Six Steps to Herbal Competence and Confidence

Feb 2, 2022

Discover the key hurdles herbalists face: fear of competence and confidence. Learn why practical experience is vital and how it can enhance your skills. Explore the competence-confidence feedback loop and uncover three actionable steps to boost your herbal knowledge. Gain insights into building self-assurance as a healer. Transform your understanding of herbalism from theory to practice, and start making a real impact on people's health!

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INSIGHT

Competence And Confidence Are Core

Sajah argues that most herbalists stall because of two core internal barriers: competence and confidence.
He says overcoming these unlocks the ability to serve people and meet real-world health needs.

ANECDOTE

Conference Moment About Inner Game

Sajah recounts attending a conference where a speaker described the ‘inner game’ affecting outer performance.
He uses this to illustrate how emotional and psychological work influences clinical herbal practice.

INSIGHT

Confidence–Competence Feedback Loop

Confidence and competence form a feedback loop where growth in one enables growth in the other.
Increasing confidence prompts tackling harder cases, which expands competence further.

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The two most common roadblocks an herbalist will face in their path is the fear that they lack the competence and confidence necessary to be a good practitioner. While it might feel more comfortable to read herbal books than to speak with people, the role of the herbalist isn’t to simply amass knowledge, but to use what they’ve learned to help people!

By resolving these two fears, you can unlock your potential as an herbal healer and help people experience vibrant health.

In this week’s episode, you’ll learn:

About the importance of breaking out of the books and into the field
About the competence-confidence feedback loop
Three actionable steps you can increase your competence
Three ways you can improve your confidence

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ABOUT SAJAH

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Sajah Popham is the author of Evolutionary Herbalism and the founder of the School of Evolutionary Herbalism, where he trains herbalists in a holistic system of plant medicine that encompasses clinical western herbalism, medical astrology, Ayurveda, and spagyric alchemy. His mission is to develop a comprehensive approach that balances the science and spirituality of plant medicine, focusing on using plants to heal and rejuvenate the body, clarify the mind, open the heart, and support the development of the soul. Sajah’s approach honors and acknowledges the chemical, energetic, and spiritual properties of plants for a holistic model that uses the whole herb to heal the whole person. He lives on a homestead in the foothills of Mt. Baker Washington with his wife Whitney where he teaches, consults clients, and prepares spagyric herbal medicines.

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ABOUT THE PLANT PATH

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The Plant Path provides unique perspectives for the modern practitioner of herbalism that doesn’t just want to “fix what’s broken” in the body, but seeks to serve others with deeper levels of healing and transformation with herbal medicines.

A unique synergy of clinical herbalism, alchemy, medical astrology, and herbal traditions from around the world, The Plant Path focuses on giving you a truly “wholistic” perspective on herbal medicine so you never fall into the trap of allopathic herbalism.

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