Medicine Stories

We each carry our own unique ancestral medicine, and can (and should!) spend a lifetime uncovering it. A teacher of herbal, folk, and indigenous medicine, Atava is deeply grounded in and a powerful guide through this sacred work. IN THE INTRO: Synchronicity, mushroom medicine, and the deer dress Herbal Medicine Giveaway Ancestral Apothecary's Student of Color Scholarship Fund- investing in herbal education is investing in the health of your community The Ancestor Song IN THE INTERVIEW: Invocation When an ancestor becomes an ally from the other side How to know when it's really a message from spirit and not just our own projection Food as the one surviving cultural tradition within a family Remembering your indigenous mind How giving time and attention to our roots can heal relationships among the living Ancestral connection and reverence work never ends Healing is in our bones, our blood, our DNA Being witnessed in our stories Remembering that the plants are (literally) our ancestors Using plants to ground deeply when talking about and facing ancestral issues like colonization and slavery- we're never alone as long as we have our plant allies Making space for people of color to explore and reclaim their ancestral medicine Teaching healing skills so that people can treat those within their own communities and not need saving from elsewhere Herbalists are the grassroots community healers You're going to be a better herbalist and healer if you're rooted in your own ancestral traditions We all come from people who work with plants Love is the basic fundamental vibration that keeps the universe moving- how love and community saw Atava through uterine cancer & remembering to reweave the energy of love back into the healing arts A beautiful death: how the love we give and receive in this life carries us into the realm of the ancestors LINKS: Ancestral Apothecary School Ancestral Apothecary Ancestral Apothecary on Instagram Weaving Earth Immersion Lead To Life Ancestral Medicine My website Mythic Medicine Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

Herbalist Kami McBride is back to dive even deeper into the uses of plant medicine for long term vitality and well being. This time we focus on home & kitchen herbalism, which is both super easy/accessible to everyone and the most important way to utilize herbs for daily health. Win win! INTRO: Home herbalism is the best kind of herbalism Put this spice (already in your kitchen!) on a cut to stop bleeding quick Kami's fabulous book, The Herbal Kitchen, has a new 10th anniversary edition! Pre-Order now and get these bonuses: The Turmeric Sessions Video Class Pesto for All Seasons eBook Kitchen Medicine Workshop Herbal Kitchen Recipe Cards Pre-order access to Herbal Kitchen chapter on Herbal Honey INTERVIEW: How simple kitchen herbalism bypasses the overwhelm many new herbalists feel (IT'S SO EASY Y'ALL) Culture begins in the kitchen Empowering yourself to take care of everyday illnesses and ailments at home The magic that happens when women gather to make food and medicine together (with our uniques lineage of women standing behind us) How Kami has her kitchen set up so that incorporating healing herbs into every meal takes no thought Herbal sprinkles alone can change the whole food culture in a home No one eats perfectly healthy at every meal, but adding herbal salts, vinegars, oils, honeys, etc. to each dish automatically and dramatically boosts the nutritional- and flavor!- content Kitchen herbalism returns a vast diversity of missing micronutrients to the Standard American Diet Digestion is literally the foundation of health, and an herbally oriented kitchen supports the flow of blood, energy, and oxygen to your digestive track at every meal Evolving our medical care to the next level begins at home Pesto is as sacred as the elements and is incredible for fighting colds & flu (and has endless possibilities beyond basil!) Reawakening our senses & activating ancestral taste and scent perception Why you need the bitter flavor in your life Alchemy Oil, Chai Honey, and mind blowing Herbal Cordials The best herbal food gifts to give for every occasion Mega next level meal planning- taking 15 minutes to ask yourself what's going on with your/your living mates lives and health this week, and then planning meals and herbal condiments around that LINKS: Pre-Order The Herbal Kitchen now to get the bonuses! My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

Our task as European-ancestored people, seeing what's been hidden beyond our short-sighted view of history, and why healing isn't possible in the absence of love. IN THE INTRO: Who gets to claim their ancestors? Healing broken lineages Cultural appropriation & reparations IN THE INTERVIEW: How Lyla, raised to acknowledge only her Native American side, came to understand and honor her indigenous European ancestors What happens when people hate their ancestors (and therefore themselves) Making space for everyone's healing- permission to grieve all the ancestral traumas Going way back in time to understand colonizer/oppressor actions Lyla's early experiences with sexual abuse, alcohol, and drugs and how they informed her perspective on restorative justice Pilgrimage to the Sacred Motherland of Europe- "These mountains may have lost their people, but that doesn't mean they don't need ceremony" Seeing through the thin wall of time that dominates our understanding of history & remembering that the vast majority of our ancestors lived before cultures and humans got broken Indigenous languages are the sound of the land speaking through the people Love is the only thing worth doing here Where do we go from here? It depends on where we came from LINKS: Reclaiming our Indigenous European Roots by Lyla in Moon Magazine Lyla on Facebook Anti-Racist Genealogical Research (For Everyone) w/ Darla Antoine Ancestral Reverence as Devotion to the Earth w/ Daniel Foor My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

The stories that call to us, the ancestors who live in us, the cultures that are lost to us, and so much more... IN THE INTRO: Self care and energy hygiene for sensitive types Ancestral languages Elderberry magic IN THE INTERVIEW: Making peace with our names, the legacy of patriarchal naming, changing names, prehistoric kinship ties, and pondering how our most ancient ancestors chose names Spectral visitations from the grandfather who died before Janelle was born Rootlessness, and what is lost when people set out on their own and leave their land and people behind How our ancestors live in us, even when we can't claim their culture as our own Language as a gateway to the ancestors Megalithic monuments and the transition from hunting and gathering to farming in Europe Starting a podcast Knowing whose land you're living on The ancient tales we're drawn to Diving deep into embodiment and creativity The profound inner and outer journey of Personal Mythmaking Navigating the world as a Highly Sensitive Person and empath- "I need a lot of self care to be connected to my deep self" Biodynamic craniosacral therapy, somatic experiencing, and other coping mechanisms/self care Chronic trauma responses and nervous system stuckness The more ephemeral cultural transmissions: textiles, fiber arts, music, dance, cooking, etc. LINKS: Janelle's website My interview on the Personal Mythmakers Podcast My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly Ancient Spirit Rising by Pegi Eyers The Highly Sensitive Person by Dr. Elaine Aron Lyla June on the For The Wild Podcast, Part 1 and Part 2 Sylvia Lindstead

How strategic inefficiency can make us more efficient, knowing your personality type, and being deeply rooted in place. IN THE INTRO: What time can do (my recent family emergency) Ancestral Lineage Healing Lion's mane mushroom & hawthorn berry medicine IN THE INTERVIEW: 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 LINKS: Rebecca's websites: King's Road Apothecary and The Wonder Sessions Ancestral Lineage Healing Intensive in Berkeley 2/8-10 My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) Malidoma Somé

Most artists, and working women, keep their parenthood separate from their work and creativity. Alela Diane is bucking that (unnatural/inauthentic) trend, and we speak about the hard decisions working moms face, how giving life to her second daughter literally almost killed her, and the many magical ways her songs come into being. IN THE INTRO: The complexities of motherhood, Part 1: Weaning Win a copy of Alela's latest album Cusp The future of this podcast IN THE INTERVIEW: Alela's unique name, bohemian childhood, and deeply rooted familial musical inheritance The painful life experiences that led Alela to start making music Songs that come in dreams, or that contain foreknowledge of the future The complexities of motherhood, Part 2: Tour life as a mom (taking them with until you're like neh, they're staying home) Alela's giving birth / near death experience Knowing when your loved one has passed, before you get the news LINKS: AlelaDiane.com Mother Magazine feature on Alela My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

IN THE INTRO: Evolutionary health, symptoms as adaptations, why there's no such thing as the optimal diet, and why we didn't necessarily evolve to be healthy One of our last remaining collective/ancestral rituals IN THE INTERVIEW: Why to start herbally & nutritionally preparing for your period at ovulation Understanding nutritional needs throughout the menstrual cycle Tracking your period Coffee & chocolate for the cycling woman- good or bad? Iron, blood, oxygen, and women How Anja overcame six years of alcohol and drug abuse and built a healthy, healing life We share our stories of growing up with an alcoholic parent, and of our mothers' deaths, and what it feels like when you get that phone call we all dread A super important but always overlooked perspective on nutrient deficiency in addicts and the role of nutrition in recovery It's never too late to change your path When Anja found out about her German great-grandmother being the town mystic and Tarot reader, and how this ancestor's sensitivity has echoed down through the motherline Food, drink, and herbs for winter nourishment Carminitives: a simple, delicious, and healing class of herbal medicine that you already have in your kitchen LINKS: Anja's website ManaMedicinals.net My website & herb shop MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) BOOKS- *The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel E. Lieberman *Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weschler *Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom by Dr. Christianne Northrup *Sex, Time, and Power: How Women's Sexuality Shaped Human Evolution by Leonard Shlain *The Alphabet Vs the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image by Leonard Shlain *It's OK That You're Not OK by Megan Devine (and her website Refuge In Grief) *Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth by Stephen Harrod Buhner PODCASTS- *LifeSpa with John Douillard *Dr. Gabor Mate on Russell Brand's Under the Skin podcast Past Medicine Stories episodes mentioned- *w/ Stephen Harrod Buhner (sensory gating channels) *w/ Suuzi Hazen (iron, liver, evolution) *w/ Kami McBride (herbalism, oils, menstrual wellness) MISCELLANEOUS- *My video An Herbalist's Perspective on Cold & Flu *Period Tracker apps *Dr. Zach Bush

In the Intro: Living among the California wildfires $200 herbal medicine giveaway! The beautiful complexity of the female body In the Interview: The intersection between herbalism & functional medicine Why "Just live like your grandmothers lived and you'll be healthy" doesn't work anymore Health confusion and information overload A name is a prayer: the meaning of Anja's name and how it ties into her life's path The gateway of birth & the role of a birth attendant Understanding the complex dance of women's hormones and what we can do to create better hormonal health (we talk about digestion, the liver, PMS, headaches, bloating, cramps, water retention, breaking out, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, toxic overloads, xeno-estrogens, etc.) The importance of the lymphatic system The insanity of the truly toxic products that are marketed to women as real femininity Don't put anything on your skin you wouldn't put in your mouth A deep dive into breast health Reframing self exams: knowing the terrain of your own body, what to look for, and what not to worry about! The flexibility & resiliency of breast tissue Links: Anja's website Mana Medicinals My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) For the Wild podcast: The Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires

Why to always work with the ancestors first, diving deep into the meaning of the words we use, and more... In the Intro: A word about this podcast November Tarot Forecast The best bio ever In the Interview: The power of words & etymological knowledge Ancestral migratory paths The history of "queer" & being multisexual Sanyu's Belizean and Ugandan roots Why to work with our ancestors first and foremost What it looks like when a genealogy/research nerd pieces together an ancestor's life Placing our forebears in the wider socio-historical context of their times: discovering a great-grandmother's life through understanding colonialism and the Trans-Atlantic slave trade The feeling of being the first generation in a new land The ancestors & Tarot Being claircognizant When illness is a spiritually energetic leveling up The interweaving of Christianity and spiritualism Working with dreams Opening yourself to the wisdom & weirdness of the multiverse Naming things collapses possibilities Taoism rules The Plant Alchemy Deck Links: SanyuEstelle.com Life as Ceremony Magazine My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

In which I ramble about some of my ancestral resonances, the blocks I've had around exploring parts of my heritage, and what happens when we step through the portal to the Otherworld and let the magic in... When different lineages call- following what pulls me in the moment My deep ancestry in the American south, and the sense of home I feel even though I've never been there Embarrassing confession: my first concert Connecting to our ancestors through music and dance My DNA results, how they've changed over time, and a comparison between the 3 different autosomal tests I've done (Ancestry.com, FamilyTreeDNA, LivingDNA) The best time to buy a DNA test The 5th great grandparents I just found through Ancestry's cool new feature DNA Circles A resource for old books on genealogy & myth/lore Finding the meaning of surnames When the portal to the Otherworld opens A message for you from the archetype of the Seer Links: My website MythicMedicine.love Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses) The Medicine Stories Facebook group Take our fun quiz Which Healing Herb Matches Your Energy? Mythic Medicine on Instagram Music by Mariee Siou (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes) Forgotten Books Ancestry.com's Surname Origins page The Wildwood Tarot