Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Teacher Amanda Smith. Amanda is an Earth Wisdom Teacher and a metaphysical artist. She has a diverse background with degrees in Environmental Science and Soil Chemistry, coupled with certifications in healing with Earth Energy and Reiki. This journey created Amanda's desire to become a teacher who shares the importance and the benefits of the re-unification of Science and Spirituality. Amanda is now the owner of a property in Eastern Kentucky dubbed the Mothership that she is slowly converting into a regenerative farm/ nature retreat center -  The vision is to teach others how to create their own food, connect and listen to the Earth, create the sovereignty that humanity is meant to have, and ultimately save the planet! You can find out more at her website, www.theactivatedearth.com

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist Tania Oceana. I am a Pacific NW nature lover & traditional western herbalist. After dealing with some health issues in early adulthood, I started to dive into holistic health, nutrition, and Herbalism. Seeing the benefits of this wisdom got me hooked! It's been over 10 years since then, and my thirst for knowledge only continues. I want everyone to remember that our body is on our side, it's built to heal, and it's communicating with us all the time. I try to listen and dare to heal. Find out more at Epicherbalism.com.    

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Shilpa Ravella, M.D  Shilpa Ravella is a gastroenterologist and author with expertise in nutrition. A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet & Disease (October 11, 2022, W.W. Norton) is her first book. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic, New York Magazine, Slate, Discover and USA Today, among other publications, and she has appeared as an expert on ABC's Good Morning Americaand in print media outlets including Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Food and Wine, Glamour and Women's Health. She is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Medical Center.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Minister Jerrigrace Lyons  Jerrigrace Lyons is a Minister, death midwife, educator, home funeral guide and Reiki Master. She founded the educational non-profit organization, Final Passages in 1995 to inform people about little known funeral options, natural death care rights and practicalities, green burial and the benefits of bringing funerals back into the home and family care.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist EagleSong Gardener.   EagleSong Evans Gardener dances her mischief in the hedge, the veld, that luminous place between wild and tended. She is a 3rd generation northwesterner raised on salmon and cedar long enough to find a root and love for a place she calls Home. EagleSong is a practicing herbalist in the wise woman tradition and a lifelong gardener. She is most at home cultivating life and watching things grow. Working with apprentices for over 25 years, her “Healing From the Ground Up” community centered herbal apprenticeship is a 9 month journey for the rigorous adventurer. EagleSong is known for her wit and kitchen table wisdom and her incessant need to go outside and play! She stays busy these days weaving the Pacific Women's Herbal Conference back into being and teaching at her home place, RavenCroft Garden and the flumdiddley kitchen school. Learning opportunities with EagleSong can be found on

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Shaman Stacy Berman.    Stacy Berman, Ph.D. holds a Ph.D in Natural Medicine with a focus on psychoneuroimmunology. The founder of Stacy's Bootcamp, a pioneering personal fitness company, she was called an "NYC fitness icon" by Forbes, and is a sought-after speaker, shaman, and healer.

Recorded live at the Midwest Herb Conference, May 2019. What are your experiences of interactions between herbs and drugs? My fifty years of practice have convinced me that such interactions are rare and are limited to certain types of herbs, prepared in particular ways, and used in specific circumstances.   

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Naturopath Dr. Melissa Sophia Joy Dr. Melissa Sophia Joy, is a Naturopathic Doctor, founding Director of Sophia Healing Academy, and the founder of Somatic Awakening® a transformative healing modality and spiritual path of awakening. She is an internationally-known spiritual teacher and author. She is a specialist in Mind-Body-Spirit Counseling, Ordained Oracle, and Intuitive. She is also a carrier of an ancient wisdom tradition of opening to our own unique connection to the divine and tapping into the potent energy of healing that resides there. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Artist Cat Caracelo. Cat Caracelo, artist, guidess and founder of JourneyPath Institute has developed tthe Creative Depth Approach using imaginal, archetypal and intuitive journey work to deepen, heal and connect to one's life path at all stages of experience and discovery. JourneyPath® Institute is dedicated to integrative Jungian depth work, transformational pathways and art as process to support healing, wholeness and expansion.  The Institute offers a space to explore depth work, archetypal presence, journey work, distinctive experiential and creative programs. Delve deeply into Intuitive Ways of Knowing, Narrative Process, Myth, Story, Expressive Art, Depth concepts and tools to develop ones own process and expand your original voice when working with self, individuals and groups.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Certified Psychotherapist Frances Pitt.  Frances Pitt is founder of Frances Pitt Speaks, LLC, an International Professional Speaking and Training business. Frances brings twenty-five plus years of combined experience as an entrepreneur, professor, psychotherapist, hypnotherapist, Mosaic Diversity Trainer and Religious Science Practitioner. This experience allows her to speak and train with authority. She addresses some of the unspoken thoughts and behaviors of her participants, due to her many years as a Certified Psychotherapist. Frances most frequent requested seminar on a national and international level is “The Greatness You Are Seeking Is Also Seeking You.” According to Frances, this principle works when you apply it. This is scientific and spiritual laws working as one unit! Looking within to acknowledge blockages that one may or may not be aware of that are keeping one from reaching one’s highest possibili

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Scholar Acharya Shunya The first female lineage-holder of her distinguished Vedic tradition, Acharya Shunya is an internationally renowned scholar, teacher, author, speaker and scholar of nondual wisdom (Advaita) from India, and a classically-trained master of Yoga and Ayurveda. She is the Founder of The Awakened Self Foundation and the nonprofit Vedika Global, Inc., platforms headquartered in Northern California, that empower, educate, and inspire a global community of students through online courses, workshops, and retreats. These conversations are furthered by Shunya's top-rated podcast, "Shadow To Self." An award-winning author of international repute, Shunya's most recent book, Roar Like a Goddess: Every Woman's Guide to Becoming Unapologetically Powerful, Prosperous, and Peaceful was published by Sounds True September 2022 and is now available worldwide. Learn more at AcharyaShunya.com, AwakenedSelf.com and

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Zen master Dr. Ginny Whitelaw Dr. Ginny Whitelaw is an 86th Generation Rinzai Zen master, a Chosei Zen priest, and founder of the Institute for Zen Leadership. With more than 25 years developing whole leaders, she is the author of Resonate and The Zen Leader, and co-developer of FEBI, a personality assessment linking mind and body and behaviors. Formerly, Deputy Manager for integrating NASA's Space Station Program, she has a Ph.D. in biophysics, and a 5th degree black belt in Aikido.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Linda Shay. Linda Shay is a Dolphin Ambassador for Joyful Living, author, pioneer in the field of Dolphin Energy Healing, spiritual mentor, and founder of Dolphin Heart World.  In 1996, a magical encounter with a wild Hawaiian spinner dolphin changed Linda's life forever. Shortly afterwards, this former banker said "Yes" to Dolphin’s mysterious invitation to be one of their ambassadors on land, and to do dolphin energy healing as her career. The unique gift Linda is the custodian of is the Dolphin Attunement Journey, a new spiritual path for humanity created by the Dolphin Consciousness. For 25 years, Linda has been collaborating with the Dolphin Consciousness to help humans heal their hearts, transform their consciousness, and find their JOY!  DolphinHeart.World

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Author Z Budapest. Z Budapest is author of the acclaimed The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries (1989) originally published in 1975 as The Feminist Book of Lights and Shadows. This book served as the first hands-on guide to lead women into their own spiritual/Goddess heritage. The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries contains just about everything you need to know and then some for actualizing a goddess-centered lifestyle. This interview is for any woman seeking to know more about themselves, women’s spirituality, and the goddess movement. Zsuzsanna “Z” Budapest was born in Hungary in 1940 and emigrated to the United States in 1959. She grew up respecting and appreciating Mother Nature as god. Following her family’s spiritual tradition, she ultimately started the Women's Spirituality Movement. She also founded the Susan B. Anthony Coven Number l, the first feminist witches' coven, which became the role model for thousands

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Body language expert Lavina Plonka   Body language expert Lavinia Plonka has helped people improve their movement, behavior, relationships and careers for over 40 years. Her unique expertise connects the dots among posture/movement, emotions and the mind. Lavinia’s training and professional career have included theater, dance, yoga and the martial arts. She has taught The Feldenkrais Method® for 30 years and is also an Assistant Trainer. Lavinia is a level CL4 teacher of the Alba Method and an Emotional Body Instructor. She was an artist in residence for the Guggenheim Museum and movement consultant for theater and television companies around the world, from the Irish National Folk Theater to Nickelodeon. A faculty member of the Shift Network, Lavinia’s popular workshops explore the intersection between movement, emotions and the mind. She is currently the director of Asheville Movement Center in Asheville, NC. L

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with eco-spiritualist Chris Omni Chris Omni is an eco-spiritualist, two-timeTEDx speaker, three-time First Place 3-MT (3-Minute Thesis) Winner, Black women's health researcher, published author, documentary filmmaker, international presenter, community mobilizer, and former health motivation columnist. Chris holds a bachelor's degree in Human Services and two master's degrees - Public Health and Liberal Arts. Chris is a doctoral candidate at Florida State University where she is researching Black Joy in Green Spaces through the methodologies of auto-ethnography, narrative inquiry, photo-elicitation, and nomadic inquiry. Most recently, Chris's TEDx Talk, "Granny's Garden: How to Grow Black Joy," featured the first, public, poetic theorizing of Black Joy!  Chris deeply values the unapologetic use of her voice and agency to speak life, love, and Light to all people with a particular emphasis on Black people. She views he

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with artist Katherine Skaggs.  Katherine Skaggs is an intuitive, visionary artist, spiritual teacher, shamanic practitioner, and painter of souls. Katherine is the author of the multi-award winning book, including COVR Book of the Year, Artist Shaman Healer Sage - Timeless Wisdom, Practices, Ritual, and Ceremony to Transform Your Life and Awaken Your Soul. She is also the author and artist of the newly released Masters of Light Wisdom Oracle, and the artist of the best selling, award-winning Mythical Goddess Tarot. Katherine Skaggs is a channel for higher consciousness through her sacred art and inspiring words.   

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with author Monica Hershaft. Responsible for healing thousands of people struggling with Chronic Mystery Illness, Monica Hershaft has established herself as a true trailblazer in the wellness space. Bestselling author, motivational speaker, holistic health practitioner and nutritional consultant, Monica founded one of the top-rated wellness centers in Los Angeles recently relocated to Scottsdale, AZ where she works 1:1 with patients to get their health back. *\