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112. Fertility is a State of Being: Metabolic Wellness Through a Woman's Lifespan - Niecia Nelson
December 05, 2024

Fertility is not just the ability to conceive, but is an indicator of overall health and the capacity to nurture life; it is how we extend genetic strength across time and space into generations we wi

REISSUE: The Healing Magic of St. John's Wort
June 03, 2024

St. Johns Wort has evolved over millennia to capture sunlight and turn it into the molecule hypericin, which has numerous profound effects on our human bodies. Our is HALF OFF until sold out (as of

111. Nourishing Motherlines
May 23, 2024

In which I read a few pieces from my new Substack. Bone, blood, milk, and marrow... Nourishing Motherlines is a collection of memoir-adjacent personal writings exploring my evolving understanding of n

110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi Hazen
March 17, 2024

Chinese Medicine holds that womens bodies are 10x harder to heal than mens, as our reproductive system is biologically much more precious and metabolically more intensive to maintain. In this conver

109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBride
March 03, 2024

The 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 sanctua

Wanna Travel w/ Me? Egypt, Croatia, Oaxaca, or Elsewhere?
January 25, 2024

Last September we went to Costa Rica and had the best time! that will determine where we go in 2024.

108. The Mythic Hive & How Bees Heal Us - Ariella Daly
January 01, 2024

Nothing 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 th

107. Death is the Great Healing: Reclaiming Ancestral Relationship w/ the Dead - Perdita Finn
December 11, 2023

I pray to the dead to help me remember who I am while Im still alive. To be in relationship with those whove gone before us is a deeply human way of being. Our ancestors knew that the departed n

106. Chronic Illness: Telling Honest Stories, Navigating the Underworld, and Tending the Roots - Sarah Ramey
November 20, 2023

It 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

105. Synchronicity Reveals Our Ecological Niche - Sophie Strand
July 28, 2023

Healing 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 me