Archived Programs

April, May, June 2018

Plant Medicine Singer Johanna Warren - Listen to her interview ...

On the national US record release tour for her new album "Gemini II,"singer-songwriter Johanna Warren is blending her musical path with herpassion for herbalism. On her recent "Plant Medicine Tour," she aligned with local herbalists, farmers and activists in every city she visited to share about their work, sell their medicines and connect with their communities.

Mythic Medicine Amber Hill - Listen to her interview ...

Amber is a mother, herbalist, writer, teacher, podcaster, and river swimmer living in Northern California. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from UC Davis and is endlessly interested in exploring the depths of consciousness and how humans make meaning. Alongside herbalism, she has immersed herself in the study of genealogy and deep ancestry, psychedelic healing, float tanks, grief and trauma, mythology, mycology, conscious death and home funerals, and empowered menstruation, sex, and childbirth.

Feminist Witch Zsuzsanna Budapest - Listen to her interview ...

Zsuzsanna Emese Budapest was born in Budapest, Hungary, during a big winter storm on January 30, 1940. Her mother, Masika Szilagyi, was a medium and a practicing witch who supported herself and her daughter with her art, as a sculptress. Masika's themes always celebrated the Triple Goddess and the Fates, and Zsuzsanna, "Z," grew up respecting and appreciating Mother Nature as a god. Z has led rituals, lectured, taught classes, given workshops, written articles tirelessly, and published in hundreds of women's newspapers across the country. She has powerfully influenced many of the future teachers and writers about the Goddess. The California Institute for Integral studies in San Francisco recognized Z's contribution to Women's Spirituality Movement. Today Z lives in Santa Cruz, California, giving workshops and lectures but always making time to smell the roses. She is the founder and director of the Women's Spirituality Forum, a nonprofit organization sponsoring Goddess spirituality retreats and festivals for women and young girls.

Astrologer Virginia Bell - Listen to her interview ...

Virginia Bell is a full time writer and astrologer. She has written horoscope columns for websites and magazines. She currently writes for Die Welt (the German publication) and Watch! the CBS magazine and blog for The Huffington Post. Virginia is the author of Midlife Is Not A Crisis: Using Astrology To Thrive In The Second Half Of Life. She currently lectures on astrology, inspiration and aging. Before becoming involved in astrology she owned one of the first natural foods restaurants in New York City: Whole Wheat 'N Wild Berrys (from 1974-1995). She then went on to own a second restaurant in the Berkshires from 1988-1991. Virginia co-authored The Manhattan Health Pages: A Guide to Educate, Pamper and Inspire You. During that period Virginia also lectured on health and wellness.

'Soulflower Oracle Deck' Lisa Estabrook - Listen to her interview ...

Lisa is an artist, graphic designer, mother, obsessive gardener and plant whisperer who has spent the last 30 years since graduating college trying to figure out how to live a healthy and joyful life. The creation of the Soulflower Plant Spirit Oracle deck was the result of a two-year long personal journey of self-discovery and healing. It's self-publication in the summer of 2016 launched Soulflower, Lisa's heART based business with a growing range of products intended to support and inspire connection with ourselves and our planet through the power of art and flowers.

'Move Your DNA' Katy Bowman - Listen to her interview ...

Katy is part biomechanist, part science communicator, and full-time mover, Katy Bowman has educated hundreds of thousands of people on the role movement plays in the body and in the world. Blending a scientific approach with straight talk about sensible, whole-life movement solutions, her website and award-winning podcast, Katy Says, reach hundreds of thousands of people every month, and thousands have taken her live classes. Passionate about human movement outside of exercise, Katy volunteers her time to support the larger reintegration of movement into human lives by providing movement courses across widely varying demographics and working with non-profits promoting nature education.

Intuitive Energy Demetria Manuselis - Listen to her interview ...

Demetria is a certified intuitive energy practitioner and facilitator. She hosted the "Soul Freedom Summit" a series that featured 24 guests including well renowned Hay House author and podcaster Davidji, Wayne Dyer's favorite healer Mira Kelley, E! entertainment host Pirie Jones, and Best-Selling Author Morgana Rae. Her mission is to inspire and light the fire of transformation in the heart of humanity individually and collectively awakening from the dream of "themselves" into the divinity of "ourselves" by assisting us in releasing belief systems and paradigms that no longer match the eternal guiding principle of the soul's wisdom.

'Hado Bear's Secret' Kathleen Caputo - Listen to her interview ...

Kathleen Caputo is an ordained interfaith minister who focuses on providing positive and life affirming resources to children of all cultures, religions and backgrounds. Following a 30-year career as a business executive, she founded Hado Bear, Inc. and a nonprofit organization, Source of Guidance, Inc., both dedicated to helping children and families to have happy, healthy and fulfilling lives and to better respond to life's challenges including those facing crises and serious illness.

Medicine Woman Beata Alfoldi - Listen to her interview ...

Beáta is a medicine woman, workshop facilitator, shamanic practitioner, healer, ceremonial leader, seer and speaker with a gift for assisting individuals through deep transformation. She facilitates private sessions, classes, workshops and international retreats in Australia, Bali, Thailand and Mexico.

Second Nature Project Jody Dunphy - Listen to her interview ...

Jody is an artist, designer and the creator of the Second Nature Project; an endeavor that resides at the intersection of art and activism. The project was born while she was earning her MFA in Applied Craft and Design at the Oregon College of Art and Craft + Pacific Northwest College of Art. Her practice is driven by a desire to share her fascination with plant life and inspire people to think about their relationship with the natural world. She makes jewelry and sculpture for holding plants and seeds that are dispersed via diverse channels: in galleries, on the street and through retail. Collaboration, engagement, ephemerality, labor and craft are underlying themes in the work she creates.

Visionary Women Entrepreneurs Kaya Singer - Listen to her interview ...

Since 1973, Kaya Singer Has been a potter, therapist, life coach, author, business mentor, and now a painter. Kaya started Awakening Business in 1997 when she was still living in New Zealand and felt called to support visionary women who needed mentors and help to grow a business the Wise Woman Way. After helping thousands of women and creating her own success, and entering her Crone years she is integrating all her work together and still helping women to be more empowered, while working less. Kaya's recent book, "Wiser and Wilder, A Soulful path for Visionary women Entrepreneurs," is the book she wished she would have had thirty-five years ago when she was just starting.

'Hallucinogens and Culture' Jerry Brown - Listen to his interview ...

Jerry is an anthropologist, author, and activist. From 1972 to 2014, he served as founding professor of anthropology at Florida International University in Miami, where he taught a course on "Hallucinogens and Culture." Julie M. Brown, M.A., LMHC, is an integrative psychotherapist, who conducts research on the role of sacred plants in religion.

Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower & Lacy Johnson - Listen to her interview ...

Marguerite is an RN, Clinical Herbalist, Wild Crafter and, is also a cautious wild foods forager. She is co-founder and director of Plant Pioneers, a Human-Plant Relations Movement, where her work invites the beginner to the experienced to become interested in plants, through hands-on, outdoor Nature experiences, that bridges wild crafting, traditional herbal medicines, plant intelligence science and phenomena. In recent years, her outdoor explorations have additional tools that connect humans to plants: Music of the Plants and Cymatics. Lacy Johnson - co-founding Plant Pioneers member; she was born and raised in Texas and moved to the Catskill area in 2015. The move led her to her current studies in herbalism with Marguerite Uhlmann-Bower, where she is now entering her 2nd year. Additionally, Lacy plans on adding to her studies as an ecology major in the near future.



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