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The Whole ParadoxThe Shadow of Health Optimization: When Wellness Becomes Wounding with Amber Magnolia HillSend us a textIn this episode, depth + somatic psychotherapist, and The Whole Paradox Host, Molly Mitchell-Hardt interviews Medicine Stories podcast Host, Amber Magnolia Hill. They talk about:the experience of a metabolic health crisis - chronic fatigue, depression, and weight gainthe dangers of chasing the "optimization of health" and "bio-hacking"the myths of the health and wellness spacethe danger of cutting carbsthe down regulation of metabolism due to restrictive eatingweight gain due to under eatingremineralizationthe pro-metabolic dietand much more...Molly's Offerings:To inquire about 1:1 work or about 1 x...
2025-06-171h 16
Medicine Stories116. Women & Herbs: From Information to Knowledge to Wisdom - Kami McBrideMy most beloved herbal elder and I talk about our favorite subject- women throughout time using plants for self care, family healing, and community connection. After nearly 4 decades as a practicing herbalist and teacher, and in an age of informational overabundance, Kami has seen what actually works when it comes to truly embodying herbal knowing. Find Kami’s freebies & learn more about Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils (including the peek at what you see when you log in to the course). Two Patreon bonuses for this episode- an extended conversation with Kami where we share our st...
2025-03-011h 32
Medicine Stories116. Women Making Medicine for Healing & Connection - Kami McBrideMy most beloved herbal elder and I talk about our favorite subject- women throughout time using plants for self care, family healing, and community connection. After nearly 4 decades as a practicing herbalist and teacher, and in an age of informational overabundance, Kami has seen what actually works when it comes to truly embodying herbal knowing.Find Kami’s freebies & learn more about Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils (including the peek at what you see when you log in to the course).Two Patreon bonuses for this episode- an extended conversation with Kami where we sh...
2025-03-0100 min
Medicine Stories115. Nourishment Lost: in Culty Spaces, Self Induced, & Culturewide - Dr. Suuzi HazenSuuzi and I continue the discussion sparked by my last episode about culty trends in the wellness space by talking about her past with Kundalini yoga- what drew her in and, eventually, how noticing the state of nourishment of those deepest into the cult precipitated her exit. We then catch listeners up on our midlife metabolic meltdown hEaLinG jOuRnEyS and what path we’re taking forward as we continue to recover our vitality and deepen our understanding of why women’s bodies are so metabolically expensive. Patreon bonuses for this episode include an extended conversation w/ Suuz abou...
2025-02-1700 min
Medicine Stories115. Nourishment Lost: in Culty Spaces, Self Induced, & Culturewide - Dr. Suuzi HazenSuuzi and I continue the discussion sparked by my last episode about culty trends in the wellness space by talking about her past with Kundalini yoga- what drew her in and, eventually, how noticing the state of nourishment of those deepest into the cult precipitated her exit. We then catch listeners up on our midlife metabolic meltdown hEaLinG jOuRnEyS and what path we’re taking forward as we continue to recover our vitality and deepen our understanding of why women’s bodies are so metabolically expensive. Patreon bonuses for this episode include an extended conversation w/ Suuz abou...
2025-02-171h 53
Medicine Stories114. German New Medicine: A Lot of Magical Thinking & A Little Bit Culty Too - Demetra GrayGNM is an alt health trend that has grown in popularity in recent years. It is attractive to so many (including me and my guest, once) because it acknowledges the role that emotions and trauma play in physical health and symptom manifestation, something that mainstream medicine still somehow refuses to do.But just because some aspects of an ideology are true and helpful does not mean that the entire framework is valid. Critical thinking and humility are essential tools for navigating information overload and complex frameworks, especially when it comes to health. The allure of...
2025-02-0500 min
Medicine Stories114. German New Medicine: A Lot of Magical Thinking & A Little Bit Culty Too - Demetra GrayGNM is an alt health trend that has grown in popularity in recent years. It is attractive to so many (including me and my guest, once) because it acknowledges the role that emotions and trauma play in physical health and symptom manifestation, something that mainstream medicine still somehow refuses to do. But just because some aspects of an ideology are true and helpful does not mean that the entire framework is valid. Critical thinking and humility are essential tools for navigating information overload and complex frameworks, especially when it comes to health. The allure of...
2025-02-051h 38
Medicine Stories113. Elemental Inheritance: Minerals & Metals in Modern Life - Niecia NelsonWhat metabolic patterns did you inherit from your parents, and what may you have passed down to your own children? Many behavioral issues, and even what are usually considered personality traits (like that of high sensitivity), can be linked to mineral imbalances and overall health. Heavy metals often accumulate in individuals due to stress, compromised metabolic function, or ancestral imprints, not necessarily always due to direct exposure. Heroic detoxification protocols should be approached with caution, as forcing the removal of metals without addressing underlying nutrient deficiencies can have unintended consequences.Let us welcome in the m...
2025-01-1300 min
Medicine Stories113. Elemental Inheritance: Minerals & Metals in Modern Life - Niecia NelsonWhat metabolic patterns did you inherit from your parents, and what may you have passed down to your own children? Many behavioral issues, and even what are usually considered personality traits (like that of high sensitivity), can be linked to mineral imbalances and overall health. Heavy metals often accumulate in individuals due to stress, compromised metabolic function, or ancestral imprints, not necessarily always due to direct exposure. Heroic detoxification protocols should be approached with caution, as forcing the removal of metals without addressing underlying nutrient deficiencies can have unintended consequences. Let us welcome in the m...
2025-01-131h 35
The Pink Hearse PodcastRadio Silent featuring Amber Magnolia HillIn this episode, Zachary and Amber explore the importance of cultivating silence in order to create a true song, their shared love of Tom Robbins novels, blackjack, Disneyland and healing yourself through remineralization.Follow Amber's journey: https://www.instagram.com/mythicmedicine/Mix x Score by Jeremy Ian Thomas x Kevin Joseph Grossmann x Red ButtonzThis episode features a bonus song by Zachary Murdock produced by Jeremy Ian ThomasSupport the showThank you for listening... Unlock bonus material & support our show: patreon.com/Channelthesun & follow us on Instagram...
2024-07-051h 29
Medicine Stories110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi HazenChinese 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 to our health crises), working and mothering in a state of total burnout, how our childr...
2024-03-181h 27
Medicine Stories110. Women's Bodies are Metabolically Expensive (Why Things Break So Easily) - Dr. Suuzi HazenChinese 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 “optimal human health” (an illusion that contributed to our health crises), working and mothering in a state of total burnout, how our childr...
2024-03-1800 min
Medicine Stories109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBrideThe 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 Workshop The...
2024-03-0300 min
Medicine Stories109. Loving Ourselves Home: Finding Sanctuary in Herbal Medicine - Kami McBrideThe 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 Workshop The...
2024-03-031h 14
What's The JuicePLANTS ARE OUR GREATEST TEACHERS – Amber Magnolia Hill on how we can build deeper relationships with herbs and learn from their ancient wisdomEp 101. This episode with Amber Magnolia Hill is like receiving a warm hug from an old friend. Amber is a seasoned herbalist who handmakes beautiful plant medicines for people who yearn for knowledge about herbalism, deepening ancestral connections, and remembering what it is to be human upon the earth. She helps people to drop cultural disconnection and disempowerment, and to return to old ways of being. I loved swapping stories of spiritual plant experiences with Amber and I hope this conversation inspires you to connect with the plants that are calling to you! Here’s the...
2023-12-181h 05
Unwrap RomanceUnwrapping Cocktails and CliteratureIn this NSFW episode of Unwrap Romance, Naima and Lacey connect with the Cocktails and Cliterature squad featuring Constance and Amber to unwrap a bunch of holiday movies but in the spiciest ways possible. This week's movies include Mystery on Mistletoe Lane, Christmas Angel, A World Record Christmas, A Heidelberg Holiday and Christmas Island.
2023-11-171h 38
Medicine Stories102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay CourcelleWe 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: Lindsay on Instagram Amber on Instagram Lindsay’s website Lindsa...
2023-03-201h 15
Medicine Stories102. The Living Matrix of Fascia & the Resonance of the Heart - Lindsay CourcelleWe 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:Lindsay on InstagramAmber on InstagramLindsay’s websiteLindsa...
2023-03-2000 min
We Are Already FreeYour invitation to soften into a hope-filled life with Amber Magnolia Hill of Mythic MedicineHave you ever felt that you have to fix every negative thing you see, like it's up to you to save the world!? That is super stressful, amiright!? Thankfully, this episode with Amber Magnolia Hill of Mythic Medicine is filled with the energy of softening, of doing the little (and big) things only you can, which end up being just what the world needs. If you're ready to let go of some of that tension from all the weight you've been carrying...this is for you.This bio is taken from her website, and I HIGHLY recommend...
2022-11-031h 06
Mama Making PodcastParenting: Herbalism & Ancestral Connection with Amber Magnolia HillToday I am excited to welcome Amber Magnolia Hill on the podcast for our Out-of-the-Box parenting series!Amber is a writer, podcaster, herbalist, homesteader, wife, and mother of two daughters. Her podcast runs the gambit from herbalism and motherhood to connecting with ancestral roots. I’m excited to get into it and learn more about how she has brought all of these incredible avenues into motherhood.You can connect with Amber:On Instagram: @MythicMedicineListen to the Podcast: Medicine StoriesShop the Mythic Medicine ShopHow you can support The Baby Making Podcast:Buy Me...
2022-07-121h 00
Memoir Body, Healing Story with Janelle Hardy90: ENCORE: Amber Magnolia Hill shares a selkie story, thoughts on creativity and bodyIn this encore episode I'm sharing a conversation with Amber Magnolia Hill, podcastere rand plant medicine maker, for people who yearn for knowledge about herbalism, deepening ancestral connections, and remembering what it is to be human upon the earth. She helps folks to drop the cultural lies of disconnection and disempowerment, and to remember that the old ways are in our bones. Amber is an herbalist with 17 years of study and practice under her belt, and she's been growing my relationship with her ancestors for the last decade (or technically since birth, since she was...
2022-06-291h 20
The Becoming PodcastThe Becoming Podcast | Season 4; Episode 6 | Amber Magnolia Hill on herbalism, rites of passage and what it means to be human upon the earthOh my friends, this month's episode of the Becoming Podcast is so special, in so many ways. First of all, I'm just going to come right out and say it: this is one of those fangirl episodes where I reach out to someone I adore and whose work I've been following for many, many years, and cross my fingers. It was such an honour to have Amber say an enthusiastic YES to my request, and to then have such a beautifully connecting, heartfelt conversation together. If you're not familiar with Amber and her wo...
2022-06-2956 min
The Wild and WiseGrief and Motherhood Entwined with Amber Magnolia Hillep. #20 In today's episode, Mallika shares a conversation she had back in early December with Amber Magnolia Hill. Amber shares a lot about her personal experience loosing her mother in a car accident 5 years ago. She graces us with her vulnerability and authentic emotional experience as we dive into what It means to loose someone so vital, how she continues to tend her relationship with her mother and the entwined relationship with life/death-tending and motherhood. Amber's Instagram Amber's website Mythic Medicine Amber's Podcast Medicine Stories Things we dive into in t...
2021-01-121h 09
Crime CountryEpisode 27 - MississippiEpisode 27 - MississippiThis week we are listening to some Blues and exploring Mississippi.Maggie starts us off with a super interesting story about Nellie Jackson, a black woman who ran a successful brothel for many years!Amber then tells us about Benny Joe Stevens who couldn't cope with losing to his wife in their divorce/custody battle and back child support may have pushed him to do something terrible.Sources:https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.ceb62501-826b-c974-66d5-6cda522fb5...
2020-12-171h 32
Medicine Stories72. Life's Sacred Matrix: How To Be a Truly Hydrated Water Keeper - Isabel Friend“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 substance that generates all life and that holds our collective future. IN THE INTERVIEW: “The true foundati...
2020-10-151h 30
Belonging: Conversations about rites of passage, meaningful community, and seasonal living69. Motherhood, Grief, and the Grandmother Hypothesis with Amber Magnolia HillAmber Magnolia Hill is the woman behind Mythic Medicine and the Medicine Stories Podcast for people who year for knowledge about herbalism, deepening ancestral connections, and remembering what it is to be human upon the earth. She helps folks drop the cultural lies, disconnection, and disempowerment, and remember that the old ways are in our bones. I first met Amber at the Spirit Weavers Gathering where she was teaching an herbal body oiling class. Her Medicine Stories Podcast has featured so many conversations that have really shifted my perspectives and given me a deeper understanding of being an ancestral being...
2020-10-051h 14
Medicine Stories71. Liquid Crystal: Water, Memory, Consciousness, and Health - Dr. Carly NudayWe’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! “Ultimately, a theory that could adequately explain the existence of structured water wou...
2020-09-291h 19
Medicine Stories70. I Forgive You: A Story of Loss and Transformative Healing - Amy Mea Woodruff“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 him. Well (thanks to synchronicity and this p...
2020-07-241h 28
Medicine Stories69. Healing the Bones: Holistic Dental Health, Lineage, and Being Soft with Yourself - Rupam HenryThe 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 health problems The mouth is dire...
2020-07-102h 13
Medicine Stories68. Cultivating Resilience with Home Herbalism - Kami McBrideRelearning 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 culture Herbalism is hu...
2020-06-151h 21
Medicine Stories67. Harvesting Light: The Alchemy of Sun & Human - Nadine ArtemisIn 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. Let’s talk about all the ways in which the sun supports wellness, and how we...
2020-04-281h 21
Medicine Stories66. The Coronation: Fertile Soil for a New Story - Charles EisensteinThis 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 will, to the extent we’d like to believe we do Making...
2020-04-141h 13
Medicine Stories65. Wild Remedies: Tending Relationships with the Land Around Us - Rosalee de la ForetIt 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 surprising to modern humans) How plants helped Rosalee overcome a...
2020-04-071h 30
The Holistic Human PodcastThe Mystic Discoveries Podcast, Ep 15: Herbalism and Ancestral Connection with Amber Magnolia HillYou can follow me on Instagram @holistic_human_aotearoa
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Welcome to episode 15! You will notice I begin the interview with a karakia (Prayer) in Te Reo Maori, which I then speak in English. Just a heads up for those of you unfamiliar with Maori, or the practice of starting off conversations with a karakia. It took me...
2020-03-231h 06
Medicine Stories64. When We Slow Down, Earth Heals - Ayana YoungAs 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, let’s embrace this opportunity to pause consciously, learn deeply, and critically rethink our approach to the many threats that...
2020-03-201h 41
Medicine Stories63. Your Cycle, Your Self: Period Empowerment, Fertility Awareness, & the Risks of Hormonal Birth Control - Dr. Elizabeth WadeModern 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 bleeding bodies IN THE INTERVIEW: How Naturopathic medicine synchronistically found Dr. Elizabeth How getting...
2020-03-031h 22
Medicine Stories62. Called to the Plant Path: Herbal Myths, Healing Forward, & Human Ecology - Sajah PophamThese times call for potent healers. If you’re feeling the call of the plants, this episode is for you. IN THE INTRO: There is no right way to be an herbalist Guidance for navigating your unique plant path IN THE INTERVIEW: The soul’s need to connect with nature The most common mistake that newcomers to the plant path are likely to make Why an herb will help one person but not another The vital ecology of the human being Seeing beyond symptoms (and the insufficient approach of merely managing them) to the root...
2020-01-281h 15
Medicine Stories61. Revillaging: Maternal, Cultural, and Planetary Wellness are One - Rachelle Garcia SeligaWe cannot talk about collective health, planetary health, or the health of future generations, without talking about the health of mothers. As Rachelle says, “The dysfunction and disharmony within our human environments is manifesting through the vulnerable bodies of postpartum women. In fact it is through the bodies of mothers that humanity is being alerted to the urgency of our collective need for change.” IN THE INTRO: The reaction to my previous episode on parenting without a village IN THE INTERVIEW: Our culture is set up to fail new families/parents, and pathologizing the post...
2020-01-031h 19
Medicine Stories60. The Boundaries of the Unthinkable are Wavering - Charles EisensteinThe old stories that have guided our recent ancestors are falling apart, and we live in a time of great upheaval and division as we grope for a new guiding mythology. Yet enfolded into this chaos are the seeds of deep and revolutionary change. Charles Eisenstein has a knack for expressing the thoughts and feelings that many of us born to these times have had but never articulated, and a brilliant capacity for elucidating a way forward. IN THE INTRO: Following your curiosity & finding lifelong teachers IN THE INTERVIEW: None of us fit in...
2019-12-101h 52
Medicine Stories59. Herbal Rituals, Rhythms, & Remembrance - Judith BergerMy favorite herb book has been out of print for decades, but is now available again! In celebration, I had the extreme honor of interviewing the author. We talk about weaving enchantment and changing our inner states through language, the opposing paradigms of holistic, herbal healing and modern, mechanical medicine, how resting and rooting down in the darkness creates space for creativity and wholeness, and so much more. IN THE INTRO: Slowness Medicine Herbal Rituals IN THE INTERVIEW: The role of story in our human lives Remembering, rather than learning, ancient herbal knowledge How J...
2019-11-181h 27
Medicine Stories58. Poisonous Plant Spirit Medicine - Kathryn SoliePoisonous plants have long been misunderstood and even forbidden, yet they hold a special medicinal power. Let’s do as our ancestors did and carefully, respectfully ally ourselves with this potent family of healing herbs. IN THE INTRO: Poisonous plants, visionary journeys, and Samhain/Halloween witches IN THE INTERVIEW: How trees and plants companioned Kathryn through her dark and disconnected teen years, led to her meditation practice and relationship with wrathful deities, and eventually brought her to the poison plant path Safety: we are not talking about ingesting these plants, but working with their sp...
2019-10-211h 13
Medicine Stories57. Own Your Self: Radical Healing, Rooted Health - Dr. Kelly Brogan"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" -J. Krishnamurti "Medical science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left." -Aldous Huxley "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer IN THE INTRO: Remembering that radical literally means “back to the root"- what we consider today to be radical health care is actually just our ancestral human biological inheritance IN THE INTERVIEW: How Dr. Bro...
2019-10-081h 14
Medicine Stories56. Real Talk on Marriage, Plants, Kids, Business - My Husband, Owen LindsayOwen never thought he’d be a dad, neither of us planned on getting married, and we had no idea that our love for plants would play such a big role in sustaining our relationship. Here’s a peek into how we make our lives together work... IN THE INTRO: Elderberry & Motherwort Three things that make our marriage work IN THE INTERVIEW: How we met and then, six years later, got together (St. John’s Wort oil played a role) Why we pretended we weren’t falling in love even when we clearly were What we...
2019-09-241h 21
Medicine Stories56. Real Talk on Marriage, Plants, Kids, Business - My Husband, Owen LindsayOwen never thought he’d be a dad, neither of us planned on getting married, and we had no idea that our love for plants would play such a big role in sustaining our relationship. Here’s a peek into how we make our lives together work...IN THE INTRO:Elderberry & MotherwortThree things that make our marriage workIN THE INTERVIEW:How we met and then, six years later, got together (St. John’s Wort oil played a role)Why we pretended we weren’t falling in love...
2019-09-2400 min
Medicine Stories55. Highly Sensitive People are the Psychedelic Plants of the Human Realm - Lola PickettEmpaths are trending right now; let’s dig beneath the surface into what it really means to be empathic and/or to have a highly sensitive nervous system, and then talk about the plant and fungal allies that can help us to relax, recalibrate, and ground. IN THE INTRO: The difference between empathic and highly sensitive people High sensitivity is an evolutionary adaptation Ritual is remembering IN THE INTERVIEW: Part I, Lola interviews me: How I came to walk the plant path My experience as a vegan postpartum woman What fat does fo...
2019-09-091h 36
Medicine Stories54. Lineage, Calling, and the Mythic Imagination - Sharon BlackieMyth is the power of place speaking, and the story threads that made meaning and held guidance for our ancestors can be found anew and re-woven for our times. When we tap into the mythic imagination, we remember the calling that brought us into the world. IN THE INTRO: Dreaming the ancient ways Sisters of rock and root IN THE INTERVIEW: The Loss of the Voices of the Wells: the sacred contract between humans and the land, and how the desecration of women and the destruction of the earth are interwoven The loss of...
2019-08-261h 13
Medicine Stories53. Healing Herbal Oils: How To Make and Use Them - Kami McBrideEvery woman throughout time has taken some kind of plant and some kind of fat, put them together and used it as medicine. Herbal body oils are the One Remedy to Rule Them All. And no one knows more about making and using them than Kami McBride. IN THE INTRO: Ancient sacrament, modern necessity Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils online course IN THE INTERVIEW: How herbal oils came into Kami’s life and immediately replaced petroleum based products If you wouldn’t put it in your mouth, don’t put it on your skin K...
2019-08-051h 22
Medicine Stories52. Decolonizing the Mind: You Belong to Your Ancestors - Tamira CousettEmbodying the blessing of being a child of diverse lineages, being rooted first in our ancestral stories and second in our cultural narratives, embracing our inherent worth as we step into the work we came here to do, and so much more... IN THE INTRO: Imaginal remembering How primal human posture has greatly diminished my pain Gathering the stories of your elders IN THE INTERVIEW: Tamira’s childhood experiences with the unseen, and how that was (not) held in her family We are accountable to our ancestors The process of remembering and learning to be...
2019-07-221h 15
Medicine Stories51. Maternal Mammalian Ecstasy: The Ancient Hormonal Blueprint for Optimal Birth and Bonding - Sarah BuckleyThrough untold eons mammals have evolved a beautiful birth-giving physiology based around a complex cascade of hormones that are released during labor. We give both mother and baby the best chance at a peaceful, ecstatic birth and postpartum period when we remember and respect this ancient dance. IN THE INTRO: Complex parenting topics: sleep, immunity, birth IN THE INTERVIEW: Sarah’s mainstream doctor grandfather and how she got interested in natural birth The exquisitely designed ancestral/mammalian hormonal blueprint of labor The impact of (unnatural, external) stress on a laboring woman and how it dis...
2019-07-081h 33
Medicine Stories50. Kneeling to the Earth: Herbalism is Remembering - Rosemary GladstarSoft power, honoring our elders, and banishing imposter syndrome by remembering that we’re in service to the earth. IN THE INTRO: Honoring the lineage of plant healers that led to this podcast Intuitive breast care w/ herbs What every herbalist should know IN THE INTERVIEW: Kneeling to the earth- herbalism isn’t about you, please don’t be afraid to share your voice How Rosemary’s name (which came from her two grandmothers) set her on her path from an early age Plants that carry soft power & the medicine of rosemary (the plant) What Ros...
2019-06-241h 14
Medicine Stories49. Grieving the Spirits of the Land & Bringing Healing to the Ancestors - Mariee SiouxMariee Sioux’s music is medicine for the living and medicine for the dead, a direct portal both to and from the ancestors and the land spirits. In this interview she shares profound stories of hurt, healing, and visions gifted from the otherworld. IN THE INTRO: Making grief more beautiful and more bearable How to enter the Giveaway of the Grief in Exile album Songs played during this episode are- Wild Eyes Black Snakes Grief in Exile Two Tongues IN THE INTERVIEW: Mariee never dreamed she’d be a musician & how that ende...
2019-06-081h 39
Medicine Stories48. Matriarchy in Action & Ancestor Assisted Birth - Emilee SaldayaBirth has been systemically taken from us by the powers that be, but each birthing body holds deep knowledge of how to bring forth life. This conversation is part of a much larger cultural remembering of what our ancestors instinctively knew about giving birth and nurturing our babies. IN THE INTRO: If we're not changing our minds, we're not growing Mammalian birth [mama & mammal & mammary are etymologically related, and there's a reason for that] How the Taoist medicine perspective of how energy moves through the female body explains why everyone wants to be around women I...
2019-05-291h 40
Medicine Stories47. Rose Medicine: Softness & Strength From the Queen of the FlowersHumans have been joyfully engaging with rose medicine throughout the ages. This luxurious herb works on so many different parts of the body and spirit because of its many healing properties. Let's talk about them. Click here to get the beautiful PDF Bringing Rose Medicine Home, featuring 6 rose recipes from 5 herbalists, plus my 3 favorite rose products. An overview of rose's abundantly generous physical & energetic medicine Wild v cultivated roses Which roses are best to use, and which to always avoid A healing message from rose that came to me recently, and the synchronicities that followed "Rose u...
2019-05-1645 min
Medicine Stories46. Sex, Trauma, Magic, & the Ancestors - Pavini MorayRemembering that our ancestors can guide us because they've done this all before, relating ancestral healing & communion to our sexually traumatizing culture, helping people without assuming that we hold knowledge of what it is they need, and so much more... IN THE INTRO: Lilac water Creating apart from perfection IN THE INTERVIEW: The sweet vulnerability of praying out loud Bespoken Bones and the magical process of naming things Discarding the expert paradigm- “I don’t know what you need to know” When jealousy is poi...
2019-05-081h 05
Medicine Stories45. The Deepest Magic: To Know Yourself, Know Your AncestorsYou come from a long line of healers, midwives, songstresses, herbalists, dancers, birth-givers, artists, and wise folk. You are a direct descendent of powerful visionaries and earthwise geniuses, and their ancient knowing resonates today deep in your marrow. These are not empty platitudes or the wishful thinking of modern spiritual yearners; these statements are genealogical fact. In this episode I talk about: Why these statements are true How knowing our ancestors helps us to know ourselves 3 ways to connect with your ancestors LINKS: My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Pa...
2019-05-0142 min
Medicine Stories44. Animism: Coming into Kinship with All Life - Daniel FoorWe are in relationship with plants, animals, fungi, mountains, metals, fire, bodies of water, spirits of wind and weather, deities, human ancestors, star people, and others we don't have words for, whether we are conscious of it or not. In this conversation Dr. Daniel Foor and I talk about reclaiming kinship through earth-honoring ritual, getting right with your ancestors and with the land you're living on, finding your own unique medicine, and so much more. IN THE INTRO: Making animism practical $300 herbal medicine giveaway! (ends May 1st) IN THE INTERVIEW: Living humans are only...
2019-04-241h 08
Medicine Stories43. A Plant Spirit Healing StoryThis is a vulnerable and very personal story of how a plant friend recently stepped in to create a bridge of communication between me and my mother, who died three years ago. It was an unexpected and super meaningful healing message for me, and I switched my podcast release schedule around to share this story. Real magic happens when we cultivate relationships with plants and stay open to messages from the multiverse y'all. I also talk about synchronicity, dealing with overwhelming grief, and how we can heal with a plant even when it is not physically present...
2019-04-1757 min
Medicine Stories42. You Are Your Own Healer: Earth Intuition & Self Knowledge - Asia SulerAsia Suler talks about how being in relationship with the aliveness of the earth brings us deeper into ourselves, healing within the complexities of chronic health conditions, working with the story medicine of flowers, and so much more… IN THE INTRO: FREE Opening Earth Intuition online course! Finding a plant ally Reishi: Medicine of the Ages IN THE INTERVIEW: How plants bring us deeper into ourselves, and the kind of second sight that only comes when we tune into the aliveness of the earth The cu...
2019-04-031h 16
Free Birth SocietyMatrilineal Love: Mythic Medicine's Amber Magnolia HillThis week I sit with with Amber, the host of the Medicine Stories podcast. Following her intuition to freebirth with her first child, Amber tells us the refreshing story of how her grandmother and mother came to her in Amber’s time of need to support her in birthing her child. And then a decade later, as Amber prepared for her second child, her beloved mother was tragically killed in a car accident. Amber shares with us the emotional journey of that pregnancy and why she chose to be surrounded by a circle of women in her second birth.
2019-03-0948 min
Medicine Stories41. The Dreaming Channel & Remembering Ourselves Home - Toko-pa TurnerWe are entitled to a (re)membership with the holy, the never-ending and ever-evolving wisdom of dreams, and guidance on the path of remembering ourselves home. I forgot to mention this episode's Patreon offering in the intro, but check out the Links section below to access Toko-pa's Dream Recovery Kit ebook, designed for the individual who is feeling estranged from their dreams, this guide will help you cultivate a rich dream life. This kit contains guidance for dream recall, tips for overcoming blocks, exercises for deepening your practice, and ideas for ritual and dream incubation. IN...
2019-03-071h 09
Medicine Stories40. Ancient Medicine & the Love of the Ancestors - Atava Garcia SwiecickiWe each carry our own unique ancestral medicine, and can (and should!) spend a lifetime uncovering it. A teacher of herbal, folk, and indigenous medicine, Atava is deeply grounded in and a powerful guide through this sacred work. IN THE INTRO: Synchronicity, mushroom medicine, and the deer dress Herbal Medicine Giveaway Ancestral Apothecary's Student of Color Scholarship Fund- investing in herbal education is investing in the health of your community The Ancestor Song IN THE INTERVIEW: Invocation When an ancestor becomes an ally from the other side How to know when it's really a...
2019-02-281h 49
Medicine Stories39. Kitchen Herbalism: The Body Remembers - Kami McBrideHerbalist Kami McBride is back to dive even deeper into the uses of plant medicine for long term vitality and well being. This time we focus on home & kitchen herbalism, which is both super easy/accessible to everyone and the most important way to utilize herbs for daily health. Win win! INTRO: Home herbalism is the best kind of herbalism Put this spice (already in your kitchen!) on a cut to stop bleeding quick Kami's fabulous book, The Herbal Kitchen, has a new 10th anniversary edition! Pre-Order now and get these bonuses: The Turmeric Sessions Video Cl...
2019-02-141h 14
Medicine Stories38. Healing Our Indigenous European Ancestors - Lyla JuneOur task as European-ancestored people, seeing what's been hidden beyond our short-sighted view of history, and why healing isn't possible in the absence of love. IN THE INTRO: Who gets to claim their ancestors? Healing broken lineages Cultural appropriation & reparations IN THE INTERVIEW: How Lyla, raised to acknowledge only her Native American side, came to understand and honor her indigenous European ancestors What happens when people hate their ancestors (and therefore themselves) Making space for everyone's healing- permission to grieve all the ancestral traumas Going way back in time to understand colonizer/oppressor actions L...
2019-02-041h 00
Medicine StoriesREPLAY True Holistic Healing: Bridging Plant & Human Consciousness - Sajah Popham (episode 17)The vital intelligence of nature is the force behind all growth, healing, and renewal, and our work as plant healers deepens greatly when we can match whole plants with whole people living inside the dynamic multiverse of the whole cosmos. FREE Vitalist Herbalism Mini Course In the Intro: The way in which most of us (including me) are called to the plant path It's time to remember who we are The multidimensional medicine of Calendula What I do when I want to remember new information forever How understanding the ancient idea of vitalism changed my...
2019-01-251h 29
Medicine Stories37. Ancestral Legacies, Lost Cultures, & Personal Mythmaking - Janelle HardyThe stories that call to us, the ancestors who live in us, the cultures that are lost to us, and so much more... IN THE INTRO: Self care and energy hygiene for sensitive types Ancestral languages Elderberry magic IN THE INTERVIEW: Making peace with our names, the legacy of patriarchal naming, changing names, prehistoric kinship ties, and pondering how our most ancient ancestors chose names Spectral visitations from the grandfather who died before Janelle was born Rootlessness, and what is lost when people set out on their own and leave their land and people...
2019-01-221h 34
Personal Mythmaking with Janelle Hardy (formerly the Wild Elixir Podcast)56: Selkies + Amber Magnolia HillAmber is an herbalist, writer, teacher, mom and podcaster living in Northern California. Her work focuses on the myth and magic of herbal medicine, recent genealogy and deep ancestry, psychedelic healing, conscious dying and natural death care, birth, motherhood, and women’s wellness. All of Amber’s work is undertaken with the belief that story is medicine, magic is real, and healing is open-ended & endless. Enjoy our ramble through the Celtic myth of the Selkie folk as well as Amber’s relationship with her body and creativity. This is an entirely self-p...
2019-01-221h 20
Medicine Stories36. Magic Makes Us Human & Plants Keep Us Rooted- Rebecca AltmanHow strategic inefficiency can make us more efficient, knowing your personality type, and being deeply rooted in place. IN THE INTRO: What time can do (my recent family emergency) Ancestral Lineage Healing Lion's mane mushroom & hawthorn berry medicine IN THE INTERVIEW: How the journey through grief, depression, and getting on and then getting off 5 different pharmaceuticals at once led Rebecca to herbalism Meeting the spirit of a place/seeing your home with new eyes Sexy desert plants: creosote (chaparral/Larrea) & ocotillo Where there is no word for magic because it's just a normal part...
2019-01-141h 38
Medicine Stories35. Giving Life to Songs & Babies - Alela DianeMost artists, and working women, keep their parenthood separate from their work and creativity. Alela Diane is bucking that (unnatural/inauthentic) trend, and we speak about the hard decisions working moms face, how giving life to her second daughter literally almost killed her, and the many magical ways her songs come into being. IN THE INTRO: The complexities of motherhood, Part 1: Weaning Win a copy of Alela's latest album Cusp The future of this podcast IN THE INTERVIEW: Alela's unique name, bohemian childhood, and deeply rooted familial musical inheritance The painful life experiences that l...
2018-12-181h 14
Medicine Stories34. Womb Wisdom, Addiction, & the Way of the Wounded Healer - Anja RobinsonIN THE INTRO: Free Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils online workshop! Evolutionary health, symptoms as adaptations, why there's no such thing as the optimal diet, and why we didn't necessarily evolve to be healthy One of our last remaining collective/ancestral rituals IN THE INTERVIEW: Why to start herbally & nutritionally preparing for your period at ovulation Understanding nutritional needs throughout the menstrual cycle Tracking your period Coffee & chocolate for the cycling woman- good or bad? Iron, blood, oxygen, and women How Anja overcame six years of alcohol and drug abuse and built a healthy, healing life We s...
2018-12-031h 34
Medicine Stories33. Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja RobinsonIn the Intro: Living among the California wildfires $200 herbal medicine giveaway! The beautiful complexity of the female body In the Interview: The intersection between herbalism & functional medicine Why "Just live like your grandmothers lived and you'll be healthy" doesn't work anymore Health confusion and information overload A name is a prayer: the meaning of Anja's name and how it ties into her life's path The gateway of birth & the role of a birth attendant Understanding the complex dance of women's hormones and what we can do to create better hormonal health (we talk about digestion, the l...
2018-11-231h 34
Medicine Stories32. Having Cancer, Facing Grief, & Choosing Your Own Healing Path - Tara CoyoteChoosing an unconventional treatment route for a disease that scares us all, what it looks like when you really face your grief, and a beautiful story of ancestral echoes, connections, and healing. In the Intro: Only you know the healing path that's right for you Defining "alternative medicine" & (yet another) plea for nuanced thinking The metabolic approach to cancer In the Interview: Meeting at the Death Cafe How Tara came to choose the cancer treatments that she did, and what her protocol looks like Apitherapy: the medicinal properties of bee venom Healing with horses...
2018-11-131h 15
Medicine Stories31. Word Witchery, the Ancestors, & Tarot - Sanyu EstelleWhy to always work with the ancestors first, diving deep into the meaning of the words we use, and more... In the Intro: A word about this podcast November Tarot Forecast The best bio ever In the Interview: The power of words & etymological knowledge Ancestral migratory paths The history of "queer" & being multisexual Sanyu's Belizean and Ugandan roots Why to work with our ancestors first and foremost What it looks like when a genealogy/research nerd pieces together an ancestor's life Placing our forebears in the wider socio-historical context of their times: discovering a...
2018-10-301h 36
Medicine Stories30. The Innate Intelligence of the Immune System - Cilla WhatcottReal immunity is not gotten from a pill or a needle- it’s not a one time thing that comes from outside us, but an ongoing process that develops over time and springs from the vital intelligence of the human body. In the Intro: Love + Immunity The incredible complexity of the human body The Health Helix In the Interview: How the death of her mother sparked a teenage Cilla's interest in natural health, and how a dream visit from her mom decades later led her to the work she's doing now How modern medicine di...
2018-10-082h 05
Medicine Stories29. Otherworld Openings: When the Ancestors CallIn which I ramble about some of my ancestral resonances, the blocks I've had around exploring parts of my heritage, and what happens when we step through the portal to the Otherworld and let the magic in... When different lineages call- following what pulls me in the moment My deep ancestry in the American south, and the sense of home I feel even though I've never been there Embarrassing confession: my first concert Connecting to our ancestors through music and dance My DNA results, how they've changed over time, and a comparison between the 3 different autosomal tests I've...
2018-10-081h 15
Medicine Stories28. Seaweed: Deep Medicine for Earth, Ocean, & Humans - Angela WillardThe potent healing offered by seaweeds and mushrooms, the vibrational power of names, and the unique intelligence that lies beneath the surface of things... In the Intro: My recent mothering dilemma & resolution Food to switch the body into a state of constant healing Resource page for further seaweed exploration In the Interview: Conscious conception, evolving as a family, & choosing a new experience Naming children is giving them the strongest mantra they'll have throughout their lifetime Letting the land you find yourself on guide you to your medicine Seaweeds are regenerative cleansers for t...
2018-09-241h 56
Medicine Stories27. Anti-Racist Genealogical Research (for Everyone) - Darla AntoinePeople of color have limited genealogical resources with which to find their ancestors, while people of European descent's ancestors gave up their ethnic identities in order to become "white". Both of these outcomes, which have cut most Americans off from their roots, are a direct result of racism and white supremacy. In this interview we discuss the history of colonialism in America and its effect on ancestral knowledge, and Darla shares tips and considerations for POC engaged in genealogical research and for white folks wishing to make meaningful cultural reparations. In the Intro: Free access to t...
2018-09-121h 10
Medicine Stories26. Ancestral Reverence as Devotion to the Earth - Daniel FoorYour body is your ancestor altar, how hungry ghosts affect the living, the earth as the repository of ancestral wisdom, & more... In the Intro: Cleatus B. Wright , January 20, 1929 - February 27th, 1929 In the Interview: The hunger for our ancestors The story of Daniel's first ancestral connection, and the healing that followed The ancestors are the collective wisdom of our species in all its beauty and trauma Time collapses when in communion with the ancestors Not all of the dead are equally well The deeply embedded alcoholism in my fatherline Addiction as the hunger of...
2018-09-061h 35
Medicine Stories25. Self Attunement & the New Myths We're Making - Maia TollHerbalism is vast, the second song of a plant, a powerful stone medicine story, and more... Maia Toll spent a life-changing year apprenticed to a traditional medicine woman in Ireland. She mentors spiritual wellness seekers, practitioners, and teachers through her online program, The Medicine Keepers Collective, and is the founder and owner of Herbiary, a natural products store with locations in Asheville, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Maia has taught botanical medicine at West Chester University and at the Amazon Center for Environmental Education and Research in the Peruvian jungle. She lectures at hospitals, universities, and herbal...
2018-08-271h 24
Medicine Stories24. Plant Spirits & Deep Remembering that Speaks to the Bones - Fay JohnstoneFay Johnstone is a Shamanic Practitioner, Herbalist and Reiki Master with a passion for helping people and plants grow together. She believes that restoring our sacred relationship with the Earth and connecting to our natural environment, seasons and cycles is essential in order for us to maintain our vitality, health and well being. Fay is the author of the book Plants that Speak Souls that Sing, a guide to transforming your life with the spirit of plants, inspired by Fay's five years as an organic flower and herb farmer. It’s her goal to help us weave nature and enchan...
2018-08-201h 14
Medicine Stories23. The Profound Medicine of Healing Herbal Oils The simplest and most potent form of herbal medicine that I know, so easy to make yourself at home, so powerful and immediately relaxing... Herbal Body Oiling is an ancient, ancestral practice that the nervous systems of modern folk are in desperate need of. For MUCH more check out episode 20 guest Kami McBride's FREE Healing Herbal Oils Online Workshop! When we think about taking herbal medicine, we tend to picture teas, tinctures, or some other way of ingesting the medicinal benefits of the plant through the mouth. But the skin is our largest organ and...
2018-08-101h 01
Medicine Stories22. You Are Magic & Fear is Never the Truth - Yaya Erin Rivera Merriman In the Intro: Books to live by Mitochondrial meanderings The deep ancestry of all humans In the interview: The sound of the thing you are called by, and choosing a name with multilayered meaning From outcast to leader What being the daughter of an immigrant taught Yaya about communication & self expression When you realize you're magic Making the radical choice to express the way you really feel (that way, if people hate you, at least they hate the real you and not a false impression of who they assume you are) (also, that way, you attract t...
2018-07-311h 42
Dirt in Your Skirt - The PodcastAmber Magnolia Hill - Herbalist of Mythic Medicine & Medicine Stories PodcastAmber is a mom, herbalist, writer, teacher, and podcaster living in Northern California. Her work focuses on the myth and magic of herbal medicine, recent genealogy and deep ancestry, psychedelic healing, conscious dying and natural death care, birth, motherhood, and women’s wellness. She and her husband Owen create small batch, seasonal medicines from plants either organically grown in their garden or mindfully wildcrafted in the Sierra for her company called Mythic Medicine. Her Medicine Stories podcast explores the mythic journeys we undertake when coming to know ourselves through interviews with herbalists, story keepers, ancestral li...
2018-07-311h 04
Medicine Stories21. The Medicine We Carry - Lola VenadoIn the Intro: I share an ancestral story How I define spirituality The food your bones are made from Herbal body oils & elderberry elixir In the Interview: Being the the daughter of a secret witch + becoming a botanical bruja years after the mother passed and the chance to learn from her was gone Racism, secrecy, lineage, and cultural evolution Following the breadcrumbs to get a bigger picture of who your people were (there are more holes than solid information in all of our lineages) Letting your silvers shine Locating yourself within the myths of your ancestors B...
2018-07-241h 40
Medicine Stories20. Herbalism, Menstruation, & Innate Knowing - Kami McBrideIn the Intro: My number one herb book My healing pilgrimage to the skull of a blue whale I say somthing that's hard to say Edible & Medicinal Flowers eBook The dark places of the soul & sharing our stories In the Interview: The strong childhood memory, and teenage crisis, that started Kami on the plant path Recalling the era when being an herbalist was an underground, misunderstood, frowned-upon thing You never know where or when the seeds you plant will sprout Bringing information to the culture so that it can later be mirrored back to our children...
2018-07-111h 29
Medicine Stories19. Reclaiming Kitchen Wisdom & Ancestral Healing - Darla AntoineCalling in the grandmothers! The more dependent we are on the industrialized food system- and the more entranced we are by diet culture- the further removed we are from our ancestors. Food is a bridge between the land, our bodies, and those whose bodies we come from. Darla Antoine is a mixed race Okanagan tribal member, ancestral activist and healer, mother and accidental homesteader in the high mountains of Costa Rica. Darla helps mixed-race and mixed-culture seekers become rooted into place and lineage by combining her master's degree in food and culture, ancestral healing and her own exp...
2018-06-231h 25
Medicine Stories18. Land Based Living, Mothering, & Eating - Suuzi HazenOur denatured modern culture doesn't work for our Paleolithic human bodies, as the epidemics of autoimmune issues, degenerative disease, and so many other modern health problems show us. Relearning what our ancestors knew about plants, animals, the land, and the human body in order to integrate that knowledge into today's world is a vital step toward health and wholeness. This is an in-person conversation between two close friends, two mothers (Suuzi once nursed my baby for me y'all), two women trained in different forms of holistic healing who share an interest in ancestral wisdom and a commitment...
2018-05-291h 22
Medicine Stories17. True Holistic Healing: Bridging Plant & Human Consciousness - Sajah PophamThe vital intelligence of nature is the force behind all growth, healing, and renewal, and our work as plant healers deepens greatly when we can match whole plants with whole people living inside the dynamic multiverse of the whole cosmos. One of the most common stumbling block upon the path of the budding herbalist is the this-herb-for-that-ailment approach to plant medicine. If you ever catch yourself asking "What's this plant good for?" then this mind blowing episode, and my guest Sajah's FREE online video course (which changed my life forever last year by deepening my understanding of w...
2018-05-081h 29
Medicine Stories15. Intuitive Whispers: Deep Memory & Woven FateWhat fate is your intuition calling you toward? Who do you walk with outside of time? With what and with whom are you most deeply interwoven? This is the story of a flower I fell in love with and what happened when I made an essence with it. It's about intuitive connection with the earth, the ancestors, and the deep self. Show Notes: Episode 4 guest Asia Suler's Intuitive Plant Medicine online course (registration closes 4/28!) My blog post Flower Essences are Story Medicine
2018-04-1736 min
Medicine Stories14. Reclaiming Yourself Through Nature & the Ancestors - Vicky Salcido-CobbeOur human roots go deep, both into the earth and into the past, and we cannot know ourselves if we don't know our roots. Yet most of us in the modern West feel adrift, cut off from those things which fundamentally belong to us and which have always sustained humanity. This sense of isolation and the loss of meaning causes us to feel lost, bereft, without purpose. A lived, daily relationship with the natural world and an embodied connection with our ancestors are the birthright of every one of us, and more and more of us are...
2018-04-091h 44
Medicine Stories13. Psychedelic Healing: From Microdosing to Transcendence - James FadimanSafe, therapeutic, and sacred psychedelic journeys have the potential to enact profound transformation and healing on both a personal and a societal level. Many mistake these substances for party drugs, but their true medicine lies in the properly prepared and undertaken journey inward. Scientists were just starting to understand the therapeutic benefits of LSD, psilocybin, and more in the 1960's when the many studies being done were suddenly shut down. Research is thriving again today, and we are beginning to understand their role in healing addiction, PTSD, anxiety and depression, and so much more. James...
2018-03-271h 44
Medicine Stories12. Folk Herbalism & the Wild Self - Jesse Wolf HardinHerbalism has always been the medicine of the people, but most of us in the West have been cut off from our earthbound roots and encouraged to forget our innate, ancestral ability to work and heal with plant medicines. Both despite and because of this, an herbal resurgence is slowly uprooting the dominant paradigm as ever more people heed the calling in their hearts to return to the old ways. No one has done more to share knowledge, encourage people of all skill levels, and bring folks together than Jesse Wolf Hardin (and his partner Kiva Rose). Wo...
2018-03-151h 37
Medicine Stories11. Without a Village: Isolation, Honesty, and the Paradoxes of Modern MotherhoodWe evolved raising children in clans of 50 or more other humans; today we live in homes with just a few other people. It goes against our very biology to raise children in isolation. It's really hard and really lonely, and it's not your fault. In this episode I ramble into the microphone about my parenting journey. I am brutally honest and don't paint a rainbow over everything at the end. If you're already a parent, this episode will comfort you. If you're not and want to be, it'll give you a glimpse of your possible future and...
2018-03-091h 24
Medicine Stories10. Living in Your Ancestral Human Body - Katy BowmanBirth and death are the bookends that mark every human life, and in them and in between them there is movement. Our ancestors moved in a variety of ways throughout their days- foraging, hunting, seeking new landscapes, building shelter, birthing and carrying children, breastfeeding, processing food, finding water, etc. Physiologically, we are the exact same species; our bodies are identical to those of our prehistoric forebears. Our biology hasn't changed, but our culture and physical environments have. Today, even the most active among us are mostly sedentary, and exercisers have just as many health problems and experience...
2018-02-271h 47
Medicine Stories9. Know Thyself: Weaving Myth & Magic Into Everyday Life - Ariella DalyHere's the secret about magic: it's not elusive, it's not hard to find, and it's everywhere. Magic happens when we follow the mythic threads that call to our soul and travel ever deeper into ourselves. We court magic when we take our inner yearnings seriously- by paying attention to dreams, symbols, old stories, ancestry, etc.- and more & more meaning and synchronicity become woven into the fabric of our daily lives. Ariella is a beekeeper, musician, and storyteller. A student of the Path of Pollen, she has studied honey bee shamanism and the way of the Melissae fo...
2018-02-131h 17
Medicine Stories8. Planetary Intelligence, Ancestral Resonance, & the Perception of the Heart - Stephen Harrod BuhnerThere is a vast intelligence in Nature, which both precedes and envelopes human consciousness. By opening our doors of perception- the heart, the senses, the nervous system- we can engage in communion with this field and come to know the world in which we are embedded as sentient, responsive, and ever-adapting, just as our ancestors did. Stephen Harrod Buhner is an earth poet and the award-winning author of twenty books on nature, indigenous cultures, the environment, and herbal medicine. He teaches about the sacredness of plants, the intelligence of Nature, and the states of mind necessary for...
2018-01-301h 50
Medicine Stories7. The Motherline: Embodied Ancestry & Feminine Magic - Lara Veleda VestaThe scrolls are in our bones, and an embodied relationship with our ancestors can bring countless rewards and reveal things a merely intellectual path cannot. Through myth, ritual, and creative expression we can remember the feminine magic of our grandmothers and reap their blessings. Lara Veleda Vesta is an artist, writer, and educator with strong, well tended ties to her Northern European ancestors. Her works and offerings focus on folk spirituality, archaic magic, mythology, ritual, and women’s remembrance. Our conversation runs deep and meanders from the cultural legacy of the burning times to the language of sy...
2018-01-211h 32
Medicine Stories6. Naming Your Lineage & Deeply Releasing Fear - Amy Mea WoodruffWhen she was 7 months pregnant, Amy Mea Woodruff's best friend was murdered by a stranger in her home. Amy speaks about this experience publicly for the first time, sharing the alternative grieving pathway she quickly carved out for herself as she sought to nurture and protect the life growing inside of her while simultaneously mourning the loss of her beloved soul sister. Experiences from her past that had grounded Amy deeply into herself were an anchor throughout this process, including the conscious use of psychedelics and a longstanding practice of learning about and connecting with her ancestors. ...
2018-01-071h 50
Medicine Stories5. Reclaiming the Ancient Human Way of Death - Cari & Richard LeverseeSix days before leaving her body, Cari Leversee and her husband Richard spoke with me about their journey together unto death. Cari died the way she had lived- with curiosity and grace, exploring, learning, and teaching every day. Our conversation is both profound and beautiful, and I am honored to have been a conduit through which Cari's wisdom, in her time of dying, can reach a wider audience. In the intro: How some people become exalted beings in their time of dying In the interview: Dying out loud + creating a living funeral
2017-12-1959 min
Medicine Stories1. Embryonic & Ancestral - A Brief IntroductionWhat it's all about, creating apart from perfection, and why I use the name Magnolia instead of just Amber Hill. LINKS: Music by Mariee Sioux (from the song Wild Eyes) Mythic Medicinals herbals Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz Medicine Stories Facebook Group Medicine Stories Patreon Permalink
2017-11-2310 min
Earth Speak with Natalie Ross and FriendsHerbalist Amber Magnolia Hill on Grieving Openly and the Spiritual Power of Studying Your Ancestry [episode 15]Today we welcome Amber Magnolia Hill of Aquarian Dawn. Amber is a mother, herbalist and writer. In this conversation we get in-depth about her recent experiences with death, grief, and new life. We talk about the gifts of clarity that death brings and how to approach death in non-fearful ways. Amber shares how studying your […]
2016-05-1056 min