Stories From The Earth

Today Ellen and Jennifer will be chatting with two of the six members of the group: All our Relations 

Our mission is to create unification through unconditional love, sacred witnessing and spiritual regeneration in order to uplift the collective consciousness.

🌺Suzannah Tebbe Davis is a shamanic energy medicine woman. She offers over two decades of experience with a diverse blend of mind/body/spirit wisdom teachings and Western theoretical practices,

Website http://yourawakenedlife.net/

🌺 DeBorah Shelton-Ogiste (DeBorah Satyagraha) is an Ordained New Thought Minister, Meta-Physician, Spiritual teacher, life coach, a ceremonialist, a certified Reiki Master and more.

Website https://peacefulmiracles.weebly.com/about-deborah.html

⭐For more information about All Our Relations:⭐

https://www.facebook.com/All-Our-Relations-106875904815154

https://www.instagram.com/all_our_relations/

https://peacefulmiracles.weebly.com/

Books We Talked About In This Episode

✨The Hope: A Guide to Sacred Activism

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1401920039/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i2

✨Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy

https://www.amazon.com/Active-Hope-without-Going-Crazy/dp/1577319729/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1635474257&sr=1-1

✨Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0609805177/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i7

✨The Three "Only" Things: Tapping the Power of Dreams, Coincidence, and Imagination

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1577316630/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i11

✨Waking the Global Heart

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0972002898/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i8

✨The Disappearance of the Universe: Straight Talk about Illusions, Past Lives, Religion, Sex, Politics, and the Miracles of Forgiveness

https://www.amazon.com/Disappearance-Universe-Straight-Illusions-Forgiveness/dp/1401905668/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1635475339&sr=1-1

💚Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA 

🍄Listen on Anchor https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth 

💜Where to find Jennifer: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/ 

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐In honor of Indigenous People’s Day on October 11th, Ellen and Jennifer are going to be delving into the book “Black Elk Speaks” by John G. Niehardt  

Why this book? 

Ellen:  I think this book would have aptly made it into our review of an episode sooner or later, because I think it very much fits our theme of talking about and exploring various ways mankind is connected to nature and the earth. In the particular context of this book it could be said, and seen to be, as coming from a particularly spiritually influenced angle. But then I’d like to pose the question ‘where does spirituality and science of reality meet, if not but in nature, and the human drive to reconcile ourselves within it?’ It seems that Indigenous peoples the world over, or anyone embracing a more animistic purview, are more adept at understanding and balancing along this line; and that a book like Black Elk Speaks, if it is even a fraction true to Black Elk’s own word and vision, thus becomes an insightful gift or gentle guide to appeal to the connection of all life.

Jennifer: Simply because I have never read anything like this book before and I was extremely interested in hearing Black Elk’s story. I feel that many Indigenous people have a way of looking at the world that we have lost. Maybe by learning about indigenous people we can re- learn some of what we as non native people have lost and this will help us change the way in which we have been living.  At the very least we need to find a less destructive way to live on this planet so that we can survive. Black Elk is a man who has essentially been through the end of the world and I think there is a lot we can learn from him in this time of change. 

💚Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA 

🍄Listen on Anchor https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth 

💜Where to find Jennifer: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs 

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/ 

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs 

💙Where to find Ellen:

 https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/ 

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness 

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button" https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

Join Ellen and Jennifer as they chat about  the  natural farming book - The One Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka.  

Ellen: "had heard about and stumbled across this book numerous times 10, 15, 20 years ago and just never got around to reading it. I’m not even sure what finally prompted me to pick it up so many years later in the thick of educating myself about permaculture and other resilient farming methods, but let me tell you, when I finally read it I kind of felt like kicking myself for getting to it so late! Because I honestly believe had I read it all those years ago it could have helped propel and inform me in so many ways that I longed for back then and couldn’t conceptualize."

🍄The One Straw Revolution: 

To Read Free

PDF: https://library.uniteddiversity.coop/Food/The-One-Straw-Revolution.pdf

To Buy 

https://www.malaprops.com/book/9781590173138

https://www.amazon.com/One-Straw-Revolution-Introduction-Natural-Classics/dp/1590173139

https://www.powells.com/book/one-straw-revolution-9781590173138

💚Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA 

🍄Listen on Anchor https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth 

💜Where to find Jennifer: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs 

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/ 

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs 

💙Where to find Ellen:

 https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/ 

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness 

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button" https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

Today Jennifer and Ellen are going to be talking with Jeannie Dunn, Director of Red Moon Herbs in Asheville North Carolina

As a professional herbalist and North Carolina native, Jeannie has been wildcrafting and making herbal extracts, oils, and salves for over a 15 years. She studied formally at both the NC School of Natural Healing and One World Healing Arts, but her herbal roots go much further back to the back-to-basics lifestyle infused in her as a child. Today, knowing the powerful healing properties of those 'weeds' she used to pull, Jeannie happily uses them in her fermentations, herbal extracts, and fun, medicinal elixirs. 

🌿Western Herbalists who have inspired Jeannie: Robin Rose Bennett, Patricia K. Howell, Rosemary Gladstar, Rober Rogers, Ryan Drum, Phyllis D. Light, Richo Cech, Teresa Boardwine.

🌳Local to the Asheville NC area - Herbal Teachers:

Corinna Wood, Suki Roth, Doug Elliott, Lucretia Van Dyke, Wild Will Endres, Frank Cook, Melissa Fryar, Mimi Hernandez, Juliet Blankespoor, Marc Williams.

⭐To Contact Jeannie: jeannie [at ] redmoonherbs [dot] com

🌺Books We Talked About:

The Medicinal Herb Grower: A Guide for Cultivating Plants That Heal: 1 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/097003122X/?coliid=I1HHPX2MESLLGJ&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Making Plant Medicine 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0970031238/?coliid=ISEYEBJR47HP8&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1583947620/?coliid=I22WIMCFSLFJI3&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Healing Magic, 10th Anniversary Edition: A Green Witch Guidebook to Conscious Living

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1583948376/?coliid=I280NB51LOXVLD&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Healing Wise

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961462027/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2

The Green Pharmacy

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1579541240/?coliid=IVC4ZTZA2C7UB&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

The Clan of the Cave Bear

https://www.amazon.com/Clan-Cave-Bear-Earths-Children/dp/0553381679/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1625101566&sr=1-3

Sastun: My Apprenticeship with a Maya Healer

https://www.amazon.com/Sastun-My-Apprenticeship-Maya-Healer/dp/006250259X

🌼Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button" https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

Join Ellen and Jennifer as they dig into the book Women Who Run with The Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype, by Clarissa Pinkola Estes!  

🌙Women Who Run With The Wolves

Powells Books: https://www.powells.com/book/women-who-run-with-the-wolves-myths-stories-of-the-wild-woman-archetype-9780345396815

Thriftbooks: https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/women-who-run-with-the-wolves-by-clarissa-pinkola-ests/248345/#edition=2363714&idiq=116043

Malaprops: https://www.malaprops.com/book/9780345396815

💚Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA 

🍄Listen on Anchor https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth 

💜Where to find Jennifer: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs 

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/ 

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs 

💙Where to find Ellen:

 https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/ 

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness 

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button" https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

Today Ellen and Jennifer will to be talking with Ellen’s sister, Kat.  Kat is an Biologist and Conservationist and the Co - founder of the https://www.conejoclimate.org/ 

Books Talked About: 

⭐https://www.amazon.com/Aldo-Leopold-Books/s?k=Aldo+Leopold&rh=n%3A283155 

⭐https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807871729/?coliid=I19E9GQOVJS0V3&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it ⭐https://www.amazon.com/dp/160819454X/?coliid=I2E32AYHTU3YXN&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it 

Ways to get involved! 

⭐Dogwood Alliance: https://www.dogwoodalliance.org/our-work/forests-climate/ 

⭐NC WARN: https://www.ncwarn.org/ 

⭐Southern Alliance for Clean Energy: https://cleanenergy.org/north-carolina/ 

⭐The city of Asheville has a climate justice initiative: https://www.ashevillenc.gov/department/sustainability/climate-initiatives/climate-justice-initiative/#:~:text=In%20January%202020%20Asheville%20City%20Council%20declared%20a%20Climate%20Emergency.&text=The%20Climate%20Justice%20Initiative%20seeks,direction%20of%20climate%20resilience%20action. 

⭐Climate Reality Project: https://www.climaterealityproject.org/chapters-program?_ga=2.93625247.365189735.1622078851-1944475760.1616634009#northcarolina 

⭐350 Asheville: https://world.350.org/asheville/about/ 

⭐350 Triangle: https://world.350.org/triangle/?_ga=2.205919635.1434230224.1622079161-345459041.1622079161

⭐350 Charlotte: https://www.facebook.com/350-Charlotte-2214851082166536/ 

⭐https://ballotpedia.org/State_environmental_policy_acts

💚Why Stories From the Earth?  Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth. 

Our: 

🍄Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/ 

🍄YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q 

🍄 Listen on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA 

🍄Listen on Anchor https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth 

💜Where to find Jennifer: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

 https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs 

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/ 

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs 

💙Where to find Ellen:

 https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/ 

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/ 

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness 

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com  

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569 

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button" https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

In this episode Ellen and Jennifer are going to continue talking about one of the ideas that they spoke about last week when they were chatting about the book “A Weedwifes Remedy” (Episode 22) which is the role that stories play in herbalism, with special guest, local herbalist Deanna Rose.

🍄About Deanna Rose

Deanna was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where she took singing lessons on world-renowned Music Row. She loves singing folk, country, gospel, jazz, blues, and more! Deanna now lives in the mountains of North Carolina, but visits Nashville often to see family.

Deanna Rose is a graduate of Warren Wilson College, where she earned a BA in Gender and Women’s Studies. While attending WWC, Deanna participated in the folk choir and college chorale for 4 years. She also participated in the Vagina Monologues for three years and one year she co-directed it with Sally Obremski. Warren Wilson college is a work college so for three years she worked on the herb crew 15 hours a week. While on the herb crew she made teas, tinctures, grew the herbs in a garden and helped get remedies to sick students. Deanna Rose was also trained by Our Voice and WWC Rise crew to be a Rape Crisis advocate. 

Deanna Rose is currently a professional teacher, singer, community organizer and holistic herbalist, certified by the Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine.  She ran a community center out of her former home for 2 years where there were classes, concerts, kids camps and more! 

Through song, nature and ceremony, Deanna Rose aims to bring community together. 

She enjoys performing sound therapy, leading song circles, and fostering connection with everyone including LGBTQ, BIPOC,  and all ages.

🌸For more information please visit Deanna's Website:

https://deannarose.org/

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

Our:

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

🍄 Listen on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA

🍄Listen on Anchor

https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com 

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button"

Join Ellen and Jennifer as they talk about the book: A Weedwife's Remedy by Kiva Rose Hardin

"Kiva Rose Hardin is a folk herbalist, botanical perfumer, musician, and storyteller. Kiva has been practicing herbalism for almost two decades, and studying botanical perfumery for nearly a dozen years now. Especially influenced by folk healers such as Maria Treben and Juliette De Bairacli Levy; she celebrates common and abundant plant medicines and bioregional aromatics in her work and writing. Kiva’s love of fairy tales, folklore, and plant magic are united in the work of The Enchanter’s Green. She and her partner, Jesse Wolf Hardin, are currently collaborating on a folklore based oracle deck!" - The Enchanter's Green 

🌸 For more on what Kiva is up to: 

https://enchantersgreen.com/

https://www.instagram.com/hedgefolk/

https://www.facebook.com/FaeryThorn

https://www.facebook.com/enchantmentsfaire/

🍄Good Medicine Conference 

https://planthealer.org/intro.html

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

Our:

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

🍄 Listen on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/4xUQpk1IM7Wv5o8zoQqtBH?si=QzzlMel0ROewoESjz-VUlA

🍄Listen on Anchor

https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com 

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

⭐Support this podcast by going to Anchor and clicking the "Support Button"

Ellen and Jennifer chat with writer and  the "Asheville Village Witch"  Bryon Ballard 

We are here with Byron Ballard, an educator, folklorist, and writer who was born and raised here in western NC. She has served as a featured presenter at Sacred Space Conference, Southeast Wise Women’s Herbal Conference, and Glastonbury Goddess Conference and has spoken at Harvard and the University of NC.  She is senior priestess and cofounder of Mother Grove Goddess Temple and the Coalition of Earth Religions for Education and Support. She writes a regular column for Sage Woman Magazine and is the author of four previous books which we hope to discuss a bit today in addition to her latest book “Roots, Branches and Spirits”

🌸 For more on what Bryon Ballard is up to: 

https://www.myvillagewitch.com/

https://www.facebook.com/byron.ballard.37

https://www.instagram.com/byronballard5789/

https://twitter.com/ByronBallard

Wyrd Mountain Gals Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/4fT5DyCzXJ8uzc5Kk9M22s?si=xbQLIo4xQxW76rWoyreuXw

🌻Where to buy Bryon's books:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/h-byron-ballard/1065505/

https://www.malaprops.com/search/author/%22Ballard%2C%20H.%20Byron%22

https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=p_27%3AH.+Byron+Ballard&s=relevancerank&text=H.+Byron+Ballard&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

Our:

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https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

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💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

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Ellen and Jennifer  chat with Laney Sullivan and Jameson Price of the band Holy River!! 

About Holy River:

"Høly River is founded by multi-instrumentalists Laney Sullivan and Jameson Price. Fusing together the pulse of drone pop, worldly instrumentation, this experimental music would best be described as a landscape, as a biome all its own. This musical phenomenon has come to be known as, Earth folk, a type of music inspired thematically by the natural environment: flora, fauna, soil, stars, and the human experience. From harmonium engulfed melodies to mouth-harp stomp grass, Høly River taps into an embodied and innate celebration of internal and external worlds, attempting to bring them closer together with each beat. On record or in-person, a listener is entranced in the soaring vocal ballads bathed the in moonlight of dance beats and folk-inspired roots. The music of Høly River carries the message of humanity’s need for reconnection with itself and the earth. Mystically political and wholeheartedly grassroots this DIY band finds themselves playing on large festival stages as well as backyard fire pits of intentional communities around the world."   - Holy River YouTube Channel

🌸 For more on what Holy River is up to: 

https://holyriver.bandcamp.com/album/courage

https://holyriver.bandcamp.com/music

https://www.facebook.com/holyrivermusic/

https://www.youtube.com/user/lobomarinomusic/featured

https://www.instagram.com/holyrivermusic/

🌲 Fonticello Food Forest 

https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Community/Fonticello-Food-Forest-581943625307594/

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💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

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Please join Ellen and I as we chat with our good friend Jordan Hughes and take a deep dive into what is sacred self care, self care and her amazing ritual bath boxes.  

Jordan is licensed massage therapist, artist, intuitive tarot reader, and over the past year her business  Crescent Moon Healing Arts  has become really focused on sacred self care. 

🌙 For more on what Jordan is up to: 

https://www.crescentmoonhealingarts.com/

https://www.crescentmoonhealingarts.com/ritualbathkit

https://www.instagram.com/crescentmoonhealingartsavl/

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com 

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

🌻Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

🌻For more on what Ellen is up to:

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

Interview with Ellen

https://youtu.be/KY6HCBFcT88

Ellen and Jennifer are joined by Heather Foley, Jamie Sparkes  and Lori Collins as we chat about  our favorite herbal books!  Make some tea, grab a comfy chair and join us LIVE!!  

📚 Books We Talked About:

Herbal Healing for Women by Rosemary Gladstar 

https://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Healing-Women-Rosemary-Gladstar/dp/0671767674/ref=sr_1_3?crid=TUVA6QXEFWU4&dchild=1&keywords=herbal+remedies+for+women&qid=1615474290&sprefix=herbal+rem%2Caps%2C175&sr=8-3

The Green Pharmacy

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312966482/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Body into Balance: An Herbal Guide to Holistic Self-Care

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1612125352/?coliid=I212YR3QR0D9LY&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Abundantly Well: The Complementary Integrated Medicine Revolution 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1888123222/?coliid=I226OMLMH1QF5D&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

The Herbalist 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0916638006/?coliid=I2YJVAOLTGUFOY&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=0&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Blackberry Cove Herbal  

https://www.amazon.com/Blackberry-Cove-Herbal-Traditional-Appalachian-dp-1505571634/dp/1505571634/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1615608566

Secret Medicines from your garden: Plants for Healing, Spirituality, Magic 

https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Medicines-Your-Garden-Spirituality/dp/1620555573/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1615608282&sr=1-1

📚Books We Did Not Get To Talk About:

The Complete Book of Herbs by Lesley Bremness.

The Magick of Food: Rituals, Offerings and Why we eat together by Gwion Raven

Drunken Botanist

Herbal Tonic Therapies by Daniel B. Mowrey Ph. D.

A Weedwife's Remedy by Kiva Rose Harden

🌻For more on what Ellen is up to:

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

Interview with Ellen

https://youtu.be/KY6HCBFcT88

🌻For more on what Lori is up to:

https://www.sisterofmotherearth.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sisterofmotherearth/

Interview with Lori

https://youtu.be/llzxtiSLMS4

🌻For more on what Heather is up to:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWgvYJaZVPS-P6CGsmhij4Q

🌻Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

🌻For more on what Jamie Sparks is up to:

Interview with Jamie 

https://youtu.be/n81eRjnx7hs

http://www.herbanfarmacy.org/

https://www.etsy.com/shop/HerbanFarmacy

https://jamiesparks.webs.com/

https://www.instagram.com/herban_farmacy/?hl=en&fbclid=IwAR1hQo1P5kbDFixwz30ZCrUsTJrhnZ-jjzt8EgRMpUzYm-81-qwC4qedze0

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyZ5Sx8BYkU4HoDU52hvrmA?view_as=subscriber&fbclid=IwAR0F_ZGueVuQArMpnKQ_hcZajoD4HkxHl9CRr3zn7050pOw689Dhkt-yq3g

🍄Stories From The Earth

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https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com 

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

Join Ellen and Jennifer as they talk about the book: Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm by Stephen Buhner.    

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com 

⭐join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

Please join me for a live interview with Lori Collins Jenkins.  Lori is a kitchen and herbal witch and loves creating medicines.  She is  also  the owner of  the herbal products company Sister Of Mother Earth.  

🌻For more on what Lori is up to:

https://www.sisterofmotherearth.com/

https://www.instagram.com/sisterofmotherearth/

✨Books We Talked About! (hopefully I didn't miss any!) 

Ancient Ways: Reclaiming the Pagan Tradition

https://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Ways-Reclaiming-Pagan-Tradition/dp/0738744778/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=

Making Plant Medicine

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0970031238/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_hsch_vapi_tpbk_p1_i0

Full Moon Feast: Food and the Hunger for Connection

https://www.amazon.com/Full-Moon-Feast-Hunger-Connection/dp/1933392002/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&coliid=ILG2AWYG0JK7J&colid=17A71OMO85KL1&qid=&sr=

Staubs and Ditchwater: a Friendly and Useful Introduction to Hillfolks' Hoodoo

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0976758180/?coliid=I2WPRXBGX3KW5X&colid=17A71OMO85KL1&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im

Asfidity and Mad-Stones: A Further Ramble Through Hillfolks' Hoodoo 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0996758305/?coliid=I2TJG1IXRSEB41&colid=17A71OMO85KL1&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

Roots, Branches & Spirits: The Folkways & Witchery of Appalachia

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0738764531/?coliid=I3V0B3IY1B5PCL&colid=17A71OMO85KL1&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it_im

The Herbal Handbook for Homesteaders: Farmed and Foraged Herbal Remedies and Recipes

https://www.amazon.com/Herbal-Handbook-Homesteaders-Foraged-Remedies/dp/076036186X/ref=tmm_other_meta_binding_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1612381401&sr=8-1

The Gift of Healing Herbs: Plant Medicines and Home Remedies for a Vibrantly Healthy Life 

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1583947620/?coliid=I22WIMCFSLFJI3&colid=E5F1I4X3LUAW&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🍄Listen to us on Anchor! 

https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com or join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

It's our story week and this week Ellen is going to tell us a little story about two herbal friends: Echinacea and Goldenseal! 

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🌲Interview with Ellen

https://youtu.be/KY6HCBFcT88

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com or join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

Join Ellen and I as we chat about our hopes, dreams, and lots and lots of ideas for this podcast!!!!  

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

🍄YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv9Kii85K6wi6233I3v4-4Q

💜Where to find Jennifer:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDI15LyX5SRbi4Mh-eKhVTA

https://www.etsy.com/shop/seawillowherbs

https://www.instagram.com/seawillowherbs/

https://www.facebook.com/seawillowherbs

💙Where to find Ellen:

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com or join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

Please join me for a live interview with Ellen Selm.  She is the owner of  Middle Path Nutrition and Wellness Center in Canton NC.  She will also be joining  me, going forward, as a host of this podcast/ Interview project! 😊

🌻For more on what Ellen is up to:

https://middlepathwellnesscenter.com/

https://www.facebook.com/MiddlePathWellness

https://www.instagram.com/middlepathnutritionandwellness/

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🍄Listen to us on Anchor! 

https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com or join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569

Please join me for a live interview with Sara Jackson.  We are going to have a chat about Ginseng and why it's so important to protect this amazing plant as well as her experiences  working with medicinal herbs.  

🌻For more on what Sara is up to:

https://www.facebook.com/batcavesara

https://www.instagram.com/batcavebotanicals/

batcavebotanicals.com

100daysofginseng.com

appalachianforestfarmers.org

💚Why Stories From the Earth? 

Mankind’s relationship to the natural world is as diverse and dynamic as each individual plant, animal, mineral, and piece of geography. There are many ways that we can engage with our living planet, be it through herbalism, gardening, hiking and other explorations, meditation and observation, and even artistic expressions. There are many ways for us to connect, and it is important to do so, as the human species is not a separate entity from the whole web of life. Each takes their own path. This series explores some of the many ways in which people may weave a tapestry of meaning in coexistence and mutuality with what surrounds us, these are Stories From the Earth.

🍄Listen to us on Anchor! 

https://anchor.fm/storiesfromtheearth

🍄Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/stories_from_the_earth/

⭐If you are interested in an interview please email me!  storiesfromtheearth [at] gmail.com or join our Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/637209473876569