36. Magic Makes Us Human & Plants Keep Us Rooted- Rebecca Altman

How the journey through grief, depression, and getting on and then getting off 5 different pharmaceuticals at once led Rebecca to herbalism

Meeting the spirit of a place/seeing your home with new eyes

Sexy desert plants: creosote (chaparral/Larrea) & ocotillo

Where there is no word for magic because it's just a normal part of life & why believing in magic makes us human

The West's missing rites of initiation & why we have such a hard time adulting

Realizing that no one else is going to tell you that you belong, that you have the gift, that you are magical

The humoural approach to herbalism & healing: why knowing your personal balance of temperaments (sanguine, choleric, meloncholic, and phlegmatic) can help you to know yourself better

The debilitating cultural preference/lie embedded in The Hero's Journey

The virtues of working inefficiently

A practice to get you rooted and step you back inside yourself: reconnecting to what we cut off in order to get things done quicker & better

Root medicine: shatavari & ashwaganda