In this episode of Tranquil Awakenings, host Debbie chats with Rosalind Johnson who is a medical herbalist. In this episode they explore the benefits of looking at the body holistically and how herbs and plant medicines can be beneficial for healing and well-being.
Never considering herself strong academically, Roz was apprehensive to commence her medical herbalism degree. This journey however developed her confidence allowing her to not only acquire lots of academic knowledge but also learn about herself.
Roz is continuing with her learning journey studying reiki, crystal healing, and tarot to incorporate into the services that she provides, highlighting that everyone requires a unique approach.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- The importance of finding a professional that is well trained, knowledgeable and takes time to understand the client holistically.
- The importance of therapists and practitioners having experience of working with clients within their training to gain clinical and experiential knowledge and understanding.
- Trauma can be stored in the body.
- When you start on a well-being journey you learn a lot about yourself.
- Healing is an ongoing process.
- Diet can have a huge impact on mental, emotional, and physical wellbeing.
BEST MOMENTS
- “So like you say, with certain things, so what's going on with the liver, if there's stuff going on with the liver, that can be very much associated to anger. If there's stuff going on with the lungs, that can be associated with grief, and the carrying of heavy grief and heavy feelings.
- “As that person has been stuck in sort of fight mode, fight freeze mode, that's when you can start to see these problems. Long term stress has a huge impact on a lot of things as well.”
- “I kind of thought about it and thought about it. I was like, no, I can't do a degree. You know, I'd left school. I had poor GCSE grades. I didn't have anything over a D.”
- “That's the thing when you start on these healing journeys it does end up very much being healer, heal thyself.
- “Back from when I was a child and having the whole George's Marvellous Medicine session with talcum powder everywhere and, you know, bubble bath and just making a mess.”
- “I think it makes me a better listener. It's definitely made me a little bit more self-reflective.”
- “It's just really interesting, seeing people's journeys of how the herbs can help them, the feedback from the reiki, the really positive feedback.”
HOST BIO
Debbie is a seasoned therapist whose journey from being a primary school teacher to an adept therapist has been fuelled by her fascination with the intricacies of human nature. Equipped with advanced certifications in diverse modalities like hypnotherapy, neuro-linguistic programming, mindfulness, meditation, past life regression and many more she has honed her expertise to bring about transformative change.
As a full-time therapist and trainer, Debbie's driving passion is guiding others, as well as herself, towards their best selves. Embracing the concept of holistic beings, she firmly believes in addressing
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