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Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Willow Green. Willow Green is a Bestselling Author, Wellness Coach, and Ordained Minister. Willow believes true happiness is possible if we acknowledge, accept, and nourish all aspects of ourselves. Having completely turned her life around, she is an avid believer, model, and inspiration of how to transform negative thought patterns into opportunities and assets. She is guided by her inner compass and spirit. 

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Shane Mauss. Originally from Wisconsin, Shane Mauss caught his first break when he was awarded ‘Best Stand-Up” at The HBO US Comedy Arts Festival in 2007.  This led to his TV debut and first of five appearances on Conan. Since that time he’s been on Jimmy Kimmel, Showtime, has had a Comedy Central Presents, a Netflix special ‘Mating Season’, and most recently released album inspired by breaking both of his feet in a hiking mishap called ‘My Big Break’ which spent time at #1 on the comedy iTunes charts.  Shane has also been getting a lot of attention as a popular guest on podcasts such as You Made It Weird, Bertcast, WTF, Duncan Trussell’s Family Hour, TOFOP, Crabfeast, Never Not Funny, Keith and The Girl and last year he started traveling around the country interviewing scientists about the meanings of life for his own podcast “Here We Are” which has a 5 star rating on iTunes.

In Episode 12 of the Tiny Giant Losses podcast, we discuss the science and stats of infant loss, review the film "Losing Layla" by Vanessa Gorman and interview April Boyd of the Love & Loss Project. April Boyd is a private practice MSW therapist, creator of the Baby Loss Survival Guide, and founder of the Love & Loss Project, an online comfort & inspiration station for women who have experienced the loss of a baby, pregnancy or child.  April is committed to turning the tragedy of her daughter’s life story into a love story by living her own life as brightly as possible and helping others to do the same.  When she is not doing the work she loves to do, you might find her on the top of a paddleboard or on the side of a mountain with her partner & her six pound Yorkie Sasha.  You can get her free self-care kit and connect with her at lovelossproject.com. In the episode, Lindsey mentions a reproductive loss support guide PDF for friends and family. You can access it here. If you'd like to subsc

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Bethany Webster.  Bethany Webster is a writer, transformational coach, international speaker and what you could call a midwife of the heart. Her work is focused on helping women heal the "mother wound" so that they can step into their full feminine power and potential. In addition to writing and teaching internationally, Bethany offers online courses and a private coaching program for women leaders who desire to take a quantum leap in their leadership. Her website is womboflight.com this episode Q&A includes: • menopause- be content being uncomfortable- don't go to the doctor, the doctor has been trained to give you drugs.. • gum recession- when it comes to dentistry, science is really our friend, dental health in childhood and using yarrow tincture • infusion of plantain used as an adaptogen.. • how to use lemon when there are lots.. • horsetail infusion used for mold.. • you need to use herbs with chem

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Eleanora Amendola. Master healer, teacher, and alchemist Eleanora Amendolara is the creator of the pioneering healing system, Chumpi Illumination and a leading Health Kinesiology instructor. She trains students at Sacred Center Mystery School in Warwick, NY and at other locations across the country. Individual healing sessions are available in Warwick, Brooklyn, and New York City. www.sacredcenter.net this episode Q&A includes: • bio-identical hormones- you cannot count on what you're getting from them- highly unregulated.. • very difficult for women to improve bone mass without dairy in the diet.. • affirmations cut to the heart of the situation- are you beliefs worth standing up for?  • feet relate to every other part of the body- reflexology- energetic and electric connections.. • cleavers to move lymphatic tissue- infusion and/or tincture.. • endometriosis- what is it? nettle infusion, liver, yellow dock ti

In this week's episode of Tiny Giant Losses, we share a breathing exercise, share an overview of The Six Steps of Healing, interview Nathalie Himmelrich (grief therapist and author of “Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple”) and review the child loss film “Rabbit Hole” starring Nicole Kidman. Nathalie Himmelrich's professional background is as a relationship coach and grief recovery expert, helping people find their way back to a life of joy, laughter and happiness. Nathalie has had three pregnancies and given birth to identical twin girls, one she holds hands with in life and one she holds in her heart forever. Needless to say she is experienced with loss. She now lives in Zurich, Switzerland after having lived abroad in Singapore and Australia. For additional information, please visit www.nathaliehimmelrich.com. Note: This is not a call-in episode.

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Eric Osborne. Eric Osborne is an experienced mushroom cultivator, formerly owner of Magnificent Mushrooms gourmet mushroom company.  Eric has a Master's Degree in Education, is a father of two and founder of PLEDG (Psychedelic Liberation Education Discipline and Guidance) and MycoMeditations, a Jamaica based Psilocybin retreat and Psychedelic Wellness Center.  Eric has seventeen years experience in the cultivation of mushrooms and was the first individual to be certified by the State of Indiana as a 'Wild Mushroom Expert'. this episode Q&A includes: • pick 8 adaptogens a year to work with for 6 weeks at a time. • the art of being an herbalist.. • sinus infection congestion- anti infectives, marshmallow and linden infusions, water bath acupuncture.. • pacific botanicals has astragalus grown in the USA.. • codonopsis as infusion and tincture- infusion uses more herb/more benefit.. • salivary gland cancer- adapt

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions follwed by a 30 minute interview with Wendy Hammarstrom. After studying art, dance and theater in Philadelphia in the 1970s, and receiving a BFA in Dance from Temple University in 1978, Wendy and her husband turned their East Oak Lane home into Innerworks Center for bodywork and movement classes. At the same time, Wendy also founded Agape Dancers, a modern dance troupe whose choreography included images from nature, yoga and martial arts. Since moving to California she has taught massage therapy, yoga and mandala art, written for a variety of newspapers, and completed her book, Circles of Healing.  She has been blessed with a wonderful daughter, Marina Braff, and has shared her home with a multitude of animals.  Wendy continues to see massage and yoga therapy clients in North County San Diego and the Inland Valley. Website: www.circlesofhealingbook1.com and email: Innerworks1@aol.com this episode Q&A includes: • check out Susun's new course on ad

In Episode 11 of the Tiny Giant Losses podcast, we share studies on and healing approaches for pregnancy after loss, review "The Gifts of Imperfection" by Brené Brown and interview Valerie Meek of Pregnancy After Loss Support. Valerie Meek is the Operations Director for Pregnancy After Loss Support (PALS), a writer, mama, wife and crafter. She lives in a Boston suburb with her husband, daughter, and Sato rescue dog. She became a mama when her son Patrick was born still at 20 weeks in April of 2014. Grappling with her loss and finding hope to get pregnant again led her to Pregnancy After Loss Support where she shared her trying to conceive and pregnancy after loss journey as a monthly contributor, then joined founder Lindsey Henke in expanding PALS reach and services as the Operations Director. She gave birth to her baby born after loss—her daughter, "Stitch"—in February 2016. Valerie also writes about her family life and crafty endeavors at her blog Meek Manor. In the episode, Lindsey mentions a reproductiv

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr Sarah Buckley. Dr Sarah Buckley is a family physician (GP), trained in GP-obstetrics. She is the author of the internationally best-selling book Gentle Birth. Gentle Mothering and the scientific report Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing, published with Childbirth Connection (US) in 2015.  Sarah’s work supports parents and professionals to be well informed, to listen to their hearts and instincts, and to acknowledge the rightful place of parents as the real experts in their bodies, babies and families. Sarah is currently combines mothering her four children with her work as a writer and lecturer on pregnancy, birth and parenting. She is also a PhD candidate at the University of Queensland. See www.sarahbuckley.com and www.gentlenaturalbirth.com this episode Q&A includes: • adaptogens- non toxic, nonspecific and normalizing.. • codonopsis- healer of the intestines and stomach.. • treating ongoing infect

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Dr Aviva Romm. Referred to as “the face of natural medicine in the 21st century by Prevention Magazine” and named one of the 100 Women to Watch in Wellness by Mind Body Green. A midwife, herbalist, and Yale-trained MD, Board Certified in Family Medicine with Obstetrics, as well as a graduate of Dr. Weil's Integrative Medicine Residency (University of Arizona), Dr. Romm is one of the nation’s leaders in botanical medicine and is the author of 7 books on natural medicine including her latest book The Adrenal Thyroid Revolution (Harper One, January 2017). She lives and practices medicine in western Massachusetts and New York City and is a nationally sought speaker, author, and consultant.  this episode Q&A includes: • infection after lumpectomy- echinacea root tincture 2-4 dropperfuls every hour until infection has passed, poultice of raw potato to draw out infection, linden infusion to counter inflammation.. • radiat

The Tiny Giant Losses podcast is for women who have experienced reproductive loss of any kind, including miscarriage, stillbirth, infant death, giving up a child for adoption, termination, infertility diagnosis and the difficult decision to live a childless life. In this week's episode of Tiny Giant Losses, we share a breathing exercise, discuss The Six Steps of Healing with Susun Weed, review “Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple” and more. If you missed our series on The Six Steps of Healing the first time around, this is the perfect time to start it! Author, teacher and Wise Woman Susun Weed is one of America's best-known authorities on herbal medicine and natural approaches to women's health. Since she began studying herbal medicine more than fifty years ago, Susun has garnered an international reputation for her groundbreaking lectures, teachings, and writings on health and nutrition, which frequently challenge conventional medical approaches and are unabashedly pro-woman. You can check out her

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Jennifer Henry. Jennifer Henry is a natural born psychic medium, and has offered spiritual readings professionally since 1989, helping people all over the world. She is certified in Meduimship and Medical Intuition, holds degrees in Liberal Arts and Spanish, and is a licensed nondenominational minister. Jennifer is the founder of the University of Light, offering readings, mentorships and classes that facilitate psychic development. www.MyUniversityofLight.com  

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Nikki Myers. Nikki Myers developed Yoga of 12-Step Recovery (Y12SR) in 2004. Nikki is an accomplished yoga therapist, teacher and somatic experiencing practitioner. She is the founder of CITYOGA School of Yoga and Health in Indianapolis, IN. From her personal struggles with addiction, Nikki is quick to tell the world, “The 12-step program and Yoga saved my life – one is my lifeboat, the other my launching pad.” Nikki's Website is: www.y12sr.com this episode Q&A includes:  • we do not "take" infusions- we drink infusions, they are food.. • white and green make healthy bones- infusions and high quality dairy.. • difference between bacteria in yogurt and fermented milk kefir.. • vagus nerve, sleep and chronic illness.. • do not remove amalgam filings- very dangerous, leave them alone.. • engaging in distressing issues symbolically.. • do not take tinctures made from dried hypericum- only from fresh floweri

In Episode Ten of the Tiny Giant Losses podcast, we review the nine healing exercises we’ve shared on the podcast so far, cover Step Zero (Do Nothing) as it relates to babyloss, replay highlights from our nine interviews of 2016, and remind listeners of the best healing books / films we’ve reviewed this year. In this episode, Lindsey mentions a blog post about 'The Work'. You can access the post here. If you'd like to receive more healing resources from Tiny Giant Losses, you can do so through Patreon. Wishing you all the best along your healing journey in 2017 and beyond! Lindsey @ Tiny Giant Losses

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Moshe Daniel Block. Like a Da Vinci of our times, Moshe Daniel Block (aka Dr. Moshe) is a Naturopathic doctor, Homeopath, Musician, Author, Inventor, and Hermeticist. He graduated from the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in 2000 and heals people in his practice with his cutting-edge counseling technique called Holistic Counseling – The Vis Dialogue. Dr. Moshe then completed the Homeopathic Master Clinician Course (HMC) in 2003. He is the author of the inspiring book The Revolution of Naturopathic Medicine (2004). He is the inventor of the moe-joe cell, an alternative fuel-cell and energy healing device. He was personally diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 1995, a potentially fatal autoimmune disease. He cured himself and has become a leader in mind-body medicine, teaching other health care practitioners in his popular course Holistic Counseling.  holistic-counseling.ca this episode Q&A includes: •

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Toko-pa Turner. Toko-pa Turner is a writer, teacher and dreamworker.  Blending the mystical tradition of Sufism in which she was raised with a Jungian approach to dreamwork, she founded the Dream School in 2001 from which hundreds of students have since graduated. Toko-pa has been interviewed by CNN News and BBC Radio and has a community of over 75,000 online readers. She is currently finishing a book on Belonging, which explores the themes of exile, embodiment and the search for belonging. Sometimes called a Midwife of the Psyche, Toko-pa’s work focuses on restoring the feminine, reconciling paradox, and facilitating sacred grief & ritual practice. You can find Toko-pa on her beloved Facebook pageDreamwork with Toko-pa or on her website at toko-pa.com. this episode Q&A includes:  • teething baby- easiest remedy is ice, amber necklace, chamomile tea- first experience as a mother that we cannot make the wo

In Episode Nine of the Tiny Giant Losses podcast, we share Byron Katie's 'The Work,' Step One (Gather Information) from The Six Steps of Healing and an interview with Jennifer Massoni Pardini of The Chain-Link Heart Project. Jennifer Massoni Pardini is a writer, editor, and mother. Her work has appeared in The New York Times’ Motherlode, The Washington Post Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, and been anthologized in Three Minus One: Stories of Parents' Love and Loss. Since losing her son in the second trimester, much of her writing has focused on grief, healing, and parenting after loss. She is a monthly contributor to Pregnancy After Loss Support, blogs and gathers resources at www.jennifermassonipardini.com, and collects hearts in her son’s honor with the Chain-Link Heart Project. She is also completing a memoir about her journey. In the episode, Lindsey mentions a blog post about 'The Work'. You can access it here. If you'd like to subscribe to receive more resources through Tiny Giant Losses, you can d

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions follwed by a 30 minute interview with Rev Barbara Grace. Creator and Keeper of the Elder Midwife History Gathering Project. From a very young age, Barbara Grace was a midwife. “Innately I knew that the power of touch and being a quiet witness could heal and calm.  At births with all species, and in all situations.” Graduating from seminary school at 19, Rev. Grace went on to speak all over North America about hands on healing and developing our own innate intuition. Then in the late ‘70’s she began her apprentice training with a traditional midwife, to become a midwife herself.  Always a change-maker in the often oppositional worlds of our personal human rights and the laws of the legal system, she has consistently made a stand for choice, even when she became an ‘outlaw’ in the process! Rev. Grace is mom to 3 grown sons and “Morai” (Irish for ‘grandmother’) to 6 grand-darlings. A life-long advocate of gentle birthing and human rights in childbirth,

Susun S. Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with DeAnna L'am. ‘Womb Visionary’ DeAnna L'am is a motivational speaker, workshop leader, and a trail blazer who defined the last missing piece in women's psyche today: harnessing the spiritual force hidden in both Menstruation and Menopause. She has been leading workshops and certifying facilitators nationally and internationally for over 30 years. DeAnna is author of: • Becoming Peers - Mentoring Girls Into Womanhood • A Diva’s Guide to Getting Your Period And founder of: • Red Moon School of Empowerment for Women & Girls™ • Purple Moon – Menopause as a Spiritual Journey • Red Tents In Every Neighborhood – Global Network • International Red Tent Day Visit DeAnna at: www.deannalam.com  this episode Q&A includes: • excessive sweating- drink stinging nettle infusion to lower cortisol and apply witch hazel.. • essential oils, especially oil of oregano put in ear can perforate the ear drum... • whole onion