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Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Soulflower Oracle Deck Lisa Estabrook

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Lisa Estabrook. Lisa is an artist, graphic designer, mother, obsessive gardener and plant whisperer who has spent the last 30 years since graduating college trying to figure out how to live a healthy and joyful life. The creation of the Soulflower Plant Spirit Oracle deck was the result of a two-year long personal journey of self-discovery and healing. It’s self-publication in the summer of 2016 launched Soulflower, Lisa’s heART based business with a growing range of products intended to support and inspire connection with ourselves and our planet through the power of art and flowers. Flower emPower! Her guiding principle is that the more we learn about ourselves, and take responsibility for our own healing (wholing) journeys, the more we will empower ourselves to live guided by the wisdom in our hearts rather than the voices in our heads. And this, she believes, is how we will heal this Earth.
this episode Q&A includes:
• baby with intermittent fever- what are the possibilities- treating bacterial and viral infections..
• torn off toenail on dog- plantain, yarrow..
• telling people what they like and don't like creates codependency..
• the less you say about others, the better off you'll be..
• most women have ended their periods by age 45-50- talking to your body..
• communicating with plants..
• making medicine from cleavers..
• annuals and perennials...
• wild lettuce- biennials and annuals..
• fennel seed tea to lower histamine..

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & ’Move Your DNA’ Katy Bowman

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Katy Bowman. Katy is part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover, Katy Bowman has educated hundreds of thousands of people on the role movement plays in the body and in the world. Blending a scientific approach with straight talk about sensible, whole-life movement solutions, her website and award-winning podcast, Katy Says, reach hundreds of thousands of people every month, and thousands have taken her live classes. Passionate about human movement outside of exercise, Katy volunteers her time to support the larger reintegration of movement into human lives by providing movement courses across widely varying demographics and working with non-profits promoting nature education. 
this episode Q&A includes:
• viral infections, elderberries, sauerkraut as a a preventative- echinacea- is antibacterial, stimulates macrophages..
• fermentation is a way of cooking food without using fuel..
• You need to weigh out herb fro infusions- 1 ounce of dried herb per quart jar.
• inner guardian- ask yourself what symbolizes protection for you?
• interstitial cystitis- linden is anti inflammatory, redclover produces hormonal precursors, comfrey heals lining of the bladder..
•  nettle is not a diuretic, it helps the kidneys to work more efficiently and strengthens the bladder over time..
• parts New Mexico have lots of radioactive dust and can be dangerous to health..
• pollen allergies..
• Susun does not drink water, here's why.
• painful genital herpes outbreaks- hypericum oil and tincture..
• let go of the resistance, let go of the fight, let the healing in..
 
 
 
 
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Intuitive Energy Demetria Manuselis

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Demetria Manuselis. Demetria is a certified intuitive energy practitioner and facilitator. She hosted the "Soul Freedom Summit" a series that featured 24 guests including well renowned Hay House author and podcaster Davidji, Wayne Dyer's favorite healer Mira Kelley, E! entertainment host Pirie Jones, and Best-Selling Author Morgana Rae. Her mission is to inspire and light the fire of transformation in the heart of humanity individually and collectively awakening from the dream of "themselves" into the divinity of "ourselves" by assisting us in releasing belief systems and paradigms that no longer match the eternal guiding principle of the soul's wisdom.  She has theta healing, advanced theta healing, and Angel Alchemy certifications. She is a daughter of Greek immigrants and she has a background as an investigator, which gave her enormous capacity to understand and transcend the various entrapments of the ego and victim consciousness and discover the divine genius and true power of the soul. 
this episode Q&A includes:
• harmful effects of essential oils and multilevel marketing- how can anyone get ahead by ripping others off?
• severe dry eyes- eyes are the opening to the liver- burdock, yellowdock, dandelion, thistle, chicory..
• 1 year old with long term cough- safe and soothing, note harsh and irritating..
• propolis is the effective part of pine- safe and effective..
• ovarian cancer rarely starts in the ovaries..
• harvest poke after at least 3 yrs growth and in the with after all green has died..
• how does lyme get into our systems- how long does it take?
• got bit by a tick- astragalus, Saint Joan's Wort.. 
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & ’Hado Bear’s Secret’ Kathleen Caputo

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Kathleen Caputo.  
Kathleen Caputo is an ordained interfaith minister who focuses on providing positive and life affirming resources to children of all cultures, religions and backgrounds.  Following a 30-year career as a business executive, she founded Hado Bear, Inc. and a nonprofit organization, Source of Guidance, Inc., both dedicated to helping children and families to have happy, healthy and fulfilling lives and to better respond to life’s challenges including those facing crises and serious illness.  Kathleen is a staff minister at The Center For Spiritual Living in Hicksville, New York and has led more than 100 programs for children.  She also taught workshops on creativity and guided imagery for the New York City School System, the Fashion Institute of Technology, and City University of New York.    
Kathleen’s children’s book, Hado Bear’s Secret, is the first in a series of books she is authoring to teach children that we are all perfect just the way we are, and that our thoughts, beliefs and words have the power to change our life energy and transform experiences from negative to positive.  
this episode Q&A includes:
• age is unlikely to effect your fertility , but does effect your genetic material..
• success story of what to do when you are bit by a tick and prevention..
• ex anorexic and bulimic that has followed Susun's advice and now loves her body, food and nourishing herbal infusions..
• japanese knot weed has taken over property- get pigs, make remedies..
• massage technique to relieve headaches that start in the neck and connection to the liver..
• you do not need to hurt yourself to heal. 
 

People’s Medicine Show

Sean Murnin is a community herbalist, gardener, medicine maker.  You are invited to call in during the live show and add to the discussion, ask your questions

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Medicine Woman Beata Alfoldi

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Beata Alfoldi. Beáta is a medicine woman, workshop facilitator, shamanic practitioner, healer, ceremonial leader, seer and speaker with a gift for assisting individuals through deep transformation. She facilitates private sessions, classes, workshops and international retreats in Australia, Bali, Thailand and Mexico.
this episode Q&A includes:
• emotional differences between men and women - women need health relationships with women for a healthy living..
• the power of competitiveness between women used to lift each other up..
• gender studies is not women's studies- women's studies makes it out that we have not been living in the patriarchy..
• HPV can live on a toilet seat for several days..
• transitioning off a vegan diet- the difference between fixing and nourishing..
• endometriosis caused by environmental toxin dioxin from things like bleached tampons, sanitary pads, plastics, burning garbage..
• plantain oil heals the skin..
• what does low estrogen mean? meaningless...
• acid reflux- slippery elm balls..
• appetite suppression- drinking something warm or hot at the beginning of meals such as green tea, bone broth, warmed infusion..

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Second Nature Project Jody Dunphy

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Jody Dunphy. Jody is an artist, designer and the creator of the Second Nature Project; an endeavor that resides at the intersection of art and activism. The project was born while she was earning her MFA in Applied Craft and Design at the Oregon College of Art and Craft + Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her practice is driven by a desire to share her fascination with plant life and inspire people to think about their relationship with the natural world. She makes jewelry and sculpture for holding plants and seeds that are dispersed via diverse channels: in galleries, on the street and through retail. Collaboration, engagement, ephemerality, labor and craft are underlying themes in the work she creates.
this episode Q&A includes:
• carotenes found in things like nettles, sweet potatoes, tomatoes- help prevent damage from radiation..
• bacteria contamination on kratom and other issues from consumption of kratom..
• 42 year old wanting to conceive a baby- genetic material, miscarriage, infusions, animal fats and red meat..
• nutrients needed from red meat..
• AMA said over 15 years ago not to use hydrogen peroxide - destroys tissue, make wounds more likely to get infected.
• yarrow tincture stops pain, stops bleeding, powerfully antibacterial..
• antibiotics do not prevent infections..
• two herniated discs- reasons for back pain, CBD, Skullcap, hypericum tincture..
• what's the problem with high cholesterol? high C reactive protein is the real problem..
• white stool in child- possible causes and testing..
 
 
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Visionary Women Entrepreneurs Kaya Singer

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Kaya Singer. Since 1973, Kaya Singer Has been a potter, therapist, life coach, author, business mentor, and now a painter. Kaya started  Awakening Business in 1997 when she was still living in New Zealand and felt called to support visionary women who needed mentors and help to grow a business the Wise Woman Way.  After helping thousands of women and creating her own success, and entering her Crone years she is integrating all her work together and still helping women to be more empowered, while working less. Kaya's recent book, "Wiser and Wilder, A Soulful path for Visionary women Entrepreneurs," is the book she wished she would have had thirty-five years ago when she was just starting. Kaya's paintings carry a similar energy and are channeled wise and wild women who appear on the canvas. They all have a deep message and a purpose to share with the viewer. Kaya is now working on a set up oracle cards to go with the book. 
this episode Q&A includes:
• papilloma in the nostril- melissa officinalis in a oil base is a strong anti-viral
• options to keep ticks off dogs and people..
• hanging and drying nettle..
• using colloidal silver as a last option..
• cold sore- hypericum oil..
• hypertension- hawthorn..
• rheumatoid arthritis and options for relieving joint pain..
 
 

Ask Herbal Health Expert Susun Weed & Hallucinogens and Culture Jerry Brown

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Jerry B. Brown, Ph.D.. Jerry is an anthropologist, author, and activist. From 1972 to 2014, he served as founding professor of anthropology at Florida International University in Miami, where he taught a course on “Hallucinogens and Culture.” Julie M. Brown, M.A., LMHC, is an integrative psychotherapist, who conducts research on the role of sacred plants in religion.
 

People’s Medicine Show

Tonight's topic is good enough. Do you feel good enough, do you feel  good enough as you think you feel?