Soft power, honoring our elders, and banishing imposter syndrome by remembering that we’re in service to the earth.
IN THE INTRO:
Honoring the lineage of plant healers that led to this podcast
Intuitive breast care w/ herbs
What every herbalist should know
IN THE INTERVIEW:
Kneeling to the earth- herbalism isn’t about you, please don’t be afraid to share your voice
How Rosemary’s name (which came from her two grandmothers) set her on her path from an early age
Plants that carry soft power & the medicine of rosemary (the plant)
What Rosemary learned about plant healing from her Armenian grandmother
The necessity of recognizing our elders
How Rosemary came into teaching herbalism to others during the American herbal renaissance of the 1970s
How herbalists seem to come to the same conclusions as one another over and over again, and realizing that it’s because we aren’t figuring new things out but simply stepping back into the ancient human/plant relationship and the knowledge that comes with that
The importance of monitoring, conserving, preserving, and cultivating wild plants and how United Plant Savers has changed the face of American herbalism
How plants that grow in abundance tend to be super nutritive plants that our ancestors used in daily life as food and medicine, and how rarer plants tend to have more specific medicine and were used more sparingly in acute cases
The ongoing Fire Cider controversy and what happens when folks choose trademarks over traditions
Life transitions, looking back on Rosemary’s incredible legacy, and looking forward to what’s next
LINKS:
Rosemary’s websites: www.sagemountain.com and www.scienceandartofherbalism.com (
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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
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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
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