Ep. 138 {SOLO} My Intimate Journey of Finding My Voice: 3 Lessons in Activating Your Inner Voice

In this solo episode, I share my personal journey of finding my voice - the good, the bad, and the not so cute. This continual work of connecting to and honoring my inner voice has led to incredible healing, expansion of intuitive abilities, and has allowed me to connect to my soul’s Truth and purpose. I share this with you because I believe NOW is the time that YOUR voice is expressed and heard... I believe we are collectively being called to connect with our inner voices & guidance, to stand tall in our Truth and express it clearly with integrity, alignment, compassion, & strength for the good of All.

In times of death, rebirth, transformation, it is imperative that those voices that have been suppressed & silenced ~ the voices of Mother Earth, Divine Feminine energy, Love & Compassion, Diversity & Sovereignty ~ are uplifted, expressed and heard.

YOU carry medicine, and you have the power to connect to the deepest wellsprings of wisdom, I believe it is our divine right and nature. That’s why I created my upcoming live virtual workshop Feed Your Wild VOICE... If you’re interested in joining us May 22nd, click the link below to read more.

ACTIVATE YOUR INNER VOICE & SPEAK YOUR AUTHENTIC TRUTH…

Now is the time to connect with your inner voice + heal thru self-expression! Join Venessa on the New Moon in Gemini (the sign of communication!) for this immersive workshop where you can access & strengthen your own unique voice and self-expression.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Personal experiences in my life connected to challenges with my voice, including some of the biggest challenges since childhood

• The many physical challenges connected to my throat area and reflections on their manifestation

• The various patterns and blocks I identify within my own life that I see in others and as collective patterns (i.e. suppression and denigration of populations including womxn, BIPOC, and intuitives, witches, healers

• The importance of cultivating a sense of safety withIN self and withOUT

• Making the appropriate shifts and changes in your environment and relationships in order to feel safe

• How I began to write and journal for myself to connect to my own voice

• Helpful questions to ask yourself as an exploration of your inner voice + fears

• How your self-care may look “selfish” to others & how others receive & react is not your business

• The importance of practice + discipline in personal change-work

• The healing energy of forgiveness and forgiveness as a portal into release and transformation

• Why it’s critical to create and honor SPACE related to your voice and throat chakra

• How immersing myself in a different environment (and different energy) allowed me to have the distance and SPACE I needed to tend to my own Voice and space within

• How expressing our Truth with conviction and alignment takes courage

• The sacred power of birdsong

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Resources

Ep 67 BOUNDARIES :: How to Have Healthy Ones, Dealing With Boundary Bullies, & Ditching the Disease to Please with Terri Cole

Ep 136 How to Navigate the Pandemic as An Empath/HSP with Lola Pickett

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Join the Feed Your Wild VOICE Live Workshop on the New Moon May 22!

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 137 Getting Radical & Resilient with Plant Allies for this Pandemic with Renée Camila

Happy beloved Mother’s Day <3 Today we’re celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the Feed Your Wild podcast! FYW is 2.. I’m so in love with this toddler and I’m so grateful for YOU as a listener. Thanks for joining me on this wild ride ;) 

Many of you have reached out asking for guidance on plants and herbs that would be most supportive in this time, and I wanted to bring someone on the show that worked with plants in a multidimensional way and focused on accessibility + community support. That’s why we’re speaking with Renée Camila of La Yerba Buena Herbs. I LOVED this conversation, we touched on so much, here are some highlights...

Renée shared ways we can work with our plant allies and herbal medicine to support ourselves during this pandemic - she touches in on the energetic and spiritual elements. We talk about finding ways to reorient ourselves to our medicine in a way that feels accessible and reciprocal. Renée shares some of her favorite plants for working with grief, visioning, change, and boundaries + protection and how to work with them including important considerations for foraging and wildcrafting. 

We also talk about how to get radical with plants in the kitchen (including an amazing herbal resource for you), plus how Renée is supporting her own family with special recipes. She shares some well-needed advice for those experiencing panic in this time, why Renée believes working with your ancestors is so helpful and how radical self-care is a form of ancestral work. Renée also shares about her upcoming herbal apprenticeship and free herbal workshops.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How remembering our ancestors and their 

• What health sovereignty means to Renée

• How we have an opportunity to examine 

• Finding ways to reorient ourselves to our medicine in a way that feels accessible and reciprocal

• Respectful and accessible ways of working with plants

• Ways we can work with our plant allies and herbal medicine to support ourselves during this pandemic

• Why Renée begins with the energetic and spiritual, and ways we can assess our individual and collective patterns 

• Some of Renée’s favorite plants for working with grief, visioning, change and boundaries + protection and how to work with them

• Important considerations for foraging and wildcrafting + why it’s important to rethink your relationship to the living plant world

• How to get radical with plants in the kitchen (including an amazing herbal resource for you), & how Renée is supporting her own family with special recipes

• How sun dehydrated shiitake mushroom can provide sun energy and vitamin D during the winter time

• Renée’s personal story - how she came into the plant path, the profound anxiety, panic attacks & insecurities she experienced, and how plant medicine + mentors “saved her life”

• Advice for those experiencing panic in this time and why Renée believes working with your ancestors is so helpful, and how radical self-care is a form of ancestral work

• Working with water and wind for soothing your nervous system

• Renée’s upcoming herbal apprenticeship and free herbal workshops

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Connect With Renée Camila

Website | Instagram

Renée’s upcoming online apprenticeship: Now and Then Herbal Apprenticeship

Resources

Herbal resource during the pandemic: Get Radical Boil Roots, A Kitchen Witch's Guide to Wellness in the Time of Covid-19

The Herbal Highway Podcast can be streamed online here or wherever podcasts are found

The Herbal Highway Instagram

Klamath Siskiyou Herbal Alliance: Renée and local herbalists started a phone herb clinic in response to the pandemic. Info can be found here.

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Join the Feed Your Wild VOICE Live Workshop on the New Moon May 22!

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 136 How to Navigate the Pandemic as An Empath/HSP with Lola Pickett

This episode is for all of you who FEEL deeply, identify as empaths and highly sensitive people! Our guest Lola Pickett works primarily with empaths/HSPs in reclaiming their resilience and power through their sensitivities. We dive into what is a highly sensitive person and empath, and the difference between the two. Lola shares the most common patterns that show up for empaths/HSPs that hold them back from stepping into their full power - so many have shown up in my own life. We talk about how this pandemic can be a portal for those folks to step into their powers of sensitivity and why we need to “upgrade the program” and tap into our resiliency during this time.

Lola shares her own personal journey with this pandemic and the tool that she used to help herself work through overwhelming anxiety - partnering with her brain. We touch on the medicine Lola sees we are receiving through this process, Lola’s thoughts on navigating fear and how we can move with fear in a way that best serves us, plus helpful questions to ask yourself. Of course we share some practical ways we can support ourselves as highly sensitive during this pandemic, and how we can continue to do so as we move into the unknown.

Quotes

“The less boxes I put around, and labels I put on, things... the freer I am.” ~ Lola Pickett

“When the *F* are we going to wake up and hear the medicine songs that are trying to sing us awake from inside our own bodies?” ~ Lola Pickett

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is a highly sensitive person and empath, and the difference between the two

• The most common patterns that show up for empaths/HSPs that hold them back from stepping into their full power

• How people-pleasing, procrastination, and overwhelm can be side effects of being an empath

• How we are waking up to the wounding of the witch and reconciling with the history of denigration, dismissal and genocide 

• Why we need to “upgrade the program” and tap into our resiliency

• How this pandemic can be a portal for those to step into their powers of sensitivity

• How Lola discovered her own powers of sensitivity and what it was that led her own evolution into supporting others

• How Lola experienced an existential crisis having built a life that looked great on the outside but was “built by the wrong ingredients” and led her to realizing she was living a lie

• How Lola took back her power in her life and made radical changes

• How we need to work with our sensitivities intentionally so we can without burning out and giving ourselves away

• Tower moments: how the tarot Tower card and archetype is showing up in these times, and what to do about it

• How what we are experiencing at different levels with this pandemic is a collective trauma, and how it’s critical to get quiet and connect

• Lola’s personal journey with this pandemic, navigating illness (not with COVID) but then having family members get sick with COVID

• The tool that Lola used to help herself work through overwhelming anxiety - partnering with her brain and talking back to her thoughts

• How mental resilience does not equal mental “toughness”

• How the nonlinear process of this virus in the body mirrors our collective nonlinear experience of the pandemic

• The question Lola wants us to ask ourselves: “If the quarantine ended tomorrow what would you regret?”

• The medicine Lola sees we are receiving thru this process: slowing down, decolonizing, deconstructing our internalized capitalism, and returning to a sense of how can I be a wild humxn on this planet

• Lola’s thoughts on navigating fear and how we can move with fear in a way that best serves us, and helpful questions to ask yourself

• Some practical ways we can support ourselves during this pandemic, including remembering fun (Lola says “it’s imperative to find our fun”), speaking our Truth and being honest in each moment, and listen to the medicine of slowing down

• How we are seeing the lack of resilience in the current societal systems that are in place, and how building resilience starts at home

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Connect With Lola Pickett

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

Lola’s podcast Empath to Power

Resources

Ep 14 Uncovering Suppressed Histories + Reclaiming Ancient Ways of Living For A Vital Future With Max Dashu

Webtalks and classes by Max Dashu including Prophetic Women

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 134 {ENCORE} Curanderismo, Prophecy & Mindfulness with Brenda Salgado

This week we are rebroadcasting our episode with Brenda Salgado on Curanderismo, Prophecy & Mindfulness, originally aired in May of 2019. Brenda and Venessa’s conversation explores curanderismo and indigenous prophecy about our current times and the shift in consciousness we are experiencing. 

This episode remains timely as we collectively face a global pandemic and unprecedented challenges as well as opportunities for change and healing. As we reflected back in 2019, mindfulness practice can help you cultivate more inner power, peace, dignity and grace as well as navigate challenges and difficulties with more clarity and courage in this current time of shift.

Brenda Salgado is founder of Nepantla Consulting, and is currently in the process of establishing the Nepantla Center for Healing and Renewal. She holds degrees in Biology (BA), Developmental Psychology (BA), and Animal Behavior (MS). Brenda has over 17 years of experience in leadership development, nonprofit management, spiritual teaching, movement building, women’s health, and environmental and social justice. She has also received training from indigenous elders in traditional medicine, limpias and healing ceremony. 

Trained by Purepecha, Xochimilco Toltec and other indigenous elders in traditional medicine, Brenda draws on the healing powers of the natural world to guide her work as a spiritual leader. She is committed to co-creating a society filled with wholeness and beauty. Brenda is also author of Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time.

I’m honored to once again share this episode with you as a profound reminder of the incredible time we are living in and how to Be the change we desire to cultivate a more beautiful world in reciprocity with all beings.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Brenda received the message that she was to be a healer when she grew up

• How different spiritual and religious traditions fit differently throughout her life

• How Brenda began connecting to her ancestors, as if she were picking up a phone energetically and calling them

• Her grandmother told her she comes from a long line of medicine women in Nicaragua, and to begin a conversation with her mother about it

• Got on the medicine path and began trainings with various indigenous teachers, and how clear direction from the spirit of her grandmother led her down a specific road

• How the visions she had as a young girl began to be realized as she stepped deeper into her work as a healer

• How Brenda navigated leaving a good stable job she loved to make healing work her primary offering

• Brenda shares the ways that we can begin to connect to a similar level of guidance and awareness with spirit, including spending time in nature, slowing down, mindfulness practices, setting intention before sleep and more

• Important advice for those who consider themselves sensitive and the dangers of being “too open” and practices to do at bedtime

• How the power of setting boundaries and exercising them with grace when communicating with spirit world has changed her life

• Brenda shares the teachings of the Indigenous prophecy of the eagle and the condor, and how it relates to our current time and the shift in consciousness we are experiencing

• How Brenda considers it’s a tremendous responsibility to be alive today and tips for those who feel overwhelmed, scared, or confused

• What Spirit has told Brenda about social media

• What might come up when we choose to move into the path that our spirit is calling, and how to navigate the challenges

• Insight into the “school of life” and other helpful metaphors that can help us

• Brenda breaks down what are 3rd, 4th and 5th level consciousness, and the differences between the 3 (and how humanity is moving into 5th level)

• What you’ll notice as you move into 4th level consciousness, and helpful ways of being to allow the process to happen with more intention and flow

• Why there’s so much violence, fear, and upheaval right now

• How fear is the only thing keeping us from moving into 4th and 5th levels of consciousness

• How we need to consciously create new systems to replace the old systems that are obsolete and can no longer exist in higher levels of consciousness

• How to death doula the energies and ways of being that are fear-based

• The importance of protection and stepping into a difficult situation prepared and supported

• Powerful questions to ask ourselves, and the difference between “Do, have, be” vs “Be, have, do”

• Brenda leaves us with a beautiful blessing that you can use anytime and bring into groups for the
  

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Connect With Brenda Salgado

Website | Facebook | LinkedIn

FB Author page: https://www.facebook.com/RealWorldMindfulnessForBeginners/

Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time bit.ly/realworldmindfulness

Gift #1: An excerpt from her book Real World Mindfulness for Beginners: Navigate Daily Life One Practice at a Time. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Gift #2: Audio file Brenda Reading a meditation: CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Wildly Rooted Resources

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Ep. 133 Nurturing Radiant Health At Every Stage thru Everyday Plant Medicine with Dr. Leslie Korn

In light of the recent pandemic, it’s clear to me now more than ever that health sovereignty and empowerment requires radical connection to the natural world, plant medicine and ancestral wisdom ways, living in harmony with nature and Mother Earth. It also requires community support and collaboration. With threats of COVID-19 and of a mandatory vaccine and digital certificates, lack of access to life-saving treatments for so many, and reports that the pandemic seems to be hitting people of color & native populations the hardest - virus is disproportionately affecting Blacks, Latinx, and Native Americans (highlighting the systemic disparities already in place), we need to bring back medicine into the people’s hands as much as possible. Food and plants as medicine is obviously a primary part of this and a topic we’re passionate about on this podcast. 

Today I’m releasing an interview I did with Dr. Leslie Korn, PhD. We recorded this interview a while back before the pandemic began (pre-Coronavirus), yet the topic discussion remains highly relevant: Nurturing Radiant Health At Every Stage with Everyday Plant Medicine...  What better week to release such an episode than this week in celebration of Earth day on April 22, which also happens to be a new moon in earthly Taurus. Of course we celebrate earth day every day on this podcast and Dr. Leslie’s new book, Natural Woman, can be an ally to put this into practice in our daily lives.

Dr. Leslie Korn served as a Fulbright scholar on traditional medicine, a Clinical Fellow at Harvard Medical School, and a National Institutes of Health–funded research scientist in mind/body medicine. In 1975, she founded the Center for Traditional Medicine, a public health clinic in rural indigenous Mexico that she directed for over twenty-five years. Author of nine books, she teaches and consults internationally for mental health professionals and tribal communities.

Her latest book Natural Woman is an incredibly comprehensive DIY herbal medicine book: Dr. Leslie draws from several herbal traditions (the medico-spiritual traditions of Curanderismo (Mexico), Ayurveda, Sufiism, and Northwest plant/fungi use by Native American communities) to address numerous health conditions—acute and chronic—and includes descriptions of how to use herbal preparations for spiritual and ritual use.

This book is designed to serve as an herbal companion for you to consult time and again for trusted guidance that can be shared with family, friends.

In these modern times when we’re losing this custom and tradition of passing of information from elders, it is an invaluable resource especially in the context of this pandemic which highlights the critical importance of health sovereignty, restoring our sacred natural connection with Mama Earth.

In this interview and Dr. Leslie’s book, we explore the sacred connection between herbs and womxn in ALL their beautiful forms.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Dr. Leslie Korn’s search for adventure, how she found herself in Mexico and being initiated into her healing path through illness, becoming her “own laboratory” and experiment of One

• How the local women taught Dr. Leslie about regional and traditional medicine of Mexico

• How Dr. Leslie created a local health center focused on traditional healing practices in Mexico

• “Being on one’s own during which can be a serious acute illness taught me about not being afraid and not being fearful about dis-ease... and to use nature.” ~ Dr. Leslie

• How Dr. Leslie began working as a traumatologist, merging energetic touch and psychotherapy

• How touch is womxn’s intrinsic mode of communication

• How Dr. Leslie works with people who do not feel comfortable being touched, and the power of animals for healing

• How trauma disrupts our natural rhythms and how touch can provide a template for re-balancing

• How licorice root is central to balancing our internal rhythms

• Herbs have their own internal clocks regulated by light cycles and environment storing nourishment that furthers our own rhythms.

• The different types of rhythms we have, including circadian and ultradian

• The connection between breath, our brain and rhythms, and how we can naturally optimize our own rhythms for optimal health

• Dr. Leslie shares about a variety of power plants such as chamomile, and jamaica as a wonderful source of antioxidants that regulates rhythms of our digestion

• The importance of cross-cultural wisdom sharing and how this feeds into Dr. Leslie’s mission

• Why rituals are so important for our health and livelihood

• Rosemary’s protection powers and long historical connection with humans

• The importance of connection and mentorship for learning - passing wisdom traditions through heart-based relationships

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Connect With Dr. Leslie Korn

Website | Instagram | Facebook

Amazon Author Page | Psychology Today | Academia | Research Gate

Center for World Indigenous Studies

Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider (CMHIMP) Training Course: Nutritional and Integrative Medicine for Mental Health Professionals

Books by Dr. Leslie Korn:

Natural Woman: Herbal Remedies for Radiant Health at Every Age and Stage of Life

Rhythms of Recovery: Trauma, Nature, and the Body

Resources

Free course: Nutritional & Integrative Tips During COVID-19

Coronavirus: Tips to Support your Immunity

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

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Ep. 132 On Health Sovereignty + An Akashic Meditation :: Re-Membering the Creative Force Within

Flowering Shrub by Judy Chicago via Mojo Mecca on Instagram

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This week, we’re taking a bit of a breather from regular scheduled programming and sharing something to provide a moment of pause amidst the information overload and overwhelm. In the first part of the episode, I share my personal thoughts on health sovereignty, what I’ve been focusing my energy & attention on during this pandemic (going back to basics), and the importance of community within health.

In the second part, I share a short Akashic meditation that hopefully provides some nourishment for the nervous system.

*To skip directly to the meditation, go to 24:30 mark.

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Resources

Ep 129 The Medicine of Grief for Radical Change with Ayana Young

COVID-19 Functional Medicine Resources

Using Traditional Ecological Knowledge During COVID-19 Pandemic on Earth Guardians

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Ep. 131 German New Medicine :: Overcoming Fear of Illness + Harnessing the Power of Mind-Body Connection with Dr. Melissa Sell

Today we’re exploring the mind-body connection through the lens of German New Medicine (GNM). In this interview you’ll hear Dr. Melissa Sell explain what GNM is, the paradigm shifting work of Dr. Hamer, and how it’s changed her approach to health and healing.  Dr. Melissa breaks down the 5 Biological Laws that help you better understand yourself and the language that your body speaks. We talk about the psyche-brain-organ connection and various psychological “shocks” called Conflict Shocks that impact the expression of what is considered dis-ease in the body. Dr. Melissa shares how our body has wise biological programs that attempt to resolve conflicts and how this process is grossly misunderstood by conventional medicine.

We touch on the science of embryology and how specific tissue types are associated with specific psychological conflicts and biological manifestations. 

Dr. Melissa shares some of her personal views on coronavirus, contagion and the proliferation of symptoms experienced en masse. We discuss the critical link between panic + fear and exacerbation of symptoms, the “nocebo effect,” and which biological programs might be linked with the symptoms of COVID-19. We also cover a couple of case studies through the lens of GNM: chronic sinus issues and chronic acne (something I’ve had a history with!). 

This discussion contains a lot of technical elements as well as ideas that contradict those that are more widely accepted, so I invite you to listen in with an open mind and use your own perceptive ability to determine if this model makes sense to you.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• What is German New Medicine and how Dr. Melissa discovered the paradigm-shifting work of Dr. Hamer and it completely changed her approach to health and healing

• What German New Medicine and Louise Hay have in common

• The 5 biological laws - Dr. Melissa breaks down each law and Significant Biological Special Programs (SBS) and how understanding the 5 Biological Laws will help you better understand yourself and the language that your body speaks

• How GNM takes the unique subjective perspective of each individual and how that can apply to the development of dis-ease

• The psyche-brain-organ connection and how you can see a psychological “shock” demonstrated on a brain scan!

• How you can identify the type of conflict shock based on one’s symptoms

• How a Meaningful Biological Special Program unfolds and how this knowledge can prove beneficial.

• “Stink conflict” - how this is connected to sinus issues 

• How our body has wise biological programs that attempt to resolve conflicts and how this process is grossly misunderstood by conventional medicine

• The different phases during a biological program, how the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems work together, and the natural rhythms of our healing process

• The science of embryology and our knowledge of the evolution of human that link 3 basic tissue types and associates each with a specific SBS

• The connection between tumors (excess cell proliferation) and the biological conflicts + programs at play

• How bacteria play a vital role during the healing phase and GNM’s view that microbes don’t cause diseases and diseases are not contagious

• The controversial view on COVID-19 thru the lens of GNM, based on a completely different paradigm of health understandings and away from the more conventionally accepted germ theory

• Dr. Melissa shares some of her personal views on coronavirus, contagion and the proliferation of conflict symptoms experienced en masse and how she would approach 

• Morphic resonance, mirror neurons, and other unseen factors possibly at play

• The critical link between panic + fear and exacerbation of symptoms, the “nocebo effect” and which biological programs might be linked with the symptoms of COVID-19

• Words of wisdom Dr. Melissa has to support those experiencing fear, confusion, panic in this time

• The 5th biological law of Quintessence & why we can no longer consider disease a mistake of nature

• Dr. Melissa’s top recommendations for supporting health and your immune system, including exercising and how to figure out your own internal recipe and supportive mindset

• Main approaches to resolving or addressing disharmonies that present as chronic health issues - Dr. Melissa breaks down a case of chronic sinus issues 

• How our thought patterns contribute to our biological conflicts, programming and symptom manifestation

• The biological conflict behind chronic acne - something both Dr. Melissa and I have dealt with for years into our adulthood

• Controversy around GNM founder Dr. med. Ryke Geerd Hamer including allegations of problematic and even dangerous views and how Dr. Melissa reconciles these allegations with the intelligence and utility of GNM 

• Ways in which you can personally test the 5 biological laws and explore these connections within your own life experience

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Website | Instagram | Facebook | Youtube

Resources

Dr. Melissa Sell video: German New Medicine 101: Introduction to the Five Biological Laws

Dr. Mercola’s interview with Dr. David Holt: German New Medicine - How You Control Your Own Healing

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

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Ep. 129 The Medicine of Grief for Radical Change with Ayana Young

If you have been feeling a sense of overwhelm, fear, anxiety, loss, paralysis, and grief for some time... in light of ecological crisis, destruction of the natural world, and especially amidst Coronavirus pandemic, you are not alone. This grounding yet inspiring conversation is for you.  

We are speaking with Ayana Young, host of the For The Wild podcast, an anthology of the Anthropocene; focused on land based protection, co-liberation and intersectional storytelling rooted in a paradigm shift from human supremacy towards deep ecology.

In this heart-felt interview, we talk about the transformative power of collective and personal grief as a portal, the importance of letting grief in collectively in this time, and the insights we are beginning to glean from COVID-19. Ayana reminds us of the critical importance of community resiliency, local systems, and connection to Place that is rooted in love.

Ayana shares how she faces grief, guilt, and shame in her own life, including supportive touchstones and practices, and how her work and conversations with great minds on her podcast have shaped and informed her own evolution. 

Ayana also shares about her land restoration projects, including the "1 Million Redwoods" project, where she is working to preserve and propagate the biodiversity of the old growth Redwood forest. 

Ayana’s deeply rooted commitment to wild nature is apparent in the way she navigates this discussion with a grounded sense of curiosity, connectedness and aliveness that has seeded in me a sense of hope.

Hear Ayana’s invitation to listeners during the challenging times of Coronavirus and beyond, and her prayer for the collective.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Collective grief: how it has been building and woven within the web of climate change, recent ecological destruction, & now Coronavirus

• The mirroring of degeneration between human health and Mother Earth’s health 

• The connection between guilt and grief active in Ayana’s experience, and how she invites the experience of guilt as a guide

• The importance of slowing down in urgent times 

• How grief is informative and why we need to be present for it

• Desensitization as a barrier to transformation

• The currency of attention and its role in experiencing grief

• Why happiness is not Ayana’s personal goal in life

• The way Ayana deals with grief, and why she wants to be fully present for it

• The many gifts that grief brings on individual and collective levels, including the transmutation into passion and action

• The ways Ayana sees Coronavirus impacting our reality

• The critical importance of community resiliency, local systems, and connection to Place that is rooted in love

• Ayana’s land restoration projects, including the "1 Million Redwoods" project, where she is working to preserve and propagate the biodiversity of the old growth Redwood forest

• The power of slowing down, saying No, and rest

• What we can glean from seeing the Earth’s resiliency in action during coronavirus

• What can be birthed out of this crisis that would serve our world

• Why Ayana created For The Wild and how she has been shaped by her work

• The most supportive touchstones or practices for her amidst climate change and COVID-19

• The industrial complex within the field of restoration work and Ayana’s call for integrity and harm reduction 

• Remembering how to live as humans again and the false devaluation of manual labor 

• Ayana’s vow + commitment to the trees

• Ayana’s invitation to listeners during the challenging times of Coronavirus and beyond, and her prayer for the collective

QUOTES

“We’ve been living on this earth as humans much longer than we’ve been living as industrialized humans.” ~ Ayana Young

“We have to fall in love, and we have to be committed and devoted, so when we see those things being lost, the grief gets awakened (and maybe guilt and shame). We can move that into passion, action, devotion, commitment, focus... if we can do that with stillness, slowness, and real intention, that would be such a good recipe for how to be with what is happening right now.” ~ Ayana Young

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Connect With Ayana Young

Website | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter

For The Wild Podcast

1 Million Redwoods Project

Resources

FTW Episode with Dr. BAYO AKOMOLAFE on Slowing Down in Urgent Times /155

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

• 1:1 90 Day Akashic Private Mentorship

Wildly Rooted Resources

FREE Astro-Herbalism Mini Course by The School of Evolutionary Herbalism: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/astroherbalism 

If you’re interested in learning more, there is a free mini course on bridging plants & planets with herbalism & medical astrology! Unlock the Physical and Spiritual Medicine of Plants to Heal the Roots of Disease with Astro-Herbalism.

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 128 Medical Astrology 101 :: Mapping Individual & Collective Health Trends + Coronavirus Insights with Judith Hill

This mega episode with Judith Hill, internationally recognized astrologer, author, & researcher, is jam packed with insights on Medical Astrology. Judith’s unique perspective is grounded and dynamic, and this conversation was incredibly timely falling at the beginning of the Coronavirus events. Judith shares her astrological take on Coronavirus, COVID-19’s connection to the lungs and the collective health trends in 2020.

We cover what medical astrology is, the many uses of medical astrology, its history in the medical world, and how to actually apply medical astrology in everyday life.

We cover the primary and fundamental elements we need to know to get started with medical astrology, how Saturn and Mars influence various biological processes, why they are considered “malefic” and can be misunderstood. Judith shares how the moon influences our health, as well as which body parts and areas are connected to specific signs and planets.

We explore various aspects of my own chart and how they’re connected to issues I’m currently experiencing, plus Judith shares case studies and examples of how she has used medical astrology with clients (she even touches on Bernie Sanders’ astrological predispositions!)

Judith also speaks about astrology for fertility and gives a great talk on cosmic influences of fertility for those who are interested.

The way Judith brings astrology into life in a practical and grounded way is super helpful in these times of uncertainty and navigating the unknown - we literally have a map and signals we can look to for gaining a sense of what might be going on which can be calming for our nervous systems!

FREE Astro-Herbalism Mini Course by The School of Evolutionary Herbalism: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/astroherbalism 

If you’re interested in learning more, there is a free mini course on bridging plants & planets with herbalism & medical astrology! Unlock the Physical and Spiritual Medicine of Plants to Heal the Roots of Disease with Astro-Herbalism.

Go grab your natal chart and follow along! Resources on websites to do that are in the episode show notes webpage.

How to get your natal chart online: 

1. Gather: Specific date, time and place of birth

   1. Go to: https://www.astro.com/cgi/genchart.cgi 

2. Select: 

   1. Chart type - Natal Chart Wheel

   2. Chart drawing style - Web default style

   3. House system: Whole Signs

3. Other optional websites: 

   1. https://astro.cafeastrology.com/natal.php

   2. https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/birth-chart-horoscope-online

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How medical astrology was one of the first uses of astrology

• The many ways we can use medical astrology today: selecting surgery dates, enhancing fertility, identifying inflammation, assessing possible causes of dis-ease, selecting appropriate herbs, knowing a person’s predispositions, origins of dis-ease, collective health trends & so much more!

• A brief history of medical astrology and why it “went out of practice,” and the campaign attacks on holistic practitioners, medicine people, and astrology by “modern science”

• How Judith began her journey with astrology at 3 years old as a second generation astrologist!

• How Judith wanted to ground astrology into a useful tool in the physical world

• How Judith feels seeing the blossoming of astrology today + Judith’s challenging path practicing astrology

• The primary and fundamental elements we need to know to get started with medical astrology

• How Saturn is the seat of chronic dis-ease

• Where to get your natal chart to begin using medical astrology and the best websites to use, plus what you need to know

• Insights on Saturn Return: “The past is wiped away and a new life is begun.”

• Which body zones and areas are connected to each of the 12 signs - Judith gives us a break down of each zodiac sign and connected body zone, and how each sign impacts the specific body parts

• Identifying natal patterns to pre-empt problems, to assess individual predispositions, and see what’s happening right now

• How Saturn and Mars influence various biological process, why they are considered “malefic” and can be misunderstood

• Judith gives us insightful case studies and how medical astrology is great for mystery illnesses, including a famous case of saving a woman from poisoning

• Judith’s thoughts on pre-determinism, prediction, and predispositions in medical astrology and how to reconcile fatalistic view of astrology with free will and changing one’s “fate”

• We explore aspects of Venessa’s own chart, including how Saturn in Libra relates to issues she’s experienced in the low back and what Judith says could be an antidote

• Judith uses Bernie Sanders natal chart as an example for how Mars can impact his health - living examples and why Judith would love a talk with him

• How the moon influences our health, why you want to “add” to the body on waxing moon, and get “rid of things” when moon is waning (i.e. parasite purges!)

• Why you do NOT want to have surgery scheduled on an eclipse

• Why it’s important to understand the energetics of each sign and planet

• Astronutrition - using astrology to assess predisposition of nutritional deficiencies and how specific vitamins and minerals are connected with certain planets

• Astrology for infertility: Judith’s view on the rise in fertility challenges, and how she sees it most with caucasian women, why she’s had 90% success in fertility rate, women do not ovulate just once a month - they can ovulate by surprise under special stimuli and how women are more likely to get pregnant on their astrological fertility moment than she is on her ovulation time

• How the astrological signs influence physical appearance and body types, and how Venessa’s students were able to guess her signs based on her appearance!

• Judith’s take on Coronavirus and the collective health trends according to astrology, the main trigger dates to pay attention to: between March 15th - 19th, and again on the New Moon on March 24th, and again the Full Moon in April 7th - 14th as the points we need to get through, her prediction that airports will be closing!

• The power of our thoughts to impact the collective field

• The effects of North Node and South Node, eclipses, and how they impact us collectively on this Earth in this time

• Judith’s medical astrological perspective on COVID-19 and how it impacts the lungs, including ways to fortify lungs

• Judith’s top recommendations on how to navigate this living world

• Why Judith will gladly discuss the science behind astrology with skeptics and challengers, and the various kinds of studies that have demonstrated the validity of astrology

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Connect With Judith Hill

Website | Facebook

Judith’s online course: Medical Astrology 101

Ancient Moon Lore for the 21st Century on Judith’s audio shop

Judith Hill’s workshop at NORWAC: Let's Read Medical Astrology Charts!

Judith Hill’s books:

Medical Astrology In Action: The Transits of Health (has field studies)

Medical Astrology for Health Practitioners: A Healer's Guide

Astrology & Your Vital Force: Healing with Cosmic Rays and DNA Resonance (has huge section on moon)

The Astrological Body Types Face, Form and Expression

Medical Astrology: A Guide to Planetary Pathology

Eclipses and You: How to Align with Life's Hidden Tides

The Lunar Nodes: Your Key to Excellent Chart Interpretation

Resources

Ep 72 Evolutionary Herbalism :: Tending to the Inner Cosmos with Holistic Plant Medicine with Sajah Popham

*Sajah has an amazing course that opens doors March 24, 2020!

The School of Evolutionary Herbalism’s Astro-Herbalism Program

Encyclopaedia of Medical Astrology by Howard Leslie Cornell 

Astrology, Nutrition and Health by Robert Carl Jansky

Medical Astrology by Eileen Nauman

Deborah Francis Beautiful Little Dancing Crow

The metal-planet relationship: A study of celestial influence by Nick Kollerstrom

Astrological Practice of Physick: Discovering the True Way to Cure all Kinds of Diseases and Infirmities which are Naturally Incident to the Holy Man by Joseph Blagrave 

The Up Film Series (Seven Up / 7 Plus Seven / 21 Up / 28 Up / 35 Up / 42 Up) or on Amazon Prime Video

Northwest Astrological Conference in Seattle, WA (NORWAC)

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

• 1:1 90 Day Akashic Private Mentorship

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal PayPal Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/wildlyrooted  

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 127 #UNFILTERED :: Spring Equinox :: Dynamic Balance Amidst Challenge

Welcome back to FYW #UNFILTERED Moon Musings with Venessa & Megan!

What are #UNFILTERED Moon Musings?

These #UNFILTERED episodes are a hybrid of moon musings + convo + QA answering your top questions about holistic health, nutrition, herbs, moon cycles, and earth-based medicine. Connecting to the moon cycles can be a powerful way to tap into your inner wild and wise self…

BUT we need YOUR help! Send us your questions and comments by clicking here, we can't wait to hang out with you <3

This Episode's Theme...

#UNFILTERED :: Spring Equinox :: Dynamic Balance Amidst Challenge

Happy Vernal (Spring) Equinox! We’re back! While Megan and I have taken a break from our Moon Musings, we are shifting into quarterly check-ins with the natural seasons - Equinoxes and Solstices. As we are in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re looking at the energies and themes of this Spring Equinox, including Aries season, Coronavirus, dynamic balance embracing the dark/shadow with the light, and how to return home to the Self in the most empowered way.

In this episode, we touch on the tenacious cardinal fire sign of Aries, healthy boundaries & mindset for healing, and new beginnings. We share what we’re doing to support ourselves (including connecting with plants, sacred water, & activated our vagus nerves) and our families, and of course we include our favorite resources.

>> JOIN THE FYW COVEN! :: I was inspired to create the Feed Your Wild Coven as an online community for listeners of the Feed Your Wild Podcast, and wild-hearted change-makers who are on a journey to getting unstuck, reconnected with your inner guide & nature so you can nourish ALL parts of your wild Self and share your gifts with the world.

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Resources

Ep 16 Meet  the Wanderer, aka Your Vagus Nerve - Why You Should Care About the  Largest Nerve In Your Body + How To Support Your Gut-Brain Connection!

Ep 08 The Rainbow Diet: Bridging the Gaps Between Science, Soul, & Art in Medicine with Dr. Deanna Minich

LEK Fit

Rebounder mini trampoline

Resource weblinks:

Web resources to check out:

• Aviva Romm’s weblink to COVID 19 articles: 

• Deanna Minich’s Prevention and Quarantine Basic Essentials List PDF

• Andrea Nakayama & Functional Nutrition Alliance immune superheros PDF

• IFM: Boosting Immunity: Functional Medicine Tips on Prevention & Immunity Boosting During the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Outbreak

• Herbs for Immunity

  • Rosalee de la Forêt’s Herbs for Immunity

  • 7Song Notes on COVID-19 PDF (helpful herbs)

• Medium.com articles

  • Coronavirus: Why You Must Act Now

  • How to Tell If You Have the Flu, Coronavirus, or Something Else

  • The 5 Step Guide to Breaking Your Phone Addiction, for Good

• Helpful Infographics

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/B9hz_pqBdyS/?igshid=11x3wmro89cs2

  • https://www.instagram.com/p/B9ozuzHhAvi/?igshid=9hj8qmqunwl4

Ask Us Your Top Q's!

Go to wildlyrooted.com/podcastconnect to send us your top questions around health + wellness, nutrition + herbalism, natural cycles + intuition, & your top challenges. You can now leave us a voice message!

Connect with Venessa @wildlyrooted

Connect with Megan @amethyst_and_rose

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a monthly contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

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Ep. 126 Akashic Insights on Coronavirus, Fear, & Personal Reflections

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In this impromptu episode, I share insights from a recent Akashic Record reading on the current situation with Coronavirus, the state of fear we are collectively holding, and personal thoughts on how to move through this tumultuous time. Sending love and prayers of healing to everyone impacted, and an invitation to connect within your Self and one another through the heart.

March’s Akashic Soul Nourishment Reading podcast episode: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/fywpodcast/march2020

Join the conversation in our community on Facebook:

If you enjoyed this episode and it inspired you in some way, I’d love to hear about it. 

Join our NEW facebook community dedicated to listeners of the podcast! We’ll get to continue the conversation from the podcast and chat about things you won’t hear anywhere else!

Feed Your Wild Coven FB Circle is now open - join us!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/FeedYourWild/ 

Interested in joining the 90-Day Akashic Private Mentorship with Venessa?

Learn more about this 1-on-1 mentorship experience for wild-hearted healers, helpers, & change-makers. Limited spots open, deadline to apply is Spring Equinox Thursday March 19th 11:59pm PST! http://www.wildlyrooted.com/90-day

Wildly UNSTUCK :: Learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals & what to do about them...

Get out of your own way and master the mindset of health. 

Join this free audio program here.

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a monthly contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

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Ep. 125 Saying NO to Big Food, Big Pharma with an Ancestral Mind with Colin Stucker

Today we’re speaking with Colin Stuckert, CEO and founder of Wild Foods Co and Ancestral Mind Podcast. I was a guest on Colin’s podcast talking about the mindset of diets, and we continued the conversation in today’s episode. Colin shares his unique perspective as an entrepreneur and the origin story of his company Wild Foods Co, what led him to starting a health food company based on ancestral wellness. Colin’s mission is to help 50 million people build the Ancestral Mind and say NO to Big Food, Big Pharma and a devolved life of chronic pain and disease.

You’ll get an inside look into a health food company, and how they stay in integrity with principles and quality to stay true to their mission. Colin talks about sourcing products sustainably and ethically, which foods to focus on, insidious food industry practices that undermine the consumer, and Colin’s perspective on the “ancestral mindset.”

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Colin’s origin story of his company Wild Foods Co, what led him to starting a health food company based on ancestral wellness

• Colin’s mission to help 50 million people build the Ancestral Mind and say NO to Big Food, Big Pharma and a devolved life of chronic pain and disease.

• The inside look into a health food company, how they stay in integrity with principles and quality to stay true to their mission

• How Colin sources products ethically from sustainable sources and decides which foods to focus on

• What people need to look for in products to determine sustainability and high quality

• Major insidious food industry practices that undermine the consumer and impact our health

• Colin’s perspective on the “Ancestral Mindset”, the top ancestral mind principles of health, and the concept of “action bias”

• What life looks like for an entrepreneur with a young kid and family, aspiring to embody these principles of wildness and natural living

• Colin’s top challenges within his own life and how he moves through them

• Colin’s personal opinion on current diet trends, and what the best steps are for most people

• Colin’s top book recs for ancestral mindset + business, top nourishment tools, and non-negotiables - his recommendation on what to invest in for your health

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Connect With Colin Stuckert

Website | Podcast | Instagram | Youtube

Resources

The Mindset of Diets with Venessa Rodriguez on the Ancestral Mind Podcast

Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari

Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress by Christopher Ryan

Sex at Dawn by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan

Wildly Rooted Offerings

>> HERBAL ANATOMY SERIES :: Digestive System Intensive is March 21st/22nd! 

Imagine having more knowledge, confidence, & competence when it comes to herbal medicine...

Join us in Southern Oregon for this in-person immersive workshop series where students will learn clinical herbalism skills, the foundations of nutrition, and in-depth anatomy & physiology of the body through a holistic approach that weaves together the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with modern science & herbal medicine. 

*Come learn all about the digestive system and how you can utilize herbs, nutrition, & remedies to support yourself + your community!

WORKSHOPS: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/workshops

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

• 1:1 90 Day Private Akashic Mentorship Program

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 124 Heal Yourself from the Pain of Childhood Trauma with Liz Mullinar of Heal For Life

Today I’m sitting with Liz Mullinar, a survivor of childhood trauma, trauma counsellor, and the founder of Heal For Life Foundation which has provided trauma recovery programs for over 20 years. She developed the Heal For Life Model in the early nineties when she felt along with other survivors of trauma that there had to be a permanent way of healing from the impact of childhood memories. 

Liz latest book is a step-by-step guide called HEAL FOR LIFE: How to Heal Yourself from the Pain of Childhood Trauma based on the Heal For Life model that has helped over 8,500 people self-heal from trauma. It demonstrates how to transform painful trauma memories and emotional triggers into permanent healing. 100% of the book’s proceeds go back to Heal for Life to pay for survivors to attend programs!

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Liz’ perspective on trauma, what it is, and its impact on the brain

• Impact of trauma on brain and nervous system

• Why trauma is so debilitating for years afterward

• Triggers - Liz’ unique perspective on how “triggers are treasures” and ow to de-trigger - Liz walks us through this important process

• How to get into your right brain to support yourself in trauma work

• Why Liz recommends we lean into our fears rather than avoid feeling the fear

• Why loving oneself is the first step in the healing journey

• Importance of safety for healing and impact of shame, how do we acquire shame and how do we heal from it?

• How to overcome trauma memories permanently - Liz gives us examples from her own life

• Changing thought patterns and literally change our brain so we can shift negative patterns, unpacking the not-Self and rediscover who we really are

• More inspiring info on the brain for healing

• Why Liz believes everyone can heal and steps to start healing your trauma

• The connection between chronic health challenges and trauma, such as migraine, chronic fatigue syndrome, and more plus Liz’ own experience with “unexplained” health challenges

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Connect With LIZ MULLINAR

Website | Book | Instagram | Facebook

“The best thing in the world is to touch the fear we felt in childhood and release it... because it’s transformational.” ~ Liz Mullinar

Resources

Heal For Life: How to Heal Yourself from the Pain of Childhood Trauma by Liz Mullinar

Wildly Rooted Offerings

>> HERBAL ANATOMY SERIES :: Digestive System Intensive is March 21st/22nd! 

Imagine having more knowledge, confidence, & competence when it comes to herbal medicine...

Join us in Southern Oregon for this in-person immersive workshop series where students will learn clinical herbalism skills, the foundations of nutrition, and in-depth anatomy & physiology of the body through a holistic approach that weaves together the ancient wisdom of Ayurveda with modern science & herbal medicine. 

*Come learn all about the digestive system and how you can utilize herbs, nutrition, & remedies to support yourself + your community!

WORKSHOPS: http://www.wildlyrooted.com/workshops

WORK WITH VENESSA

• Akashic Soul Record Readings

• Soul Nutrition Sessions

• 1:1 90 Day Akashic Private Mentorship

Wildly Rooted Resources

Get Wildly UNSTUCK: Mastering the Mindset of Health

Get access to this 6-module audio program for free!

You’ll learn the top 5 things sabotaging your health goals and what to do about them (hint: it doesn't have to do with your willpower...) 

Your support means the world...

If the show has helped, inspired or spoken to you, it would mean the world to me if you show your support through a small financial contribution. Each FYW episode is a labor of love that takes me about three days to produce... From as little as $1 a month, your support will help to cover the costs associated with producing and hosting the show. I love you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

To make a contribution, head to the Patreon page here.

If you would like to make a one-time contribution, you may use our personal Venmo Link here and offer any dollar amount you'd like - send to @WildlyRooted: https://venmo.com/WildlyRooted

Thank you as every penny counts toward supporting this work! xo

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Ep. 122 Functional Somatic Syndrome, Women’s Health, & Community Herbalism with Anja Robinson

Today we are speaking with Anja Robinson, Clinical Herbalist, Functional Nutritionist, Women’s Integrative Health Educator and founder of Poppy Herbals—an Herbal Elixir Bar and Apothecary in Ashland, OR. She’s also my co-facilitator for our upcoming Herbal Anatomy Series at Hawthorn Institute! In this episode, we’re talking about functional somatic syndrome (FSS) and the power of community health & herbalism in addressing complex health issues.

FSS has been around for thousands of years and various terminology has been used to describe it, including hysteria, somatoform disorders, and medically unexplained symptoms. FSS highlights the inefficacy of the conventional medical system in addressing root causes, the undeniable mind-body connection, the startling rates of trauma (esp in women) impacting health, and the lack of community wellness and support.

Together, Anja and I explore top ways to support those who have experienced FSS (many of us), the importance of community, and how to begin addressing the underlying issues related to so many unexplained or complex symptoms and health challenges.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Anja started down her path into herbalism, Ayurveda, nutrition and women’s health

• The normalization of dis-ease and imbalance in our medical system

• How active listening is an indispensable tool as a practitioner and part of the medicine

• The most common underlying factors of complex chronic health challenges

• What is functional somatic syndrome/somatic symptom disorder and how it relates to the prevalence of chronic health challenges, especially for women

• What common disorders and health challenges fall under the umbrella of somatic syndrome, including PMS, chronic fatigue, chronic pain

• Why Anja appreciates functional medicine and what some of the differences are between functional approach and conventional approach

• Why addressing the gut and blood sugar regulation are the first places to address when dealing with a complex health challenge or somatic syndrome

• How Anja uses elimination diets as a first line approach to reduce inflammation, support immune system, and identify triggers - Anja lists common foods to avoid

• Community herbalism and ways women can come together to support their health

• How women have increased exposure to toxins in daily life that have an impact on our detoxification system and overall health 

• The 3 pillars of health for women: diet + lifestyle; mind-body medicine; community

• Anja offers a few ways of how to build community and make community medicine

• Anja shares her favorite herbs + foods for supporting somatic syndrome and how to incorporate them as medicine

• One of Anja’s favorite practices: Ayurvedic abhyanga aka herbal body oiling for bringing medicine in a different way while also supporting natural detox, grounding, and can work more quickly than taking nervines internally

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Website | Instagram

Poppy Herbals—an Herbal Elixir Bar and Apothecary in Ashland, OR.

Resources

Mountain Rose Herbs

Oshala Farm

Pacific Botanicals

Starwest Herbs

Amber Magnolia Hill + Mythic Medicine

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Ep. 121 La Cuarentena: Healinga in Postpartum with Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz

Felicia Cocotzin Ruiz (Tewa/Xicana) is a curandera, indigenous foods activist, and natural foods chef whose work is deeply rooted in the healing properties of all earth medicines. 

In this episode, we’re speaking on the topic of postpartum wellness, specifically la cuarentena - the period of postpartum recovery roughly 40 days of healing after childbirth. There is a version of the cuarentena in many cultures and Felicia shares her personal experience with the “4th trimester,” how she weaves in Ayurveda with Traditional Mexican knowledge, plus practical tips Felicia recommends for amplifying healing and setting yourself up for the most nourishing postpartum possible. We also have an important discussion around the title of Curandera and the power of honoring these sacred times in breaking ancestral & intergenerational trauma.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• Felicia’s path into becoming a Curandera and her mission of sharing ancestral medicine with her community

• Her ancestral lineage, discovering aspects of her lineage previously unknown and her reclamation process 

• An important discussion around the concept of Curandera, how to honor the use of these titles, and the problematic phenomenon of “plastic” shamans, curanderas, etc

• Felicia shares the depth and sacredness of becoming a medicine person - and how it’s a lifelong process + commitment for her

• The “4th trimester” known as La Cuarentena and Felicia’s personal experience with the postpartum period

• How Felicia weaves in lightness, fun and humor into her teachings

• Felicia’s advice for planning a healing postpartum experience, and the importance of supportive relationships in this time

• The big mind-shifts required to set yourself up for a healing postpartum, and some of the biggest challenges Felicia sees people face during this time

• Practical tips Felicia recommends for amplifying healing and setting yourself up for the most nourishing postpartum possible

• The power of honoring these sacred times in breaking ancestral & intergenerational trauma

• How Felicia blends in Ayurveda and Traditional Mexican Knowledge beautifully together as complimentary indigenous systems

• The basic nutritional recommendations that Felicia found to be true across many different cultures for postpartum

• Foods and herbs to bring in and avoid during this period, and other considerations for new mothers

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NOURISHED MAMÁ :: Tips + recipe suggestions during la cuarentena

Resources

Cihuapactli Collective will be hosting the 4th Ancestral Womb Wellness Gathering (AWWG): Honoring Our Life Cycles on February 29, 2020 at the Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center

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Ep. 120 Self-Empowerment Thru Connections with Local Wild Medicine with Laura Cascardi

In this episode, we’re speaking with Laura Cascardi. Laura’s passion for herbalism, healing, and well-being is evident in her 20 + years of working with herbs and people. In 2014, Laura co-founded the Equinox Center of Herbal Studies where she is the director and one of the primary teachers.

You can hear Laura’s passion for educating others on using plants for wellness and self-reliance in her voice, as she shares her plant path story. Laura talks about how she originally learned the wild, medicinal herbs from her grandmother and shares lessons carried from her time living off-grid + the medicine she brought back into “city life.” You’ll hear Laura’s powerful message for aspiring healers and how to leave behind mechanisms of control and become our authentic selves. We talk about how our connection to our environment and local medicines promotes self empowerment, and how to harness this power. Laura shares amazing advice for people on the plant and healing path.

Show Notes

In this episode, we discuss:

• How Laura was introduced to the plant path by her grandmother, and how the mundane has led her to a love of botany & plants

• The lessons Laura carries from her time living off-grid and the medicine she brought back into “city life”

• The surprising behavior from people coming back into the city and how Laura continued deeply connecting with plants in this different environment

• How Laura learned how to use herbs based off need and through real life situations

• Why Laura started her herbalism school Equinox Center of Herbal Studies

• Laura’s powerful message for aspiring healers

• How Laura works with fear and her favorite herbal allies that support us to break through limiting beliefs and patterns, including one that helps us walk away from that which doesn’t serve us

• Laura’s message to her students and those wanting to learn how to work with herbs, and why she’s not a fan of reading herbal books

• How to leave behind mechanisms of control and become our authentic selves

• Top advice Laura has for people on the plant and healing path

• How our connection to our environment and local medicines promotes self empowerment, and how to harness this power

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