Decolonizing Health with Plants w— Miranda Aponte

Herbalist + podcaster Miranda Aponte joins us today to talk about how plants invite us to take our power back and remember how to listen to our bodies. In this conversation, we talk about go-to herbs for the skin + the magical simplicity of a facial steam. We also talk about the complexity of plants and how they show up differently for different people; and we go on a meta journey into some of the core differences between contemporary Western medicine and plant medicine. No either/or conversations here, but Miranda shares about why it's important to take our power back when it comes to our bodies and how plants can help us learn to listen to ourselves, the natural world and build that bridge towards healing and trust.

"Plants are a whole beings like us. They are complex. They're multi-dimensional. They're a spiritual being as much as they're a physical being. They have different relationships to each of us."

Miranda Aponte is a boriqua curandera and the founder of Mariposa. Mariposa was created with the purpose of sharing and uplifting the intersections of healing, eco and social co liberation with reverence. She is studying to be an herbalist and carries the ancestral lineage of her Grandmother's medicine woman ways.

we discuss —

• how healing is a process of remembering our relationship to the Earth
• how the natural world invites us to become who we were meant to be
• examples of working regeneratively within the fashion industry
• four go-to herbs for skin healing + beautification
• the magical simplicity (+ effectiveness) of a facial steam
• how plants can show up differently for different people
• how plant medicine approaches healing differently than pharmaceuticals
• bringing all of ourselves, our listening and discernment to a healing journey

LINKS

If you enjoyed the episode, check out —

• Episode w— Felicia Ruiz
• Episode w— Gina Badger
• Episode w— Asia Suler

More about our guest —

• Miranda's website
• Miranda's podcast
• Miranda's IG

Mentioned in the episode—

• Christy Dawn
• Nowadays on Earth, founder Kalpana Arias

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