

21. The Medicine We Carry - Lola Venado
Jul 24, 2018
01:40:16
In the Intro:
- I share an ancestral story
- How I define spirituality
- The food your bones are made from
- Herbal body oils & elderberry elixir
In the Interview:
- Being the the daughter of a secret witch + becoming a botanical bruja years after the mother passed and the chance to learn from her was gone
- Racism, secrecy, lineage, and cultural evolution
- Following the breadcrumbs to get a bigger picture of who your people were (there are more holes than solid information in all of our lineages)
- Letting your silvers shine
- Locating yourself within the myths of your ancestors
- Being empowered to heal yourself
- Listening to the understory- amplifying the voices of people of color within the worlds of herbalism, spirituality, and the creative arts
- Comida es Medicina
- Most magic is mundane
- When women's knowing and/or calling out injustice are labeled "irrational"
- What white folks are learning/dismantling right now
Links:
- Lola's website
- Lola's Branch + Bone Medicine Show podcast
- Kitkitdizzi in Nevada City
- Lola's Instagram
- Medicine Stories Patreon
- The Mythic Medicinals online herb shop
- Mythic Medicine on Instagram
- The Medicine Stories Facebook group
- Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
- Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)