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Herbal Womb WisdomPractices to honor wintertime in your body + beyond [episode medley w Jade Alicandro + myself]Click here to send me a quick message :) Ahh, solstice has passed and winter has officially arrived - into the landscape and into our bodies. While this holiday time can feel like a lovely time to connect with family and community, it can also be a time of a lot of conflicting emotions.But when we tune into the energy of this season, the impending wintertime, the wombspace of the year, it's actually so much more about quiet, reflection, inner listening than it is about outward connection like...2024-12-2450 min
The Nourished Nervous SystemKitchen Herbalism for a Nourished Nervous System with Jade AlicandroSend us a textUsing medicinal herbs can sometimes feel overwhelming, there is just so much to know. But what if it is also as simple as adding more culinary herbs to your food, or using bitters before meals. In this episode, Jade Alicandro helps to demystify herbalism as she delves into the concept of kitchen herbalism, explaining its accessibility and deep historical roots. Jade elaborates on the benefits of culinary herbs and digestive bitters, emphasizing their role in promoting digestive and nervous system health. Practical mealtime practices are also...2024-11-2844 minHerbal Womb WisdomWhat are the rites of passage in your womb story? And how to honor themClick here to send me a quick message :) Okay, so most of us DO honor pregnancy and birth in a way that could be considered to be a rite of passage. We have blessingways, baby showers, even postpartum care. But what about all the other pivotal moments of our womb story that we pass through? The truth is, honoring these transitional times is part of many ancestral traditions. It’s not some kooky, woo-woo, new age thing. The more we get present with the immense changes… everything from menarche, to fertility/bi...2023-12-1946 min
HerbRallySpice Rack Medicine: Jade Alicandro | The Herbalist Hour Ep. 82A huge thank you to our presenting sponsor for The Herbalist Hour, Oshala Farm Oshala Farm is a beautiful and vibrant certified organic herb farm based in southern Oregon where they grow and sell over 80 different plant species. LEARN MORE AND BUY | OshalaFarm.com In this episode of The Herbalist Hour I'm joined by Jade Alicandro. Jade weaves a love of bio-regionally abundant herbs and kitchen medicine into her work as a community and clinical herbalist. In this conversation we chat about how she got into herbalism, dand...2023-12-031h 12Herbal Womb WisdomAdaptogens + hormonal health? Look beyond the hype + figure out how these herbal allies can help youClick here to send me a quick message :) Unless you’ve been hiding out in the woods with no media over the past decade, my guess is you’ve heard of adaptogens. And at some point you may have tried some. This herbal action has basically reached celebrity status, as far as herbs go. And for good reason. They support us in states of chronic stress, support our blood sugar regulation, enhance our stamina and some even encourage better sleep.But contrary to popular belief, adaptogens are NOT right for everyone. And no...2023-01-031h 02Herbal Womb WisdomHow to create a "sacred window" for menarche, postpartum, menopause + beyond with Ashlee Sakaishi WilkinClick here to send me a quick message :) What could it look like to experience deep nourishment and caretaking during major transitions in our lives?For those of us with wombs, we travel through multiple significant transitions purely because we have menstural cycles. Everything from our first period (menarche), to becoming a parent, to pregnancy loss or release, to menopause, and beyond. And we go through massive changes throughout our lives unrelated to our wombs, too. Times when our identities are turned over completely and we have to find our way from who w...2022-12-271h 04Herbal Womb Wisdom9 simple ways to honor winter solstice (womb wisdom-style)Click here to send me a quick message :) The longest night of the year is upon us. The energies of quiet, receptivity and stillness are palpable (if you listen beyond the frenzy of holiday preparations) and our bodies are attuned to this darkness in ways we might not realize. How are you honoring this time in your body and your life?So many of us have lost touch with the ancestral seasonal traditions that commonly harnessed the energy of the season to enrich our lives, that evoked meaning and depth from something that o...2022-12-2037 min
HerbRallyThe Frugality of Bone Broth + Nutritive Additions | Jade Alicandro MaceToday's episode is lesson two of Jade Alicandro Mace's bone broth module in our course The Art of Frugal Nutrition. It's our sliding scale (slides all the way down to free), ever-expanding course. LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Also, registration is currently open for Jade's Spice Rack Medicine Winter Online Series. But it's only open until December 13, 2022! LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Also, becoming a member of our HerbRally Schoolhouse is one of the best ways you can support our work. It's only $10/month. ...2022-12-0719 minHerbRallyHerb-Infused Bone Broth with Jade Alicandro Mace The Spice Rack Medicine Winter Online Series LEARN MORE AND REGISTER Registration CLOSES December 13th! Class begins in early January. This course covers the rich subject of Kitchen Medicine, demystifying herbalism and bringing it back into the home. We'll explore the amazing medicinal uses of the culinary herbs and ways to capture their properties for medicine, both in herbal preparations and in our food. Among the most ancient of plants included in humans' diets, these plants are still much-loved and utilized in modern herbalism today We will also delve dee...2022-12-0647 minHerbal Womb WisdomEmbodying Winter using the traditional wisdom of seasonal herbalism with Jade AlicandroClick here to send me a quick message :) How do you relate to the winter season? What are the ways that you naturally support your body through this time of colder, darker days? These aren't questions we often ask, at least not in the dominant western worldview.But traditional wisdom from around the world teaches us that winter is a time for quieting down, for reflection, for introspection and for deeply nourishing ourselves. For supporting our inner resilience. For cultivating our capacity to withstand stressors. Which as you migh...2022-11-291h 10
HerbRallyBone Broth - Getting Started with Jade Alicandro MaceToday’s episode is the first lesson in Jade’s bone broth module on HerbRally’s first course, The Art of Frugal Nutrition - www.herbrally.com/frugalnutrition To watch all of the lessons, be sure to register! This course is sliding scale, and slides down to FREE, so anyone can have access to it. Enjoy! Also, check out: Spice Rack Medicine Winter Online Series 2022 by Milk and Honey Herbs Where kitchen medicine and herbalism meet. REGISTER BEFORE DECEMBER 14TH! https://spicerackmedicineonline.teachable.com/p/spice-rack-medicine-online-series-2022 This...2021-12-0808 minHerbRally152 | Food as Medicine - Herb-Infused Bone Broth with Jade Alicandro MaceIn this episode of the HerbRally Podcast, you’ll hear from herbalist Jade Alicandro Mace of Milk and Honey Herbs. She talks about the huge benefit to adding herbs to your bone broth, why you’d want certain herbs in your broth, and more! Jade Alicandro Mace weaves a love of bioregionally abundant herbs and kitchen medicine into her work as a community and clinical herbalist. Through her Patreon community she offers monthly online classes and plant study groups, and she teaches an online kitchen herbalism course each winter as well. She makes her home in the roll...2020-01-1041 min
The Grief Glimmers podcast#54 My interview with Jade Alicandro Mace about making plant friends and building communityHey folks, I am delighted to bring you another interview episode with the wonderful Jade of Milk and Honey Herbs! As you know I adore talking to plant people who are finding radical and nourishing ways to support themselves and their communities! Here is what Jade and I dreamed and giggled about:
- What a herbalist's workday can look like
- Discovering plants as allies for our health and wellbeing
- Connecting with different bioregions
- How we can give back to our environments
- Simple herbal selfcare strategies
- Running a community clinic
- Teaching and building community...2019-05-2436 min