Real immunity is not gotten from a pill or a needle- it’s not a one time thing that comes from outside us, but an ongoing process that develops over time and springs from the vital intelligence of the human body.
In the Intro:
Love + Immunity
The incredible complexity of the human body
The Health Helix
In the Interview:
How the death of her mother sparked a teenage Cilla's interest in natural health, and how a dream visit from her mom decades later led her to the work she's doing now
How modern medicine disempowers parents and dismisses the instinctive knowing mothers have about their own children
MAMA- no one loves or observes your child as much as you do. You are your child's healer. Trust yourself.
What happened in 1989 that shifted public consciousness around health & self empowerment
The false vaxxer/anti-vaxxer dichotomy
How homeoprophylaxis (HP) educates the immune system by echoing how nature works
We each have particular disease susceptibilities
What happened when I gave my daughters their first dose of homeopathic varicella (chicken pox)
The Pathogen v The Terrain
Microbes have been here a lot longer than we have and we must co-exist with them mindfully
The important healing work of fever, runny nose, and other symptoms and how suppressing these processes shuts down the vital force and drives disease deeper
Cilla shines some light on my constant childhood ear infections
The connection between immunity and emotions- boundaries, repression, and expression
The developmental leaps children make after being allowed to overcome disease on their own
Herd immunity cannot be created artificially
The success that the Indian and Cuban governments have had with HP
Action steps for how to best support innate immune intelligence
In the Outro:
The three myths we assume are true when we talk about vaccines
Cell mediated v humoral immunity
The autoimmune disease epidemic
When measles came to my daughter's school
Our family's recent experience with pertussis (whooping cough)
A deeper look at herd immunity: chicken pox/shingles, pertussis, and measles
Links:
CillaWhatcott.com
My website MythicMedicine.love
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)
Vaccines, Autoimmunity, and the Changing Nature of Childhood Illness by Thomas Cowan, MD
Miller's Review of Critical Vaccine Studies by Neil Z. Miller
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccines, and the Forgotten History by Suzanne Humphries, MD and Roman Bystrianyk
The Vaccine Trade Off episode of the Wise Traditions podcast
High Dose Vitamin C for Pertussis webpage by Dr. Suzanne Humphries
The Medicine Stories Facebook group
Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)
91. The Mineral Matrix & the Motherline That Made You - Hamid Jabbar
90. Cervix is Self: Reconnecting to Your Inner Oracle & Record Keeper - Denell Barbara Randall
89. The Magic of Mugwort: Unwritten Ways of Healing & Chambers of Ancient Memory
88. Confessions: Ancestral Foodways, Modern Matriarchy, & the Power of Radical Honesty - Katya Nova
87. Elemental Interbeing, Food Information Overwhelm, and Cell Deep Nourishment for Women - Kymber Maulden
86. Generations, Gene Codes, and Entheogenic Earth Medicine - Mikaela de la Myco
85. REPLAY Embodied Plant Medicine & Ancestral Heartbeats - Sean Padraig O'Donoghue
84. Our Complex Humanity Cannot Be Canceled
83. Coming Home to the Mushroom Elders - Amanita Dreamer
82. What I’d Be Without You: My Mother’s Life, Death, & Legacy of Love
81. We Belong to What We Long For: Reclaiming Lost Lifeways in the Age of Loneliness - Becca Piastrelli
80. Serenading the Waters: Grandmother Medicine & Expanding the Parameters of Herbal Care - Damiana Calvario
79. Sunshine Medicine: The Healing Magic of St. John’s Wort
78. Plants are Infinitely Healing & Folk Herbalism is for Everyone - Farai Harreld
77. Herbalism is Homecoming & Our Senses Are Portals of Connection - Marysia Miernowska
76. Nature’s Ancient Design: Exalting Life by Honoring the Physiologic Truths of Childbearing - Rachelle Garcia Seliga
75. Learning Is Innate: Ancestral Childhood, Unschooling, and Healing - Akilah S. Richards
74. Womb Sovereignty, the Dark Feminine, and Mythopoetic Pregnancy Release - Samantha Zipporah
73. Ending Pregnancy at Home: Holistic Abortion Options
72. Life's Sacred Matrix: How To Be a Truly Hydrated Water Keeper - Isabel Friend
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