Creating Your Herbal Practice

04/27/22 • 30 min

Society is returning to nature after being bombarded for decades with so many pills for every ill and much of our culture causing us to be out of sync with the world around us. Developing an herbal practice for yourself can help you cultivate a deeper connection with your body and with Earth's natural cycles. In this episode, we talk about different ways you can develop a stronger relationship with plants and some tips and resources for creating your own herbal practice.
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This episode is supported by the Academy of Culinary Nutrition's 2022 Culinary Nutrition Expert Program. Read my review here, or head straight to the program page and sign up for an info session.
Referenced in this episode:

NowAge Travel
Alexis Nikole Nelson on TikTok
PlantSnap
Boston herb shops: Cambridge Naturals + Artemisia Botanicals
Episode 26: Plant Wisdom With Miranda Aponte
Episode 27: What's In Your Underwear?
Books
Brands
- Wooden Spoon Herbs: Anxiety Ally + Rose-Colored Glasses
- IMBY: Rose Cardamom Hot Cacao
- Rasa (get 15% off with code KRISTEN06342)
Commonwealth Center for Holistic Herbalism

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NowAge Travel
Alexis Nikole Nelson on TikTok
PlantSnap
Boston herb shops: Cambridge Naturals + Artemisia Botanicals
Episode 26: Plant Wisdom With Miranda Aponte
Episode 27: What's In Your Underwear?
Books
Brands
- Wooden Spoon Herbs: Anxiety Ally + Rose-Colored Glasses
- IMBY: Rose Cardamom Hot Cacao
- Rasa (get 15% off with code KRISTEN06342)
Commonwealth Center for Holistic Herbalism

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Thanks for listening!

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Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
The Intuitive Eating Workbook by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
Robin Mallery's chocolate mindfulness exercise
Podcast: Eating and the Enneagram with Health Coach Tomesha Campbell
The Enneagram of Eating by Ann Gadd
10 Principles of Intuitive Eating
Tomesha's website

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The final episode of the season is a special Q+A episode about nutrition, menstrual health, intuitive eating, hormones, and more. I answer the following questions:

Is protein-combining worth considering when it comes to your nutrition?
Why am I so depressed before my period?
How do you deal with burnout, particularly from work?
Do you have any recommendations for working with or healing PCOS?
If you don’t ovulate, which phase of your cycle are you technically in?
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How can one manage hormone changes that affect your food intuition especially during menstruation or as we age?

This episode is supported by the Academy of Culinary Nutrition's 2022 Culinary Nutrition Expert Program. Read my review here, or head straight to the program page and sign up for an info session.

Listener perk: Get $100 off Cycle Magic, a cycle-syncing course for menstrual misfits, with the code LUNARLOVE — EXPIRES MAY 11, 2022.
View all podcast listener perks here.
Referenced in this episode:

Virtual workshops
Mindfulness and Mental Health: Part 1
Mindfulness and Mental Health: Part 2
Pomodoro Timer
LetsGetChecked lab testing: 30% off with code GOODWITCH30
Period Power
Perimenopause Power

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The Lunar Body - Creating Your Herbal Practice

Transcript

Hello, welcome to my little podcast world. You’re listening to The Lunar Body, and I’m Kristen Ciccolini, functional nutritionist, period priestess, and the founder of Good Witch Kitchen.

Season 2 is wrapping up next week, so you have only a little bit of time left to use the code for $100 off my cycle-syncing course. The code is only active while the podcast season is active, and I’m tired, I’m ready to go into my podcast hibernation. And you have plenty of episodes to catch up