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Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Mary Lou Singleton

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with midwife Mary Lou Singleton   Mary Lou Singleton is a midwife, herbalist, and nurse practitioner who has cared for the families of New Mexico for over 25 years. Her clinic, Enchanted Family Medicine, offers women womb-to-tomb integrative healthcare as well as classes on herbalism and health sovereignty. Mary Lou's writing and public speaking focus on medical freedom, women's -based rights, and staying human in a rapidly digitizing world. You can find information about her clinical practice at enchantedfamilymedicine.com. You can read her writing at substack.com/@marylousingleton .

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions   

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Michael Griswold

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with psychedelics advocate Michael Griswold. Michael Griswold is a survivor of deep-seated trauma, who has devoted himself to helping others heal from similar experiences. Michael's journey to healing began after he tragically lost his pregnant wife and unborn son in a car accident, leaving him consumed by grief and guilt for years. Despite trying various methods such as therapy, medication, yoga, and breathing techniques, Michael still felt like something was wrong with him, and that's when he turned to psychedelics.  During a Heroic Journey with LSD, Michael found the healing he had been searching for. He discovered that the love he had for his wife was both tragic and beautiful, and that his thoughts did not have to control his reality. This experience led him to a new understanding of life as a present experience, free from the endless stream of thoughts that had plagued him before.  Today, Michael is a passionate advocate for the healing power of psychedelics and offers a supplement that helps people suffering from depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Through his work, Michael seeks to spread awareness about the benefits of psychedelics, so that others can experience the same transformative healing that he did.

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Elisha Deva

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Elisha Deva. Elisha is an interdisciplinary thinker who has been researching social inequality for almost thirty years. Her degree is in Human Biology from Stanford, a multidisciplinary combination of anthropology, psychology and biology. After working for four years in neuroscience at UCLA, the politics and sexism drove her out of academia. Since then she's collected data across disciplines to interpret it for the public, reading every book, article, and paper she could find on the rise of dominance in the Bronze Age. She's travelled the world, visiting matrilineal cultures and searching museums for clues to our ancient past. Meanwhile, she worked as a computer engineer on the forefront of creating the Internet in the 90s, built a wilderness retreat, and developed a trauma-informed healing practice.    

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Wendy Van Allen

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview Intuitive Consultant Wendy Van Allen   Wendy Van Allen is a graduate of One Spirit Learning Alliance's Seminary and Interspiritual Counseling program. She received two bachelor's degrees from Rutgers University, and is graduating with a Master's in Clinical Counseling from Saint Bonaventure University, Olean, NY, in August, 2023. Wendy is a certified Intuitive Consultant from the Holistic Studies Institute, New York, NY, and teaches and serves students at two progressive seminary programs. Wendy's spiritual traditions are Earth-based and include initiation and practice of Wicca, Lukumi, and Spiritism. She was initiated as a Green Witch with Susun in 1996 and has held a life-long interest and practice of natural magic, medicine, and spirituality. As a former archaeologist, she has a strong interest in the intersection of culture, spirituality, religion, evolving human consciousness, social justice and environmental concerns. Wendy lives in Kingston, New York, and offers private interspiritual counseling, classes and workshops from her home, Soul Blossom Center. She is the author of Relighting the Cauldron: Embracing Nature Spirituality for the Modern World, published by Llewellyn's Worldwide Publications in early 2023.

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Astrid Grove

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Midwife & Herbalist Astrid Grove. Astrid Grove is the founder and organizer for Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering and co-creator of  The Wise Woman Sisterhood 12 month apprenticeship.  She celebrates life with her husband, her two daughters, her two cats and her many chickens.  Her passion lies in facilitating and supporting women's empowerment through midwifery, hands on healing, plant medicine and sacred ceremony.  This year is the 7th Annual Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering September 15-17th, 2023 at 13 Moons Ranch in Carbondale, CO. Red Earth: The Mountain West Women's Herbal Gathering, Colorado    

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Lucretia Jones

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Herbalist Lucretia Jones Lucretia has been working and learning with plants for over twenty years and was first introduced to the wise woman tradition while living an artist's life in New York City. Her father had passed away three days prior to the World Trade Center collapse in 2001, and that uncertainty sent her on a quest to find more autonomy and connection with the natural world. Lucretia loves connecting people with plants. As a wise woman herbalist, her favorite times are spent meeting new and old plant friends wherever she happens to be. Sharing those relationships with other humans led her to create House of Lukaya in 2003. House of Lukaya, is a mobile and online source for offerings including plant medicine workshops, incense twists and other handicrafts, and a pocket Guide to Nourishing Herbal Infusions which she self published in 2018.  Lucretia joined the board of Herbalist Without Borders in 2015 and is also on the planning team for the Black Tiny Home Festival, two organizations that are bringing communities together with nature as their guide. In 2019, she and her partner purchased land in Virginia where they are building a homestead from scratch.   Throughout several changes in lifestyle and location, Lucretia has been making infusions consistently for many years and is excited to share her journey with you. She welcomes your communication at her website houseoflukaya.com, on Instagram @houseoflukaya, and at patreon.com/houseoflukaya. 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed with guest Kylea Taylor

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Therapist Kylea Taylor Kylea Taylor, M.S., LMFT is licensed therapist who has been thinking, writing, and teaching about ethics for almost three decades. She developed and teaches InnerEthics®, a self-reflective, self-compassionate, approach to relational ethics. The model includes a set of awareness tools that are especially useful to those working with psychedelic-assisted therapy. Kylea started studying with Stanislav Grof, M.D. and Christina Grof in 1984 and worked with Stan Grof as a Senior Trainer in the Grof Transpersonal Training throughout the 1990s. She is the author of The Ethics of Caring: Finding Right Relationship with Clients (2017), and several books about Holotropic Breathwork®. InnerEthics.com