Medicine Stories - 33. Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja Robinson

33. Root Cause Medicine & Breasts as an Intuitive Center - Anja Robinson

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11/23/18 • 94 min

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Medicine Stories

In the Intro:

Living among the California wildfires
$200 herbal medicine giveaway!
The beautiful complexity of the female body

In the Interview:

The intersection between herbalism & functional medicine
Why "Just live like your grandmothers lived and you'll be healthy" doesn't work anymore
Health confusion and information overload
A name is a prayer: the meaning of Anja's name and how it ties into her life's path
The gateway of birth & the role of a birth attendant
Understanding the complex dance of women's hormones and what we can do to create better hormonal health (we talk about digestion, the liver, PMS, headaches, bloating, cramps, water retention, breaking out, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, toxic overloads, xeno-estrogens, etc.)
The importance of the lymphatic system
The insanity of the truly toxic products that are marketed to women as real femininity
Don't put anything on your skin you wouldn't put in your mouth
A deep dive into breast health
Reframing self exams: knowing the terrain of your own body, what to look for, and what not to worry about!
The flexibility & resiliency of breast tissue

Links:

Anja's website Mana Medicinals
My website MythicMedicine.love
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)
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)
For the Wild podcast: The Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires

In the Intro:

Living among the California wildfires
$200 herbal medicine giveaway!
The beautiful complexity of the female body

In the Interview:

The intersection between herbalism & functional medicine
Why "Just live like your grandmothers lived and you'll be healthy" doesn't work anymore
Health confusion and information overload
A name is a prayer: the meaning of Anja's name and how it ties into her life's path
The gateway of birth & the role of a birth attendant
Understanding the complex dance of women's hormones and what we can do to create better hormonal health (we talk about digestion, the liver, PMS, headaches, bloating, cramps, water retention, breaking out, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, toxic overloads, xeno-estrogens, etc.)
The importance of the lymphatic system
The insanity of the truly toxic products that are marketed to women as real femininity
Don't put anything on your skin you wouldn't put in your mouth
A deep dive into breast health
Reframing self exams: knowing the terrain of your own body, what to look for, and what not to worry about!
The flexibility & resiliency of breast tissue

Links:

Anja's website Mana Medicinals
My website MythicMedicine.love
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)
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)
For the Wild podcast: The Myths & Misinformation of Wildland Fires

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32. Having Cancer, Facing Grief, & Choosing Your Own Healing Path - Tara Coyote

Choosing an unconventional treatment route for a disease that scares us all, what it looks like when you really face your grief, and a beautiful story of ancestral echoes, connections, and healing.

In the Intro:

Only you know the healing path that's right for you
Defining "alternative medicine" & (yet another) plea for nuanced thinking
The metabolic approach to cancer

In the Interview:

Meeting at the Death Cafe
How Tara came to choose the cancer treatments that she did, and what her protocol looks like
Apitherapy: the medicinal properties of bee venom
Healing with horses
Being embodied during grief and the power of grief rituals
The gifts of a cancer diagnosis
Feeling your ancestry in the earth
The uncanny echoes between the lives of Tara and the grandmother she never knew, and a discussion of intergenerational trauma and healing
Dealing with a major life disruption in the midst of a cancer journey

Show Notes:

Tara's website Cancer Warrioress
Cancer Warrioress on Facebook and Instagram
Donate to Tara's Healing Fund
Tara's article on Apitherapy & Cancer
Death Cafe
The WeCroak app
The Metabolic Approach to Cancer by Dr. Nasha Winters & Jess Higgins Kelley
The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller
The Smell of Rain on Dust by Martín Prechtel
Die Wise by Stephen Jenkinson
Cancer: The Emperor of all Maladies
My website MythicMedicine.love
Take my fun Which Healing Herb is Your Spirit Medicine? quiz
Medicine Stories Patreon (podcast bonuses)
The Medicine Stories Facebook group
Mythic Medicine on Instagram
Music by Mariee Sioux (from her beautiful song Wild Eyes)

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34. Womb Wisdom, Addiction, & the Way of the Wounded Healer - Anja Robinson

IN THE INTRO:

Free Handcrafted Healing Herbal Oils online workshop!
Evolutionary health, symptoms as adaptations, why there's no such thing as the optimal diet, and why we didn't necessarily evolve to be healthy
One of our last remaining collective/ancestral rituals

IN THE INTERVIEW:

Why to start herbally & nutritionally preparing for your period at ovulation
Understanding nutritional needs throughout the menstrual cycle
Tracking your period
Coffee & chocolate for the cycling woman- good or bad?
Iron, blood, oxygen, and women
How Anja overcame six years of alcohol and drug abuse and built a healthy, healing life
We share our stories of growing up with an alcoholic parent, and of our mothers' deaths, and what it feels like when you get that phone call we all dread
A super important but always overlooked perspective on nutrient deficiency in addicts and the role of nutrition in recovery
It's never too late to change your path
When Anja found out about her German great-grandmother being the town mystic and Tarot reader, and how this ancestor's sensitivity has echoed down through the motherline
Food, drink, and herbs for winter nourishment
Carminitives: a simple, delicious, and healing class of herbal medicine that you already have in your kitchen