Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Lama Tsultrim Allione. Lama Tsultrim Allione is founder and resident lama of Tara Mandala, located outside Pagosa Springs, Colorado.  She traveled to India in her late teens and at the age of twenty-two, was the first western woman to be ordained as a Buddhist nun. After living in the Himalayan region for several years she returned her vows and became the mother of three, while continuing to study and practice Buddhism. She has been awarded the international “Outstanding Woman in Buddhism” by a panel of distinguished scholars and practitioners in Bangkok, Thailand. She is author of Women of Wisdom and Feeding Your Demons and her new book is  WISDOM RISING A Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine. www.taramandala.org/about/lama-tsultrim/  this episode Q&A includes: • Frontier Coop, wholesale account: 5 lb bags, 5 herbs, a years worth of herbs • Comfrey dried root: topical/external use, dried root

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Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Melissa Dawson.  Melissa Doordaughter Was born in London, England in 1981.  She studied anthropology and world religions in the smallest university in Europe.  She has performed her poetry at Glastonbury musical festival, at Green Heart Ecological centre in Ibiza and at the Amsterdam International Festival of Poetry. Her life has been significantly marked by her experiences as a victim of sexual abuse.  She has spent a great part of her young adulthood seeking healing.  This journey took her to organic farms around Europe, and back in 2003 she realised her own personal healing was deeply intertwined with the health of our children and the planet itself. Her latest book- “Fragments of Her Story” is exactly that, a fragment of a bigger picture, a picture of her journey out of the hell realms and towards a life of joy and gratitude. Melissa currently lives and works in Italy, where she works as a proof read

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Zsuzsanna Budapest.  this episode Q&A includes: • alleviating pain and inflammation from arthritis- remove pepper from your diet, add daily nourishing herbal infusions.. • horehound- how to harvest and use or not.. • asking for help, creating debt and real relationship.. • cannabis use..  

Susun answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Vanessa Cuccia. Vanessa Cuccia is regarded as a pioneer in the sex toy industry for introducing her methods of using crystals for sexual healing and empowerment on a global scale. She is the founder and creator of Chakrubs. She continues to receive testimonials from people around the world who use her Chakrub products and methods. These overwhelmingly positive testimonials have inspired her to write her latest book, Crystal Healing & Sacred Pleasure. Since conceptualizing her initial designs for crystal pleasure tools in 2011, and establishing her brand in 2012, Cuccia has been an influencer in the social movement of sex positivity, self-love, and personal awareness by bridging the gap between sensuality and spirituality. As creator of products that symbolize the essence of these movements, she spearheaded the ethos of the brand which is inspiring many to nurture their own emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Rebecca Goyette.  Rebecca Goyette creates persona-based works that poke holes in Puritanical sexual mores. Working in a wide variety of media, her extensive artillery features figurative drawing, video, performance, and handmade sculptural elements made from fabric, clay and found materials used in a ritual fashion. Many know her as Lobsta Girl, and Goyette has filmed her interspecies os detailing the sex lives of lobsters internationally. Originally, Goyette adopted the sexually aggressive female lobster as a primary character she performed live to promote female agency. Another alter ego to Goyette is the ghost of her direct ancestor, Rebecca Nurse hanged as a Salem witch, who is re-imagined cycling through repetitive power dynamics in fits and foibles in the "New World." this episode Q&A includes: • teasel root specific for lymes disease.. • dream work, working with guides in the spirit world..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Isla Burgess. Isla has been through many ways of looking at the world and the plant world inparticular. Erring on the view of plants as intelligent life forms capable of self expression and an MSc in Holistic Science in 2008 and 2009, set her on a ‘the journey of a lifetime’. Every day that Isla lives on this land in the wilds of Central Otago, New Zealand, Isla lives as a participant in this extraordinary place. Following on from the very practical book Weeds Heal A Working Herbal, written in 1998, Isla wrote a second book that includes many of the experiences of living on this land among these extraordinary beings. That book is The Biophilic Garden Connecting People, Plants and Inscape was published last November.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Riane Eisler.  IANE EISLER, JD, PhD (hon), is a systems scientist and cultural historian whose research has inspired both scholars and social activists. Her work shows that raising the status of women is key to constructing a more equitable and less violent world based on partnership rather than domination, and she pioneered the expansion of human rights theory and action to include the rights of women and children. She is co-founder and president of the   Center for Partnership Studies (CPS), dedicated to research and education, and Editor in Chief of the Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, an online peer-reviewed journal at the University of Minnesota that was inspired by her work.  Dr. Eisler is internationally known for her bestseller "The Chalice and The Blade: Our History, Our Future, now in 27 foreign editions. Her book  "The Real Wealth of Nations: Creating a Caring Economics, was ha

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr. Kate Lund. Dr. Kate Lund is a licensed clinical psychologist and performance coach with more than fifteen years of experience. She has specialized training in medical psychology from Shriners Hospital for Children in Boston, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, all of which are affiliated with Harvard Medical School, and she is an adjunct instructor in Psychology at Bastyr University in Seattle.   As a mother and a psychologist, Kate Lund is deeply concerned about the prevalence of social media, bullying, and anxiety in America when it comes to our kids.  In BOUNCE she shares tips and tools on how to help children deal with anxiety which puts a spotlight on resilience and how it helps students thrive.  Resilience is so important because it is what helps children bounce back from challenge and move forward despite the challenge.    There is some personal experience where

Sean is an herbalist, gardener and medicine maker. You are invited to call in to this monthly show to ask questions and add to the discussion

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Sharry Edwards.  Sharry Edwards has been accused of being too scientific by some, too esoteric by others. She is a bridge between both fields of inquiry.  Sharry is the acknowledged pioneer in the emerging field of Vocal Profiling using BioAcoustic Biology.  She has for many years provided the leading-edge research to show the voice as a holographic representation of the body that can be used to change the face of medicine. Vocal Profiling can let us know the intentions of our leaders; the motivations of our partners; the foundation of our sense of well-being.  Would those abilities be of value in the struggle to attain dominion over our intrinsic right to personal freedoms? this episode Q&A includes: • does the uterus have a separate immune system? possibly why topical estrogen applied to the vagina does not circulate in the body.. • new drugs are more likely to have the most side effects and t

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Marcie Goldman. Marcie Goldman is a Feminist Health Coach. This means she doesn't prescribe diets. She helps people recover from restrictive diets, "food sensitivities" and digestive-distress using food and herbs.  She teaches, "nourishing is flourishing." She believes in food SKILLS, not obedience.  Her work combines the Wise Woman Tradition, "nutrition recovery," and herbal medicine. A stellar combination she's honed, working one-on-one and leading group programs, for over 20 years. Marcie graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition as a Board Certified Health Coach in 1999 after completing Susun Weed's Shamanic Herbal Apprenticeship in 1998. Before that, she received her Bachelor's in Women's Studies at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Most recently, Marcie is a certified Addiction Recovery Nutrition Coach and Mental Health Recovery Nutrition Coach through the Alliance for Addiction Solutions. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Eliza Factor. Eliza is author of the acclaimed novels The Mercury Fountain and Love Maps. Eliza and her husband have three children, the eldest of whom is multiply disabled. She is founder and President of the Board of Extreme Kids & Crew, a non profit community center that connects families with children with disabilities through the arts, music and play in Brooklyn. Factor was named New Yorker of the Week by NY1 in 2012 for creating the city's first drop in sensory playspace for children with disabilities. Eliza Factor lives in Brooklyn, NY with her family.  Additional infomration available at https://www.elizafactor.net/strange-beauty/  this episode Q&A includes: • give your spent plants back to the earth... • persistent organic pollutant- where do your organic dollars count? • strep throat- echinacea, sage honey, propolis- why not to use antibiotics unless you are in a life threatening situa

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Jill Stansbury. Dr Stansbury is an ethnobotanist and outdoor enthusiast and leads Ethnobotany field courses in the Andes and Manu region of the Peruvian Amazon each July.  She has built a humble home in Cuzco and hosts studies in cultural anthropology, oral history collection, ethnobotany, and the mystical and healing traditions with four different tribal communities.  She is presently documenting and organizing traditional ethnobotanical wisdom in order to give it back to the various tribes when the time is right. She became adept at the Spanish language to conduct this research, and know plants names in 4 additional tribal languages including Matsigenka, Bora, Wachiperi, and Yaguas.      She is the mother of two adult children, and her hobbies include art, photography, playing the guitar and singing with friends, gardening, camping, cooking and studying quantum and metaphysics and international travel.  When sh

Sean is an herbalist, gardener and medicine maker. You are invited to call in to this monthly show to ask questions and add to the discussion

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with  Carolin Hauser. Thirteen years ago Carolin came to America from Germany with $7 in her pocket and a dream that she would be able to help others. Carolin has encountered many difficult life situations and circumstances that have helped define her and transform her into the person she is today. Through remembering her own childhood sexual trauma, recovering from a ten-year eating disorder, suffering from chronic fatigue, getting divorced and going bankrupt; to now, being married to her Divine Partner and Soulmate Paul and helping over 5,000 other people heal, find love, create success in their life, and businesses. All while growing her own business into a multi-six-figure Company. Carolin has written an award-winning book: Blossom: 7 Steps to Sexual Healing. She is a German trained Naturopathic Doctor, Humanistic Psychotherapist, and Family Constellations Facilitator. And is an internationally recognized speaker an

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with EagleSong Evans Gardener. EagleSong Gardener is a gardener/herbalist, grandmother/earth-keeper and a pilgrim-adventurer from the Pacific Northwest corner of North America. She is woman with a passion for culture which she notices grows from the connection of people, plants and earth, EagleSong is founder of RavenCroft Garden in Monroe, WA. where she tends heart and soul at the hearth of RavenCroft. She is the Director of the Pacific Women's Herbal Conference. A gathering for women interested in tending life the wise woman way. A daily practice of natural health, simple living and herbal medicine anchors her herbal apprenticeships for those interested in the rigorous journey of being human. this episode Q&A includes: • expressing anger.. • gut flora, gut biome- foods that contain the most available culture.. • old cat- no tinctures for cats- comfrey infusion, hospice care for cats. • medical

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Sara-Chana Silverstein. Sar-Chana is the author of the book MOODTOPIA: Tame your moods, de-stress, and find balance using herbal remedies.  She is a Master Herbalist RH (AHG), Classical Homeopath, Board-certified lactation consultant (IBCLC), businesswoman, wife, keynote speaker and mother of seven children.  She is regularly featured on TV news shows across the US discussing how people can integrate alternative medicine with conventional medicine.  She is a consultant to many pediatricians, surgeons, obstetricians, midwives, general doctors and guest lectures to resident at medical schools. this episode Q&A includes: • is linden a better anti inflammatory than turmeric? • liver and gallbladder problem- slippery elm smoothes everything out.. • smoke in the air and pregnant.. • why essential oils are problematic.. • Baba Yaga.. • and much more..

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with HeatherAsh Amara. HeatherAsh is the bestselling author of Warrior Goddess Training, Become the Woman You Are Meant to Be. She travels the world working with groups of women to integrate the feminine wisdom of the ancients into their modern lives. this episode Q&A includes: • hypothyroidism healing success without taking medication.. • central sleep apnea- what is the problem with the problem.. • wholeness and integrating our darkness.. • teachings from Elisabeth Kubler Ross.. • tincturing yellowdock root.. • preventing and treating ovarian cancer with ginkgo biloba tincture.. • retaining plant volatiles from mint family plants by making pestos and honeys.. • harvesting linden flowers.. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minuteinterview with Maia Toll. Maia Toll opened the first Herbiary shop in Philadelphia in 2006 after returning from a year-long apprenticeship with an herbalist in Ireland. Maia believed, and still believes, that easy access to plant-based healing can cultivate love and respect for the natural world, even if you live in the most urban of spaces. Maia has taught plant medicine at universities, hospitals, and even in the Peruvian jungle but, these days, she prefers to focus on creating community around women's wisdom and spirituality, working through her online group The Medicine Keepers Collective. Her first book, The Illustrated Herbiary, hits the shelves today! The Illustrated Herbiary helps you create connection with the plants through ritual and reflection, using imagery to ignite your imagination. If you order your copy this evening, you'll still be able to get the free online class Maia offered for pre-orders, which she extend