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Crow's Daughter Julie Charette Nunn

Crow's Daughter Julie Charette Nunn

Susun interviews Julie Charette Nunn.
Julie, Crow's Daughter is a shamanic herbalist and long-time teacher, herbal crafter, organic gardener/farmer, goat herd and successful business owner from Whidbey Island in Washington State. She teaches listening as a way to gain access to the abundant wisdom in nature, and supports people to open themselves to greater possibility by sharing their gifts. She offers shamanic herbal apprenticeships, wisdom circles, home study courses and individual mentorships sessions in the shamanic herbal tradition of the wise woman. She also offers hand-crafted, nourishing herbal products. Julie's specialty is connecting people in nature to learn more deeply who they are.



this episode Q&A includes:
• vitamin supplements are made by large petrochemical companies that sell these drugs to smaller suppliers that make their own products from them..
• smoking is a very shamanic act, humans are the only species that inhale fire..
• eyesight- the very best thing for eyes is egg yolk.
• bacterial infection- echinacea- pupurea and augustifolia- how to take, make and buy..
• whenever we hear advice to eliminate a whole food from our diets, we know it's bad advice..
• long term hacking cough- mullein..
• visualize the end result- not the process getting there..

'Fountain of Life' Seren and Azra Bertrand

'Fountain of Life' Seren and Azra Bertrand

Susun interviews Seren and Azra Bertrand.
Azra Bertrand, MD and Seren Bertrand are founders of The Fountain of Life Grail Mystery School, and authors of the groundbreaking new book “Womb Awakening: Initiatory Wisdom from the Creatrix of All Life” that has been described by New York Times bestselling authors as a “masterwork of beauty, power and mystical truth”, a “magical sacred feminine transmission” and a “mystery school in a book.”



this episode Q&A includes:
• the royal road to learning about plants is to learn about plant families..
• all B vitamins are sensitive to temperature- available in whole grains, beans, eggs, dairy, fish...
• check out 'New Menopausal Years' appendix on specific nutrients and what to find them in..
• geographic tongue- mucilage in second brew of comfrey infusion, plantain seed, slippery elm, marshmallow root..
• keeping your pet healthy and why worm medication is the best option for deworming.
• PTSD- panic attacks- motherwort and cannabis- skullcap to rebuild the nervous system for restful sleep..
• energy medicine- the less specific it is, the better it works- energy does not like to be bossed around..
• dyslexia and ADHD in child- medicate or allow your child to be creative? screw school!
• ring worm- blue kote destroys fungus..
• making double extraction mushroom tinctures..

Herbalist Linda Conroy

Herbalist Linda Conroy

Susun interviews Linda Conroy.
Linda Conroy dedicates her life to connecting with the green world. She is a practicing herbalist, providing herbal education, workshops and apprenticeships, as well as individual consultations. Linda also holds two masters degrees: MSS (Master of Social Service) and MLSP (Master of Law and Social Policy). Linda is a community organizer and the founder of the Midwest Women's Herbal Conference. http://www.midwestwomensherbal.com/

Her primary mentors are the plants who never cease to instill a sense of awe in her daily life. Linda's primary human mentors are Susun Weed, Isla Burgess and Marshall Rosenberg. She has taken classes with a whole host of other herbalists and personal growth activists, from far and wide. She always appreciates new perspectives.
https://moonwiseherbs.com/

'Invoking Animal Magic' Hearth Moon Rising

'Invoking Animal Magic' Hearth Moon Rising

Susun interviews Hearth Moon Rising.
Hearth lives in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York, where she practices a nature-based craft. She is an ordained priestess in two traditions (Dianic and Fellowship of Isis) and has taught magic for over twenty-five years. She is the author of Divining with Animal Guides: Answers from the world at hand and Invoking Animal Magic: A guide for the pagan priestess.



this episode Q&A includes:
• routine pap smears- do you need them?
• uterine polyps- ultrasound and biopsy- do we need to appease others out of fear?
• yarrow as a dentifrice, why not to use glycerides, what part of the plant to use and why..
• middle ear infections in 4 year old- antibiotics are not working, how to use echinacea, and why tubes are a good idea..
• over 200 cold viruses- your child is not unhealthy for getting sick, teaching the immune system how to work..
• tincture of licorice or powdered preparation in water is highly antiviral..
• compound fracture in vertebrae- comfrey to heal the bone, hypericum to heal nerve damage..