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Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Tania Oceana. Tania Oceana is a community herbalist in Portland, Oregon. After reaching a dead end with allopathic medicine and feeling like there's got to be more, she started her journey into holistic health about 12 years ago. After starting to feel better she was hooked, and started with reading all the books she could find. She got to know her local flora, enrolled in a local herbal school, then worked in an apothecary for 6 years. Tania’s offerings include herb walks and online consultations. Visit her website at www.mossytonic.com. * Q & A topics in this episode include: Tincture shelf lifeMenstrual cycleHormonal MigrainesWho Dies by Steven Levine

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Sara Chana Silverstein. Sara-Chana Silverstein is a Master herbalist RH (AHG), a classical homeopath, an author, a columnist, keynote speaker, adult education teacher, and a community advocate for women and children. She is a wife and the mother of seven children. Sara-Chana is an International Board-Certified Lactation/Breastfeeding Consultant (IBCLC) who has helped over 18,000 babies successfully breastfeed. As a doula, she has helped deliver 450 babies. Sara-Chana has walked thousands of women through a focused, natural regimen that nourishes their physical, emotional, and spiritual lives. Packed with hundreds of tools, tips, and strategies, her new book Moodtopia is a practical, easy-to-use guide to herbs, adaptogens, aromatherapy, color therapy, feng shui, intuition, homeopathy and so much more. Sara-Chana shares the best natural remedies to help combat stress, anxiety, and promote peace of mind an

Susun Weed answers your herbal health questions. Q & A topics in this episode include: cough relief and lung support herbssickle cell anemiaoil of oreganointerrupted sleep as part of menopausecaller follow-up: bone healthswollen lymph nodes in necknutritional support for a 2 1/2 yr old childcaller in distress with a seriously ill relative

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Shana Lipner Grover. Shana Lipner Grover, a clinical herbalist, health and nutrition educator, field botanist, ethical wildcrafter, medicine maker, and forever student of life and wonder is the director and primary educator of Sage Country Herbs School of Botanical Studies in north county San Diego.  Shana runs a clinical practice in north county San Diego focusing on empowering people to take responsibility for their health. Beyond her field school, she teaches at a variety of outdoor education including Art & Wilderness Institute and Solidarity Farm School as well as Healing Hands School of Holistic Health, covering 350 hours of herbal medicine and nutrition programs. With bylines in Plant Healer Magazine and Herbaria, you can also find her teaching at a variety of herbal symposiums and conferences like the Plant Healer Botanical Medicine Confluence and TerraVita Herbal Symposium and Oshala Farms,

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest Amy Fournier. Amy Fournier has been in the holistic health and wellness space for over 30 years. After overcoming several physical and mental/emotional health challenges and a life of people-pleasing which had resulted in much pain, conflict and ultimately complete burnout and a mid-life crisis, Amy discovered how to live a life more tapped into her heart and soul and of her own choosing which was fully integrated, healthy and whole. Now she is passionate about helping others do the same and loves helping women harmonize their masculine and feminine energies, step into their natural Goddess nature and regain their feminine while still keeping their sovereignty and warrior spirit! You can connect with Amy on her popular podcast, Awakening Aphrodite and sign up for her weekly newsletter at www.amyfournier.com. Q & A topics: edema & tissue degenerationboosting immunity & energy levelscrone ceremony

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guests Jennifer Kurdyla & Abbey rodriguez of Root & Nourish. Jennifer Kurdyla is a wellness educator and writer. For over ten years she has maintained a plant-based lifestyle, during which time she has come to revere the power of whole, natural foods to nourish the mind and body by developing, and sharing, recipes in her tiny New York kitchen.  She has over 500 hours of yoga teacher training and is currently studying to become an Ayurvedic Health Counselor at the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit her online at jenniferkurdyla.com and on Instagram: @JenniferKurdyla. Abbey Rodriguez is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist, herbalist, and food content creator. Over the last five years, she has been developing recipes for women and young families on her food and wellness blog, The Butter Half. She is deeply passionate about the power of plants and nutrition, and teaching others a

Special Presentation: Listen to Susun Weed's lecture from the 2019  North West Herb Symposium: Herb/Drug Interactions

Special Presentation: Listen to Susun Weed's lecture from the 2007 NorthWest Herbfest: Nourishing Herbal Infusions & Mineral Rich Vinegars

Susun  Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Rebecca RozellePresnall. Rebecca Rozelle Pressnall is a Wise Woman Herbalist with many years of experiential learning through organic farming, trail building, shamanic herbal apprenticeship, natural birthing, motherhood and her ever evolving journey with plants, mushrooms and earth medicines.Growing up with a family history of much abuse and addiction, Rebecca set out on a long and rewarding healing journey at a young age, a journey that has not been without some major twists, turns, and somersaults. Knowing deeply she needed a change, she joined a wilderness trail-building program in her homeland of the Northwest. This move, indeed, changed her life. She knew that being close to and within nature was her calling. This realization led her to working on organic farms in Oregon and Northern California, where she learned much of healthy soils, plant cycles and the hard work of cultivating herbs and vegeta

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Marilynne Roach, free-lance writer, illustrator, researcher, and presenter of talks on historical subjects. Marilynne K. Roach, writer, illustrator, and confirmed history nerd, has published articles for journals as diverse as the New England Historical and Genealogical Registerand the Lizzie Borden Quarterly, and also nine books including The Salem Witch Trials: A Day by Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege, and the biographical Six Women of Salem. As a member of the Gallows Hill Group she helped verify the site of the 1692 witch trial hangings, a conclusion that Archaeology Magazine included in its list of  2017's ten most important discoveries. Q & A topics include: caller follow-up: nourishing herbal infusionsadvice for older women who had hysterectomies in their 20'sover-wintering plants indoors/pest controlparanoiaear infectionvaccination effectschronic Lyme disease

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Sarah Ellen. Sarah Ellen is a student of life. She cherishes the opportunity to live with awareness and experience the wholeness of being alive. Sarah Ellen lives at her home, Heartsong, in Barrington Hills, Illinois with her husband Jay, and their dogs, cats, goats and chickens.  She intends each day to know and remember her inherent connection with the Earth and all the magic that surrounds her. Sarah has discovered that being with animals, especially singing with animals, and opening that awareness extends and enriches her connection to Nature and the remembering of the Ways of being she had once forgotten. Join Susun and Sarah Ellen for a discussion about connecting in resonance to the ancestors and to others. Q & A  topics in this episode: recovery from cancer & support during cancer treatmentpsoriasiscat bite

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Lisa Boucher. Lisa Boucher a registered nurse. For the past twenty-eight years, she has worked with hundreds of women to overcome alcoholism, live better lives, and become better parents. Raising the Bottom is her fifth book. She was prompted to write Raising the Bottom when she realized after twenty plus years of working in hospitals, that doctors and traditional health care offer few solutions to women with addiction issues. She is the mother of twin sons and lives in Ohio with her husband. Q & A topics include: managing the size of a herd by giving deathsoil bacteria health/ gut bacteria healthSt. John's Wort rash reactioncaller follow-up: tooth extractionsharing experienceresidual Covid-19 symptoms

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Dr. Susan Brown. Dr. Susan Brown, PhD, is the best-selling author of The Acid Alkaline Food Guide (translated into 7 languages) and Better Bones, Better Body. She is also a noted researcher, inspirational speaker, and founder of the Center for Better Bones and Alkaline for Life. In her decades of experience, she has authored more than 1,000 articles and produced hundreds of videos on pH balance,the alkaline diet, and natural bone health. Dr. Brown pioneered the natural approach to bone health for over 30 years. She was the first to prove that using only natural methods, nearly every woman can build strong bones for life. https://alkalineforlife.com/ Q & A topics include: setting up meals: cooked food/raw foodmale apprenticescaller appreciationhernia repairherbal menopause supportachy jointsfractured toesharvesting hawthorn berries

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest Tori Hartman. (Interview rescheduled from 10/26/21) Tori Hartman is a world-renowned author, spiritual teacher, and intuitive soul. Born and raised in the free-thinking atmosphere of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Tori has been aware of her psychic abilities since the age of eight. After a near-death experience about 25 years ago, Tori began having a series of encounters with angels that revealed the profound fables that were to become the basis of the Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards, and Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit - and her completion of the trilogy - How to Read the Cards for Yourself and Others… which is also the textbook for her Chakra Wisdom Oracle Card Level One Certification. Tori has been featured in several highly-acclaimed publications such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has also worked with celebrities including Jeff Lewis whom she helped launch his hit T

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview. Michael Breus PhD is a Board certified Sleep Specialist who lives in Manhattan Beach CA. He is the author of three bestselling books, Good Night: The Sleep Doctors 4-week program to Better Sleep and Better Health; The Sleep Doctor's Diet Plan: Lose Weight Through Better Sleep; and The Power of When: Discover your Chronotype. His newest book is co-authored with Stacie Griffith and is titled:  Energize! Go from Dragging Ass to Kicking it in 30 days! Dr. Breus appears regularly on The Dr. Oz Show, CNN, The Doctors, CBS This Morning and Huffington Post Live. He contributes to The Huffington Post, Psychology Today, and The Dr Oz Blogs. He is the official sleep expert for Princess Cruise lines where he helped to develop the "SLEEP by Princess" program and the Princess Luxury Bed. Visit his website at http://www.thesleepdoctor.com. Q & A topics: caller follow-up: root canalmarshmallow infusiontooth grinding/ twitchin

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Michelle Alva. Mindset-Energy Coach and Sex,Love, and Intimacy Guide Michelle Alva has spent the past 26 years studying and practicing a variety of health, healing, and wellness modalities that unite science with ancient healing practices to provide a highly effective and easy approach that teaches individuals how to harness their innate healing and love power. Michelle has a degree in physical therapy with specialized training in pelvic floor, hypnosis, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), Time Dynamics®, tantra, integrative yoga therapy, sound healing, PSCYH-K®, mindfulness-based meditation, belly dance, and shamanism. She created The Alva Method, a process of self-discovery which integrates both modern science and ancient wisdom practices to educate and empower individuals on how to re-set and calm their nervous system and experience major healing with minor effort. Michelle’s mission is to educate the

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest Tori Hartman. Tori Hartman is a world-renowned author, spiritual teacher, and intuitive soul. Born and raised in the free-thinking atmosphere of New York’s Greenwich Village in the 1960s, Tori has been aware of her psychic abilities since the age of eight. After a near-death experience about 25 years ago, Tori began having a series of encounters with angels that revealed the profound fables that were to become the basis of the Chakra Wisdom Oracle Cards, and Chakra Wisdom Oracle Toolkit - and her completion of the trilogy - How to Read the Cards for Yourself and Others… which is also the textbook for her Chakra Wisdom Oracle Card Level One Certification. Tori has been featured in several highly-acclaimed publications such as the New York Times and the Los Angeles Business Journal. She has also worked with celebrities including Jeff Lewis whom she helped launch his hit TV show, Flipping Out, on Bravo Network

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with guest David Nulsen. David Nulsen (a.k.a. D-RO) is the host and DJ of "Jah Works Radio" (www.jahworksradio.com), a radio show and podcast livicated to healing and spreading the message of One Love through word, sound and power.  Each episode is a mystical journey set to the heartbeat of reggae and other indigenous music, along with powerful reasoning sessions with inspirational people.  Jah Works Radio is syndicated on several radio stations across the world and is a top-5 rated reggae podcast on iTunes.  David is also an environmental educator and owner of 44 Parallel Superfoods (www.44parallelsuperfoods.com), a small herbal company specializing in wild-harvested chaga mushrooms from Vermont and maca root powder from Peru.  His passion and appreciation for both music and nature is ever-expanding and he recognizes them as having the potential to truly bring healing to the nations.   David spends most of his time n

Susun weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest Briana Borten.  Briana Borten is a leader and teacher in a new category of spirituality, her work focuses on how our connection to our souls, each other, the Divine, and the earth is the solution. She is the founder of The Dragontree Spas, Apothecary, and Dragontree Life Coaching, and has written numerous books including the Rituals For Living Dreambook and Planner and The Well Life. Her greatest passion is doing energy work with people in groups and one on one that open them up and create freedom so their fullest potential can be awakened. www.brianaborten.com       www.thedragontree.com  Q & a topics include: life-line screening teststhirst & hydrationgrowing & using stinging nettleyellow dockgiving herbal remedies vs offering herbal educationworking with angerfeminized seedssupport post-radiation & post-chemotherapy

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with her guest, Jonah Ruh Roberts.   Jonah Ruh Roberts is an herbalist and soul guide helping women become strong, resourced, resilient and deep in conversation with Mystery to understand their soul niche in the world. She guides a year-long journey for women around the wheel of the year through the archetypes of Maid, Mother, Wild Woman and Crone called 13 Moons: Finding your Medicine and your Mettle. She is both a fierce and gentle force for guiding women into the under-world,  for Earth and for midwifing humans back into deep and magical reciprocity within the web of life. She also holds number of weekend one off gatherings for women, co-guides the Wild Woman Vision Quest in Vermont every summer, and co-guides an 8 month immersion for men and women weaving the teachings of the Animas Valley Institute and Joanna Macy to help mature humans and awaken to our unique opportunities and responsibilities in this Great Turn