Laura Baum, a former clinical herbalist, is a holistic business development coach who works to strengthen holistic healthcare by strengthening holistic healthcare service-based businesses. She offers businesses a holistic lifestyle coaching framework to assist patients and clients get improved health results at home to enhance the benefits of practitioner services. Laura also helps these businesses market and sell this offer and step into thought leadership opportunities to strengthen the industry.
We discuss how a health crisis led Laura to discovering her passion for herbalism, and how her journey through connecting with plants in a new way transformed her health. She explains what it means to be a clinical herbalist, how the dominating medical systems work to disempower people, and the ways that alternative medicine can bridge the gaps.
Tune in to learn more about:
How developing relationships with plants can teach us about ourselves
The importance of empowering ourselves through our food and our daily habits
How herbalism is directly addressing ecological balance and restoration
What gets in the way of our ability to communicate with plants
Changing our perspective to see plants as sentient beings
The implications of “plant blindness” and the importance of learning the names of the things that grow around you
The power of the garden and the transformative impact of immersing ourselves in nature
… And so much more!
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Connect with Hannah:
Instagram: @hannahkeitel
