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Episode 148
When you think about where to find excellent herbs, where does your mind go first – the forest? The farmer’s market? Ye Olde Herbe Shoppe, perhaps? Let us make a suggestion: you can find a bunch of g…
Published on 4 years ago
4 Herbs We Give To Our Dog
Episode 147
An herbalist’s dog is going to get some herbs in her dinner every now and then. Our dog Elsie sure does! Choosing herbs for dogs doesn’t need to be complicated or difficult, and there are a lot of th…
Published on 4 years ago
Herbs Help Us Feel Our Way Through Difficult Times
Episode 146
It has been a rough few… weeks? Years? Well, a while, anyway! In the last month more than ever, people have been asking us how to get some space, how to find ways to feel grounded, how to find some c…
Published on 4 years ago
An Herbalist's Guide to Successful Self-Experimentation
Episode 145
In this episode we explore the skills and disciplines necessary to conduct a successful self-experiment. Self-experimentation in this context might mean making changes to dietary, lifestyle, & moveme…
Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
COVID Revisited
Episode 144
This week we take another look at COVID-19 and its long-term effects.
First, we check in on what have been our top 5 herbal interventions for COVID:
Herbal steams – with aromatic herbs, to fight infect…Published on 4 years, 1 month ago
A Case Study: Herbs and Nightmares
Episode 143
Dreaming matters: it’s a critical part of our identity-building and experience-processing work, and vital to our ability to regulate our emotions. But not all dreams are good. When nightmares happen,…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
4 Medicinal Mushrooms: Shiitake, Maitake, Reishi, Lion's Mane
Episode 142
Yes, they are herbs too! Medicinal mushrooms are an important part of our herbal practice, but it looks like we haven’t profiled them on the podcast before today – so it’s time to correct that lapse.…
Published on 4 years, 2 months ago
Herbs and Grief, at the Death of the Year
Episode 141
Samhain, Halloween, the death of the year – this is a good time to talk about grieving, and about how herbs and grief can go together. It’s a universal human experience, but one we don’t often allow …
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Herbs As Mantra - Mental Reset & Redirection
Episode 140
This week we listened to a talk by a Buddhist teacher about mantra chanting practices, and one particular facet of their purpose: to be a mental reset or redirection, a way to get a hold of your mind…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago
Six Herbs for Cognitive Decline Prevention
Episode 139
Maintaining a sharp & healthy mind has always been one of the things people ask us about most often. Whether it’s a nagging difficulty recalling words, or a tendency to forget why you walked into a r…
Published on 4 years, 3 months ago