a New Story - Charles Eisenstein
April 14, 2020 19:38 - 1 hour - 50.7 MBThis time of covid and quarantine is a rite of passage for humanity, and phenomenally rapid change is possible. What we believe and what we project into the world matters deeply- especially in times of chaos, when a new story is being written. Let us act wisely in the wake of this culture-shifting pandemic. IN THE INTERVIEW: Everything happening as a result of coronavirus is an intensification of trends already in place Acknowledging that we don’t know what’s going on, and likely never ...
65. Wild Remedies: Tending Relationships with the Land Around Us - Rosalee de la Foret
April 07, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBIt is our ancestral inheritance to know and work with the plants growing around us. Tending to, nurturing, and gleaning nourishment and medicine from the land is a way of life that is available to us all, and is the most direct path to healing people and ecosystems alike. Let us remember. IN THE INTRO: Self and community sufficiency, wild foods, & plant friends IN THE INTERVIEW: The moment you realize that you can interact with the plants around you (and how odd it is that that’s surprisi...
65. Wild Remedies: Tending Relationships with the Land Around Us
April 07, 2020 13:00 - 1 hour - 62 MBIt is our ancestral inheritance to know and work with the plants growing around us. Tending to, nurturing, and gleaning nourishment and medicine from the land is a way of life that is available to us all, and is the most direct path to healing people and ecosystems alike. Let us remember. IN THE INTRO: Self and community sufficiency, wild foods, & plant friends IN THE INTERVIEW: The moment you realize that you can interact with the plants around you (and how odd it is that that’s surpri...
64. When We Slow Down, Earth Heals - Ayana Young
March 20, 2020 17:09 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBAs Slowness Medicine is being experienced by the collective consciousness on an unprecedented scale, we can more clearly than ever see that the frenetic pace of the human species under endless growth capitalism is the root cause of global ecosystem disruption (one consequence of which is the emergence and lightning fast spread of novel viral pathogens). From newly clear canal water in Venice to dolphins swimming closer than usual to Italy’s coast to record breaking breathable air in China, l...
63. Your Cycle, Your Self: Period Empowerment, Fertility Awareness, & the Risks of Hormonal Birth Control - Dr. Elizabeth Wade
March 03, 2020 15:00 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBModern medicine now recognizes the menstrual cycle as the fifth vital sign. By simply paying attention to what our periods are telling us, we greatly increase our body literacy and quickly regain the deep self knowledge that is our birthright. Whether you want to avoid pregnancy, optimize your chances for conception, or gain insight into the state of your health, cycle charting and fertility awareness is a safe, effective, and empowering choice. IN THE INTRO: Why rest is vital for bleedin...