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Episodes
Oct 11, 2016
Oct 11, 2016
2hr 1 min
Susun S. Weed answers 90 minutes of health questions followed by a 30 minute interview with Lisa Kivirist. Lisa is a Senior Fellow, Endowed Chair in Agricultural Systems at the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture at the University of Minnesota, focusing on developing opportunities to champion leadership development among female farmers and rural women. Her new book in 2016 is Soil Sisters: A Toolkit for Women Farmers, compiling advice, support and resources from over 100 women in the sustainable agriculture movement. She is also co-author of co-author of Homemade for Sale, Farmstead Chef, ECOpreneuring and Rural Renaissance and founded and leads the Rural Women’s Project of the Midwest Organic Sustainable Education Service. Lisa and her family run Inn Serendipity Farm and B&B in Wisconsin, completely powered by the wind and the sun. this episode Q&A includes: • drugs have side effects and direction of action- herbs work in a multitude of ways... • shoulder and neck tension- hypericum tincture and oil.. • baby with thrush- yogurt in the mouth and plantain oil or ointment on diaper rash.. • torn ligament- comfrey drunk as infusion and used as poultice- infusions are not drugs- there is no dose.. • comfrey and pyrrolizidine alkaloids.. • check out Susun's Time Monk Radio show for information on Leonotis leonurus- Lion's tail.. • dermatitis- rubbed the wrong way, trapped in our skin... • no other food is as beneficial to our health as fish- cardiovascular, brain and whole body health.. • stye on eye- chickweed.. • hypericum oil used as sunscreen.. • motherwort tincture daily- cystic acne gone!
Oct 5, 2016
Oct 5, 2016
46 min
Tiny Giant Losses is a new podcast from one of Susun Weed's former apprentices, Lindsey. Lindsey has experienced both miscarriage and the unexpected death of her infant son. Episode Two of Tiny Giant Losses continues to describe The Six Steps of Healing (a.k.a. The Seven Medicines) as a simple way to approach any healing modality after babyloss. It also includes an interview with Nathalie Himmelrich (author of "Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple"), a breathing exercise, a review of the film "Rabbit Hole" (which deals with child loss) AND information about special offers and resources available this October (Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month). Like all interviewees on the show, Nathalie (pictured here) has personally experienced babyloss. She lost one of her twin girls a few days after they were born, experienced miscarriage and lost the ability to have subsequent children. For more babyloss healing resources, you can read about Tiny Giant Losses on Patreon, follow Tiny Giant Losses on Twitter, "Like" Tiny Giant Losses on Facebook and check out Nathalie's book, "Grieving Parents," on her website. Note: This episode does not include a live Q&A.
Oct 4, 2016
Oct 4, 2016
2hr 1 min
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..
Sep 28, 2016
Sep 28, 2016
55 min
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.
Sep 27, 2016
Sep 27, 2016
2hr 1 min
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…
Sep 20, 2016
Sep 20, 2016
1hr 58 min
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/
Sep 13, 2016
Sep 13, 2016
2hr 1 min
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...
Sep 6, 2016
Sep 6, 2016
2hr 1 min
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...
