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Tuesday Oct 04, 2016

Rev Suzy Meszoly DSH, CHHC, Suzy has been teaching workshop classes on the healing arts, the chakra system and spiritual living in New York and internationally for over twenty years. In 2000, she founded “The Art of Energetic Healing School” and has taught the one year course now to hundreds of students, both in the NY area and through webinars worldwide. Suzy has founded and organized several reoccurring events. Find out more about Suzy here: wwwEnergyHealingSchoolNY.com and www.SuzyMeszoly-Healer.com  and on youtube: LOVENOWMENT and Love Now Movement
this episode Q&A includes:
• the original crystal wand- To help strengthen vaginal muscle, fascia and tissues...
• midwife reports virtually no problems when pregnant women drink nourishing herbal infusions..
• when we drink nourishing herbal infusions we stop being so critical of ourselves..
• bacterial infection in the bladder after antibiotics- corn silk, slippery elm, marshmallow, comfrey- soothing and nourishing..
• plantain is a wonderful vulnerary- heals wounds and skin quickly- if wound is deeper and ulcer is forming use honey..
• sudden vision issues- communicate with your eyes and rest them on something beautiful..
• one herb at a time to understand how our bodies are in relationship with each other.
• hawthorn tincture in earl grey tea with honey and goats milk..
• use motherwort in small doses when you need it- do not transfer your anxiety into taking motherwort tincture excessively..
• keeping it simple has a powerful effect on us emotionally..
• hawthorn for the aging heart.. 

Wednesday Sep 28, 2016

Tiny Giant Losses is a new podcast from one of Susun Weed's former apprentices who has experienced miscarriage and the unexpected death of her infant son.
Episode One of Tiny Giant Losses focuses on The Six Steps of Healing (a.k.a. The Seven Medicines).  It includes a 45-minute interview with Susun Weed, a breathing exercise and a review of "Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple" by Nathalie Himmelrich.
Moving forward, this series will continue to focus on empowered healing after baby loss of any kind.  Each week, it will feature:
an exercise,an interview with someone who has experienced babyloss firsthand,and a review of a healing resource.
For more information, you can read about Tiny Giant Losses on Patreon, follow Tiny Giant Losses on Twitter and "Like" Tiny Giant Losses on Facebook.
Note: This episode does not include a live Q&A.

Tuesday Sep 27, 2016

Susun Weed answers herbal health questions & interview with Carla van Raay, author of the international best-selling memoir God’s Callgirl, the colourful story of her life unconsciously driven by abuse experienced in childhood, and her journey of recovery. Q&A recap:
Premenstrual migranes? Nourishing infusion nettle leaf, St. Joan's wort tincture and/or scullcap tincture (1-3 drops), also check for B12 deficiency.Topical skin issues like hives soothed by oil or salve of plantain (no essential oils), oak bark to help the skin. Consider emotional causes of skin disorder.How to expel a slow miscarriage? have patience with your body.Legs cramps? low magnesium, nettle infusion &hypericum tincture..Comfrey infusion and cold/hot compress for repair of broken toeWhite & red large bumps on tongue may be cancer, go to dentist.Receding gums indicitave of Peridontal disease, go to dentist. Birth control pills are healthy & safe, reduces risk of cancer.Organic milk is not always what it seems, ask your producer questions.
Visit www.susunweed.com for herbal info & workshops, apprenticeships, correspondence courses! Go to: www.wisewomanmentor.com for free herbal ezine and mentorship… 

Tuesday Sep 20, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minute of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Emily Ruff.
Emily Ruff, Executive Director of the Florida School of Holistic Living, is a community herbalist who has practiced the art and science of plant healing for over a decade. Her studies have taken her around three continents where she has studied under healers of many traditions. Her background in gardening and botany came in childhood while wandering the wilderness and digging in the sandy soils of Florida with her grandfather, a fifth generation sustenance farmer, and her father, a botany and astronomy professor.
Website: http://emilyruff.com/

Tuesday Sep 13, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mitzi Weinman. Mitzi Weinman, founder of TimeFinder offers practical approaches to personal productivity. As a coach, workshop leader, professional speaker and author, she helps people develop good habits & techniques to reduce stress which can result from procrastinating, feeling disorganized and overwhelmed and rushing to get done things done at work and/or at home. Many of Mitzi’s tips and techniques appear regularly in many publications and on TV. Mitzi's book It's About Time!  Transforming Chaos into Calm, A to Z is available! Mitzi earned a bachelor's degree from the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University. Mitzi is the author of It's About Time! Transforming Chaos into Calm, A to Z and lives in Needham, MA with her husband, son and dog.
this episode Q&A includes:
• adenomyosis- linden flower infusion and raspberry leaf infusion- lots of information in 'Down There'..
• harvesting and drying comfrey- also you can buy it...
• from the instance a plant is harvested, it should never see the sun...
• wanting to conceive- red clover infusion 2 times a week and animal fat at every meal...
• split fingernails- lemon and comfrey to bring together tissue...
• soap strips off healthy bacteria from skin...
• compassionate- meaning to be compassionate to oneself..
• laceration through tendon- comfrey infusion and plant material as poultice..
• weaning one year old..
• asthma- mullein milk..
• and much more...

Tuesday Sep 06, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Kim Rosen. Kim Rosen, MFA, is the author of Saved by a Poem: The Transformative Power of Words. Combining her devotion to poetry with her background in spirituality and psychotherapy, Kim gives workshops and performances throughout the world, inspiring listeners with poetry’s power to transform individuals and communities. She is the founder of the Poetry Depths Mystery School and the S.H.E. College Fund, an organization dedicated to sending rescued Maasai girls to college. A TEDx speaker and co-creator of 4 CDs of spoken poetry and music, Kim has been on the faculties of Kripalu and Wisdom University, among other institutions, and her work has been widely published, including in O Magazine, The Sun, and The New Yorker. Kim's websites www.kimrosen.net and www.shecollegefund.org
this episode Q&A includes:
• weaning a child- there is very little in life we can feel proud of ourselves for doing...
• menopause as a passageway to power...
• schisandra for healing depletion that has occured through addiction...
• passionflower for opiate detoxification...
• dangers of methadone and nourishment while weaning off...
• cyst on neck becoming painful...
• food sensitivities and what's normal for you...
• and much more...

Tuesday Aug 30, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Gina Ogden. Gina Ogden is recognized as one of the creative masters in the field of sexology. She an adjunct professor at CIIS. She is founder of the 4-D Network for Body, Mind, Heart, and Spirit, an international collaboration of practitioners whose mission is to expand the practice of therapy and therapy beyond performance goals and behavioral treatments. She conducts retreats and trainings internationally, lectures widely, and offers online courses for professionals. She supervises and trains therapists, physicians, nurses, social workers, family therapists, and other health providers in her innovative Four-Dimensional Wheel approach.  www.GinaOgden.com, www.4-DNetwork.com 
this episode Q&A includes:
• no aromatic herbs for nourishing herbal infusions- only nourishing herbs!
• recurring uti's- 'Down There'  The Bladder speaks- It all comes down to me.
• hibiscus as an antibacterial..
• animals are the life blood of organic farms..
• how to make fertilizer from stinging nettle...
• making apple cider vinegar and apple sauce..
• HSV- echinacea, burdock, st. Joan's wort and L-lysine..
• stretch marks- coconut oil, plantain oil..
• essential oils- scientific research backing their harmful effects..
• from restrictive diet to restorative diets..
• as we age being thin is a liability not an asset..
 

Tuesday Aug 23, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Don Cerow. Don's a certified NCGR Level IV astrologer known for the warmth, insight and depth he brings to his counseling practice. An astrologer since ‘72, his interest has been in how astrology evolved from the mythology and astronomy of ancient peoples. He received a degree in Classics, Magna Laude from UMass in ‘76, wrote a weekly column (AthenasWeb.com) for various newspapers between ‘83 and 2010 (currently available through his WEBSite). In 2003 he reconstructed an early model of Stonehenge in a story picked up by the New York Times. He's produced shows for radio and television and taught at colleges, universities and planetariums across the country. In ‘05 he wrote and produced a multimedia show for Fiske Planetarium at the U of Colorado, Boulder entitled Star, Myths and Dragons, pushing back the limits of what our forebearers knew about the heavens. This same theme is now a book entitled When the Dragon Wore the Crown, available through Amazon or your favorite local neighborhood bookstores. www.athenasweb.com

Tuesday Aug 16, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of herbal health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Mary Pat Palmer, herbalist,  is the founder and director of the Philo School of Herbal Energetics in Northern California. Her organic multi-planted farm is about 10 miles in from the great Pacific Ocean as the crow flies, and has 13 acres of redwoods sheltering and guiding the school. She grew up in the Big Sur area of California, where the mountain lions roamed amid the dramatic terrain. She has studied and lived in New York, Vermont, and Massachusetts as well as her native California. She is a Registered Herbalist as well as a Certified Cannabis Therapy Consultant. Susun Weed is one of her favorite people but doesn't visit often enough.
this episode Q&A includes:
• improve digestion with whole grains, nourishing herbal infusions...
• damaged fascia and scar tissue- calendula oil and ointment...
• comfrey infusion drunk and used in sitz bath to strengthen skin, ligaments, tendons and guts- stronger and more flexible tissue...
• oatstraw infusion has superb healing powers on disturbed mental states...
• removal of wisdom tooth- motherwort tincture for anxiety and yarrow as a dentifrice..
• very small dose- one drop of poke root for swollen lymph node...
• broody hen- get baby chicks..
• low vitamin D levels and olive oil use...

Tuesday Aug 09, 2016

Susun Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Sarah Marshank MEd. Sarah is the the founder of Selfistry, a comprehensive integrative educational system for mastering the art of being human. She is the author of theBeing Selfish: My Journey for Escort to Monk to Grandmother. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Sarah teaches and speaks internationally, facilitates on line courses, and works one-on one with individuals. Sarah's embodied teaching and presence come from spending ten years in retreat. Her life’s purpose, articulated and expressed through Selfistry, integrates Eastern and Western philosophy and psychology with meditative and somatic practices.

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